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Yunnan Festival Tour April 2014

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Special tours to Yunnan, China, “ the land of eternal spring,” are being offered by China Panorama Tours: Special Discovery Tour Guilin to Shangri-la or Discovery Tour Guilin to Vietnam Border.
Surprise, AZ. Tropical Sails Corp and China Panorama Tours are offering two unique tours to China in time to coincide with the spring time firework Festival of Dong people in fascinating Yunnan, China.

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Yunnan is an old Chinese word which means south of the clouds. The area is one of the most ethnically diverse provinces in China. The Northwest, Shangri-La area of the province is heavily influenced by Tibet, with whom it shares a border. Shangri-La is named after James Hilton’s book "Lost in Shangri-La Shangri-La." The South is influenced by its proximity to Burma and Laos. Of China's fifty-five officially recognized ethnic minorities, twenty-five can be found in Yunnan.

Both tours offered by Tropical Sails Corp and China Panorama Travel begin in Guilin with a Li River tour. In Yangshuo a bicycle tour taking in panoramic beauty and rice fields and an evening cormorant fishing outing on Li River will be offered. The next day you may choose from a Chinese cooking or calligraphy class.

On the road you will visit Sanjiang and Chengyang, a quaint little village with one of the largest Fengyuqiao (Wind and Rain Bridges) in the region. The following day is the Dong Fireworks festival.

In Kaili, we’ll visit Ethnic Museum, then drive along the beautiful Bala River to visit Jidao Miao Village which represents the long-skirt subgroup and Datang, a Miao village with an aquatic granary and the women’s “Mini skirt.” On the road we stop in the Matang Village, a quiet village inhabited by the Gejia minority, where we will learn about their culture, of which very little is known.

Travelers will experience the magic of the Chinese sleeper train and will awaken in Kunming. The Stone Forest, Yiliang Roast Duck and the Kunming blue costumes are just some of the highlights here. World War II buffs may want to squeeze in the Flying Tiger Restaurant and Museum.

Here the tour diverges, with one group going to Jianshui – Yuanyan, the rice terraces and ending up at Hekou, the China-Vietnam Border. Here the tour ends. Tropical Sails will arrange return via Kunming or Hanoi as the client wishes.

The second group will head to Dali and the three pagodas, beautiful lake and quaint town. On the way to Shangri-la, descend into the Tiger Leaping Gorge. You may elect the option of being carried out of the gorge by sherpas. In Shangri-la visit a Tibetian Monastery, drink yak butter tea, eat yak meat and have an evening dance in the streets.

As we head to Lijiang and Black Dragon Lake, its quaint historic old town, water wheels, Baisha Naxi Village as we slowly return to Kunming where the tour ends.

Highlights of the tours include:


Discovery Tour Guilin to Vietnam Border


Guilin – Yangshuo – Sanjiang – Zhaoxing – Kaili – Kunming – Jianshui –Yuanyang – Hekou – Vietnam or Kunming 12D 11N
• Experience at least 6 various ethnic cultures in Southwest China
• Explore at least 5 kinds of ethnic villages in the 3 provinces of Guangxi, Guizhou and Yunnan
• Visit the famed rivers: Li River in Guilin
• Enjoy the quaint scenery in villages of Yangshuo by bicycle and Chinese cooking class
• Amazed by the wonder of the world: the No.1 Terriced Fields by Hani people in Yuanyang
• Discover one of the most splendid wonders of the world: Stone Forest in Kunming
• Search the Old Town of Jianshui, Zhu Family Garden and Tuanshan Village
• 12 Days 11 Nights
• Special Price $1889 pp do
• Arrive Guilin March 28th, ends April 8/9 (Full Itinerary Below)

Discovery Tour Guilin to Shangrila


Guilin – Yangshuo – Sanjiang – Zhaoxing – Kaili – Kunming – Dali– Shangri-la – Lijiang – Kunming 15D 14N
Highlights
• Experience at least 8 various ethnic cultures in Southwest China
• Explore at least 6 kinds of ethnic villages in the 3 provinces of Guangxi, Guizhou and Yunnan
• Visit the famed rivers: Li River in Guilin & Upper Yangtze in Shangri-la
• Enjoy the quaint scenery in villages of Yangshuo by bicycle and Chinese cooking class
• Amazed by one of the deepest gorges in the world: Tiger Leaping Gorge on the upper Yangtze River
• Stroll in ancient towns of Lijiang on UNESCO’s World Heritage List
• Discover one of the most splendid wonders of the world: Stone Forest in Kunming
• $1958 pp special price double occupancy
• 15 Days, 14 Nights
• Begins March 28th, Ends April 11th

For a detailed itinerary visit: http://tropicalsails.com/spring-2014-yunnan-china-ethnic-discovery-tours/

The tour is being organized by Tropical Sails Corp, 800-595-1003, 623-444-8195

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