Tour Itinerary
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| Day 01 |
Arrival - Kunming
Upon your arrival in Kunming, our tour guide will pick
you up at the airport and transfer to your hotel. Visit the Dragon Gate in Western Hills by the Dianchi Lake.
Dragon
Gate: It consists of the Sanqing Temple
Complex and the Dragon Gate Grotto Complex,
located in the Western Hills, it's 15 km
west of Kunming City, close to the west
shore of the Dianchi
Lake. The scene is well noted for its
dangerousness and uniqueness. |
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| Day 02 |
Kunming (BL)
Tour to Lunan county to visit
the Stone Forest. In the afternoon, drive back to Kunming
and visit the Golden Temple.
Stone
Forest: A typical Karst landform, it
is 350 square kilometers in area, groups
of gray-black stone peaks, and stone pillars
rise abruptly, pointing to the sky, like
a very dense forest just as its name infers.
Golden
Temple: A Daoist temple made of copper.
The temple was at last founded in the year
Wanli 30th of Ming Dynasty, 1602 A.D., it
is the largest and heaviest copper temple
in China weighing about 280 tons. |
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| Day 03 |
Kunming - Shangri-la (BL)
Take flight to Shangri-la. Visit
Songzanlin Lamasery, the Pudacuo Scenic region (including
Shudu Lake, Bita Lake resort and Xiaji Resort.), and
visit a Tibetan family near Napahai Reserve.
Bitahai Lake: Surrounded by wooded mountains
and resembles a beryl inlaid among them,
Bitahai is the most beautiful and highest
lake in Yunnan, covers an area of 166 hectares.
The surrounding mountains are densely scattered
with azaleas, and each year in late spring
and early summer, when the flowers are in
full bloom, the hillsides seem to be dyed
red.
Songzanlin
Lamasery: It is the largest Tibetan
Buddhist Temple in Yunnan Province, built
in 1679 under Emperor Kang Xi's authorization
after the fifth Dalai Lama sent a report
to him, also one of the famous monasteries
in the Tibetan area. It now has over 700
Buddhist monks.
Napahai Lake: A provincial nature reserve,
which is located 8 km northwest of Zhongdian
County, with a total area of 2,400 hectares,
surrounded by mountains on three sides,
which are capped with deep snow during winter
and spring. |
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| Day 04 |
Shangri-la - Kunming - Departure
(BL)
After breakfast, take flight to Kunming. Visit the Qiongzhu
Temple and the Flower and Bird Market. Transfer to the
airport and fly to your next desitination, end of service.
Qiongzhu
Temple: The most impressive features
in this temple are the 500 Arhat sculptures.
Compared with Bodhisattvas, Arhats look
more like human beings than Gods, and therefore
they are popular among the common people
and monks. |
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Tour Quotation
(please email us, we'll quote the price
according to your travel date and the number of persons in
your group.)
| Hotel |
Luxury |
Standard |
Comfortable |
| City |
Kunming |
Green Lake
Hotel
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New Era Hotel
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camellia
Hotel
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| Dali
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Regent
Hotel Dali
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Asia
Star Hotel
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San Ta Yuan
Hotel
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| 1
pax |
High
Season |
US$
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US$
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US$
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| Low
Season |
US$
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US$
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US$
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| 2-5 pax
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High Season |
US$ |
US$ |
US$ |
| Low Season |
US$ |
US$ |
US$ |
| single room supplement |
US$ |
US$ |
US$ |
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| Note:
The above
price is not valid during the public holidays:
1-7th May, 1-7th October and during the first
week of Chinese Lunar New Year which takes place
in late January or early February. The private
guided tour is tailored for you exclusively. No
other participants will be in your group and you
will not take part into any tours of others on
land services. |
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Quotation
Includes
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1.
The economy-class air charges of the domestic
flight or soft sleeper/seat train charge between
cities as specified in the itinerary.
2.
The hotel accommodation is based on two persons
sharing one standard twin room with private facilities
in all relevant locations. If a single client
requests a twin room alone, the single room supplement
will be charged.
3.
For the land tour in each city, daily American
breakfast is served in the hotel, and Chinese
lunch and/or dinner will be served with two cups
of soft drink outside the hotel. All meal arrangements
are served as the itinerary specifies.
4.
Private transfers for you and your party as a
group between airports, train stations, hotels
and all sightseeing spots. Separate arrivals and
departures will incur extra charges.
5.
One private English-speaking guide and driver
will accompany you on all normal sightseeing tours
in each city.
6.
Entrance fees to the tourist sites.
7. Should
your tour include a cruise, then the shore excursion
in groups and activities will be subject to the
arrangements made by the cruise company.
8. China
Life Tourist Accident/Casualty Insurance. We highly
recommend that you purchase full coverage travel
insurance from you country of origin. |
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Quotation
Excludes
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1.
The international or domestic air/train charge
of arrival and departure.
2.
Expenses of a personal nature such as laundry,
drink, telex, telephone calls or overweight baggage
charges.
3. Charge
of obtaining your visa to enter China.
4.
Optional programs which are not specified in the
above itinerary.
5. Tips
to Guide and driver. Suggested tips: USD10-14
to guide per day, USD 8-10 to driver per day,
but depending on their service, it's up to you,
entirely voluntary.
6. Single
Room Supplement.
What
is single supplement?
- The hotel is based on double occupancy. If the
visitor travels alone or the number of the travelers
is odd (such as 3, 5, 7...), who stays in one
single room has to pay the single room supplement.
As the hotel is on double occupancy. |
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