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6 days 5 nights
Offered in: Vietnamese
Overview

Dali - Lijiang - Shangrila

Time: 6 days 5 nights

Transportation: Road + Speedboat

SUMMARY SCHEDULE

DAY

HIGHLIGHTS

OVERNIGHT STAY

MEAL

1

Hekou - Mengzi - Dali

Dali

Lunch

2

Dali Citadel - Fengyizhen - Santorini

Dali

Breakfast, lunch, dinner

3

 Erhai Lake - Shaxi Ancient Town - Shangrila

Shangrila

Breakfast, lunch, dinner

4

Songzalin Monastery - Ancient Citadel Of Dukezong - Shuhe Ancient Town

Lijiang

Breakfast, lunch

5

Pearl Snow Mountain - Blue Moon Valley - Yinshanping - Lijiang Ancient Town

Lijiang

Breakfast, dinner

6

Lijiang - Kunming - Hekou


Breakfast

Highlight:

  1. Smart schedule, save travel time

  2. Tour NO SHOPPING

  3. Feel free to explore and take photos at the romantic Lijiang Ancient Citadel , immersed in colorful flower beds.

  4. 2 nights in Lijiang

  5. Visit Dali - magical land of Yunnan province, scene in the famous movie: Going Where the Wind is Windy

  6. Explore the peaceful Saxi Ancient Town, an important ancient tea horse road .

  7. Experience the cable car - enjoy the beautiful view of Jade Dragon Snow Mountain from Van Tam Binh 3200m.

  8. Free check-in at Blue Moon Valley, Yinshanping...

  9. Explore Shangrila - the immortal land - the forgotten horizon with Songzanlin Monastery, Dukezong ancient citadel (Moonlight Citadel), ...

  10. Single visa procedures Simple: Just need a passport and photo ID.

  11. Experienced and enthusiastic tour guide throughout the tour.

  12. Offering IMPRESSIVE SHOW IN LIJIANG


What's included

Tour price includes:

  • Vietnam - China entry and exit visa.
  • Transpotation:
    • High-speed train tickets (seats) Hekou - Honghe (Mengji) - Dali; Lijiang – Kunming – Hekou. (In case of force majeure, unable to book train tickets due to peak season, or arriving in China later than expected, unable to catch the train on time, the company will switch to traveling by car).
    • High quality Chinese tourist cars with 18 - 38 - 50 seats.
  • International travel insurance (in China).
  • Accommodation: 5 nights at a 3-4 star standard Chinese hotel.
  • Entrance tickets to all places mentioned in the program Erhai Lake, Jade Dragon Snow Mountain (cable car > 3000m), tickets to visit Songzanlin, tickets to Shaxi ancient town.
  • Main meals included in the program.
  • 1 bottle of drinking water/person/day.
  • Bilingual tour guides serve throughout the route.

Tour price does not include:

  • 8% VAT.
  • Telephone, laundry, single room, other personal expenses outside the program, rewards...
  • Other drinks off the menu during meals food, additional dishes ordered by customers.
  • Tour guide tip fee throughout the trip: 5 USD/person/day.
  • Surcharge for Tet holidays.
  • Single room surcharge: 120 CNY/night for weekdays, 240 RMB/night for holidays. In case you travel alone, but do not have a roommate, you must pay additional fees for a single room according to regulations.
  • Passport.
  • Bai Shi He  tram fee: 50 CNY/person.
  • Big cable car ticket to the top of Jade Dragon snow mountain at an altitude of 4500m.
  • If you do not take the small cable car, change to the large cable car for an additional fee of 100 yuan.
  • Lijiang's love through the ages show 300 yuan/person.
Meeting and pickup

Departure: From Hanoi

End: In Hanoi


What to expect

NIGHT 01: HANOI - LAO CAI

19:00: You gather at My Dinh bus station to board the sleeper bus to Lao Cai City.

23:30: Arrive in Lao Cai City, you check in to a hotel near the border gate and spend the night in Lao Cai.

DAY 01: HEKOU - MENGZI - DALI (Lunch)

06:00: Tour guide picks up the group at Lao Cai international border gate and enters Hekou. The group entered the country and had lunch in Hekou.

Then move to Hekou train station to take the train to Mengzi at 13:20 - 15:20. Arriving at Honghe - Mengzi station, you transfer to Dali train from 4:20 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.

Note: On board the ship sells exported rice, domestic Chinese snacks, serves free boiling water, you can buy food, fruit, instant noodles, etc. to board the ship for meals.

20:30: The train arrives at Dali station, the car picks you up and takes you to the hotel to rest.

DAY 02: DALI ANCIENT CITADEL - FENGYISHEN - SANTORINI (Breakfast, lunch, dinner)

7:00 am: You wake up to have breakfast, then visit Dali Ancient Citadel where the movie "Demi-Gods" was filmed.


Dali Ancient City

Visit Fengyishen - a small village about 7km south of the center of the Citadel, here you can find the name of a small rural village on the outskirts.

 

Afternoon: The group visits Dali Songyun Boutique Hotel Santorini - a high-class resort with Mediterranean style, free to enjoy coffee to welcome the sunset overlooking Erhai Lake.

Evening: You have dinner at the restaurant then are free to visit Dali at night.


DAY 03: S-shaped PALACE OF ERHAI LAKE - SHAKHE ANCIENT TOWN - SHANGRILA (Breakfast, lunch, dinner)

7:00: You wake up and have breakfast. Then the car took the group to visit Erhai Lake, experience cycling on the ecological path next to Erhai Lake, check in on the S-shaped road - where the movie Going Where the Wind is filmed. (Bicycle rental at your own expense)

 

The group continued to move to Shaxi Ancient Town, one of the important towns on Tea Horse road. This place is also the stopping point of Xu Hongdou in the movie "Going to the Windy Place".



Shaxi ancient town

Noon: You have lunch at the restaurant. After lunch, continue moving to Shangrila - " the land of immortality " in the novel Lost Horizon by British writer James Hilton. In the Tibetan language, Shangrila means the place of destiny and luck, and is the center of the three major rivers Yangtze, Lancang - the first section of the Mekong and Nujiang rivers. Depending on travel time, if you arrive at Shangrila early, you can visit Dukezong Ancient City.

  • Visit DuKeZong Ancient Citadel (Moonlight Citadel) - The oldest living place of Tibetan people over 1,300 years old and the best preserved in China. Here you will admire carefully preserved ancient Tibetan-style houses.



Dukezong Ancient Citadel

Evening: Dinner at the restaurant. Overnight at the hotel in Shangrila.

DAY 04: SONGZANLIN - DUKEZONG - SHUHA COZEN - LIJIANG (Breakfast, lunch)

Morning: You have breakfast then move to visit Songzanlin Monastery - the most important and largest Tibetan Tantric Buddhist monastery in Yunnan, China. Songzanlin is set in a stunning landscape at an altitude of over 3,300m 5km from Shangrila. This monastery was built by the 5th Dalai Lama in 1679 according to a miniature prototype of the Potala palace (Tibet) and was completed after 2 years of construction.


Songzalin Monastery

You have lunch at Shangrila, the group continues to visit Shuhe Ancient Town, one of the ancient towns located on the important ancient tea ma path road in ancient times. Today, it still retains its inherent peacefulness. You are free to visit the ancient town.

Evening: The group is free to admire the colors of Lijiang at night and enjoy music and folk dances. Lijiang Old Town can also be called the street of folk music and folk dance. You don't need to spend a penny on tickets and can become an actor right away if you like..

Overnight at a hotel in Lijiang.



DAY 5: LIJIANG - JADE DRAGON SNOW MOUNTAIN - YUNSHANPING - LIJIANG (Breakfast, dinner)


Morning: Have breakfast at the hotel, then the group departs to the Jade Dragon Snow Mountain tourist area and visit the attractions:

You take a small cable car to visit Yunshanping - 3200m altitude to see the beautiful scenery of Jade Dragon Snow Mountain - a 5596m high mountain covered with snow all year round. The eternal ice shines a jade green color . (You can choose to take the large cable car to reach a height of 4560m at your own expense when registering with the tour)

Note: Due to the nature of Jade Dragon Mountain tourist area being very large, there are only fast food restaurants, so that you have enough time to visit, the company does not organize lunch, please prepare your own food. light or fast food such as fried chicken, noodles, hamburgers near the Lijiang Impression show viewing area.


You can enjoy the show " Impressions of Lijiang " staged by famous director Zhang Yimou. A musical performed outdoors, at an altitude of more than 3,000m, with the main stage background being the sky and the Jade Dragon mountain range..., it's hard to imagine without once "seeing the sights".

After that, the group moved on. Transfer back to Lijiang for dinner. After dinner, you are free to visit Lijiang at night.


DAY 06: LIJIANG - KUNMING - HEKOU (Breakfast)

6:00 a.m.: You wake up, have breakfast then move to Lijiang train station to take the high-speed train to Hekou. You have lunch at your own expense at Kunming train station.

Lijiang - Kunming Train: 8:00 a.m. - 12:00 a.m. (China Time)

Kunming - Hekou Train: 1:20 p.m. - 5:50 p.m. (China Time)

Upon arrival at Hekou, you will enter Vietnam, (you can board the sleeper bus at 7:45 p.m. Return to Hanoi at 1:00 a.m., end of the trip.

Note: In case of force majeure, the itinerary can change the order but still ensure the attractions, depending on the tour guide's arrangement.




Additional info

General note:

  • Due to the nature of being a group of individual passengers, the Company will be responsible for accepting enough guests for the group (from 15 adults or more) so that the group will depart on schedule.
  • If the number of groups is less than 15 guests, the Company will notify guests and re-negotiate a new departure date, or refund the entire amount previously paid to guests if the new departure date does not match the schedule.
  • Services are booked and paid in advance, so if members separate from the group or do not use the service, it will not be refunded.
  • During the journey, you are not automatically allowed to take additional family members or acquaintances on board. vehicle without a prior service agreement with us - we reserve the right to refuse to provide service for the above cases.
  • General hotel regulations, check-in 12:00 - 14:00, check-out before 12:00.
  • All changes must be agreed with the tour leader, we do not respond to individual changes. If changes affect the schedule or services (missing sightseeing spots, removing services...) you must accept those changes.
  • Changes must be based on feasibility and actual situation. The tour program can change the order of the schedule to suit traffic and weather conditions, but still ensure enough attractions.
  • The order of sightseeing during the day does not affect the itinerary.
  • After receiving the customer's consent, our company changes the order of sightseeing. The company will not be responsible for ensuring the sights are visited. , compensate for costs incurred in the following cases: Natural disasters: storms, floods, droughts, earthquakes, terrorism, protests, aviation incidents: technical problems, security problems, relocation, cancel, postpone or change flight times, etc.
  • Damage due to delays of group members. Guests who are 5 months or more pregnant are not accepted to participate in foreign tours for customer safety reasons (Customers when registering for a tour are responsible for notifying staff). Company members when a family member is pregnant, the company will not be responsible if the customer does not notify).
  • During the tour, there are guests staying in a double room, but there is no one living with you. Guests must pay additional fees for single rooms according to regulations. For the entire price of the journey, guests are not entitled to preferential policies (certificates for the elderly, officers, student cards, etc.) incentives.

Payment policy:

  • Deposit 50% of tour value after submitting paperwork information for procedures.
  • 100% payment 7 days before departure.
  • If you do not pay according to regulations, the company will pay right to cancel the reservation and not refund any costs.

Children policy:

  • Children under 2 years old: 30% excluding sightseeing tickets.
  • Children 4 - 10 years old sharing bed with family are charged 85%.
  • Children 11 years and older are charged the same as adults.
  • The price is for children sharing a bed with their parents. If you require a separate bed for the child, please pay 100% of the tour price.
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Cancellation Policy

In all cases where you notify cancellation, the specific cancellation fee is as follows:

  • Immediately after booking the service and 20 days before tour departure penalty fee = 50% of tour value.
  • Cancel tour within 15 - 20 days before tour departure penalty fee = 75% of tour value.
  • Cancel tour within 24 hours to 15 days penalty fee = 100% tour value. (The above dates only count as working days).

In case of tour cancellation due to objective incidents such as natural disasters, epidemics, etc. The company will not be responsible for compensating any additional costs other than refunding the tour price after deducting reasonable expenses.

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