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Beijing Olympic Games Tour Plus Yunnan Minority Discovery and Tibet Adventure tour

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Tour Code BJOY09
Tour Duration 12 days
Destinations Beijing Olympics Tours / Lhasa / Shangri-la / Lijiang / Kunming
Operates 2008
Trip Overview After wonderful Beijing Olympic tour, we transfer you to discover the minorities and take Tibet adventure. Tibet is a mysterious land in China. Potala Palace is the greatest monumental structure in Tibet. Lijiang ancient town is listed as world culture heritage. The beautiful area called "Shangri-la" described in James Hiltom's novel "The Lost Horizon". Join in this tour with us, you will get more than what you want.
Itinerary

Brief Itinerary

Day1 to Day4 Form these 4 days, freely choose one Olympic conpetition from the six olympic tours(BJOY02 - BJOY07) we prepare for you.

Day 4 Beijing flight to Lhasa
Transfer via: AM flight arranged by DCT
Arrive at Lhasa. Be met & transferred to your hotel,free at leisure to acclimatize yourself to the high latitude.

Day 5 Meal(s) (B, L, -) Lhasa
Full day trip to Potala Palace (1-hour), Norbulingka,Jokhang Temple (1-hour) and Barkhore Street.

Day 6 Meal(s) (B, L, -) Lhasa flight to Shangri-la
Transfer via: PM flight arranged by DCT
Half day trip to Drepung Monastery, Tibetan family visiting on the way to airport, then catch the flight to Shangri-la. Arrive at Shangri-la, be met & transferred to your hotel.

Day 7 Meal(s) (B, L, - ) Shangri-la
Full day trip to the Bita Lake, Napahai grassland and Songzanlin Lamasery.

Day 8 Meal(s) (B, L, -) Shangri-la to Lijiang by private car
Drive to Lijiang from Shangri-la, have a visit to the First Bay of Yangtze River, Tiger Jump Gorges. Arrive at Lijiang, be met & transferred to your hotel.

Day 9 Meal(s) (B, L, -) Lijiang
Full day trip to Yak Meadow by cable lift, Yufeng Lamasery and Baisha Murals.

Day 10 Meal(s) (B, L, -) Lijiang flight to Kunming
Transfer via: PM flight arranged by DCT
Full day trip to Lijiang old town and Black Dragon Pool Park. Transfer to the airport for the flight to Kunming. Arrive at Kunming, be met & transferred to your hotel.

Day 11 Meal(s) (B, L, -) Kunming
Full day trip to Stone Forest.

Day 12 Meal(s) (B, -, - ) Kunming flight to Hong Kong
Transfer via: AM flight arranged by DCT Be transferred to the airport for the flight to Hong Kong.

Detailed ItineraryOpen

Day1 to Day4

Day1 to Day4 Form these 4 days, freely choose one Olympic conpetition from the six olympic tours(BJOY02 - BJOY07) we prepare for you.

Accommodations: Featured Hotel

Day 4 Beijing flight to Lhasa

Transfer via: AM flight arranged by DCT
Arrive at Lhasa. Be met & transferred to your hotel,free at leisure to acclimatize yourself to the high latitude.

Accommodations: Featured Hotel

Day 5 Meal(s) (B, L, -) Lhasa

Full day trip to Potala Palace(1-hour), Norbulingka,Jokhang Temple(1-hour) and Barkhore Street.
- The Potala Palace: Perched upon Marpo Ri Hill, 130 meters above the Lhasa Valley. It is the greatest monumental structure in Tibet.
- The Norbulingka Park: Norbulingka means ""Jeweled Garden"". It was constructed as a summer palace for the Dalai Lama at very beginning, and later served as the whole governmental administration.
- The Jokhang Temple: It is the spiritual center of Tibet.
- The Barkhor Street: The Barkhor is the oldest street in Lhasa as well as the center of old Lhasa and remains very traditional. It is a place where Tibetan culture, economy, religion and arts are assembled.

Accommodations: Featured Hotel

Day 6 Meal(s) (B, L, -) Lhasa flight to Shangri-la

Transfer via: PM flight arranged by DCT
Half day trip to Drepung Monastery, Tibetan family visiting on the way to airport, then catch the flight to Shangri-la. Arrive at Shangri-la, be met & transferred to your hotel.
- The Drepung Monastery: It is one of the biggest monasteries in Tibet.
- The Tibetan Family: Common Tibetan people welcome you to their homes, greet you in their traditional way and entertain you with their typical food.

Accommodations: Featured Hotel

Day 7 Meal(s) (B, L, - ) Shangri-la

Full day trip to the Bita Lake, Napahai grassland and Songzanlin Lamasery.
-Bita Lake:With abundant fish resources, it lies in the heart of the nature preserve surrounded by mountains, covered with ancient pines, oaks and rhododendron.
-Napa Lake:a lake in the depths of the Yila Grassland. The mirror-like lake lies peacefully in the vast grassland.
-Songzanlin Lamasery: The most important Lamasery of Tibetan Buddhism in Yunnan province.
Shangri-la - The beautiful area called "Shangri-la" described in James Hiltom's novel The Lost Horizon.

Accommodations: Featured Hotel

Day 8 Meal(s) (B, L, -) Shangri-la to Lijiang by private car

Transfer via: Private car
Drive to Lijiang from Shangri-la, have a visit to the First Bay of Yangtze River, Tiger Jump Gorges. Arrive at Lijiang, be met & transferred to your hotel.
-First Bend of the Yangtze River: located on the north end of the highway leading from Lijiang to Shangri-la, about 70 km. away from lijiang Town.
-Tiger Leaping Gorge: one of the four world's great gorges - is located at Hutiaoxia Town in Zhongdian County, is honored as one of the deepest and most marvelous gorges on the earth..

Accommodations: Featured Hotel

Day 9 Meal(s) (B, L, -) Lijiang

Full day trip to Yak Meadow by cable lift, Yufeng Lamasery and Baisha Murals.
-Yak Meadow (Maoniuping):Part of Jade Dragon Snow Mountain, where the Yi and Zang Ethnic Monorities People live.
-Yufeng Temple: built in the Qing Dynasty and famous for camellias in the temple.
-Baisha Mural: With the spread of the Buddhism, people painted plenty of murals on the walls in temples in the Ming Dynasty.

Accommodations: Featured Hotel

Day 10 Meal(s) (B, L, -) Lijiang flight to Kunming

Transfer via: PM flight arranged by DCT
Full day trip to Lijiang old town and Black Dragon Pool Park. Transfer to the airport for the flight to Kunming. Arrive at Kunming, be met & transferred to your hotel.
-Lijiang ancient town: The town was built in the late Song dynasty and the early Yuan dynasty and was listed by the UNESCO on the list of the world's major cultural heritages in 1997.
-Black Dragon Pool: The pool is listed in the Collections of Famous Pools of China because of its beauty.

Accommodations: Featured Hotel

Day 11 Meal(s) (B, L, -) Kunming

Full day trip to Stone Forest.
-Stone Forest: 90km away to the south of Kunming. Due to a process of weathering and erosion, nature has created an art gallery of stone sculpture here.

Accommodations: Featured Hotel

Day 12 Meal(s) (B, -, - ) Kunming flight to Hong Kong

Transfer via: AM flight arranged by DCT
Be transferred to the airport for the flight to Hong Kong.
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