| Itinerary day by day |
| 01 |
Mohan/Mengna |
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Hotel |
| Enter China, and deal with the related entry procedures. Then drive to Mengna and handle the vehicle and driving license process. If time permits, we can visit the nearby local ethnic minority villages and try the local ethnic food for dinner if you are interested. |
| 02 |
Mengna/Mengxing/Jinghong |
150km |
Hotel |
Finish the rest procedures.
We suggest visiting the Menglun Tropical Botanic Garden which is the best tropic botanic garden in China.
We may also visit the Ganlanba Village, the local Dai minority villages.
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| 03 |
Jinghong---Puer---Nanjian |
480kms |
Hotel |
It is a driving day, but a beautiful driving day. The roads through mountains, villages, fields, tea gardens etc, up and down. When you drive on this road, you will feel you and your vehicle are dancing among the mountains and fields.
About 6-7 hours driving today.
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| 04 |
Nanjian---Dali---Lijiang |
305kms |
Hotel |
We drive to Dali in the morning, and visit the Dali ancient city, and beautiful places nearby, the Erhai Lake etc.
Then in the afternoon, we drive to Lijiang.
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| 05 |
Lijiang---Tiger Leaping Gorge---Lijiang |
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Hotel |
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We drive from Lijiang to Tiger Leaping Gorge and have a 2-3 hours trekking at famous Tiger Leaping Gorge. You will be surprised by the grand and beautiful gorge and then we back to Lijiang.
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| 06 |
Lijiang |
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Hotel |
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Whole day relax and visit at Lijiang. Lijiang is one of the top 4 ancient cities in China and it is a colorful, romantic, ethnic and exotic ancient city.
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| 07 |
Lijiang---Dali---Kunming |
560kms |
Hotel |
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We drive expressway from Lijiang to Kunming and Kunming city tour in the afternoon. If you are interested, we may visit the Dianchi Lake by Kunming city or the ethnic minority villages (but depends on your choices), or the flower market etc.
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| 08 |
Kunming—Stone forest—Shizong—Luoping—Xingyi |
330 |
Hotel |
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We may visit the famous Stone Forest in the morning and then drive to Xingyi. Beautiful Karst landscape and mountains and gorges along the way.
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| 09 |
Xingyi---Guiyang----Kaili |
500 |
Hotel |
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We drive to Anshun in the morning, about 180kms and then visit the Huangguoshu Waterfall, the largest waterfall in China and then we drive to Kaili via Guiyang in the afternoon.
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| 10 |
Kaili---Rongjiang |
170kms |
Hotel |
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Drive to Rongjiang and visit the various ethnic minority villages along the way, such as the Langde Miao village, Xijiang Miao village etc.
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| 11 |
Rongjiang---Congjiang---Sanjiang |
189kms |
Hotel |
Drive from Rongjiang to Sanjiang via Congjiang, visit the other ethnic minority villages, such as the Yao ethnic village and the Dong ethnic villages.
D10 and D11 offer you real and close experience of China’s local ethnic minority villages, building, people, food and folks.
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| 12 |
Sanjiang---Phoenix Ancient town |
395kms |
Hotel |
After the morning visit at Sanjiang’s Chengyang Wind-Rain Bridge, we will drive to Phoenix Ancient town which was built by a river.
It is very beautiful here. But today is a long day, quiet tight.
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| 13 |
Phonix ---Jishou---Zhangjiajie |
232 |
Hotel |
Phoenix visit in the morning and then we drive to Zhangjiajie in the afternoon.
Zhangjiajie is regarded as the most beautiful mountains in China.
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| 14 |
Zhangjiajie Visit |
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Hotel |
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Whole day visit at Zhangjiajie. Zhangjiajie is composed of several parts and because the time is limited, we only have 1 day here for visit.
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| 15 |
Zhangjiajie---Jingzhou---Yichang |
505kms |
Hotel |
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We drive to Yichang by expressway, about 6 hours driving.
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| 16 |
Yichang—Xiangfan---Nanyang |
390kms |
Hotel |
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We visit the the famous Three Gorges Dam at Yichang in the morning and drive to Nanyang in the afternoon on expressway.
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| 17 |
Nanyang---Xi’an |
430kms |
Hotel |
We drive to Xi’an in the morning, 430kms on expressway,
We visit the famous Terra Cottas Warriors in the afternoon. And then drive to Xi’an city, 50kms away.
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| 18 |
Xi’an |
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Hotel |
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Whole day visit in ancient city---Xi’an. Xi’an has been the capital of China in over 10 dynasties, and you can see history everywhere in Xi’an. We suggest the visit to the hundred years old city wall, drum tower, bell tower, and the Chinese History museum (one of the best 3 in China) etc.
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| 19 |
Xi’an---Pingyao |
570kms |
Hotel |
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We drive to Pingyao on expressway, 570kms, about 7-8 hours driving.
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| 20 |
Pingyao---Taiyuan—Datong |
380km |
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Visit Pingyao ancient city, one of the classic examples of northern style ancient city in China. Every year, people will hold the photographing festival here and it is regarded an idea place for photographers.
Then we drive to Datong on expressway.
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| 21 |
Datong---Great Wall |
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Hotel |
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Early get up in the morning and visit the Datong Grottes in the morning and then we drive to Great Wall and visit it in the afternoon. .
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| 22 |
Great Wall---Beijing |
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Hotel |
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We drive to Beijing in the morning and visit Beijing, the capital city, such as the Forbidden City, the Heaven Temple, the Olympic Games Stadiums etc.
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| 23 |
Beijing |
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Hotel |
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Whole day free time at Beijing. You may visit anywhere you want to go in Beijing.
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| 24 |
Beijing---Erenhot |
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Hotel |
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We drive to Erenhot, the border port today. Long driving on good road. About 9 hours driving on expressway and good national road.
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| 25 |
Erenhot---Mongolia |
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Hotel |
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Exit China at Erenhot port, (China-Mongolia) border.
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| Note |
1, This itinerary may be a little tight for some guests, if your style is relax one. Considering both enjoyment and economical aspects, we try to make the tour full of visit and shows different things to you within a limited time.
2, If your tour is a customized one, you may tell us your need and we can adjust the itinerary for you according to your personal needs.
3, If you join the group, we need to consider all the guests’ need. If you have any question about the route and road condition and driving time, please contact us further more.
4, We make the tour date proper for this route, and after you exit China to Mongolia, it will be in end of july and August and it is the best time to visit Mongolia for grassland and Gobi. Wish you will like it.
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