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Villages, Markets + Mountains
OUR JOURNEY
DAY 1 | Welcome to South China On arrival in Kunming, you’ll be
escorted to the Green Lake Hotel. After check-in, enjoy a guided stroll along Green Lake.
DAY 2 | Fly to Xishuangbanna
Fly to Xishuangbanna and transfer to the Wanda Vista Resort. meals b
DAY 3 | Around Xishuangbanna Mingle with villagers at the Menghai
Market. With a tea master, learn about the tea ceremony and the cultivation and fermentation of revered Pu’er tea. Tonight’s dinner features a specialty of the Dai. meals b+l+d
DAY 4 | Menglun Garden
At the Menglun Tropical Botanical
Garden, you’ll learn about the region’s biodiversity, with more than 3,000 unique plants growing in the valleys and mountains. Tonight, enjoy the music and dance of the Dai people. meals b+l
DAY 5 | Fly to Dali
Fly to Dali and check in to the Hilton
Hotel. Explore the market in Xizhou and spend time with Bai villagers, learning about their traditional tie-dyed textiles and food traditions brought by their ancestors from Mongolia. Dine this evening in one of Dali’s elegant courtyard homes. meals b+l+d
+ Spend time with a tea master to learn how revered Pu’er tea is cultivated and fermented.
+ Sample Milk Fan, a cheese-like delicacy of the Bai people, brought by their forebears from Mongolia.
+ Delve into the heritage of the people of Donglianhua, a remote village founded in the 13th century.
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Meet a Naxi hawk breeder who trains them to hunt in the way of his people.
Amidst the spectacular beauty of Shangri La, spend time with a lama for insight into Tibetan Buddhism.
Learn to read some of the pictographs of Dongba, the word’s only living hieroglyph.
Visit 1 UNESCO World Heritage site
Black Dragon Pool
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Blue Moon Valley
3 Xishuangbanna All internal flights are included.
MAYANMAR
2 Shangri La 3 Lijiang
CHINA
2 Dali
1 Kunming