Upon arrival, be transferred to the Kai Wah Plaza Kunming for two nights.

Full day at Stone Forest, 80 hectares of bizarrely-shaped limestone cliffs formed by erosion after the sea bed was thrust up 270 million years ago.

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Fly to Dali. Stay two nights at Asia Star Hotel Dali.

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Visit the three towering pagodas of San Ta Si, built over 1,000 years ago between Lake Erhai and snow-capped Cangshan Mountain. Continue onto the market at Xizhou and admire houses built in the original Bai architectural style. Enjoy a ‘Bai Flavour’ lunch including the 'Three Courses Tea' ceremony and a traditional dance performance. Visit Zhoucheng with its charming preserved courtyard houses and laneways.

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Drive 5 hours to Lijiang, high amongst mountains near the border with Tibet and centre of the Naxi minority people. Spend three nights at Crowne Plaza Hotel Lijiang. The old city is a “living museum” with ornately carved buildings and teahouses and a maze of cobbled streets crowded with Naxi women in traditional dress. Visit the Black Dragon Pool Park set against the Jade Dragon Snow mountain.

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Visit the Yufeng Lamasery and admire the 500-year-old camellia tree. Take a chairlift up Jade Dragon Snow Mountain and walk through spruce forests that thrive at this 3,000 metre height. Enjoy a dance and song performance of the region's minority nationalities.

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Drive to the First Bend of the Yangtze River and continue to Tiger Leaping Gorge. Spanning 16 km long, the gorge reaches 3,900 metres from its waters to snow-capped mountain peaks.

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Fly back to Kunming for one night.

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Transfer to Kunming Airport.

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