Dates | Destinations | Itinerary Brief | Meals |
Day1 | Lijiang-Shigu-Tiger Leaping Gorge-Shangrila | First Bend of Yangze RiverShigu Town,Tiger Leaping Gorge | L,D |
Day2 | Shangrila-Lijiang | Songzanlin Monastery ,Napa lake ,Tibetan villages | B,L |
Activities | First Bend of Yangze RiverShigu Town,Tiger Leaping Gorge |
Meals | Lunch,Dinner |
Hotels |
From Lijiang, you'll drive about 60KM to the First Bend on the Yangtze River with imposing gorge scenery, visit the Iron Chain Bridge,the Red Army's Long March Memorial Monument in the Shigu Old Town. The town of Stone Drum got its name from a large, cylindrical, marble tablet shaped like a drum. The scenery is magnificent as the road running through the Lijiang valley which is filled with wheat fields and drying haystacks.
Visit the Tiger Leaping Gorge, the deepest gorge in the world. With 34 rapids of the Yangtze River, it is called the Jinsha in this area because you can find gold in the river. Afternoon, you'll head for Shangri La, the former Zhongdian which is welknown as the paradise destination for every tourist. Upon arrival in Shangri La, you will have entered the Tibetan cultural area and a landscape of barley fields and yaks scattered in the valleys. Walk around Dukezong Ancient Town, an important town of the Ancient Teahorse Trade Caravan from Yunnan to Tibet and India. Walk up to the top of Guishan Hill or tortoise Hill, you will see the largest Prayer Wheel of the world and have a panoramic view of shangrila county and Dukezong Ancient Town.
Activities | Songzanlin Monastery ,Napa lake ,Tibetan villages |
Meals | Breakfast,Lunch |
Hotels |
In the morning, visit the Ganden Sumtseling Monastery, the largest Tibetan monastery in Yunnan. Songzanlin Monastery has another alias - 'the little Potala Palace ', so named because the whole monastery is in the traditional style with mysterious atmosphere.Drive around Napahai Lake and visit some Tibetan villages and families. Then drive back to Lijiang.
Group Size | Hostel | Using Economy Hotel ★★★ |
Using Comfortable Hotel ★★★★ |
Using Deluxe Hotel ★★★★★ |
1 person | $462 | $472 | $482 | $572 |
2 persons | $288 | $298 | $308 | $398 |
3 persons | $259 | $269 | $279 | $369 |
4 persons | $221 | $231 | $241 | $331 |
5 persons | $202 | $212 | $222 | $312 |
6 persons | $236 | $246 | $256 | $346 |
7 persons | $214 | $224 | $234 | $324 |
8 persons | $203 | $213 | $223 | $313 |
9 persons | $193 | $203 | $213 | $303 |
10 persons | $192 | $202 | $212 | $302 |
11 persons & above | $185 | $195 | $205 | $295 |
Single Supplement | $20 | $30 | $40 | $130 |
Group Size | Hostel | Using Economy Hotel ★★★ |
Using Comfortable Hotel ★★★★ |
Using Deluxe Hotel ★★★★★ |
Single Supplement | $20 | $30 | $40 | $130 |
City | Hotel | Economy Hotel ★★★ |
Comfortable Hotel ★★★★ |
Deluxe Hotel ★★★★★ |
Shangrila City | Local Guesthouse | Moonlight City Hotel | ZhaXiDele Hotel | Songtsam Hotel |
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