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1 Arrive in Lijiang |
| You will be picked up at the airport and transferred to the hotel. Have free time for the rest of the day. |
| Day
2 Lijiang (B) |
You can plan your own visit for this day, whether to the Jade Dragon Snow Mountain to get the bless of the legendary One-Meter Sunshine for your love, or to the painting-like Yak Meadow to meet with the Nature, or to feast your eyes on the grand open-air show Impression of Lijiang.
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| Jade Dragon Snow Mountain: |
18,000 ft above sea level, looks like a gigantic dragon clad in white snow all year round. It is legendary that the sacred One-Meter Sunshine at the summit will bless your love forever. |
| Yak Meadow: |
As a part of Jade Dragon Snow Mountain, it is the paradise for the yaks. |
| Impression of Lijiang: |
A grand open-air show directed by Zhang Yimou, with the snow mountain as the natural background. |
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3 Lijiang (B,L,D) |
Today you will have a visit to Qiaotou Town and start trekking through high the trail. Then try an amazing experience of the renowned 28 zigzag turns (7km) for about 3 hours and a picnic at the summit. After a 2-hour hiking tour, you will reach the destination of the day ?Half-way Hostel, a child of love across boundaries. |
| Half-way Hostel: |
A hostel run by a Swiss woman who married to a local Naxi. You can taste beer with other travelers and enjoy the food cooked by the hostess. |
| Day
4 Lijiang - Shangri-La (B,L,D) |
| Continue trekking in the morning until reaching Tina鈥檚 Inn (9km, 3.5 hours). After lunch break, 1 hour (1.5km) experience down the steep cliff to the bank of Jinsha River, to worship the adventurous shoal of 鈥淪tarriness?and the marvelous 鈥淥ne Line Sky? Then climb up the gorge and go on hiking to the Walnut Grove. Stay overnight at Woody Guesthouse. |
| Starriness: |
聽It is the narrowest part of the gorge, where a tiger can easily jump over the Jinsha River. |
| Tiger Leaping Gorge: |
As deepest gorge in the world, this is a view that inspires a sense of adventure and satisfies the deepest yearnings for magnificent scenery. |
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5 Lijiang - Shangri-La (B,L) |
A drive round the Haba Snow Mountain to reach Baishui Terrace (White Water Terrace). After lunch, a visit to Baishui Terrace where the Dongba culture originated. Afterward, transferred to Shangri-La.
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| Baishui Terrace: |
The terrace is covered by a layer of white deposits of calcium carbonate crystallized in the spring water. |
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6 Shangri-La |
Free time for the day. You can indulge in the beauty of the natural sceneries, or the liveliness of the local life. Songs and dances of ethnic characteristics will lead you to a world of wonder.
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7 Shangri-La / Departure |
Free time till departure.
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