Guide to Shangri La Attractions

Shangri La Attractions

Tiger Leaping Gorge Upper Trail

You can walk the Tiger Leaping Gorge Upper Trail in 1-3 days. Most people do it in 2 days. Start the walk either from QiaoTou or Tina's Guest House at attitude 1800M, climbing up to 2500M. Once you are at 2500M, the walk becomes easy and enjoying. Stay overnight at the Half Way Gues...

Tibetan Villages Around Shangrila

Diqing Prefacture, known as the Shangri-la to the outer world, is such a rich, beautiful and mysterious land for Chinese and foriegn travellers. Sitting on the highland, with altitude above 3300 meters high, it is still a home for virgin forest, snow capped mountains, wild ferocious animals, beautiful plants and rivers, precious herbs and mushrooms. It is certainly a dream land for many adventurers. Yet the natural condition is so harsh, with thinner oxygen and harsh winter, it keeps many ambitious conquers away.

The land is so pure, and the smile of people is so sweet and touching, yet full of strength and determination, which attracts lots of sincere practioners of Buddhism here, paying pilgrimage to holy mountains and temples. It is a very mysterious piece of land, as it has its own language, which goes in its own tunes. To understand it, you have to be open and sincere enough to your heart, then you'll see the massages on the faces of people, on the silent lakes and mountain trails, as they are all massengers of the nature.

Meili Snow Mountain - Yu Beng Village

Yu Beng (3200M) is a Tibetan Village hidden deep inside the Meili Snow Mountain. There is no road for vehicle. From where you drop your car ((2675M), you have to walk 6 hours to get there (highest point is 3730M). Tibetan live&...

Songzanlin Monastery, Shangri-la

Meili Snow Mountain

Meili Snow Mountain 6740M above sea level. Locate at north west of Yunnan province. Tibetan respect it as holy mountain. There are hidden villages living in very simple and basic life style. Sunrise ay Meili Snow Mountain is spectacular.&nbsp...

Xiaozhongdian flower sea

June to october is a nice season to see wild flower in xiaozhongdian, shangrila. You can also see Tibetan village, Yaks and other animals. xiaozhongdian is on the way to shangrila from Lijiang. if you are traveling by road in this season, you will not miss it.

Napa Lake Nature Reserve Area

Napa Lake is a seasonal lake. in raining season(from Jun-Sep) streams from snow mountain around made it a beautiful lake.and in dry season it becoming a wetland. paradise for the Local animals and wild birds. Nice farmland and Tibetan villages around made it more charming.
Under a blue Tibetan sky ,Snow mountains and villages around the lake, Yaks are grazing at grassland close to the lake with bell on their necks ringing from time to time and the wild birds seems cooperating with the sound and dancing......

pudacuo national park

shangrila tibetan family inn

酒店简介：
香格里拉圣地人家（SHANGRILA TIBETAN FAMILY INN）是一家非常具有当地藏族建筑及文化特色的小酒店．它坐落在香格里拉独客宗古城的民居之间，没有城市的喧嚣和嘈杂。地理位置非常优越，交通极为便利，距香格里拉机场和客运站只有10分钟的车程，从酒店徒步到古城四方街只需短短的5分钟。酒店融合了传统的藏族民居特色和游客所崇尚的生活及旅游方式，尽可能的为游客提供所需要的各项旅行服务，同时体验当地藏民的生活起居。酒店共有15个标准间和8个大床间.
HOTEL’S INFORMATION：
SHANGRILA TIBETAN FAMILY INN is just a small hotel in the city. We have
15 standard rooms and 8 king size bed rooms. The architecture and decoration style of our hotel is authentic locally .It’s located between local Tibetan residences, with very good location and peaceful environment. 10 minutes driving to the airport and bus station, 5 minutes walking to the centre of the old town. We always do our best to provide all kinds of services which you required for your stay and trip. While you stay with us you can really experience local Tibetan people’s life style.
酒店服务与设施Hotel facilities and services:
24小时热水24 HOURS HOT WATER
中西自助早餐CHINESE&WESTERN BREAKFAST（BUFFET）
中英文服务ENGLISH&CHINESE SPEAKING STAFF
免费专业旅游咨询FREE PROFESSIONAL TOUR INFORMATION SERVICE
交通服务TRANSPORTATION SERVICE
宽带网络及电话INTERNET SERVICE&IDD&DDD
酒店卖点：OUR SELLING POINT
安静的环境PEACEFUL ENVIROMENT
合理的价格REASONABLE PRICE
优越的位置FIVE MINUTES WALKING TO OLD TOWN AND TEN MINUTES DRIVING TO AIRPORT OR BUS STATION)

SongZanLin Temple

SongZanLin Temple was found in 16 century. It is the biggest Tibetan temple in Yunnan Province. You will need approximately 2 hours to tour the temple.

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Butter production by Tibetan farmer

Yak butter is still produced today by Tibetan farmers by hand using a traditional method....

Yak butter is still produced today by Tibetan farmers by hand using a traditional method. The first step is to collect milk from yaks. The milk is then poured into a tall wooden cylinder, followed by a continuous up-down plunging motion and churning of the milk by the farmer using a round wooden paddle, easily up to a few thousand times over an hour. When the resulting solidified butter begins to stick to the wall of the container, the farmer will collect the butter and cool it down using water, before squeezing the solid butter to remove any remnant liquid that may be still trapped inside the butter. The final step is to shape the butter by hand into the individual round cakes normally seen in the market, each piece weighing around one kilogram.
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Shangri-La

Shangri-La (香格里拉市) is a county-level city in northwestern Yunnan province, People’s Republic of China and is the location of the seat of the Dêqên Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture....

Shangri-La (香格里拉市) is a county-level city in northwestern Yunnan province, People’s Republic of China and is the location of the seat of the Dêqên Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture. In the second half of the 20th century Shangri-La was called Zhongdian (中甸) but was renamed on 17 December 2001 as Shangri-La (other spellings: Semkyi’nyida, Xianggelila, or Xamgyi’nyilha) after the fictional land of Shangri-La in the 1933 James Hilton novel Lost Horizon, in an effort to promote tourism in the area. The original Tibetan population previously referred to this place by its traditional name Gyalthang or Gyaitang, meaning “Royal plains”. This ancient name is reflected in the Tibetan Pinyin name of the town of Jiantang (建塘; Jiàntáng), the county seat.

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The Songzanlin Lamasery

The Songzanlin lamasery is the largest Tibetan Buddhist lamasery in yunnan province as well as one of the 13 famous Lamaist monastesrise in Tibetan regions....

The Songzanlin lamasery is the largest Tibetan Buddhist lamasery in yunnan province as well as one of the 13 famous Lamaist monastesrise in Tibetan regions. Thou gout the history,Tibetan buddism has developed into different schools and such sects as the Nyingma sect,the Sakya sect, the Gelug sect,the Kagyu sect. The Gadan Songzanlin lamasery features the Gelug sect.

This lamasery has a history of over 320 years. During the period of emperor kangxi in Qing Dynasty,a war broke out among different Buddhism sects in Tibetan regions.the war of conflict was suppressed by Dalai Lama V with the assistance and support of a MongoIlan troop.After that in the year of 1679 he sent a report to Emprror Kangxi,under whose authorization he personally divined the location and started the building of the gandan Songzanlin lamasery.the site that the Dalai Lama V choose in person was an ideal place with good surroundings. When construction was comp in 1681,the Dalai Lama V Named it "Gandan"Songzanlin lamasery ."

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$300 Per Day

4-Day 3-Night Shangri-la Tour

our Itinerary:

Day 1 Shangri-la Arrival (L)
You will be picked up at the Diqing (Shangri-la) Airport and then transferred to visit the Songzan Lin Temple, the Napa Lake and the local market. Overnight in local hotel.

our Itinerary:

- Songzan Lin Temple: It was founded in the 17th century during the reign of the Great Fifth Dalai Lama, when the yellow Hat school came to full ascendancy in Tibet. It lies a few kilometers beyond the north end of town and welcomes visitors who behave respectfully.
- Napa Lake: It locates at the northern end of Zhongdian's plain, a beautiful marshland and an important wintering ground for the black-necked crane and other wild fowl. In spring the meadow is in full flowers with the bleak mountains as backdrop. In summer, after the rains, the water level rises, but in winter it almost dries up again.

Day 2 Shangri-la (B, L)
Visit the Beta Lake, the Xiage Hot Spring. You will visit a Tibetan family and have lunch with them.

- Beta Lake: It is widely recognized as 'A Pearl on the Plateau' and the most attractive lake in Shangri-La. It is said that a goddess dropped her mirror carelessly to the earth when she was making up. The mirror was broken into pieces and they became lakes on the plateau. Among these pieces, the most beautiful piece with green jade turned into today's Bita Lake.

Day 3 Shangri-la (B, L)
Visit the Shangri-la valley or Baishui Terrace. You can choose one.

- Baishui Terrace: Snugly situated on a mountain slope 2,380 meters (about 7,806 feet) above sea level, Baishui Terrace, 140 meters (about 459 feet) in length and 160 meters (about 525 feet) in width, is one of the biggest such terraces in China. The spring water runs down from the top row by row to the bottom, like a white terraced field.

Day 4 Shangri-la Departure (B)
Free at leisure until prepared to be transferred to airport for your departure flight.

Our price includes:
A. Airport pick up and drop-off services; Entrance fees.
B. Meals as listed in the itinerary, B=breakfast; L=lunch.
C. Personal Guide & Driver + Private car / van for Transfers.
D. All Service Charge and Taxes.
E. Luggage Transfers between airports and hotels.
Excludes:
A. Flights in and out Shangri-la.
B. Personal Expenses.
C. Tips to the guide and driver.

Please Note: Price may vary according to different seasons.

How to Book?
1. You can book online or by email, tell us your arrival flight and personal informations, then receive our confirmation email.
2. When you arrive at airport, our tour guide will meet you there by holding a sign with your name on it and transfer you to the confirmed hotel.

$2000 Per Day

guiding a U.S couple 6days

Here is your itinerary according to your latest travel information:
1/11 arriving Dali at 07:02, pick up from Dali train station, transfer to hotel in Dali old town, visit Xizhou village morning market, see cormorant fishing performance, view Three Pagoda, overnight in Dali
2/11 travel to Shaxi, visit Shiboshan Temple and Shaxi old town, stay in Shaxi
3/11 travel to Lijiang, visit Lijiang old town and local market, stay in Lijiang old town
or
3/11 visit Jade Dragon snow mountain, see Impression Lijiang show, stay in Lijiang old town
4/11 travel to Tiger Leaping Gorge for hiking, stay in Tea Horse GH
5/11 Tiger Leaping Gorge hiking to Tina's GH, travel to Shangrila, stay in Shangrila
6/11 visit SongZhanLin Tibetan monastery, Naba Lake and Tibetan village, transfer to Deqin airport for flight 22:00 to Kunming

$600 Per Day

Wild life photographer's adventure tour of looking find Snub-nosed golden monkey

Tour Cateogry: Shangri-La Tours

Tour Dates: all the year
Starts/Ends: Shangrila/Kunming
Trip Type: Mountain Trekking tour and sight seeing
Activity Level: Hard hiking and camping tour
Tour Route:
LijiangTiger Leaping Gorge-Tacheng -Shangri-la

Baimang Snow Mountain is the biggest and the highest nature reserve in Yunnan province. The highest peak of the mountain is covered with snow all year around. The area of 180,000 hectares surrounding the mountain is a nature reserve, where complete vertical sight of virgin forest and rare plants and animals could be found. The mountain is controlled by southwest monsoon and is influenced by the current coming from the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, the climate of the snow mountain has great difference in vertical, forming the typical multilevel climate, the temperature slows down gradually from south to north with the yearly precipitation is 6000 mm. Praised as the Kingdom of , the nature reserve of the Baimang Snow Mountain has the biggest virgin forest, which is a well preserved natural integration. Baimang Snow Mountain is praised as the Kingdom of Animals and Plants, Firs are the essences of the nature reserve, vast expanse of forest presents a spectacular view to tourists. The well-known eight famous flowers of Yunnan also can be found here.

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