40Days Yunnan 25 Ethnic Minorities Discovery and Photography Tour
Highlights: Yunnan is a microcosm of China in the areas of minority affairs and nationality relations. The province has 25 minority groups, nearly half of the countrys total ( 56 ethnic groups ) . With such ethnic diversity it is important to ask the question: what criteria are used to determine minority status and classification? Basically, there are five ways: Race , Language, Culture, Religion, History. Except 25 minorities mentioned in Yunnan, there are three kinds of the Peoples, for the reason of they are not the really a kind of minority in China . but they are the certain branches of the minorities. The three Peoples have the special customs which are quite different with their original nations and very interesting in the recent days for their names in tourism of Yunnan.
| Activities | the Green Lake, the Flower and Birds Market |
| Meals | No meal |
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Arrival Kunming
| Activities | Western Hills, Dianchi Lake, Yunnan Ethnic Villages, Yunnan Nationalities Museum |
| Meals | Breakfast,Lunch,Dinner |
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| Activities | the Stone Forest, Luliang Culorful Sand Forest |
| Meals | Breakfast,Lunch,Dinner |
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In the morning, visit Stone Forest (90 kms away, 1.5 hrs’ drive) which is a world natural heritage site and world geological park with amazing karst limestone landform, in the meantime, visit local villages and meet the local Yi ethnic minority people there.
Drive to Luliang County,visit Luliang Colorful Sand Forest, and then drive to Luoping which is known for its rape flowers, every spring, a rape flower festival is held there.
| Activities | Jiulong Waterfalls,Luobuge Gorge, Duoyi River,Buyi Ethnic Villages,Thousands of Mountains |
| Meals | Breakfast,Lunch,Dinner |
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Visit Lubuge Gorge (known as “Small Three Gorges”) and the picturesque Duoyi River which is 12 kilometers long with waterfalls at different levels, where you can also have a glimps of the water mills that shows how the ancient people made use of the natural water resources, then visit Jiulong Waterfalls, a cluster of spectacular waterfalls formed on the Jiulong River, the greatest waterfall there has a drop of 56 meters with width of 112 meters.
Note: If this tour happens during the Rape Flowers Festival from Feb to Mar, you will have one more day option to explore the rape flowers sea in Luoping.
| Activities | Puzhehei Scenic Area, Xianren Cave, the boat cruise, Yi and Miao ethnic villages |
| Meals | Breakfast,Lunch,Dinner |
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Drive to Puzhehei, Qiubei, Wenshan prefecture (3.5 hrs), visit Yi ethnic minority villages, lakes and caves.
| Activities | Nian Lake Park, Bronze Drum Square, Bamei Xianadu Village |
| Meals | Breakfast,Lunch,Dinner |
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Drive to Guangnan County to visit Nian Lake Park and Bronze Drum Square. After lunch, continue the driving to Bamei Village.
Visit a village named Bamei, a place which is reputed as “Xanadu” or “Arcadia”, access by boat, enjoy picturesque sceneries and experience local ethnic customs.
| Activities | Bamei-Yanshan |
| Meals | No meal |
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Bamei-Yanshan
| Activities | Yanshan-Kaiyuan-Gejiu-Jianshui |
| Meals | Breakfast,Lunch,Dinner |
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Yanshan-Jianshui
| Activities | Jianshui-Yuanyang |
| Meals | Breakfast,Lunch,Dinner |
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Jianshui-Yuanyang
| Activities | the sunrise view of Duoyishu Rice Terraces, Bada Rice Terraces, Shengcun Market, Qingkou Village, the sunset view of Laohuzui Rice Terraces |
| Meals | Breakfast,Lunch,Dinner |
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Yuanyang
| Activities | Yuanyang-Luchun-Jiangcheng |
| Meals | Breakfast,Lunch,Dinner |
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Yuanyang-Jiangcheng
| Activities | Jiangcheng-Zhengdong-Mengla |
| Meals | Breakfast,Lunch,Dinner |
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Jiangcheng-Mengla
| Activities | Mengla-Menglun-Jinghong |
| Meals | Breakfast,Lunch,Dinner |
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Mengla-Jinghong
| Activities | Jinghong-Ganlanba-Jinghong |
| Meals | Breakfast,Lunch,Dinner |
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Jinghong
| Activities | Jinghong-Menghai-Lancang |
| Meals | Breakfast,Lunch,Dinner |
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Jinghong-Menghai-Lancang-Menglian
| Activities | Lancang-Menglian-Ximeng |
| Meals | Breakfast,Lunch,Dinner |
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Lancang-Menglian-Ximeng
| Activities | Ximeng-Shuangjiang |
| Meals | Breakfast,Lunch,Dinner |
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Ximeng-Shuangjiang
| Activities | Shuangjiang-Cangyuan |
| Meals | Breakfast,Lunch,Dinner |
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Shuangjiang-Cangyuan
| Activities | Cangyuan |
| Meals | Breakfast,Lunch,Dinner |
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Cangyuan
| Activities | Nangunhe Nature Reserve, Dai ethnic villages |
| Meals | Breakfast,Lunch,Dinner |
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Drive 2 hours to visit the Nangun River Nature Reserve which is for the protection of wild elephants. (The Nangun river is the border between China and Burma), then continue drive along the border road to Zhengkang county. On the way, visit several ethnic villages.
| Activities | Nujiang River, original forest and ethnic villages |
| Meals | Breakfast,Lunch,Dinner |
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Zhenkang-Mengyang-Mangshi
| Activities | Menghuan Grand Pagoda, the Peacock Lake, the Pagoda wrapped in the tree, Moli Waterfall and Rain Forest, Jiegao Myanmar and China Border |
| Meals | Breakfast,Lunch,Dinner |
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Mangshi-Wanding-Ruili
| Activities | Jiele Golden Pagoda, One Tree Forest, Dayingjiang River, Nandian Xuanfu Chieftain Palace |
| Meals | Breakfast,Lunch,Dinner |
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Mangshi-Longchuan-Yingjiang-Lianghe-Tengchong
| Activities | Rehai Hot Spring, Beihai Wetland Park, Heshun Ancient Town |
| Meals | Breakfast,Lunch,Dinner |
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Tengchong
| Activities | Gaolig Gongshan Mountain Nature Reserve, Nujiang River |
| Meals | Breakfast,Lunch,Dinner |
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Tengchong-Liuku-Fugong
| Activities | Nujiang Grand Canyon,Nu ethnic village,the Suspension Bridges |
| Meals | Breakfast,Lunch,Dinner |
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Fugong-Gongshan-Bingzhongluo
| Activities | Nujiang Grand Canyon, Bingzhongluo Village,Nujiang River (Salween River), the First Bend of Nujiang River |
| Meals | Breakfast,Lunch,Dinner |
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Bingzhongluo
| Activities | Nujiang Grand Canyon,Dulong ethnic village |
| Meals | No meal |
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Bingzhongluo-Gongshan-Cizhong
| Activities | Cizhong-Meili Snow Mountain-Feilaisi |
| Meals | No meal |
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Cizhong-Meili Snow Mountain-Feilaisi
| Activities | Feilaisi-Shangrila |
| Meals | No meal |
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Feilaisi-Shangrila
| Activities | Shangrila |
| Meals | No meal |
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Shangrila
| Activities | Shangrila-Lijiang |
| Meals | No meal |
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Shangrila-Lijiang
| Activities | Lijiang |
| Meals | No meal |
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Lijiang
| Activities | Lijiang-Lugu Lake |
| Meals | No meal |
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Lijiang-Lugu Lake
| Activities | Lugu Lake-Lijiang |
| Meals | No meal |
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Lugu Lake-Lijiang
| Activities | Lijiang-Shaxi-Dali |
| Meals | No meal |
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Lijiang-Shaxi-Dali
| Activities | Dali |
| Meals | No meal |
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Dali-Erhai Lake-Xizhou-Dali
| Activities | Dali-Donglianhua Village-Weishan-Dali |
| Meals | No meal |
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Dali-Donglianhua Village-Weishan-Dali
| Activities | Dali-Yunnanyi-Chuxiong-Kunming |
| Meals | No meal |
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Dali-Yunnanyi-Chuxiong-Kunming
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| Meals | No meal |
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Departure from Kunming
