Day 1 Arrive Kunming Our guide and driver will wait for you at the arrival hall. Then transfer to your hotel in Kunming. After that, free for you to photo this amazing city.
Day 2 Kunming-Luoping (B) After breakfast, we will drive about 5 hours to Luoping. Luoping lies in the relatively underdeveloped eastern part of the province, dominated by karst features with small basins among mountain ranges. After arriving, try to catch the sunset at Jinjifeng in Luoping.
Day 3 Luoping (B) Get up early in the morning, photograph the wonder of the sunrise from the top of Jinji Mountain. If you come in early spring, you will take a chance to take photograph the blossoming rapeseed flowers. Every year it draws flocks of tourists and photographers. Sprawling farmland covered in golden rape stretches right up to the horizon, forming a sea of yellow buds and filling the air with the refreshing smell of spring. Afterwards we will transfer to photograph the Nine Dragon Waterfall and Buyi ethnic villages.
Day 4 Luoping-Jianshui (B) This morning we will depart to Jianshui, which takes around 7 hours. Jianshui is one of the earliest developed cities in south Yunnan that enjoys the fame of being an ancient cultural city and important gateway. Arrive in Jianshui Ancient Town in the afternoon, photograph the Jianshui Ancient Town, Zhu Family Garden and Confucius Temple.
Day 5 Jianshui-Yuanyang (B) Set off from Jianshui to Yuanyang. Check in a hotel and then drive to Laohuzui for catching up the sunset. The Laohuzui Rice Terraces are situated about 20 kilometers from the Yuanyang city. The best moment to enjoy the marvelous rice terraces view is during the sunset period. Every sunset in Laohuzui(literally Tiger's mouth), numerous of photographers come to disputes themselves for a one-foot space just because of the perfect position to set up their tripods.
Day 6 Yuanyang (B) This morning be prepared to get up early to head for Duoyishu. Duoyishu Rice terrace in Yuanyang is one of the most photographed in Yunnan. The low lying cloud and the water field rice terrace is unique during winter and early spring. As the sun rises the terraces come alive with the sky's reflection. In the winter months the fields are flooded in order to plow and plant for the new season. The rising sun creates an amazing reflection off the water in the terraces.
After the sunrise, spend your daytime to explore the local village. In the afternoon, you will visit Qingkou Village and rice terraces where Hani people for generations inhabit. Qingkou is an enchanting Hani village with mushroom shaped hut houses. Then shoot Bada Hani Rice Terrace. You will photograph the sunset of Bada Rice Terraces in the late afternoon.
Day 7 Yuanyang-Kunming (B) Photograph sunrise at HuangChaoLing before depart to Kunming. Then transfer to Kunming International Airport for returning. Service ends.
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