| Day 1 Arrive in HKG, meet the local guide and transfer to the hotel. | (D) Overnight in HKGQQQwww.Chinakindnesstour.com
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| Day 2 After breakfast take flight to Kunming. Meet the local guide and transfer to the hotel. | (D) Overnight in Kunming QQQwww.Chinakindnesstour.com
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| Day 3 After breakfast drive to Dali. In the afternoon visit Three Pagodas which is known as the Chongsheng Santa and situated on the top of the ruins of Chongsheng Monastery, the Three Pagodas lie one kilometer northwest of Dali and is located on the slope of Mount Cangshan. In the afternoon you could take a pleasant stroll in Dali Old Town which was the capital city of Nanzhao Kingdom 1000 years ago. | (B/L/D) Overnight in Dali QQQwww.Chinakindnesstour.com
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| Day 4 In the morning cruise on Erhai Lake, the largest highland lake next to Dianchi and one of the seven biggest fresh water lakes in China. It means, "sea shaped like an ear" in Chinese. Implying that the lake is ear-shaped and as large as a sea, hence it was so named. The lake covers an area of 250 square kilometers and is located about two kilometers east of Dali. It is like a crescent lying between Cangshan and Dali city as seen from Cangshan Mount. In a sunny day, the crystal waters of Erhai Lake and the snow mantled Cangshan Mount radiate with each other. Thus the scene was commonly described as "Silver Cangshan and Jade Erhai". In the afternoon drive to Lijiang. | (B/L/D) Overnight in Lijiang QQQwww.Chinakindnesstour.com
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| Day 5 After breakfast drive to Lugu Lake, which is located between Ninglang County in Yunnan Province and Yanyuan County in Sichuan Province, 300 kilometers away from Lijiang County. It is a plateau lake with a total area of 52 square kilometers, 2685 meters above sea level. The average depth is 45 meters, the deepest point being 93 meters. The water is very clear. The lake remains an uncontaminated plateau lake. In the afternoon visit Mosuo People's family and cruise to Liwubi Island. | (B/L/D)Overnight by Lugu LakeQQQwww.Chinakindnesstour.com
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| Day 6 After breakfast drive back to Lijiang. In the afternoon visit Baisha Naxi Village and Baisha Ancient Mural. Baisha (White Sand) is located in the north of Lijiang. It is named this because of the large amount of white sand on the earth's surface there. According to history Baisha is the earliest place for the settlement of Naxi nationality after they entered Lijiang basin. The present murals are all kept in Dabaoji Palace and Liuli Temple in Baisha. All of the 55 murals were masterpieces in the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644). The biggest one is stored in Dabaoji Palace. In total, there are 100 vivid figures visible in it. Their facial expressions are vivid enough to show their happiness, anger, sadness and joys. All of the Baisha murals are about religion. However their uniqueness comes from the fact that they are the combination of Buddhism, Taoism and Lamaism, which is a very rare phenomenon. Visit Lijiang Old Town, which is one of the best-preserved ancient towns of the minority ethnic people of China. Lijiang old town belongs to the World Culture Heritage of UNESCO. | (B/L/D) Overnight in Lijiang QQQwww.Chinakindnesstour.com
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| Day 7 Drive to Shangri-la ( Zhongdian ), visit Tiger Leaping Gorge on the way, which is believed to be the deepest gorge in the world. From the top of the gorge you look down the steeply angled ( 70-90 degrees ) mountain sides to the rushing Golden Sands River ( up reach of Yangtze River ) with its 18 frothing rapids more than 200 meters ( about 700 feet ) below. In the evening go to the central square in the old town to enjoy local people nightly dance. | (B/L/D) Overnight in Shangri-laQQQwww.Chinakindnesstour.com
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| Day 8 In the morning visit Songzanlin Tibetan Buddhism monastery, which is 5 km from the seat of Shangri-la County. Construction began in 1679 and was completed in 1681. It is said that the Fifth Dalai Lama chose the site of the monastery through divination and named it "Gedan Songzanlin Monastery". In 1724, during the reign of Emperor Yongzheng in the Qing Dynasty, the monastery was renamed the "Guihua Monastery". During its time of greatest prosperity, there were more than 3,000 monks in the temple, now there are still 700 monks inside. In the afternoon take about 2 hours drive through mountain scenery & Yangzi River to the mountain village of Dong Zhu Lin Monastery, 105 km away from Zhongdian. The monastery was originally known as Chongchongcuogang, meaning a monastery along the lakeside of cranes. Dong Zhu Lin Monastery was first built in 1667, the 6th year during the reign of Emperor Kang Xi of Qing Dynasty. It was where the Monlam Festival of the Prayer for the Emperor's birthday was held. Now the monastery was rebuilt in 1985. The newly erected monastery is well arranged. The main hall in the center is a four-story wood and earth structure, surrounded by 82 tall trees. The hall on the 1st floor is for reciting Buddhist scriptures, where enshrines the statues of Tsongkhapa, founder of the Ge-lug-pa sect, together with Damarenqen, one of Tsongkhapa??s disciples, and Khedrub Je, the 1st Panchen Lama, and other Buddhist statues of Sakyamuni, and Guanyin, a Bodhisattva. The monastery also enshrines a 6.8 meter high, gilded bronze, statue of seated Buddha of Qiangba (Maitreya), and a 10.5 meter tall statue of Sakyamuni, gifts from the Sera Monastery in Lhasa. The monastery also collects an 8.5 meter long, 5.2 meter wide image of Buddha, which is sunned once a year when the Monlam Festival of Prayer is held. Bita Lake ( natural reserve area ), located 25 km east of Zhong Dian County, covers an area of 840 sq. km, with various species of plants and animals, and beautiful landscapes. In Tibetan language, Bita means the place covered by trees. Ancient pines and cypresses grow around the Bita Lake, three by one km in area. The water is crystal and tranquil. In the lake there is an islet covered by cedars and azaleas. When the withered flowers fall into the water and are eaten by fish, the fish will become unconscious like getting drunken and float on the water surface. | (B/L/D) Overnight in Shangri-laQQQwww.Chinakindnesstour.com
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| Day 9 After breakfast drive to Dali. | (B/L/D) Overnight in DaliQQQwww.Chinakindnesstour.com
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| Day 10 After breakfast drive to Mangshi via Baoshan. Enjoy the scenery on the way. In the afternoon visit The Pogoda in the trees and Puti Temple. | (B/L/D) Overnight in ManshiQQQwww.Chinakindnesstour.com
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| Day 11 After breakfast visit Wanding Port, Dai Village, Burmese Temple, pagoda and local market. | (B/L/D) Overnight in RuiliQQQwww.Chinakindnesstour.com
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| Day 12 After breakfast drive back to Kunming. | (B/L/D) Overnight in KunmingQQQwww.Chinakindnesstour.com
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| Day 13 In the morning take flight from Kunming to Jinghong. In the afternoon visit Wild Elephant Valley (natural reserve area), enjoy the elephant show, then take cable car to get through the primitive rain forest. Visit Dry Dai and Jinuo people village on the way back. In the evening have the folk dancing and singing dinner given by local Dai people. | (B/L/D) Overnight in JinghongQQQwww.Chinakindnesstour.com
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| Day 14 In the morning visit Ganlanba, morning market, water Dai villages, Burmese temple and rubber garden on the way. After lunch visit biggest Botanic Garden in China in Menglun. In the evening have Dai people's Bar-B-Q as dinner. | (B/L/D) Overnight in JinghongQQQwww.Chinakindnesstour.com
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| Day 15 After breakfast drive to Pu'er. In the afternoon visit Meizi Lake and local market. | (B/L/D) Overnight in SimaoQQQwww.Chinakindnesstour.com
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| Day 16 In the morning take flight from Pu'er to Kunming. Meet the local guide and visit West Hill , which lies 15 km west of Kunming City, the Dragon Gate in the Western Hills is close to the west shore of the Dianchi Lake. It consists of the Sanqing Temple Complex and the Dragon Gate Grotto Complex. The buildings of the Sanqing Taoist Temple are arranged in nine tiers: They are the Lingguan Hall, the Chunyang Pavilion, the Sanqing Hall, the Yuhuang Temple, the Taiqing Palace, the Zhenwu Hall, the Luzu Temple, the Qisheng Temple, Lingxiao Pavilion, the Laojun Pavilion and the Taiji Palace. The Dragon Gate Grotto Complex, on the other hand, includes Lanhaichu, the Ciyun Cave, the Yunhua Cave and the Datian Pavilion. Visit the Bamboo Temple where you can see "the sculpture treasure of Orient" - 500 colorful clay Buddhas. | (B/L/D)Overnight in KunmingQQQwww.Chinakindnesstour.com
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| Day 17 After breakfast Visit Stone Forest. A typical Karst formation, the Stone Forest covers an area of more than three hundred square kilometers. Scientific research has shown that what is now the Stone Forest was 270 million years ago an immense expanse of water with a vast stretch of limestone sediment formed over the years on the seafloor. As a result of the crustal movement, the seabed rose gradually and a large piece of land thus came into being. Exposed to rains and winds, eroded by the elements, the strange-looking limestone ranges were shaped by time. About 200million years ago numerous stone peaks, pillars, and stalagmites rose abruptly from the ground and towered into the sky, extending now as far as the eye can see, looking like a vast forest of stone, hence the name "the Stone Forest". | (B/L/D) Overnight in KunmingQQQwww.Chinakindnesstour.com
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| Day 18 After breakfast take flight to leave. (B) | QQQwww.Chinakindnesstour.com
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