Yunan

On a Yunnan tour, you can participate in different outdoors activities, go exploring the exotic ethnic cultures, or simply relax on the ancient town, breathe some fresh air and view the spectacular world landscapes. Yunnan has something for everyone.

A Yunnan tour package provides a hassle-free and economical holiday experience. The popular Yunnan tour combines all the must -see attractions including the Stone forest, the Jade Snow Mountain, the Tiger Leaping Gorge and the vast high-altitude meadow of the Dry Sea. You can also step back through time in the ancient town- Dali and Lijiang, appreciate mysterious tropical rainforests, feel the fantastic folk customs of Naxi groups and taste local life there.

To find a fairyland far from the bustling metropolises, Lijiang is inevitably a never-missed stop on a Yunnan tour. Lijiang has the best preserved ancient town in China - the Old Town which has been listed in the World Cultural Heritages by UNESCO in 1997.

The heritage site of Lijiang ancient town and the picturesque nearby surroundings like the Jade Dragon Snow Mountain, the Tiger Leaping Gorge make up the unique city of Lijiang.

Kunming, the capital of the Yunnan province, is definitely another city which should not be missed by visitors to Yunnan. Kunming is home to China southern minority groups so the Village of Ethnic Culture is the best place to get a face to face touch with ethnic people and their customs.

Zhongdian, also known as Shangri-la, is a bright pearl mounted in the "Great Triangle" connecting Yunnan, Sichuan and Tibet. A Yunnan tour offers you the opportunity to experience the beauty and charm of rural China and to learn about its history and culture. These all make the reasons for people to travel to Yunnan

Nowhere else in the country might one uncover the splendor of China's varied minority population than 'south of the clouds,' Yunnan. A quiet community accented with stilted wooden homes and a hilltop monastery overlooking the surrounding rice fields, the day's drizzly weather served to enhance the village's reticence. Tumpline baskets around their heads and teeth stained red with betel nut are commonplace.

For now I will reminisce over that small yet colorful town of Menghun, for nowhere else have I ever witnessed such a definitive representation of China's beautifully proud ethnic minorities.