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During this tour, you will see the three big rivers: Yangtze, Mekong and Salween, at the same time, you can also visit the colourful ethic people who live in the area such as Naxi, Tibetan, Yi, Lisu, Nu and Dai. We start our trip in Lijiang Old Town built with traditioanl wooden houses, travel high up to meet Tibetans in Shangri-La. Travel into the mountains and cross over the rivers to meet the Yi and Lisu people.
Pick up at Lijiang Airport and transfer to Lijiang. Lijiang is the home of the matriarchal Naxi culture, which is protected as a UNESCO Cultural Heritage Site. Lijiang was at the end of the Tibetan tea caravan route that gave rise to the Naxi women’s strong commercial bent as successful shopkeepers and traders. Read more
In and around Lijiang; walk from the old town, follow up the river to Black Dragon Pool where the water of the old town comes from. You can have a good view of the Jade Dragon Mountain when the weather is fine. Drive out to Yuhu village to visit the old home of the botanist Dr Joseph Rock and the village. Visit Baisha village. Read more
Drive to Shangri-La, with a visit to the Tiger Leaping Gorge with the drops of 3900m from hill top to the Yangtze River. The whole gorge is 19km long with three very narrow parts, only 30m between the banks. It’s said someone saw a tiger jumped over the River and so called Tiger Leaping Gorge, visit Yi village on the way and carry on to Shangri-La. Read more
In and around Shangri-La visiting the Tibetan monastery, local villages and the old town. Although the town has undergone enormous and not particularly sensitive development in the past few years due to its new designation by the Chinese as the original Shangri-la, the surrounding countryside is very attractive with lakes and scattered villages of alpine-style houses which we will visit to sample yak butter tea and tsampa. Read more
Drive over a mountain pass into the upper Yangtze gorge, following the old caravan route to Lhasa. On the way we will stop at Nixi village where pottery is made traditionally from clay. We will visit some expert and see how it’s made. Continuing along the path of the Yangtze to Benzhilan on zagzigs, a small Tibetan town near Yangtze River. Drive uphill to Mt. Baima at 4290m with visits to Dongzhuling Monastery and Tibetan villages on the way. We drop down into the Mekong gorge below the great wall of snow, which forms the Meili mountain range on the border with Tibet. Read more
Get up early to see the sunrise of the Meili Snow Mountain just from your hotel room with a cup of coffee, many photos chances with good weather. Drive south along the Mekong gorge to the village of Cizhong with visits to Tibatan villages en route, here you can see the different hoses from Zhongdian. Visit the Tibetan Catholic Church built by French missionaries in 1867, the church is used by Tibetan, Naxi and Lisu people. They still have the grapes planted by missionaries and old the traditional way of making wine. Read more
Drive north along the Mekong, cross the Mekong and drive over the Picock to the Salween Valley through beautiful forests and a few villages along the way, and carry on to Bingzhongluo village. Visit the First Bend of the Salween before arriving Bingzhongluo.
Drive along the Salween further north to visit a Nu village on the other side of the River and walk on the old Tea and Horse Trail. Drive to the Tibet border and get the experience of being in Tibet. Visit local Lisu villages and churches.
Drive to Fugong along the Salween via Gongshan with stops along the way to visit the villages along the way.
Drive south along the Salween via Liuku. As it’s hot and humid in the gorge here, Dai people who live here use big banyan trees to surround the villages, Tropical plants are grown here such as papaya, pineapple, banana and coffee. The famous Yunnan Coffee is grown in this area near the Salween. See goodbye to the Salween and drive to Baoshan. Read more
Transfer to Baoshan Airport for your departure flight
Our customized tour of Yunnan province for 16 days far exceeded our expectations. It was a fascinating journey through some of the most spectacular scenery I have ever seen. There is a lot of unique geography and interesting ethnic groups throughout the region. We traveled through many areas of relatively remote mountains and river gorges. Really off the beaten track! But even on somewhat treacherous roads, we were comfortable and felt secure. One reason we chose Edward Adventures was because they were able to provide us with one guide and driver that would be responsible for us the whole trip. The high level of service and consistency of this approach was really exceptional and very tailored to our preferences. We felt like a family friend was showing us around his home territory. The meals were really something special! Our guide knew all the local specialties in each place we visited and we tried them all. It seemed he handpicked our food for us and made sure of the best quality everywhere we went. Our hotels were very comfortable. The most impressive thing about our tour was probably the way our guide seemed to always know where to go to get away from the crowds, to see the most amazing scenery and interesting sites in a very personalized way. And the many Chinese people he introduced to us everywhere were so friendly and warm. We didn’t even feel much like tourists travelling with him! It was really a fabulous trip that we will always remember! Read more
Edward helped the two of us plan a two week trip to fascinating places and people in China. Edward took us on a cultural and scenic adventure. The scenery was wonderful. The people were so very hospitable, and the food great. We never felt that we were on a typical touristy tour but rather that we were with an old friend learning all about his country and having a trip of a lifetime. We still keep in contact with Edward and cherish our new friendship. Read more
We did a 3 week tour from Lijiang to Chengdu ( 3 of us ) with Edward as our guide and driver. It was a most memorable experience with Edward intimate knowledge of the best scenery , the best cultural experience and local customs and events. Wherever we went we got an insight into the local way of life and tried all the local food specialties. We also did some trekking and were taken to some really special places such as Thousand Tortoise Mountain, Tiger Leaping Gorge and Yading Nature Reserve. The scenery is really spectacular and for us fortunately also were the wildflowers. We have previously toured in Western China and had a fantastic time but Edward Adventures provided us with a far superior experience from start to finish. Read more
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