2-Day Tiger Leaping Gorge & Shangri-La Tour

Day 1: Departure from Lijiang, First bend of the Yangtze River, Tiger Leaping Gorge, Dukezong Ancient Town

Your driver will pick you up from your hotel (within Lijiang ancient town) in the early morning, (if the car cannot enter the small streets of Lijiang ancient town we will arrange a meeting point.)
Then will drive you to the First Bend of the Yangtze River, where you can see grandiose landscapes as well as important historical stories. Then you will continue further north to the Tiger Leaping Gorge, one of the deepest gorges in the world, 16 km long with a sheer 3900 meters between the wild waters and the top of the snow-capped Haba Snow Mountains next to it. Your tour guide will meet you there.

After lunch, you will continue to Shangri-La, and on the way, you will notice that the landscapes and architecture gradually changes as you go further into the Tibetan cultural areas, with barley fields and yaks scattered across the valleys. On the way to Shangri-La, you will visit a local Yi Minority Village. Then you will arrive at your final destination: Dukezong Ancient town, a key stop on the old Tea-Horse road, where you can enjoy your free time and relax from the day’s adventures.

Day 2: Songzanlin Monastery, Tibetan Family visit, Baiji Temple and Napa Lake 

After breakfast, your driver and tour guide will pick you up from your hotel (within Dukezong Ancient town) then take you to Songzanlin Monastery, the largest Tibetan monastery in Yunnan, with a rich history and beautiful architecture and visit a local Tibetan family afterwards to experience the real Tibetan life.

After lunch, you will take a look at Baiji Temple, which means “Hundred Chicken Temple” in Chinese, and is very close to Dukezong Ancient Town. From there you can enjoy a magnificent view of the city and see many chicken, (if you want to know why all those chicken live in that monastery, you will have to go there to find the answer.) Then you will go to Napa Lake, a beautiful highland meadow full of yaks, horses and birds, which looks different in every season. At the end of the day you will head back to Dukezong ancient town, where this tour will end.

We wish you a fine trip to wherever you are off to next!