7-day Guilin-Kunming-Lijiang Express
In this 7-day tour, you'll experience the charms of the natural masterpieces in Guilin. Also, a visit to Yunnan Province will surely stun you as you're going to see the most renowned destinations such as Stone Forest and Lijiang.
Tour Itinerary
Day 1Arrival at Guilin (L)
Meet your guide at Guilin Airport or Guilin Train Station and transfer to your hotel. After lunch, first visit Reed Flute Cave - a brilliant cave marked on almost all travel itineraries, and Fubo Hill where you can get a good bird's eye view of the whole city. Then back to your hotel and enjoy your free time.
A huge natural karst cavern within LReed Flute Cave
Fubo Hill by the Li River,Guilin
Day 2Guilin - Yangshuo (B, L)
Meet your guide in your hotel lobby and drive 30 – 40 minutes to the Zhujiang Pier for a 4-hour's cruise on Li River - the highlight of the tour in Guilin with lunch aboard. You will enjoy the beautiful mountains, verdant fields, farms and villages with water buffalos, cows wondering around on both sides of the river bank. Get off at Yangshuo - famous for its spectacular views of hills and rivers.
Li River cruise from Guilin to Yangshuo
Stuuning karst landscape along the Li River,Guilin
Day 3Yangshuo - Guilin - Kunming (B)
Free morning, until you will be picked up and transferred to the airport and fly to Kunming in the afternoon. Transfer to your hotel.
Day 4Kunming (B, L)
Drive to the Stone Forest (around 100km south-east of Kunming), which is a massive collection of grey limestone pillars, split by rain water and eroded to their present fanciful forms. Besides, you will visit a village of Sani people - one branch of Yi minority, which has the largest population in Yunnan minorities’ family.
Stone Forest - a dramatic set of limestone formations
Sani people - one branch of Yi ethnic group
Day 5Kunming – Lijiang (B, L)
Take a morning flight to Lijiang. Be met and transferred to the hotel, explore the ancient town, visit Lion Hill and have a panoramic view, Black Dragon Pool and Dongba Culture Museum. Free time at the rest of the day.
A panoramic view of Lijiang ancient town
Black Dragon Pool Park in Lijiang,Yunnan
Day 6Lijiang (B, L)
Drive to see the Jade Dragon Snow Mountain, where you'll take a cable car to its picturesque Spruce Meadow (including eco-friendly bus). On the way back to Lijiang, watch Baisha Mural.
Jade Dragon Snow Mountain - the sacred mountain of Naxi ethnic minority in Lijiang,Yunnan
The Baisha mural painting in Lijiang,Yunnan
Day 7Lijiang departure (B)
Transfer to the airport and fly to the next destination. End of Service.
Tips:
B-Breakfast, L-Lunch, D-Dinner
Price Guide
Private transfers airport/hotel/airport
Private tours escorted by an English-speaking guide
Accommodations with daily breakfast
Admission fees
Domestic flights and trains listed
Exclusions
International flights or trains
Visa arrangement
Excess luggage charge (the luggage allowance at economy class is 20kg)
Personal expense
Gratuities to guides and drivers
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