Lijiang Trip Overview
Spend 2 days to explore Lijiang city highlights from Dali on this private guided tour. Accompanied by private tour guide and travel by private air-conditioned vehicle, this personalized tour is tailored to your needs and allows you to tick off Lijiang city attractions, such as Mu Palace, Lion Hill, Lijiang Old Town, the Dongba Culture Museum, and the Black Dragon Pool. Next day, you will explore Jade Dragon Snow Mountain and enjoy amazing open-air Impression Lijiang Impression Show which performances by non-professional peasant actors who are from local villages, use unique movements and original songs to exemplify their culture, history and customs. If you have other sites in mind to go, just feel free to discuss with your tour guide. This private tour including English speaking tour guide, travel by private air-conditioned vehicle, entrance fee, round trip cable car, lunch, show tickets and door-to-door hotel transfers. Your tour will ends in Lijiang.
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Duration: 2 days
Starts: Lijiang, China
Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Cultural Tours
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What to Expect When Visiting Lijiang, Yunnan, China
Spend 2 days to explore Lijiang city highlights from Dali on this private guided tour. Accompanied by private tour guide and travel by private air-conditioned vehicle, this personalized tour is tailored to your needs and allows you to tick off Lijiang city attractions, such as Mu Palace, Lion Hill, Lijiang Old Town, the Dongba Culture Museum, and the Black Dragon Pool. Next day, you will explore Jade Dragon Snow Mountain and enjoy amazing open-air Impression Lijiang Impression Show which performances by non-professional peasant actors who are from local villages, use unique movements and original songs to exemplify their culture, history and customs. If you have other sites in mind to go, just feel free to discuss with your tour guide. This private tour including English speaking tour guide, travel by private air-conditioned vehicle, entrance fee, round trip cable car, lunch, show tickets and door-to-door hotel transfers. Your tour will ends in Lijiang.
Itinerary
Day 1: Dali-Lijiang City Highlights (L)
Stop At: Old Town of Lijiang – China, No.57, Xuetang Rd, Dayan Township, Gucheng Dist, Lijiang 674100 China
Your English speaking guide will meet you in your Dali hotel’s lobby at your preferred time. Then, heading directly to Old Town of Lijiang which takes about 2.5 hours, your tour guide will explain the relates stories along the way, feel free to ask questions if you have.
Upon arrival, you will spend some time to explore the old town.
The Old Town of Lijiang is a well-preserved old city of ethnic minorities with brilliant culture, the town was first built in the late Song Dynasty (960 – 1279), it has a history of more than 800 years. As a result of the combination of the multinational culture and the progress of Naxi ethnic minority, the buildings here incorporate the best parts of the architectural traits of Han, Bai, and Tibet into a unique Naxi style.
Duration: 2 hours
Stop At: Museum of Naxi Dongba Culture, Heilong Tan, Lijiang China
Stroll around the old town with your tour guide, you will stop at Museum of Naxi Dongba Culture, the museum dedicated to the history of the Naxi people and their pictographic language and animist Dongba religion. Explore the museum and learn about the Naxi culture and art.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Mufu Palace, Southwest of the Old Town, Lijiang 674100 China
Next, you will visit the Mufu Palace. The top ruler of Naxi minority Mu Family had been in Lijiang since Yuan Dynasty to Qing Dynasty, totally 470 years with 22 generation rulers. The present Mufu Palace is a representative of ancient central China architectural style in Ming Dynasty. While it also keeps the characters of Tang and Song Dynasties. And inside it, the details show the minority features of Bai and Naxi groups. Besides architecture value, it also can be an outstanding plants museum with ancient trees and extraordinary plants. The garden in a style mixed with imperial one and Suzhou’s style. Explore the palace and get to now its history and stories from your tour guide.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Lijiang Lion Rock, Xinhua Street, Dayan Town, Gucheng District, Lijiang 674100 China
Enjoy lunch in the local restaurant, then move on to Lion Hill Park. The Lion Mountain looks like a sleeping lion from afar, providing a wonderful picture.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Wangu Pavilion, Lion Mountain, Gucheng District, Lijiang 674100 China
Reach the mountaintop, go up to the Wangu Pavilion which is a five-storied all-wooden edifice with five elegant eaves. The tower is regarded as the No.1 Domed-shaped Structure in China. Get ready your camera and enjoy the panoramic view of the surrounding areas(Jade Dragon Snow Mountain, the Old Town and the Naxi minority villages).
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Wenchang Palace, Xin Shang Duan, Yulong Naxizuzizhixian, Lijiang Shi, Yunnan Sheng, China
Move on to Wenchang Palace. The palace was originally built in 1725 and was once the location for holding exams and folk lectures during the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911). Stroll around the area, and then move to Twin-Stone Garden where you can find a large waterwheel and bas-relief to commemorate the civilization of the Naxi nationality.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Black Dragon Pond Park, Xin Daje, Lijiang 674100 China
Your last stop is the Black Dragon Pond Park. Follow your tour guide to explore the ancient monuments such as the Longshen Temple, the Deyue Pavilion, the Suocui Bridge and the Hanyue Stage. Enjoy amazing view of the Jade Dragon Snow Mountain from the park.
After the tour finished, you will be transferred back to your hotel in Lijiang. (Please book your own hotel in Lijiang in advance)
Duration: 1 hour
Meals included:
• Lunch
No accommodation included on this day.
Day 2: Lijiang- Jade Dragon Snow Mountain- Impressions Lijiang Show-Blue Moon Valley (L)
Stop At: Yulong (Jade Dragon) Mountain, Yulong Naxi Autonomous County, Yulong County 674100 China
Meet your private guide in hotel’s lobby in Lijiang, heading directly to Jade Dragon Snow Mountain which takes about 1 hour. Sit back and enjoy the sceneries along the way.
Consisting of 13 peaks, Jade Dragon Snow Mountain is the southernmost glacier in the Northern Hemisphere. Looking from Lijiang Old Town, the snow-covered and fog-enlaced mountain resembles a jade dragon lying in the clouds, hence, the name Jade Dragon Snow Mountain. About half of China’s plant species originated in Yunnan province, and Jade Dragon Snow Mountain is home to about half of these, including trees, flowers, and medicinal herbs and plants. The mountain’s many ravines, creeks, cliffs, and meadows all have Naxi names and provide settings for the myths and legends of the people who have made the plain their homeland for 1,000 years.
Get the information and learn its legendary stories from your tour guide. Upon arrival, take the convenient cable car to the scenic viewing point (4506 meters), marvel at the spectacular glacier and mountain views. You can choose to hike up to 4680 meters by wooden stairs. When you are ready to leave, descend by cable car.
Duration: 2 hours
Stop At: Lijiang Impressions Show, No.19-9 Guodahuama Street, Old Town, Lijiang China
Enjoy lunch in the local restaurant, then enjoy amazing Lijiang Impressions Show. The show is performed in daytime, using the Jade Dragon Snow Mountain as its stage background. More than 100 horses and 500 non-professional peasant actors with dark skin who are from 16 local villages and over 10 ethnic minorities give their best performance. They use unique movements and original songs to exemplify their culture, history and customs. When make booking you can choose you preferred tickets for the show
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Blue Moon Valley, Jade Dragon Snow Mountain, Lijiang China
After the show, you will spend some leisure time to explore the Blue Moon Valley. Blue Moon Valley actually is an extremely blue river meandering through a lush valley of Jade Dragon Snow Mountain. Spend some time to stroll round the area, get ready your camera for amazing shots.
Your wonderful tour will ends here, you will be transferred back to your hotel in Lijiang.
Duration: 1 hour
Meals included:
• Lunch
No accommodation included on this day.
