Take the morning flight to Kunming, meet your local tour guide, and transfer to the hotel.

After lunch, start your Kunming City cycling tour. You will visit Golden Horse and Green Phoenix Archway, the Twin Pagodas including the West Pagoda and the East Pagoda; the Green Lake Park, Yuantong Temple.

-- The West Pagoda and the East Pagoda:

Kunming's East and West pagodas were originally built during the 9th century (Nanzhao Kingdom in Yunnan, contemporaneous with the Tang Dynasty in China proper). Despite a long history of restoration, rebuilding, and even relocation, their form and decoration still reflects many of the buildings' original features. The main gate of Kunming, no longer extant, used to be located between the two towers.
The pagodas are 13 stories high, with statues set in the external niches of each level. Metal roosters, of uncertain date, are set on each of the four upper corners of the tower; it's explained locally that roosters are enemies of dragons, so they help protect the pagodas and the city against storms. This symbolism goes all the way back to India, where Vishnu's bird-mount Garuda is often depicted as holding snakes in his beak.
 
Originally, in India, the pagoda was a brick-walled earthen mound that held relics of the Buddha. In China, the pagoda form developed into a tall tower that was modeled on Han-dynasty watchtowers. The curved profile of the Kunming pagodas is like their contemporaries in Tang China. However, the typical imitation of wood and timber construction is less detailed in the decoration of the Kunming examples, marking them out as a provincial variant of the Tang pagoda type.
 
-- The Green Lake Park:

The Green Lake is on the west side of the Wuhua Mountain is extolled as a "Jade in Kunming". Two long dikes divide the lake into four parts .The entire Cuihu Park is a green world, with willow trees swaying gently on the dikes, and the surface of the lake covered all over with lotus plants. All the year round the park is the venue of one sort of exhibition or another, and with its snug seclusion it is frequented by local residents who come here for a few hours of leisure. In winter and spring, Kunming residents flock to the Cuihu Park to feed red-beaked gulls - there are tens of thousands of them, which descend upon the lake.
 
--Yuantong Temple:

Yuantong Temple is at the foot of Yuantong Hill in the northern part of Kunming. With a history of more than 1,200 years, Yuantong Temple is the grandest as well as the most important Buddhist temple in Yunnan Province. King Yimouxun of the Nanzhao Kingdom built the temple during the late eighth century as a continuation of Putuoluo Temple, and the restorations to the temple performed from the Qing Dynasty onward had not changed Yuantong Temple's unique mixed architectural style of the Yuan and Ming Dynasties.
 
Unlike all other Buddhist temples, which are built on an ascendant, you enter Yuantong Temple from above and descend along a gently sloping garden path. The view before you starting your peaceful walk beneath the gigantic cypress trees that line the garden path to the temple with its extensive array of flowers and foliage is deeply restful and impressive. A memorial archway with four Chinese characters -Yuantong Shengjing (Yuantong Wonderland)-is standing on the halfway; you can see the entire temple from here.

Ride to Western Hills, take the chairlift from the Dragon Gate to Yunnan Ethnic Villages. Continue the riding back to visit The Golden Horse and Jade Rooster Archway in the downtown.

Take the night train to Dali stay in the train.

Arrive in Dali, meet your local tour guide and transfer to from Xiaguan Airport to Dali Old Town.

After checking, you will ride around Dali old Town to visit the Old City Wall, the Foreigner Street and Bai Ethnic architecture. After lunch in Dali Old Town, ride to visit the Three Pagodas in Chongsheng Monastery.

You will have a relax night in Dali Old Town.

--Dali Old Town:
Dali Ancient Town is about 13km away from Xiaguan in Dali City and is one of Dali's Three Ancients-ancient city, ancient pagoda and ancient steles. History of Dali can be dates back to 1382 during the Ming Dynasty and it has been listed among the top historic cities of China.
 
Unlike any other Chinese town, the traditional Bai ethnic folk houses give the town distinctive feel. The town's layout was uniform, with five main streets from south to north and eight main streets from east to west, while marketplaces were neatly arranged within the town, which has remained unchanged to this date.
 
Besides the Bai houses, the houses with gray-green roof tiles, peculiar workshops, temples, schools and churches with antique flavor are scattered. Traditional marble artworks, like pencil vases, striped screen, and a variety of woven handicrafts of fine straw are laid chockablock on both sides of the street to be appreciated and purchased. Its grand city wall, traditional Bai houses and marvelous scenery have been attracted many visitors.
 
--the Three Pagodas in Chongsheng Monastery:
Three pagodas, about 1 kilometer (0.6 mile) northwest of the ancient city of Dali, occupying a scenic location at the foot of Mt. Cangshan facing Erhai Lake, has a history of over 1,800 years. It is a symbol of the history of Dali City, and a record of the development of Buddhism in the area. As its name implies, Three Pagodas are made of three ancient independent pagodas forming a symmetrical triangle. This is unique in China. A visit to theThree Pagodas should not be missed by any visitor to Dali City.
The middle pagoda, Qianxun Pagoda, 69.13 meters (227 feet) high, is one of the highest pagodas of the Tang Dynasty (618 - 907), while the other lower two stand to the north and south sides of it. Qianxun Pagoda, now empty, previously could be climbed by ladder from the inside. However the ladder is now broken, and travelers now have no opportunity to climb up. Three Pagodas, Zhaozhou Bridge of Hebei Province, and Big Wild Goose Pagoda in Xian, Shaanxi Province, are three curiosities of Chinese ancient architecture.
 

In the early morning, you will start the cycling from Dali Old Town to Shuanglang Town in Eryuan County. You will ride to Xiaguan, and ride along the Huanhai Road to Jinsuo Islet in Haidong Town. After lunch with local flavour in Hiadong, you will continue the cycling to Tianjing (Heaven Mirror) Pagoda, Little Putuo Island in Wase Town. Arrive in Shuanglang Town in the late afternoon and visit Changyu Village and Patron Saint Temple.

--Erhai Lake:

The Erhai Lake is located in the Dali Autonomous Prefecture of Yunnan Province. Since it has a shape of an ear, it gets the name Erhai (Ear Lake). It stretches 42 kilometers from north to south and 3.9 kilometers from east to west. The lake covers an area of more than 250 square kilometers and is 21.5 meters at the deepest. It is ranked the second place in Yunnan Province and the seventh freshwater lake in the nation by area and water storage.    
 
The Erhai Lake was formed by the subsidence of geological fault. It is reputed as the pearl on plateau for its beautiful scenery. The famous sights of the Erhai Lake include Three Islets, namely Jinsuo, Chiwen, and Yuji, Four Lands, namely Malian, Mandarin Duck, Qingsha, and Daguanpeng, and Nine Curves, namely Lotus, Huge Crane, Panji, Phoenix Wing, Dill, Ox Horn, Bozuo, Gaopin, Soaring Crane. Besides these sights, the lake also has some other attractions such as Shadows of Three Towers, Nine-Arched Stone Bridge, and Jade Dragon Playing in the Water, etc.    

After breakfast, you will enjoy the sunrise of the Nanzhao Love Island and Erhai Lake, and take the boat to visit Nnazhao Island including Shayimu(a fisher girl in the legend) Statues, Acuoye Goddess of Mercy (Guanyin) Statue, Nanzhao Palace, the Square of Patron Saint Culture, Taihu Lake Stones and the Big Banyan Trees.
 
Then start the cycling tour to Eryuan County. Visit Bai ethnic villages in Shuanglang Town, ride to Jiangwei Town, if you are lucky to meet the market day, you will have the chance to visit Shaping Bazaar. You will have lunch in Jiangwei Town with fresh fish from Erhai Lake, ride to Eryuan in the afternoon. You will see the wonderful farmland in Xiashankou, a beautiful basin of Eryuan County. You will take a boat to visit the Little West Lake (Xiaoxihu in Chinese). Xiashankou is featured by the thousands of hot springs, it is very easy to find a clean hotel with hot spring swimming pool in Xiashankou. But today you will continue the 10KM cycling to Eryuan and have a nice stay in Eryuan Geothermal Paradise Hotel. You will enjoy the hot spring by yourself after dinner. Eryuan is famous for the hot springs, and Eryuan Geothermal Paradise is the largest one.
 
--Nanzhao Love Island

The Nanzhao Love Island lies in Shuanglang Village of Eryuan County, the most important part of the national scenic spot of Erhai Lake.
 
Nanzhao Love Island is one of the three islands in Erhai Lake. Surrounded by water, the island is bordering with Jizu Mountain which is a famous Buddhist Holy Land to the east, Precious Stone Mountain to the north, Dali to the south, and Cangshan Mountain and Erhai Lake to the west. Nanzhao Love Island boasts advantaged tourist resources. So there is a saying going like this, "the most attracting sight of Dali lies in Cangshan Mountain and Erhai Lake, and the most attracting sight of Cangshan Mountain and Erhai Lake lies in Shuanglang."
 
The views on the Nanzhao Love Island are charming and gentle. The sky and the sea here have the same colour, and the wind and the moon will sure bring you a good time. The old trees on the island have a long history of thousands of years, and they are very flourishing. There are also many ancient deep caves and they go winding and intervening.

After breakfast in the hotel and ride to visit Yuhu(Jade Lake) Park in Yuhu Town about 2 Km away from the hotel. You will continue the long but easy cycling to Jianchuan. Visit Shibaoshan Mountain, Shizhong Grottoes, climb steps up to visit Wild Monkeys behind the Baoxiang Temple. After the mountain, you will ride down to Shaxi Old Town for overnight.

--Shaxi Old Town:
--Shibaoshan Mountain:

After breakfast, you will cycle around Shaxi Old Town and visit local courtyard of the ethnic Bai. Continue the riding to Jianchuan County and visit the local market.
 
Jianchuan is an multi-cultural county between Dali and Lijiang, here is inhabited by Naxi, Bai, Yi minorities. Ride to Shigu Town, you will have lunch in a local restaurant on the crossroad. After lunch, ride to Longpan Town, you will have a good rest and pay a visit to the panoramic view of the First Bend of Yangtze River. Visit the Naxi villages and ride to across the Jihong Bridge over the Jinsha River. You will a beautiful riding along the Jinsha River which is well-known as the Gold Sand River as well as the upper Yangtze River. Arrive in Qiaotou Town (or Tiger Leaping Gorge Town) in the late afternoon and change the coach around 2hours driving to Shangri-La.
 
--the First Bend of Yangtze River:

The Jinsha River does a U-turn at Shigu Town and flows northward, Then it changes the direction and goes to the northeast. The curveture of this turn almost reaches a 140° of angle. It is the First Bend of Yangtze Rier known throughout the world.
Jinsha River flows at great speed down to Shigu and then with the width of the river enlarged from here, the speed of the water gradually comes down and makes Shigu a natural ferry.Shigu is always an important part of the Tea-horse Road. From thiis place, people can go south to Dali and north to Tibet. In the history, Zhuge Liang and Kublai Khan all close here to cross tha Yangze River.
 
--the upper Tiger Leaping Gorge
Flowing through Shigu Town, the Jinsha River is flanked by the Yulong Snow Mountain to the east and the Haba Snow Mountain to the west. From the top of the Yulong Snow Mountain to the bottom of the gully is a drop of 3,700 meters, making it 1,800 meters deeper than the Colorado Grand Canyon, while the Haba Snow Mountain slopes gradually in its upper regions and is steeper further down. The mountain is 5,396 meters above sea level and the lowest point on the bank of the Jinsha River is 1,550 meters above sea level. The two mountains flanking the Jinsha River form a 15-km Gorge -- Tiger Leaping Gorge, further classified into the upper, middle and lower Tiger Leaping Gorge.
 
The Upper Tiger Leaping Gorge is the narrowest section, and in the center of the river is a huge rock called Tiger Leaping Rock. It is said that a tiger once leapt from the east bank, clearing the rock, to land on the west bank, hence its name.

Cycling to Songzanlin Monastery in the morning, after lunch, ride around Naphai Lake and the grassland. Visit Dukezong Ancient Town and the largest prayer whell on the top of Guishan Hill. Enjoy the Tibetan Family with Tibetan dance and music at night.

One day cycling to Qiaotou Town or Tiger Leaping Gorge Town. You will start the long riding to the Yi Ethnic Village where you will have a panoramic view of Haba Snow Mountain (5396M), it is about 60KM riding along the high plateau and you can visit the Little Zhongdian Grassland with Tibetan villages. After the Yi Village, ill you ride easily down to Tiger Leaping Gorge Town.

Today will be very relax day in middle Tiger Leaping Gorge. You will spend your half day trekking and half day free in the gorge. After breakfast, trek from Tina’s Guesthouse up to Bendiwan Village, you will visit Guanyin Waterfalls, Bamboo Forest, Guanyin Temple, Wuzhishan (Five Fingers) Mountain, Dashengou Waterfalls, Sheshen Cliffs, Qianyan Stone House.
 
You will have lunch in Halfway Guesthouse in Bendiwan Village. Halfway Guesthouse is the best position to enjoy the Tiger Leaping Gorge and the thirteen peaks of Jade Dragon Snow Mountain. After lunch, trek about one hour down to the road and your driver will pick you up and transfer back to Tina’s Guesthouse. You will be free in the afternoon and explore the Middle Tiger Leaping Gorge by yourself.
 
--the middle Tiger Leaping Gorge

The most perilous section is the Middle Tiger Leaping Gorge, which features a huge drop in water level. Six km away from the upper gorge is a waterfall where the river crashes down over 100 meters hitting the rocks in the river bed and creating violent currents.
 
In one 100-meter section are numerous reefs, and the current is torrential. The gorge is rarely traversed by humans, but on the slope between the Middle and Lower Tiger Leaping Gorge there is a small village -- Hetaoyuan Village, which has little contact with the outside, and where villagers lead a simple and natural life, dwelling in stone-plate houses

In the morning, you rill trek down to the Middle Rapids of Jinsha River, you will witness the narrowest part of the Tiger Leaping Gorge. Trek through the Yixiantian(Tiny Sky ) which is considered a very dangerous section of a few dozen meters long. You will trek to the Walnut Grove Garden (Hetaoyuan in Chinese) and drive back to Tina’s for your lunch, after lunch, ride to the lower part of the Tiger Leaping Gorge. You will arrive at HaLong Meng Guesthouse and have a panoramic view of Daju Town in Xincun Village before cross the Daju Ferry. Take the bike down to Jinsha River and take the boat to Daju Town.
 
--Daju Town:
Daju town is a Naxi ancient town lying in the north of Yulong Autonomous County. In the southern part of the town, there is a square-shape Square, which leads you to the famous bazaar - Sifang Street. In the bazaar, you will have the chance to perceive the "Square Bazaar" characteristic of the Naxi minority for its unique styles of bazaar and architecture.
  
With a forest coverage rate of 51.8%, Daju town is bound to be the destination for those tourists who are fascinated with greenery, those who enjoy crisp air, and those in love with nature. For those who are fond of exploring, this out-of-the-way town can also be the right place. No wonder Daju town is the very place which will make domestic tourists enjoy at ease, and foreign guests feel like home.
 
--the lower Tiger Leaping Gorge
The most important sight in the lower gorge is the Feixing Rapids, from which people can look down on the unconstrained Jinshajiang River. A 32 km long road from the Haba Mountain to Jiangbian Village has been opened to traffic, but traveling on foot is much more interesting.
 
From Wlanut Grove to Haba, via Jiangbian, it is seven to eight hours. From here to the Yi village of Sanba is about the same, following trails. You could just follow the road and hitch with the occasional truck or tracker but this way is longer and less scenic. Some hardy mountain bikers have followed the trails but this is really only fun from north to south, elevations being what they are. The best way would be to hire a guide.
 
Walnut Garden is a small and tranquil village between the middle and lower reaches of Tiger Leaping Gorge. Previously there were lots of walnut trees in this area, thus getting its name Walnut Garden. At night, when staying in Walnut Garden, you could merely hear the beautiful and intangible sound of river surges. Along with the invisible snow-covered mountains and the stars in a line up above, you may dream of a stormy wonderland. When wake up in the morning, you open the door, in front of you stands the ultramarine mountains. What a mysterious world

In the morning, the driver will pick you to Jade Dragon Snow Mountain, and take the chairlift up to Yak Meadow (3700m) which is the best location to enjoy the nice view of Jade Dragon Snow Mountain. You will pay a visit the Lama monastery and walk around the Yak Meadow.
 
Take the chairlift back to the Bus Station and continue the cycling to Ganhaizi Meadow for your lunch in Dongbala Restaurant. In the afternoon, ride down to Baisha Village and visit Baisha Murals. Ride 10Km more to Lijiang Old Town, finish your cycling and visit the night view of Lijiang Old Town.
 
--Yak Meadow:
Yak Meadow, an important component of Yulong Snow Mountain Scenic Area, lies at the northern tip of Yulong Snow Mountain. Main residents in this scenic area are the Yi minority nationality and Tibetans.With customs of primitive simplicity, and strong minority nationality’s culture, the villagers mainly live on husbandry.
 
Major scenic spots in the Yak Meadow are as follows: the Yak Snowfields, the Yak Snow Valley, the Black-river Secluded Valley, the Ice Bridge of Black-river Waterfalls, the Lake of Snow-flakes, the Jasper Lake, the Yak Brook, the beautiful grassland, the romantic mountain flowers, Lijiang hemlock firs , Chinese larches, the yellow oaks, spotted ethnic villages and Tibetan folk customs.
 
--Jade Dragon Snow Mountain:
Yulong (Jade Dragon) Snow Mountain, located 15 kilometers north of the county seat of Lijiang, is a national-level scenic area. Yulong Mountain is the southern section of the Hengduan Mountains. It has 13 peaks, stretching 35 kilometers from north to south. Shanzidou, the main peak, is 5,596 meters above sea level.

Around 9 o’clock in the morning, you will drive 30 minutes to the entrance of the Lashihai Lake. Then start biking around the lake for 23 hours and visit some Naxi villages, Zhiyun Monastery, the different crops in the farmland. Lashi Lake is a Nature Reserve and is a haven for migratory birds. More than 70 species of birds come to nest in this area during the winter. At noon you will ride to have some delicious local food for your lunch at a friendly Naxi family.
 
After lunch, you will ride down to Shuhe Old Town which is the important town of the Tea Horse Trade Caravan from the upper Mekong River to Tibet and India. You will visit the Tea Horse Trade Caravan Museum in Shuhe Old Town.
 
After Shuhe, you will ride about 4Km to Black Dragon Pool which is the main headwater of the Yushui River which goes through the Old Town. It is just like the bright eyes of the town, shining with the wisdom. Pay a visit to the Dongba Ethnic Museum and learn the Naxi Dongba culture. Ride back to Lijiang Old Town and free by your own.
 
--Lashihai Lake:
Lashi Lake is in the basin in Hengduan Mountain Range, 10 kilometers away from the Old Town of Lijiang. The grassy marshland on the bank often gathers lots of water. It is the best place for plants, fishes, shellfish and river snails.
 
The grassy marshland and swamp provide a nice home for wetland animals and plants. In early winter, lots of wild birds will come here from cold northern places. They rest in the grass and look for food in streams.
 
--Zhiyun Monastery:
Zhiyun Monastery is situated in the west of Lashi Basin. It was built in 1727 and was made up of thirteen different structures. However during the Cultural Revolution many structures were badly destroyed with only six structures remaining intact.
 
In the courtyard of this temple, there are five different kinds of big trees. These are the Cherry tree, Plum tree, Ginkgo tree, Mulberry tree and the Chinese Scholar tree. All of which are more than 200 years old .This monastery is unique in design, it differs from the traditional Tibetan architecture as all the carvings and structural designs were taken from the Naxi, Han and Bai people.
 
From this lamasery, all tourists can view the beautiful Lashi Lake which is just at the bottom of the temple.

Transfer to Lijiang International Airport for returning.
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--Black Dragon Pool:
The Black Dragon Pool is like an ancient architecture museum. Some of the famous buildings were established suburbs have under protection actually collected from other places. People moved the traditional buildings that almost had been ruined here and let them be protected. Among them, the most famous buildings are the Villa Jietuolin of the King Mu and the Five Phoenixes Tower combines the typical Lamaism plane pattern and exquisite wooden structure of the Naxi architecture. Both the frame and the technology are unprecedented. The buildings can rarely be found even in the world of Chinese architecture.