Black Dragon Pond Park

Overviews:

Enjoing a morning Walk at  nice garden-Black dragon pool park at the original of ancient town, you will enjoy yourtime in this park, when the weather is good, you can see the reflection of Jade dragon mountain in the pond.

 visit a local market to see the daily life of local people.  Exploring the palace of Naxi chief to learn history of Naxi kingdom, you will also enjoy a birdeye view of Lijiang old town from on the lionhill.   Explore Lijiang by walking on the ancient cobblestone street with canals , try local snacks and taste a cup of Pu’er tea at the local teahouse.

 Exploring the mysterious yak meadow on the mountain, you can enjoy some nice walking on the highland meadow, if it’s a clear day, you can see snow-capped peaks of Jade dragon mountain near a Tibetan monastery.   on the way back to Ancient Baisha Naxi village, you will enjoy view of Blue moon valley.  Visit the former capital of Naxi kingdom-  Baisha village,  to see ancient architectures and learn ancient Dongba pictographic and Other Naxi handicraft.

Drive back to Ljiiang after the day trip.

Itinerary

 Day 1, May 29 Friday,  Meet at hotel at 09:30am, Walk tour of Lijiang old town and black dragon pool park. (walk tour,no private car )

Day 2,May 30, Saterday,  Meet at hotel at 09:30am , Day tour of Jade dragon mountain including Yak meadow, Blue moon valley and Baisha village. (Private car)

Quotation include:

Professional tourguide service,  Priavate car , Mineral water  

Quotation don’t include:

Tourist’s entrance fee tickets, Tourist’s hotel, Meal , Travel insurance, tip

** If Tourists number are more than 2 person, please contact me for the updated price.

September is a nice season to visit  Kunming-Dali-Lijiang-Shangrila in the northwest of Yunnan province.

Here is our schedule:

Sep 28.  Arrive Kunming and pick up from Kunming airport and send to Kunming hotel.
 

Sept 29.  Day tour Visit Stone forest , Flower, bird market , over night at Kunming.
Take night train from Kunming to Dali.  K9636 leave Kunming at 2339pm  and arrive Dali at 7:25am  in the morning Of sept 30 

Sep 30. Dali tour
Pick up from Dali Train station and,Drive to Xizhou Visit bai family’s courtyard and enjoy cormorant fishing show on Erhai lake.  Visit Dali old town, climb to the top of the city wall to enjoy the birdview of the old town. Walk around old town and the foreigner’s street in Dali old town.   over night at Dali old town.

Oct 1. Dali to Tiger leaping gorge.
Check out from Dali hotel, enjoy view of 3 Pagoda from outside of the park  and go to Qiaotou, then start hiking through leaping gorge, Hiking  trip will be 5 hours , Pass by Naxi village and Beautiful view of the gorge. Over night at the village.

Oct 2.  Continue Hiking about 2 hour to meet the driver, Drive to Shibaoshan mountain where you can see wild monkey forest and 1000 years old Budhism temple, then go to Shaxi old town and enjoy the relaxing time there.   over night at Shaxi old town.

Oct. 3.  Drive to Lijiang and visit Shu old town and Baisha village.  Then explore Lijiang old town and  square market. Over night at Lijiang old town.

Oct. 4.  Lijiang to the next Destionation
Fly From lijiang to hongkong by Mu733 leave at 11:10 and arrive at 16:05

Day 1 --Arrival Lijiang
Pickup at Lijiang airport and transfer to the hotel. Visit the Black Dragon Pool and the center of

Lijiang Old Townt, Square Street. Take a leisurely walk in the old town , see the interesting old

homes and Naxi woman in their triditional dresses.

Day 2-- Snow Mountain (B)
Full day at Jade Dragon Snow Mountain. Baishui River, Dry Sea, Yushui Village, take cable car to

Spruce Plateau. Back to Lijiang, on a hotel in Lijiang Old Town. Watch Naxi Ancient Music

performance this evening.

Day 3 --Tiger Leaping Gorge (B)
Drive to Qiaotou town, trek on upper trails of Tiger-Leaping Gorge to Walnut Grove (4 Hrs),

enjoy the awesome gorge view with the Yangtze running down in the gorge.

Day 4 --Shuhe Village (B)
Visit Shuhe Village, 9 Km from Lijiang old town, before going to Lijang airport.

Day 1 --Arrival Lijiang 
Pickup at Lijiang airport and transfer to the hotel. Visit the Black Dragon Pool and the center of

Lijiang Old Townt, Square Street. Take a leisurely walk in the old town , see the interesting old

homes and Naxi woman in their triditional dresses.

Day 2-- Snow Mountain (B)
Full day at Jade Dragon Snow Mountain. Baishui River, Dry Sea, Yushui Village, take cable car to

Spruce Plateau. Back to Lijiang, on a hotel in Lijiang Old Town. Watch Naxi Ancient Music

performance this evening.

Day 3 --Tiger Leaping Gorge (B)
Drive to Qiaotou town, trek on upper trails of Tiger-Leaping Gorge to Walnut Grove (4 Hrs),

enjoy the awesome gorge view with the Yangtze running down in the gorge.

Day 4 --Shuhe Village (B)
Visit Shuhe Village, 9 Km from Lijiang old town, before going to Lijang airport.

  Pick you up from hotel, visit the exciting local morning vege market, walk around the old town through the back lanes to the main squares, we can even climb 100 steps higher to get an overal view of the town. Then walk 10 minutes from the northern entry to Black Dragon Pool, enjoy walking around the water pond, and take the best photo from Lijiang. About 1 hour there, then drive 10-15 minutes to Shuhe Old Town, where is also part of the world heritage, but with a sweet and romantic leisure in the air, young couples love spending honey moons and taking wedding photos in this beautiful country town. Then drive 10 minutes to Baisha. where used to be a popular cycling destination, now famous for their antiques and embroidery shools. Lunch in Baisha, as western food and local Chinese dishes are both available here.
  After lunch, we drive 30 minutes directly to Jade Dragon Snow Mt., where we can take green bus to visit the Blue Moon Valley, where the water from the mountain is naturally blue, really beautiful and nice to take a walk around. Also, there are 3 cable cars in the mountain. First one is called the Big Cable car, which takes you up to 4500 meters obove sea level, from where you could see glacier by the side, and cld see far around, if it's very sunny;if it's cloudy, it's cloudy and you can't see much at all. Many people go there, just to see how it feels on that hight. But if people have heart or breathing issue, i don't reccommand it. And since you travel early today, i don't reccomand you to do this actually.
  Second cable car is gentler, taking you to Spruce Meadow, which is 3300 meters above sea level, where you can walk through the spruce path, almost on flat path, really nice around the meadow, peaceful, fresh and natural. Can be a really nice break after Xi'an. Also from this point, there's very nice snow mountain peak view, if it's sunny.
  Third one is Yak Meadow, which is the furthest and least taken.  But it has got very nice forest along the cable car ride, and it takes you up to 3800 meters. When you arrive on the top, you can walk around a meadow for 10-70 minutes, where it's very quiet, away from modern noise, just some bells from the yaks on the grassland. Also when it's sunny, some peaks of the snow mt. will show up, very grand and beautiful. Only thing is if we do this cable car, it may take 5-6 hours for snow mountain trip, first and second cable car may take 3-4 hrs.
  Also when people com eup to Snow Mt., mostly people like to enjoy the amazing show called Impression Lijiang, made by the famous movie director called Zhangyimou. It is a very primitive and touching show, naturally set at the foot of the snow mt., outdoor, with the main peak as natural back ground; 400 actors and actresses are all selected among the mountain villagers who are gifted in dancing and singing. It is very premitive, no modern facilities, yet a very powerful soothing show,, lasts 70 minutes. You may not want to skip it. Common tickets at 190 rmb per person, VIP tickets at 260 rmb with the best seats, need to book before hand.