6 Days Kunming, Dali, and Lijiang Tour

Meet your private local guide in the arrival hall after walking out of the luggage claim area. Our guide will help you check-in and make sure everything at the hotel is satisfactory.

If you arrive during daytime, you can walk to Green Lake Park near the hotel, where you are likely to find local people in traditional dress dancing together. You are welcome to enjoy them.

Skipping the touristy part of the Stone Forest, you will visit the Naigu Stone Forest — the ‘Ancient Black’ Stone Forest. Climb to a high platform for a magnificent panoramic view and also take a little path threading the narrow space between the stones to witness the fantastic formations up close.

The Stone Forest area is the home of the Yi ethnic minority. Visit a unique Yi village built from the local limestone in the afternoon. Appreciate their usage of stones and their beautiful village. Try playing the Yi “guitar” and dance with them.

In the evening, transfer back to Kunming to catch a bullet train to Dali.

It is nicer to explore Dali Ancient Town in the early morning when there are not so many tourists. You will not only be impressed by the beautiful city gate and elegant buildings on the streets, but also feel the spirit of local life when you see people doing shopping in the food market and children walking to school.

Stroll out of the ancient town to discover an authentic Bai village at the foot of Cangshan — the ‘Dark-Green Mountains’. Learn and experience the unique tie-dyeing of the Bai people and find the wind, the flowers, the snow, and the moon depicted on their Bai traditional dress. Enjoy the privilege of tasting home-cooked cuisine in a private Bai house.

Have a bike ride along Erhai Lake in the afternoon. Feel the wind, enjoy the flowery meadows and rice fields, and see the clouds floating above the majestic Cangshan mountians.

Pay a visit to Black Dragon Pool Park, where the view of Jade Dragon Snow Mountain is one of the most famous postcard-perfect sceneries in southwest China.

Then discover the best-preserved minority ancient town, Lijiang Ancient Town, which is a valued heritage site bequeathed by the governor of the Naxi. The exquisite architecture shows you the splendid culture of the Naxi ethnic minority. Climb up to Lion Hill to have a bird's-eye view of the whole town at sunset.

Pilgrimage to holy Jade Dragon Snow Mountain in the morning. The mountain massif is believed to guard and bless the Naxi, and so they in turn protect it.

Take a cable car to Spruce Meadow at an altitude of 3,240 meters (10,630 feet). Besides appreciating the awesome natural landscape and views of Jade Dragon Snow Mountain, you will unlock its romantic legends with the help of your guide.

Enjoy lunch in a local restaurant run by a local Naxi family. You will also have a chance to learn to make Naxi pancakes (Naxi baba) as a dish of your lunch.

Understand more about the mysterious Naxi culture by visiting a shaman's house in the village. Learn some Naxi characters and enjoy a piece of old Naxi music. You will be impressed by the local people's passion for their culture and homeland.

Your guide and driver will escort you to Lijiang Airport to catch your flight and end this colorful tour.