Day 1 USA - Kunming

Today we board an international flight bound for Kunming, China. Cross the International Date Line.

Day 2 Kunming

Arrive in Kunming. Our guide will meet you at the airport and transfer you to the luxury hotel for rest and relaxation. 

Day 3 Kunming

Tour Daguan Pavilion, it is famous for hanging 180 characters long couplet written by the famous scholar in Qing Dynasty. Visit Cuihu Park, located in the north of Kunming city, opposite the main gate of Yunnan University, it is one of the most beautiful parks in Kunming Visit Yunnan Army Academy, founded in the late Qing Dynasty, it is one of the earliest military academies in China and an important branch of the Huangpu Military Academy. Tour Yunnan Ethnic Village, this theme park displays the colorful folklore and architecture of 25 ethnic groups residing in Yunnan Province. Villages of over 25 minorities including the Yi, Dai, Miao, Jingpo, Wa, Hani, Naxi, Dulong and others have been built here. Through various displays and re-creations of the original villages, the Yunnan Ethnic Village displays the diverse local ethnic culture. Villages of different styles are well arranged and show visitors their unique charm. Displaying a variety of buildings, lifestyles, and religious beliefs in the region. We enjoy a special Yunnan Specialties for dinner.

• Includes Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Day 4 Kunming - Dali

After breakfast, we take the high speed train to Dali. Dali is a city in the West of Yunan, with historical, scenic and architectural significance. Upon arrival, we visit the pagodas at the Congsheng Temple, the Temple was constructed during the Tang Dynasty and is one of China's finest example of the skill and architectural genius of the ancient craftsmen. Tour the Old City, we will stroll along the famous street "Yangrejie". This evening you will have a special dinner featuring a clay pot fish.

• Includes Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Day 5 Dali - Tengchong

Today, our driver takes us to Tengchong. We follow the footsteps of our ancestors, drive along the old and new Burma road, feel the changes of the times, remember the national humiliation, and relive a vivid history of the Anti-Japanese War. It passes through the Longjiang Bridge, the largest suspension bridge in the mountainous area of Asia, crossing the Longjiang river vertically with 1,950 meters of main cable length. Looking at it from afar, it was like two huge dragons with their heads held high in the sky and clouds, flying over the steep cliffs and flying back and forth in the misty mist. Enjoy the the hot spring and local specialty dinner.

• Includes Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Day 6 Tengchong

Visit Heshun Ancient Town in the morning. Heshun Ancient Town, located 3 kilometers southwest of Tengchong County, Baoshan City, Yunnan Provinc; it is over 600 years old. Here, more than 1,000 old buildings are spread around the mountain foothills and gradually rise from east to west, including ancestral halls, arches and ancient folk houses. The buildings are mostly in the mixed style of Chinese and Western. One of the reason is that many of the earliest dwellers moved here from nowadays Anhui and Jiangsu province, bringing the architecture style of their hometowns; another reason is that Heshun is along the ancient “Southwest Silk Road”, through which the architectural style of South Asia and Southeast Asia appear. Visit The Thermal Sea Scenic Area. You will see hot springs everywhere at Tengchong Thermal Sea Scenic Area. Visit the National Memorial Park, it is a cemetery built to commemorate the soldiers killed in the battle of Tengchong by the 20th group army of the Chinese expeditionary force during the Anti-Japanese War. Currently, it is the largest and most complete memorial park for the soldiers killed in the frontal battlefield during the Anti-Japanese War in China. More than 3,000 members of the Chinese expeditionary force and more than a dozen allied soldiers are buried here.

• Includes Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Day 7 Tengchong - Kunming - Jiuxiang - Stone Forest

After breakfast, we fly back to Kunming. Our guide will meet you at the airport and drive to Jiuxiang. Take an excursion to the remarkable Jiuxiang. Known primarily for its limestone caves, it also boasts an underground waterfall and an awesome gorge. Then tour the Stone Forest, it bristles 75 miles southeast of Kunming. The ashen stone pillars, abandoned by the sea as it receded hundreds of millions of years ago, bunch together into a geological ticket. The journey to the forest is as beautiful as the landscape that surround it.

• Includes Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Day 8 Stone Forest - Xingyi

After breakfast, drive to Xingyi. Visit Wanfenglin - Forest of Ten Thousand Peaks, it takes up an area of 2,000 square kilometers, about two thirds the size of Xingyi City. It is ranked by the China Geography Magazine as one of the six most beautiful peak forests in China. Enjoy a boat ride on Wanfeng Lake.

• Includes Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner 

Day 9 Xingyi - Anshun

Visit Maling River Gorge with stunning scenery. Maling River, also called Qingshui River or Mabai River, flows through Malin district of Xingyi city. Hence the name 'Maling'. Many tributaries along both banks of the river form more than 100 waterfalls falling down to the deep valleys, creating the spectacular limestone waterfall cluster. some of the waterfalls are over one hundred meters and with splendid sights. Drive to Anshun, we explore Huangguoshu Waterfall noted as the largest waterfall in China, 78 meters high and 101 meters wide.

• Includes Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Day 10 Anshun - Zhijin - Xijiang

After breakfast, we visit Yunfeng Old Han Chinese Village. The local villagers still follow the living habits and cultural customs of Ming dynasty, they are called "Tun Pu". Tun Pu folk art is extremely rich, the most representative is called "the drama living fossil", it is simple and rough, the performance is vivid. Then we visit Zhijin Cave, noted as the largest cave in China. The cave is filled with stalagmites, stone pillars, stone towers, stone flowers, stone sprouts, curling stones, cloud disk, plum blossom fields, pearl fields, and stone DAMS, etc. More than 40 kinds of deposits, forming a variety of Karst landscapes. The tunnels are crisscrossed, the stone curtains are like from the sky with different color The smoke from the underground river is misty and inscrutable. Then continue our drive to Xijiang Miao Village. Have a night view of Xijiang. Dinner with Miao people’s long table banquet.

• Includes Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Day 11 Xijiang - Libo

Visit Xijiang Miao Village, it is the largest Miao village in China, and is the main gathering place of the fifth great migration of the Miao nationality. The wooden stilted buildings of the 1285 Miao families are built on the mountain. It is known as "Miao Capital" because of their large number of Miao people. It is known as "Miao ethnic culture art museum", which is a "living fossil" of Miao nationality's history and culture. Enjoy the folk performance. Then drive to Libo. Visit Daqikong Scenic Attraction. It is located in the south of Libo county, 25 kilometers away from the county. It is named after a seven-hole bridge on Mengtang River. The bridge is 7 meters high, 4.5 meters wide and 35 meters long. You will enjoy the original forest, canyon, underground lake.

• Includes Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner 

Day 12 Libo - Guiyang

Visit Xiaoqikong Scenic Attraction, noted for its Karst topography. It is 5 km from seven major scenic spots, covers an area of about 10 square kilometers, there are more than hundred scenic spots. It is a collection of mountains, water, forests, caves, lakes, waterfalls as one of the original wonders.In 1988, it was listed as a national nature reserve.A seven-hole arch bridge of green stone was built in the Qing Dynasty hence the name. Then continue our drive to Guiyang. Dinner with Miao people’s cuisine: Sour soup fish in hotpot.

• Includes Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Day 13 Guiyang - USA

After breakfast, you are transferred to airport for your return flight back to your home. You will be in the United States the same day. End of tour.

• Includes Breakfast