Nixi Black pottery village

Discover Yading-  " the last pure land on the blue plant !  " 

The land road trip will start in Lijiang, then Shangrila, then to Yading natural reserve.

Day 1, Arrive Lijiang Private pick up at Lijiang airport and transfer to Lijiang hotel. Check in and relax.   

Day 2,  Jade dargon mountain tour, over night at Lijiang.

-Visit Jade dragon mountain by cable car, Blue moon valley and Lijiang old town.   

Day 3,  Lijiang to Shangrila Via tiger leaping gorge , over night at shangrila.

-Drive to Tiger leaping gorge, visit one of the deepest gorge the world. Drive to shangrila check in hotel at Shangrila old town. Enjoy the cozy time explore shangrila old town. Turtle hill park and the biggest prayer wheel in the world. 

Day 4, Drive from Shangrila to Riwa

-Enjoy view of Napa lake, and snow mountain on the way to Riwa. Total driving time today is ~8hours.     

Day 5, Tour Yading nature reserve

-Tour Pearl lake and Chonggu moastery. Night at Yading.   

Day 6, Tour Yading nature reserve 

-5 color lake, milk lake and Luorong pasture, Stay at Yading . 

Day 7,  Yading to Benzilan,   Enjoy scenery on the way to Benzilan,   Check in hotel and relax.

Day 8,  Benzilan- Shangrila,  over night at Shangrila.

-Visit Songzanlin monastery,  Tibetan home visit,  Shika snow mountain.   

Day 9, Departure from Shangrila airport 

Got tired with the regular  packaged tour schedule?

Want to travel as a local ?

Traveling with me to explore the wonders of Nature and minority cuture on the mountain and Mekong river region in the north west part of Yunnan province.  discovering the hiden shangrila with me! 

Tour schedule

Day 1.  Lijiang to shangrila via tiger leaping gorge

Day 2. shangrila to Feilasi via Yangtze river and Tibetan village

Day 3. Enjoying sunrise of Meili snow mountain,  hike to Yubeng village

Day 4. Hike to the holy water fall

Day 5. Drive to weixi ,visit Primitive minority on the way

Day 6. Weixi to tacheng, visit Golden monkey national park.

Day 7. Tacheng to Liming, climb to the turtle's montain

Day 8. Liming to Lijang via first bend of Yangtze river