21 days southwest china minority tour

includes: kunming, lijiang, dali, guiyang & guilin

there are 55 minorities living in china, most of them live in the southwest part. in this land tour, you will visit 3 province: yunnan, guizhou and guangxi. kunming is the capital of yunnan province. guiyang is the capital of guizhou province. guilin is regarded as the most beautiful city in china.

d1 arrive in kunming, meet at airport, and transfer to the 4 star hotel in downtown area.

d2 drive to visit the stoneforest which is one of the grand natural wonders of china. in the late afternoon, drive back to kunming, stay in the 4 star hotel.

d3 take a morning flight from kunming to lijiang, meet at lijiang airport, and transfer to visit the lijiang old town which is a world cultural heritage site, including the square market, the mu's family palace which is like a little forbidden city, and the black dragon pond where is the ideal place to view the snow mountain. stay in the 4 star hotel.

d4 drive to visit the jade dragon snow mountain, take chair-lift up to the yak's meadow, hike in the mountain for about one hour, enjoy the breath-taking view of the main peak (5596m high), then take chair-lift down, and drive to visit the baisha naxi village, including the fresco. then drive back to lijiang, stay in the 4 star hotel.

d5 drive from lijiang to lugulake, on the way, visit some minority villages. stay in the 2 star hotel near the lake.

d6 sightseeing in the lake, visit the mosuo villages and families, take a small boat cruise on the lake to visit the island. stay in the 2 star hotel.

d7 drive from lugulake back to lijiang, on the way, visit the nilang market. stay in the 4 star hotel.

d8 drive from lijiang to dali, on the way, visit the xinhuabai village, also visit the wase fishing village by the erhai lake. stay in the 3 star hotel beside the three pagodas.

d9 visit the dali old town, the three pagodas, and the xizhou village. stay in the 3 star hotel. note: the shaping market is only on each monday.

d10 drive from dali back to kunming, on the way, visit the chuxiong yi nationality museum, and the yi nationality sun calendar plaza. stay in the 4 star hotel in kunming.

d11 drive from kunming to xinyi, on the way, visit the colorful sand forest, stay in the 3 star hotel.

d12 drive from xinyi to huangguoshu, stay in the 3 star hotel.

d13 visit the waterfall, the dragon palace, and the yunshan bao old villages. then drive back to guiyang. stay in the 4 star hotel.

d14 drive from guiyang to kaili, afternoon visit the gejia villages in matang. stay in the 3 star hotel.

d15 drive from kaili to shibin, visit the wuyanghe gorges, take a small boat rafting down the river, stay in the 2 star hotel.

d16 get up early, drive from zhengyuan to leishan via taijiang, on the way, visit the langde miao village and enjoy the miao performance, then continue drive to rongjiang. (you will arrive in rongjiang in the evening). stay in the 1 star hotel.

d17 get up early, drive from rongjiang to sanjiang via chongjiang, on the way, visit dong villages and drumtowers in zhaoxin. (you will arrive in sanjiang in the evening). stay in the 1 star hotel.

d18 visit the dong nationality's wind-rainbridge in sanjiang, then drive to longshen, photographing the dragon spine terraced fields. stay in the 1 star hotel.

d19 drive from longshen to yangshuo, afternoon relax in yangshuo, stay in the 3 star hotel.

d20 take a boat cruise on the li river from yangshuo to guilin, visit the elephant trunk hill. stay in the 4 star hotel.

d21 morning visit the fubo hill and the diecai hill, in the afternoon, take a flight from guilin to kunming, meet at kunming airport, and transfer to the 4 star hotel. (end of our service).