Day-by-day Itinerary
Day 01 Beijing-Lijiang(by air)
Take flight from Beijing to Lijiang, meet and greet at
the airport and transfer to a garden style hotel in Dayan old town(3
star or better).
Day 02 Drive from Lijiang to Baoshan(B/L/D, about 4.5 hours)
After breakfast, we will drive to Baoshan Stone Town, a
small town with one hundred families on the top of a gigantic rock.
This town was built in the late 13th century (Yuan Dynasty).Below
this stone town and towards the eastern side, lies the Jinshajiang
River. The other three sides are steep cliffs. The top of the cliff
becomes a guarding post for the town. In this town, you may feel
amazed at the sight of many household equipments which were make
of stone. In most of the houses, their household items e.g. table,
bed, water tank, fire stove are all carved out of big stones. After
breakfast, explore the old stone town on foot. Overnight in Mu.s
Guest house or the similar(two-bed, no private washroom).
Day 03 Trek to Liucheng (BLD, about 7 hours hiking)
This morning we could have one hour wondering around the Old Stone
town and the nearby area. Mu¡¯s Guest house is well located to overlook
the Yangtze River valley and the upper part of the village. Then
we will trek from Baoshan Stone Town to Liucheng village for about
7 hours, The first part of the hiking is hard as we will ascent
from 1788m to 2499m(Taizhiguan Pass), After descend the peak, the
beautiful Crown Gorge containing the Yangtze River now looks much
thinner and quieter. It's exciting to walk through two tunnels with
bending down. Instead of climbing over two stiff rock mountains,
the tunnels were manually dug long years before. We walk into and
move one step that brings us more close to the light. We find the
blue sky much lovely after coming out from the tunnels, and then
we will pass the through tranquil forest to Liucheng. Overnight
Ho's house (public shower and toilet).
Day 04 Trek to Labo Village (BLD, about 7 hours
hiking)
Today we trek for approximately seven hours and half to Labo, a
ethnical Moso and Nakhi village. The Yangtze River lies at the foot
of mountains. The village is scattered along the route. We will
meet friendly and smiling villagers. Today we Crossing wooden irrigation
canals and terraced fields, the last Nakhi village in our trek.
There we crossed the Yangtze River by boat again, and continue to
walk toward Labo village, a nice Moso village. Overnight Local Guesthouse
(public shower and toilet)
Day 05 Trek to Zhuangzi Village(BLD, about 7 hours
hiking)
Today we trek for approximately seven hours to Zhuangzi via Fengke(1850m)
and Gewa(2650m), passing through beautiful Moso village, sometimes
we have to stop for a short time while local farmers drive their
cattle across the road. In the forest full of pine and oak trees,
sometimes we heard the sounds of horse bell and horseman's before
they come in sight. We will reach the Moso village--Zhuangzi. Overnight
Xiong¡¯s house (public shower and toilet) and all meals
Day 06 Trek to Lugu
Lake (BLD)
Leaving Zhuangzi behind us, we continue to trek for approximately
five to six hours to Yongning. We will first hike up over Zhangzi
Pass(3,500m) and down the mountain walk through the tranquil scenery
and memorable views to Yongning where our bus is waiting. Drive
for about one hour to Lugu
Lake. Overnight in the hostel on Lige Peninsula in Lugu
Lake.
Day 07Lugu
Lake Drive to Lijiang(B/L)
After breakfast, we will leave Lugu
Lake and drive back to Lijiang. It is a long drive for about
6.5 hours, to avoid long time on the van, we will have some stop
on the way. We will first stop at Ninglang County(about 2 hours
drive from Lugu
Lake) for a visit of local bazzar. From Ninglang to Lijiang,
there are some small villages on the way, we could stop from time
to time to have a short visit of some of the villages. And there
is a part of the road have a very beautiful view of the Yulong Snow
mountain from the other side where the normal tourists will never
see at all. At arrive of Lijiang, free time to wondering around
the old town. Stay in a garden style hotel in Dayan old town(3 star
or better).
Day 08 Lijiang-Beijing or other destination(B,by air)
Group transfer to the airport for the flight back to Beijing. The
end of the tour.
Suitable time: from Sep. to the middle of June
Quotation: (based on 4-8 persons in a gorup)
Tour cost: 11980RMB/person or 1712USD/person
Single supplement: 990RMB/person or 142USD/person
- If you start from other cities rather then Beijing, please take
the airfare Beijing to Lijiang, and Lijiang back to Beijing out
from the quotation(based on 10% discount).
Beijing-Lijiang-Beijing: (RMB2170+150)*2=4640RMB
or 663USD/person
We are ready to reserve the e-ticket from another city to Lijiang(the
starting city) or from Lijinag (the ending city) back to your
preferred city.
- Reserve at least one month before the departure time. Please
read our terms
and conditions carefully before booking.
- If there are less than 4 participants, we reserve the right
to rise up the price or cancel the tour; in this case we will
inform the participants two weeks before the departure date.
- If you sign up with less than six persons, you are supposed
to travel with other tourists departure on the same date. If you
sign up with more than 6 persons together, you could get a discount
of 700RMB/person or 100USD/person.
- As the exchange rate of RMB to USD is floating, we reserve the
right to change the quote in USD according to the exchange rate
on the date you pay the tour.
- The prices do not apply to National Holidays and special
events(Labour Day Apr.25-May.7, National Day Sep.28-Oct.7 and
Olympics July 25-Sep.1, etc.).
Land Cost includes: airfare Beijing-Lijiang-Bejing,
meals daily as listed in the itinerary, including several picnic lunches
when trekking, English tour guide, land transfer service to the destinations
as listed in the itinerary(local van), experienced driver, scenic
spots admission fee, local garden style hotel with good location (twin-sharing,similar
to 3 star hotel or better), and some home-stay while hiking, one horse
for every two tourists to carry the big bag with food and water and
your big luggage from Baoshan Stone Town to Yongning, driver and the
service person on the way.
Land Cost excludes: tips to tour guide, all domestic
flights local airport taxes; international flights and related airport
taxes, supplementary trips and services not mentioned, personal
expenses, visa costs, single supplement cost for those who wants
to accommodate on a single basis, the extra cost due to the unforeseen
events;
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