7 Days Kunming - Dali - Lijiang
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Over 7 days, 7-Day Kunming, Dali & Lijiang Highlights links Arrival in Kunming with Lijiang Departure, taking in Stone Forest, Kunming to Dali, Dali to Lijiang, Jade Dragon Snow Mountain along the way. Meet your private guide at the airport or railway station, transfer to the hotel and take an optional orientation walk through Kunming Old Street. Kunming sits around 1,900 metres; Green Lake and the old city are compact walks, while the Stone Forest is a separate karst park where the main loop takes about 2–4 kilometres. Use the morning at leisure or add Black Dragon Pool when timing allows, followed by a private transfer to Lijiang airport or railway station. Try a bowl of rice noodles or a slice of ba-ba flatbread near the market, then look north for the snow line on Jade Dragon Mountain when the afternoon haze lifts. Opening hours, traffic and local access are checked during the trip, allowing the guide to reorder visits when needed.
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Daily itinerary: Arrival in Kunming → Stone Forest → Kunming to Dali → Erhai Lake and Bai Villages → Dali to Lijiang → Jade Dragon Snow Mountain → Lijiang Departure.
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Meet your private guide at the airport or railway station, transfer to the hotel and take an optional orientation walk through Kunming Old Street. Within Kunming, Dali & Lijiang Highlights, the next named stop after Arrival in Kunming is Stone Forest. Later in Kunming, Dali & Lijiang Highlights, Erhai Lake & Bai Villages brings a different activity: Travel around Erhai Lake for Xizhou’s Bai architecture, Zhoucheng crafts and quiet lakeside viewpoints.
Travel privately to the UNESCO-listed Stone Forest and follow a scenic route among dramatic limestone pinnacles with your local guide. Stone Forest sits between Arrival in Kunming and Kunming to Dali in the Kunming, Dali & Lijiang Highlights sequence. Later in Kunming, Dali & Lijiang Highlights, Erhai Lake & Bai Villages brings a different activity: Travel around Erhai Lake for Xizhou’s Bai architecture, Zhoucheng crafts and quiet lakeside viewpoints.
Take the high-speed train to Dali and begin exploring its old town beneath the Cangshan Mountains after Stone Forest; Erhai Lake and Bai Villages follows on the next day. Cangshan’s forest paths and high viewpoints add a natural counterpoint to Dali’s old town and the shores of Erhai Lake. Cangshan’s cableway reaches cooler forest above Dali, where stone steps and contour paths give 3–5 kilometres of walking with views across Erhai.
Travel around Erhai Lake for Xizhou’s Bai architecture, Zhoucheng crafts and quiet lakeside viewpoints after Kunming to Dali; Dali to Lijiang follows on the next day. The Kunming, Dali and Lijiang Highlights plan reaches Erhai Lake and Bai Villages on Day 4: the Erhai shore links Xizhou’s Bai courtyards with lakeside paths and viewpoints; walking sections total about 3–5 kilometres between vehicle stops. Before setting out for Erhai Lake & Bai Villages, the guide checks the day's weather, access and walking conditions. After Kunming to Dali, wear shoes with reliable grip, carry water and a light layer, and use the planned rest points for photographs; the distance can be shortened without replacing the named highlight if conditions turn.
Continue to Lijiang and walk through the canals and lanes of the UNESCO-listed old town. The Kunming, Dali & Lijiang Highlights itinerary pairs this visit with Erhai Lake & Bai Villages beforehand and Jade Dragon Snow Mountain afterward. Jade Dragon Snow Mountain is a separate later stop on Kunming, Dali & Lijiang Highlights: Visit Jade Dragon Snow Mountain, Blue Moon Valley and Baisha Village with the day adapted to weather and altitude.
Visit Jade Dragon Snow Mountain, Blue Moon Valley and Baisha Village with the day adapted to weather and altitude. After Dali to Lijiang, Kunming, Dali & Lijiang Highlights reaches Jade Dragon Snow Mountain before continuing to Lijiang Departure. The prior Erhai Lake & Bai Villages visit is a separate stage of Kunming, Dali & Lijiang Highlights: Travel around Erhai Lake for Xizhou’s Bai architecture, Zhoucheng crafts and quiet lakeside viewpoints.
Use the morning at leisure or add Black Dragon Pool when timing allows, followed by a private transfer to Lijiang airport or railway station. Earlier in Kunming, Dali & Lijiang Highlights, Erhai Lake & Bai Villages formed a separate part of the journey before Lijiang Departure. The prior Erhai Lake & Bai Villages visit is a separate stage of Kunming, Dali & Lijiang Highlights: Travel around Erhai Lake for Xizhou’s Bai architecture, Zhoucheng crafts and quiet lakeside viewpoints.
Allow 2–3 days for Kunming and the Stone Forest, or 4–7 days when adding Dongchuan, Yuanyang or northern Yunnan. Final train or flight times should be confirmed before fixing the last day; when timings change, sightseeing is shortened instead of adding an unrealistic transfer.
Prices are per person, based on double occupancy.
Only places used by this itinerary are shown below. The final hotel list follows confirmed transport, season and room availability; upgrades and room preferences can be customized.
The planned route starts around Kunming and finishes around Lijiang. Exact airport, railway-station or hotel transfers are matched to your confirmed arrival and onward tickets.
Yes. The published day order is a workable starting point, not a fixed group schedule. We can change hotel level, walking time, special interests and selected stops while protecting the route logic.
Your local team checks current access before travel. Outdoor sections may move within the itinerary, and mountain or canyon routes can be shortened or replaced when conditions make the original plan unsafe.
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