Tour Summary
Highlights
You will visit Yuanyang Rice Terraces and Zhu Family Garden in Jianshui Anciet Town.
Not many general tourists have visited the Yuanyang Rice Terraces, hordes of photographers have. The landscape changes vividly through the year. The flooded paddies from November to April create reflecting pool effect, which is a photographer's dream.
In summer, the paddies are luxuriantly green with growing rice stalks. And in late autumn, here is a golden rice terraces.
After the fall harvest, the paddies become naked bare earth. Yuanyang Rice Terraces are also, as mentioned the wonderland of tourists, a paradise of painting clubs and photographers! With their amazing landscape, unique shapes, and ethnic customs and culture deposit behind themselves, the scenic areas of Yuanyang Rice Terraces are the excellent places you must take your cameras., record this beautiful moment!
1) Destinations: Kunming, Jianshui, Yuanyang
2) Goup size: Small group 2-8 travelers.
Pickup time
Every Monday Morning: At 09h00 from your hotel lobby in Kunming.
Itinerary
Day 1(Monday): Kunming-Jianshui
In the morning, our guide and driver will pick you up at your hotel in Hotel. Then, we will drive to Jianshui (3 hours), visit Jianshui ancient town, Dofu workshp, Zhu family garden. In the Jianshui Ancient town, you will see the different standards of houses built by rich and poor families.
Included meal: Breakfast
Overnight: Zhu Family Garden
Day 2(Tuesday): Jianshui-Yuanyang
Today, we will visit Jianshui City Wall, Confucius Temple, and then drive to Yuanyang (4 hours). Upon your arrival in Yuanyang, we will enjoy the amazing sunset view at Laohuzui rice terraces.
Included meal: Breakfast
Overnight: Jacky’s Guesthouse
Day 3(Wednesday): Yuanyang
Today you will have a full day to visit the terraces belonging to the Hani and Yi people, you get up very early to see the sunrise over the terraces at Duoyi village and then visit the local Hani and Yi people in the local villages around.
Included meal: Breakfast
Overnight: Jacky’s Guesthouse
Day 4(Thursday): Yuanyang-Kunming
Drive back to Kunming (6 hours).
Included meal: Breakfast
Important Notice
1) Please provide passport copies of the clients at the time of booking.
2) The group size should be 2 persons and above. Tour will be cancelled if the total traveler is only 1 person. The tour fee will be fully 100% refunded.
Price Includes
Package includes
1. Esccorted tours to Jianshui and Yuanyan
2. Land transfers by air-conditioned coach with driver
3. Service of English Speaking tour guide
4. Breakfast
Package not include
1. Airfare or Train Tickets to enter or leave Kunming.
2. Accommodations. The extra cost per person for 3 nights+breakfast is USD75 (standard twin room, private WC and shower).
3. Insurance.
4. Personal consumption
5. Tips to the guide and driver. (Tip suggestions: RMB50 per person per day to the tour guide and RMB20 per person per day to the driver)
Please check our tipping policy here.