7 days Kunming - Tiger Leaping Gorge - Lijiang tour, China tours, tour in China

Tour code:SPT03
Destinations:Kunming, Tiger Leaping Gorge, Lijiang
Special Experience:If you want a unique travel experience, this is exactly what you are looking for. This tour is designed as strenuous trekking. Average daily trekking time will be about 5-7 hours. The splendor of a 3-day-long hiking along the Tiger Leaping Gorge will bring you a different experience and a closer contact with the nature.
Price from:(2-5 persons)CNY6384 per person

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Day-To-Day Itinerary

Day 01: TBA - Kunming
Upon arrival at Kunming, our local guide will meet you and escort you to your hotel. Kunming is home to a mix of ethnic groups and endowed with a remarkable traditional folk culture.

Day 02: Kunming - Lijiang (B+L)
After breakfast you will drive about 120 kilometers to the Stone Forest showing you a natural wonder of limestone karst formation formed 270 million years ago. The Stone Forest occupies an area of 400 square kilometers and consists of a whole range of karst formations. Then we make a beeline for the airport to Lijiang. Upon arrival in Lijiang, be met and transferred to the hotel.

Day 03: Lijiang - Middle Tiger Leaping Gorge (B+L+D)
Get up early in the morning and drive about 2 hours to Qiaotou Town, where is the upper region of Tiger Leaping Gorge. Tiger Leaping Gorge is regarded as one of the deepest gorges in the world with a depth of 3,000 meters. Here, the river twists and turns and vigorously swash against the rocks, the breakers sent up a fountain of spray. Our hiking trip begins from here. The total trekking route is 28 km, and it takes approximately 6 hours.

Day 04: Tiger Leaping Gorge (B+L+D)
Continue trekking to the Tiger Leaping Gorge in the early morning. After lunch, you walk down the steep cliff to the bank of Jinsha River. With a length of 2290km, Jinsha River is the most precipitous section of Yangtze River, which makes a sudden turn of 135 degrees to flow northeastward. Then go on climbing up the Tiger Leaping Gorge for approximately one hour.

Day 05: Tiger Leaping Gorge - Lijiang (B+L)
Today continue trekking for 2 km and cross the Jinshajiang River by boat to get to Daju Town. After lunch, then head to Lijiang. On the way, pay a visit to Jade Dragon Snow Mountain, which is situated 15 km north of Lijiang city, on the south bank of the Yangtze River with an altitude of 5600 meters above sea level.

Day 06: Lijiang - Kunming (B+L)
Visit Baisha Frescos. These frescoes are both essential to the research of Chinese painting and important cultural heritage relics too. After lunch, you will stroll along the street of the Ancient Town of Lijiang. In the late afternoon, the tour guide will transfer you to the airport and help you board the plane back to Kunming.

Day 07: Kunming - TBA (B)
The tour guide will transfer you to the airport and help you board the plane to the next destination.

Included Features:

a.Entrance fees as listed in the itinerary
b.Hotel accommodations with breakfast as specified (If there is no Western breakfast available, we have to arrange Chinese one instead)
c.All meals as specified in the itinerary. B=Western or Chinese breakfast, L=Chinese lunch, D=Chinese dinner
d.Internal flights including taxes and fuel fee and train/bus tickets as listed in the itinerary
e.Professional local guides and drivers in each destination city
f.Private Transfers between airports, docks, hotels and scenic spots while sightseeing in each destination city by the private air conditioned vehicle
g.Service charge and Government taxes.