Ethnic Minorities Tour
15 day tour to Kunming, Lijiang, Guiyang, Huangguoshu Waterfalls, Anshun, Guanlin Bridge & Zhaoxing
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This tour concentrate on the southwest part of China where is inhabited by many different ethnic groups, with the Tibetans, Yao, Zhuang, Bai, Miao, Dong comprising the majority of the population. There you will have an opportunity to experience their life and learn about their lifestyle, religion and cuisine. The unique scenery, highlighted by plateaus, together with the fascinating ethnic culture makes the land very attractive and charming to visit.
Depart Australia to Kunming on overnight flight.
Arrive Kunming in the morning; met and transferred to your hotel. The rest of the day will be at leisure.
Kunming is well known as the "City of Eternal Spring" due to its cool summers and mild winters. This morning you visit Western Hill; then followed by Stone Forest Scenic Area, which is called the "No.1 Wonder under Heaven". The area is a deeply eroded limestone Karst area, and is the highest karst terrain in the world. The unique natural sights and Sani folklore are characteristics of the Stone Forest Scenic Area. Dinner will be local specialty famous Guoqiao (Crossing-the-bridge) Rice Noodle.
This morning take high speed train to Lijiang (takes 3 hours). The old town centre of Lijiang is known as Dayan. Dayan Town was listed on UNESCO’s World Heritage Sites list in 1997. You will visit the Dongba Culture Museum, which houses examples of the Naxi's writing, which is one of very few ancient pictographic scripts still in use in the world. You will also visit the Black Dragon Pond which is a great photo stop for the snow Mountains. You will head off to Jade Dragon Snow Mountain, which has rich vegetation coverage, ranging from subtropical to alpine. You take a cable car up the Spruce Meadow and back down.
Today you visit the First Bend of the Yangtze River and the famous Tiger Leaping Gorge.
Today we fly to Guiyang, the capital city of Guizhou Province, where you can explore and experience the colourful minorities’ cultures. Your tour guide will meet you at the airport and transfer you to your hotel.
This morning you will visit the highlights in the city Jiaxiu Pavilion then to the Qingyan Ancient Town, where you can see the spectacular town built right on the cliffs with vast rocks and its unique heritages dates back more than 700 years ago. In the afternoon We drive 2 hours and reach Huangguoshu. You will have a tour to Tian Xing (Sky Star) Scenic Area which is known as the stone forest on the water Overnight in Huangguoshu.
We visit to Huangguoshu Waterfalls, which is the largest waterfall in Asia and one of the grandest waterfalls in the world. Huangguoshu Falls is 74 meters (243 ft) high and 81 meters (266 ft) wide. After lunch, head to Dou Po Tang Waterfall, a sister waterfall of Huangguoshu Waterfall. We will drive to Guanlin Bridge, the biggest trussed suspended bridge in the China, ranked No.6 in the world. Drive back to Huangguoshu and overnight.
Today we visit Zhijin Cave, a karst cave located in Minzhai Village, was discovered in 1980. Until now, the already explored length is 4215m. It consists of 2 main caves and 4 branch caves, being divided into 4 layers and 47 chambers. Drive to Guiyang, overnight
In Guiyang.
Today is at leisure.
Today we drive to Zhaoxing County, about 5 hours’ drive, Zhaoxin county, a county dominates by Dong minority people. On the way you will stop at Huanggang Dong Village. Overnight in Zhaoxing.
Today we will visit Dong village. Walking into the Dong Village, surrounded by verdant mountains with a crystal stream running through, all the buildings are wooden-stilt houses. What a beautiful and picturesque village with unique ethnic flavour. You will also visit the Drum Tower, Flower Bridge and the beautiful Tang An Rice Terrace.
This morning is at leisure until transfer to Congjiang Train Station for your high speed train to Kunming. Met and transferred to your hotel. Overnight in Kunming.
This morning is at leisure; transfer to the airport for your flight bound for Sydney.
Arrive in Australia in the morning.
# Land Only: $3850 Single supplement: $750
Pre / Post Stay Hotel: $165 (Kunming) - per room per night with breakfast
Remarks
- This tour is a guaranteed departure based on a minimum of 4 people. Full package prices above include airport taxes and fuel surcharges.
- Land Only price: Tour starts from Arrival transfer in Kunming to Departure transfer in Kunming, including 2nd class train travel Kunming - Lijiang; Congjiang - Kunming and domestic air Lijiang - Guiyang but excludes any International air tickets.
- China Visa: All travellers need visas to visit China. Please visit CBT website FAQ Visa Session for details.
- Package prices of China Southern Airlines are for departures from Sydney, Melbourneor Brisbane.
Inclusions
- Return economy class airfares departing from Australia with selected airlines and all domestic flights (unless specified), including ticketed airport taxes & fuel surcharges as at October 2019 (CBT reserve the right to charge extra if airlines increase their fuel surcharge).
- Fully inclusive tour with all transfers between airports / piers / stations and hotels in each city; daily sightseeing and entrance fees as per itinerary; evening entertainment; professional English speaking local guides and cruise etc. Most meals - breakfasts are Western / local cuisine style buffet at hotel, while lunches and dinners are mostly local cuisines served at selected restaurants, please refer to meal code on itinerary (B=breakfast, L=lunch, D=dinner, BD=buffet dinner, SD=specialty dinner, WD=western dinner).
- Most of our hotels are 4 star international standard hotels with twin share superior class accommodation. All rooms have private facilities, telephone, colour TV and in-room internet facilities. Many hotels have a swimming pool.
- Professional English speaking National guide will accompany the group throughout the trip, in association with the local tour guides. This is subject to the minimum of 10 clients for each tour. Should the group be less than 10 people, the local guide will meet you at the airport / station upon your arrival and return you to the station / airport for your next destination.
- CBT Holidays travel wallet and travel kits.