| Day 1 Australia / Guilin | |
| Fly from Australia to Guilin (via Guangzhou or Hong Kong); you will be met at Guilin airport and transferred to the hotel. |
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| Day 2 Guilin / Yangshuo | Meal: B/L/D |
| The highlight of Guilin is the Li River cruise, a 5-6 hours cruise from Guilin to Yangshuo passing through various strange and wonderful mountain formations. When you arrive at Yangshuo you will have time to roam the local market. You will be back to Guilin in the late afternoon. |
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| Day 3 Guilin / Longsheng | Meal: B/L/D |
| Day excursion to Longsheng. Longsheng is located in the mountainous region on the northeastern part of Guilin. The natural beauty and the colorful ethnic Chinese cultures and customs attract people from all over the world. You will visit Zhuang and Yao Minority tribes villages, and the beautiful terrace rice fields on summit of Longji (Dragon's backbone), which are built along the slope winding from the riverside up to the mountaintop, with the highest place of an elevation of 885m and the lowest 380m. Be transferred back to Guilin in the late afternoon. |
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| Day 4 Guilin / Kunming | Meal: B/L/D |
| In the morning we will take you on a tour of Reed Flute Cave, a wonderful limestone cave with a dazzling variety of stalactites and stalagmites, Fubo Hill and Elephant Trunk Hill. After lunch, you will take flight to Kunming. Kunming is known as the "City of Eternal Spring" due to its cool summers and mild winters. You will spend two nights in Kunming. |
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| Day 5 Kunming / Stone Forest | Meal: B/L/SD |
| In the morning we will visit the peaceful Yutong Temple and the Bird & Flower market and experience the vivid life of Kunming. Next we will travel to the Stone Forest Scenic Area. The Stone Forest is called the "No.1 Wonder Under Heaven". The area is a deeply eroded limestone Karst area, and is the highest karst terrain in the world. The unique natural sights and Sani folklore are characteristics of the Stone Forest Scenic Area. |
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| Day 6 Kunming / Zhongdian | Meal: B/L/D |
| Take morning flight to Zhongdian, also called Shangri-La, north into the Tibetan plateau of southeastern Kham. At 3,300 meters above sea level lies Gyalthang, which translated means the land of " Limitless Bounty". Hereunder blue Tibetan sky, are snow-capped peaks, virgin forests of immense spruce and pine, Visit of the Songzanlin Monastery, the Napa Nature Reserve, the local market and same local Tibetan households.meadows ablaze with fragrant wild flowers, pristine lakes. The town of Gyalthang (Zhongdian in Chinese) is the capital of the Diqin Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture. The prefecture is a treasure house of bio-diversity supporting about 7000 species of native plants among them azalea, rhododendron. |
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| Day 7 Zhongdian / Tiger Leaping Gorge / Lijiang | Meal: B/L/BD |
| We drive from Zhongdian to Lijiang. On the way, we will visit the famous Tiger Leaping Gorge and First Bend of the Yangtze River. You will spend two nights in Lijiang. |
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| Day 8 Lijiang | Meal: B/L/D |
| The old town centre of Lijiang is known as Dayan. Dayan Town was listed on UNESCO’s World Heritage Sites list in 1997. When you arrive in Lijiang you will be able to walk through Dayan Town to experience its culture. We will take you to visit a Naxi Village. The Naxi people are the main ethnic group of the town. We will also go to the Dongba Culture Museum. The Museum houses examples of the Naxi's writing, which is one of very few ancient pictographic scripts still in use in the world; then we will visit Jade Dragon Snow Mountain, which has a rich vegetation coverage, ranging from subtropical to alpine. We will take a cable car up the mountain and back. In the evening we will take you to the Naxi Ancient Music Show. |
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| Day 9 Lijiang / Guiyang | Meal: B/D |
| Today you will fly to Guiyang via Kunming. Guiyang is the capital of Guizhou province. |
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| Day 10 Guiyang / Anshun | Meal: B/L/D |
| Visit the Dragon Palace Cave National Park, where we'll explore the underground karst river by boat. We'll continue our journey to Huangguoshu waterfall, which is the largest one in Asia. Huangguoshu Waterfall is located right in the heartland of the Bouyei county where you find clusters of the Bouyei style stone houses amongst terraced rice paddies on the hillsides or in the valleys. We will spend some time exploring a Bouyei village. The Bouyei women make wonderful batik here. They draw their designs on a piece of cloth with beeswax and dye the cloth in indigo. A few miles down the river from the Huangguoshu Waterfall lies the wooded stone forest of Star Bridge. We will walk along the zigzag paths and enjoy the beauty of this mini stone forest. |
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| Day 11 Anshun / Kaili | Meal: B/L/D |
| We'll drive back to Guiyang, on the way visit Tianlong village, where you will enjoy local performance of “Ground Opera”. Then continue your drive to Kaili. Check in at hotel in Kaili for 2 nights. |
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| Day 12 Kaili | Meal: B/L/D |
| After driving through the mountainous countryside, you visit Jidao long skirt Miao village and Datang Mini Skirt Miao Village. After lunch, you will visit the Paika Village, where you can see the local people making the Miao’s instrument. You can also take an hour walk and enjoy the beautiful view of field and waterwheels. |
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| Day 13 Kaili / Guiyang | Meal: B/L/D |
| Drive back to Guiyang city (2.5 hour). We will visit Qingyan ancient town, which established in 1378 and many buildings and cultural relics of this walled town have been well preserved. The uniqueness of this ancient town lies in its three stone archways, dwellings with double-eave roofs, stairways-type streets paved with flagstone and certain ancient buildings. Then we take a city tour to Qianling Park, Jiaxiu Pavilion and Hongfu Temple. |
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| Day 14 Guiyang / Australia | Meal: B |
| This morning is at leisure. You may explore more of the city at your own pace. You will be transferred to the airport for your flight bound for Australia. |
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| Day 15 Australia | |
| Arrive in Australia in the morning. |
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