Tour Code:BJH-YT-06BDuration:6 days + 5 nightsDeparture:You Choose!Pickup:about 8:30am at your hotel dailyFinish:about 5:30pm at your hotel dailyService:Entrance fees + flavor meals + private tour guide, driver & vehicle
Trip at a Glance
Day 1:Kunming Arrival;Day 2:Kunming - Dongchuan;Day 3:Dongchuan - Kunming;Day 4 - 5:Kunming;Day 6:Kunming Departure;
Trip Overview
This Kunming & Dongchuan Red Land is a must visit place for all photography enthusiasts in Yunnan. Every season offers different colours and scenic views. Most international tourists choose to stay there one night and they can take the beautiful photos of sun shines casting light and shadow on the red earth at sunrise and sunset.
Itinerary Details Day by Day
Day 1 Kunming Arrival
Welcome to Kunming, the Spring City of China! Upon arrival at the Kunming airport/train station, You will meet our local tour guide and driver in the arrival hall and they will escort you to the hotel. The rest of the day will be free for you to have some rest or take a stroll in the streets.
Day 2 Kunming - Dongchuan ( B, L )
After breakfast at your hotel, our tour guide & drive pick you up and drive about 3.5 hours to Dongchuan. Upon arrival, check in your hotel, and then go to visit Dongchuan Red Land/Soil. Speaking of Red Soil, the scenery is in fact centralized around "Flower stone" (means colorful valley in Chinese Huashitou). You could enjoy photographing there for sunset if the weather is good enough on that day.
Dongchuan Red Land
Day 3 Dongchuan - Kunming ( B, L )
In the morning, go to Red Land and enjoy the Sunrise there. Look around, you will see mountains, rivers, and wilderness, which present a dull red, purple, brick red of different red; large and small radius of hundreds of miles hill slopes and rape; a layer of green, a layer of white, a layer of red, a layer of gold; bright blocks of color thick was spread to the horizon. All of them form a picturesque colorful pattern. Have a great time! After lunch, drive back to Kunming.
Dongchuan Red Land
Day 4 Kunming ( B, L )
After breakfast in your hotel, our tour guide & driver pick you up and drive to visit the renowned Stone Forest, a bizarre rock formation created by rain and weather over millennia. It is amazing for the stones formed like that which makes you feel like come into a “stone world”.
After lunch, drive to Kunming downtown and go to stroll at the Green Lake Park, where you can share the happiness of local people’s doing tai chi, performing local opera, and other vibrant activities.
Kunming Stone Forest
Day 5 Kunming ( B, L )
In the morning, you will visit Kunming's Flower Market to appreciate the colorful flowers. Then head to Western Hill which looks like a beautiful young lady lying next to the Dianchi Lake. Walk pass the Dragon Gate on Xishan to get prosperity in the future. You will have a bird’s eye view of the Dianchi Lake and appreciate the groups of Taoist sculptures in grottoes on the cliff in this scenic area.
Kunming Flower Market
Day 6 Kunming Departure ( B )
On this day you will be free until your tour guide escorts you to the airport for your flight to your next destination. Service end!