Pick up at Lijiang airport

Transfer to Hotel

Arrive at Hotel and check in. Settle into hotel and rest

8:30am – Eat breakfast at hotel in Lijiang

9:00am – Depart hotel, Drive 97km (1 hour and 40 min.) to Shaxi Old town

11:30am – Check into your historic homestay in Shaxi, eat a local lunch with the Bai people.

1:00pm – Explore Shaxi old town and market, take a relaxing bike ride through the countryside and the cobblestone streets OR explore the many shops and the old stone arch bridge

3:00pm – Bai cultural activities around a restored temple

5:30pm – Travel to the the Old Theatre Inn for a night of local dishes and historic performances

8:30pm – Return to homestay for a great nights sleep

8:00am – Eat breakfast in homestay

9:00am – Enjoy the morning to sip coffee in the courtyard of your hostel and find new treasures among the winding alleys of old Shaxi

11:30am – Lunch in Shaxi

12:30pm – In the afternoon, drive back to Lijiang

2:30pm – Explore Shuhe and/or Baisha Old Town and learn about Naxi writing and calligraphy

5:00pm – Experience a local Naxi Shaman dance

6:30 pm – Dinner in Lijiang

8:00pm – Sleep at a hotel in Lijiang

8:30am – Eat breakfast in hotel

9:00am – Drive  90km (2 hours) to Tiger Leaping Gorge, along the way you will see the first bend of the Yangtze River.

11:30am – View the Gorge from the road, no hiking is needed

12:30pm -Eat lunch near Tiger Leaping Gorge

1:30pm -Drive 103km (2 hours) from Tiger Leaping Gorge to   Shangri-La

3:30 pm – Arrive at hotel, clean up at hotel.

6:00pm – Tibetan style dinner at a local restaurant

8:00pm – Return to hotel to sleep

8:00am – Breakfast at hotel

9:00am- Take the short drive out of town to visit Ganden Songzalin Monastery, the largest Tibetan monastery in Yunnan Province, aka “The Little Potala Palace”

12:30pm- Lunch in Shangri-La

1:00pm -Walk around Dukezong Ancient Town, an important town own the ancient Tea Horse Trade Caravan.

3:30pm -Walk to the top of Guishan Hill to see the largest prayer wheel in the world and to get a great panoramic view of Shangri-La below

7:30pm – Sleep in hotel in Shangri-La

8:30am – Eat breakfast at hotel

9:00am – Spend the day at Bita Lake and Shudu Lake in Pudacuo National Park.  This area contains over 20% of China’s plant species and 30% of its mammal and bird species.

5:30pm – In the afternoon, return to hotel in Shangri-La

6:30pm – Final dinner in Shangri-La

8:30pm – Sleep in hotel in Shangri-La

8:00am – Eat breakfast in hotel

9:00am – Spend the morning enjoying old town Shangri-La and walking through the old cobblestone streets and seeing the local markets

12:30pm – Lunch in Shangri-La

1:30pm – Depart hotel  to drive 203km, (4 hours) to Lijiang 

5:30pm – Settle into hotel

6:30pm – Final dinner in Lijiang

7:30pm- Sleep in hotel in Lijiang

8:00am – Eat breakfast in hotel

9:00am -Depart hotel  to drive to Lijiang airport 

Arrive at Lijiang LJG airport, check in

Depart Lijiang airport