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Day 4 Kunming • Stone Forest Day 6 Local Bai villages •
tour • Optional Yunnan Cultural Home-Hosted Lunch
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we journey outside the city to witness the Then we hop on a horse cart for a visit to
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to form great pillars resembling a forest made ancient city walls before returning to our
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a local restaurant in the Stone Forest. Breakfast, Lunch
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own this evening, or you may join an optional
Day 7 Village of Weishan •
Yunnan Cultural Performance & Dinner featuring
Weibao Mountain
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modern dance. Our Yunnan discoveries continue with a
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Breakfast, Lunch
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Day 5 Explore Dali
caravansary along the ancient tea and horse
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transfer to Dali. En route, we stop to visit _]LOP TY _SP ]PRTZY 7L_P] bPɪWW bLWV _S]Z`RS
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historic trade route, followed by lunch on your ZQ bPWW []P^P]aPO LYNTPY_ ^_]`N_`]P^ ?SPY
own. Then we’ll continue to Dali.Dali is an bP O]TaP _Z YPL]Md BPTMLZ >SLY L Xd^_TNLW
ancient city nestled between the Jade Green mountain with Taoist and Buddhist temples
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center for the Bai people, one of China’s many
Breakfast, Lunch
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cobbled streets and observe the lovely stone
Day 8 Transfer to Lijiang •
architecture inside Dali’s walled Old Town.
Dragon Pool Park
Later, we enjoy dinner together at a local
restaurant. ,Q_P] M]PLVQL^_ bP UZ`]YPd Md _]LTY TY_Z
northern Yunnan to Lijiang. After lunch at
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