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Arrive in Kunming |
Once arrived in Kunming, meet the local English speaking guide and driver, transfer to the hotel. After check-in visit Cuihu Lake 翠湖公园, every year this park attracts thousands of red-billed gulls who move here to spend the winter. After visit the symbol of the city, The Jinma Biji Arch 金马碧鸡坊, built during the Ming dynasty, with over 400 years of history. Dinner: local traditional cuisine, you can try the Over The Bridge Rice Noodles 过桥米线, accompanied by traditional minorities dancing and singing.
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Kunming-Shilin-Luoping |
After breakfast, meet the local English speaking guide and driver. Visit Luoping (about 4 hour ride), situated in the middle of 3 different Chinese provinces: Yunnan, Guizhou and Guangxi. Luoping is known for its karst landscape, characterized by small pools set among the hills, and for the production of rapeseed, which in spring (especially in mid-March), covers all the fields yellow flowers, for an area of over 17,000 hectares. It also represents a national resource for the breeding of bees and for processing of products derived from honey .Lunch at a local restaurant. After visit back to hotel and the dinner is not included. Overnight stay at the hotel.
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Luoping-Xingyi |
After breakfast meet the local English speaking guide and driver. Visit of Duoyi River 多依河, situated 40 km from the county of Luoping, where you can admire the splendid landscape with waterfalls, and The village of Buyi minority 布依族. Passing by the different villages you will see and take part in the everyday life of local people, women dedicated to the silk filature and the pottery production, the men working in the fields, and you can see the typical wooden. Lunch at a local restaurant. Continue the visit of The Lubuge Three Little Gorges 鲁布革 小 三峡, whose name comes from the language of the ethnic minority, it means "a beautiful village." The scenery can be compared to the famous Three Gorges of the Yangzi River. Afterwards, transfer by private bus to visit Xingyi 兴义 (about 1.5 hours), a city located in the southwestern province of Guizhou, bordering Guangxi and Yunnan, as well as one of the most remote and less populated regions in China, where nearly the 90% of the province is covered with mountains and plateaus. Back to the hotel, dinner not included. Overnight stay at the hotel.
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After breakfast, meet the local English speaking guide and driver. Visit Maling River Canyon 马岭河 (160 km, 3.5hours), located in the city of Xingyi in the northeast, an impressive environment where the rivers create a series of rapids and waterfalls. Coming from the mountains of Wumeng, the Maling river is an important branch of the Nanpanjiang river. Stretching for over 80 miles, this river has created a deep gorge which is still the main attraction. Lunch at a local restaurant and the dinner is not included. Overnight stay at the hotel.
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After breakfast meet the local English speaking guide and driver. Visit The Ten Thousand Height Forest 万峰林 an amazing scenery in which you can find Wanfeng Lake, the fifth biggest freshwater lake in China. The forest represent an important part of the an important part of the geological national park of Xingyi, surrounded by river, fields and villages. Lunch at a local restaurant. In the afternoon transfer by private bus to Luxi 泸西 (200 km, about 3 hours). Dinner not included. Overnight stay at the hotel.
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Chengzi Old Village,Zhu Family garden,Jianshui Old Town |
After breakfast, visit Chengzi Old Village in Yongning Town.Chengzi (城子) is a small traditional Yi village in Luxi county with hundreds of adobe houses located on a hillside. The original Yi architecture in this small village is well preserved and since recently protected.
Transfer to the famous historical town Jianshui 建水 (230km, about 3.5km ), a subtropical region 1400 m above with impressive natural landscapes and ancient villages: it remains the most traditional place in the South of Yunnan region. Once arrived at Jianshui, meet the local English speaking guide and transfer to the hotel. Continue with the visit to The Zhu Family’s private garden 朱家花园, a kind of labyrinth hiding an amazing bonsai collection that belongs to a dynasty of very rich farmer landlords who lived during the great reign of Guangxi (1875-1909) the emperor.
Dinner not included. Overnight stay at the hotel.
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Jianshui-Yuanyang |
After breakfast, transfer by private car to Yuanyang 元阳 County (120 km, about 3 hours), well-known for its terraced rice field. Here Yi and Hani ethnic minorities live, it’s said they were the first to build the terraced rice fields. Their rice fields are real work of art: for visiting, the best period is from February to April and from September to April, as a matter of fact, in this period when the harvest is over, the rice terraces are full of water and they become huge mirrors for the morning and the sunset sunlight. Then, visit The Haini 哈尼族 ethnic minority village. Lunch in a local restaurant. Dinner not included. Overnight stay at the hotel.
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Get up every early in the morning,you'll drive 30KM to visit Doyishu Village and enjoy the sunrise of Duoyishu Rice Terrace Fields when the sun appears above the eastern horizon. The terraced fields are ring upon ring and cascade one by one. They go along the hillside up to the sky. You will see the scenery of the terraced fields from the top of the mountains to the bottom. They are all farms under the sunshine and cloud and mist. The landscape is spectacular. And then, you will visit Qingkou Village and rice terraces where Hani people for generations inhabit. Visit Bada Hani Rice Terrace, Shengcun Market as well. You will enjoy the sunset of Longshuba Rice Terraces in the late afternoon about 5KM away from Xinjie Town.
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Departure from Kunming |
After breakfast, transfer by private bus to Kunming (313km, 7 hours). Once arrived in Kunming, meet the local English speaking guide and transfer to the hotel. Lunch in a local restaurant. Dinner not included. Overnight stay at the hotel.
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Departure from Kunming |
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