Tour Cateogry: Yunnan Classic Tour

Tour Dates: Daily

Starts/Ends: Kunming/Yuanyang

Trip Type: Photograph Tour

Activity Level: Easy

Tour Route:

Kunming-Shilin-Yuanyang-Jianshui-Kunming

Trip Highlights:

Yuanyang is renowned for its rice terraces, sculpted by bare hands by the Hani people one thousand years ago, transforming a barren valley into a humid Eden; perfect for rice crops. The 1000m of mountain slopes of terraces is still in use today, claiming to be the world's most spectacular and extensive terraces. It is a self sustaining ecosystem and a perfect example of a symbiosis with nature.

Day 1 Kunming Arrive in Kunming City,transfer to the hotel.

Day 2 Kunming-Shilin-Jianshui Drive to Shilin County and visit the Stone Forest, drive to Jianshui, Visit the Ancient Wells and Chaoyang Tower and Jianshui Old Town.

Day 3 Jianshui-Yuanyang

Visit Zhu Family Garden, Jianshui Confucius Temple, Tuanshan Village and Zhang Family Garden, transfer to Yuanyang

Day 4 Yuanyang Visit Hani and Yi ethnic villages and the Yuangyang Rice Terraces including Duoyishu, Laohuzui, Bada and Longshuba

Day 5 Yuanyang-Kunming  Transfer back to Kunming, visit Xingmeng Mongolian Village on the way

Day 6 Departure from Kunming Transfer to Kunming Airport for returning. Service ends