Tour code: CD-PT03
5 Days Yuanyang Rice Terraces Photography Tour
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Trip highlights
Tour water-logged Yuanyang Rice Terraces, wonderland of curves and colors.
Experience interesting ethnic custom and lifestyle in Hani Minority Villages.
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Tour price
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Destinations
Kunming, Yuanyang, Kunming
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Tour type
Private tour available everyday, private tour guide & driver
Day by Day Itinierary
| Day 1 Kunming ( ) |
| Upon your arrival at the Kunming airport, you'll be picked up by our English speaking tour guide and drive to hotel. Free time for the rest of the day. Recommended are Kunming's landscape - Green Lake Park, the vibrant Flowers and Birds Market, and Kunming's symbol building - Golden Horse & Green Phoenix Archway. |
Cuihu Park | The Cuihu Lake Park, situated at the western foot of Wuhua Hill, is a scenically beautiful park inside the city. It was made a public park in the early 1910s. |
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| [ Optional ] Market of birds and flowers: A part of a series of streets and markets in central Kunming where an attempt has been made to preserve some of the typical architecture of the region. Traditional wooden houses with grass growing from their roofs line the streets where a variety of products are sold, including of course a small alley devoted to flowers and cage birds. |
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| Day 2 Yuanyang ( B,L ) |
| Drive to Yuanyang, the base of the gigantic colorful rice terraces. After lunch, move on to the Tiger Mouth Pass scenic area for the amazing sunset view. Tiger Mouth Pass section is the biggest and the best point for sunset spectacle. Keep your camera busy here. |
Hani Rice Terraces | Yuanyang Country is renowned for its rice terraces, sculpted by bare hands by the Hani people one thousand years ago, transforming a barren valley into a humid Eden; perfect for rice crops. It is a self sustaining ecosystem and a perfect example of a symbiosis with nature. |
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| [ Optional ] Hani Rice Terraces: Yuanyang Country is renowned for its rice terraces, sculpted by bare hands by the Hani people one thousand years ago, transforming a barren valley into a humid Eden; perfect for rice crops. It is a self sustaining ecosystem and a perfect example of a symbiosis with nature. |
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| Day 3 Yuanyang ( B,L ) |
Get up early to catch the unbelievable sunrise view at Duoyishu scenic area.
Just keep being dazzled by the glowing water-logged Rice Terraces, which is immersed with water for rice transplanting. The rice terraces is somewhat like a tremendous contour map. Apart from these abundant lines of the earth, your horizon is further enriched by endless parade of cloud, cute mushroom houses dwelt by Hani Minority, distant original forest and crimson duckweed beneath. You’ll love the riot of curves and colors!
Then turn to Huangcailing scenic area to continue with your photography tour. After lunch, visit Bada scenic area, another perfect place for sunset spectacle. Stay overnight at the Yunti Hotel. |
Hani Rice Terraces | Yuanyang Country is renowned for its rice terraces, sculpted by bare hands by the Hani people one thousand years ago, transforming a barren valley into a humid Eden; perfect for rice crops. It is a self sustaining ecosystem and a perfect example of a symbiosis with nature. |
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| [ Optional ] Hani Rice Terraces: Yuanyang Country is renowned for its rice terraces, sculpted by bare hands by the Hani people one thousand years ago, transforming a barren valley into a humid Eden; perfect for rice crops. It is a self sustaining ecosystem and a perfect example of a symbiosis with nature. |
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| Day 4 Yuanyang ( B,L ) |
| After breakfast, head for Jingkou Hani Minority Villages where the creators of the Yuanyang Rice Terraces live. It’s another eye-opening experience. You’ll meet with the lovely mushroom houses Hani people build, colorful ethnic garment of Hani women, their favorite food and most interesting their Saturday market that seems a showcase of their daily supplies and their clothing culture. Drive back to Kunming in the afternoon. |
Qingkou Rice Terrace in Hani Village | |
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| [ Optional ] Qingkou Rice Terrace in Hani Village: |
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| Day 5 Kunming ( B ) |
| Have fun with your free-time activitity in Kunming before we see you off at Kunming Airport in the afternoon. |
Kunming | Kunming is a city to be shared -- its sunshine, blue skies, fragrant flowers, leisure pursuits, relaxed ambience. The night market is the liveliest spot in Kunming, and is where the city's more artistic and eccentric elements gather. |
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