6 Days Kunming-Jianshui-Yuanyang Rice Terraces Tour

You will drive 86 km to the Stone Forest. There is a local saying: ‘It is a waste of time not to visit the Stone Forest while visiting Kunming’, which vividly expresses the deep love of the local people toward this world wonder. The quintessential karst landscape makes every tourist lost in wonder. 

In the afternoon, you will transfer to Yuanyang and enjoy the sunset view of Yuanyang Hani Rice Terraces.

Get up early in the morning, you’ll drive 30KM to visit Doyishu Village and enjoy the sunrise of Duoyishu Rice Terrace Fields when the sun appears above the eastern horizon. The terraced fields are ring upon ring and cascade one by one. They go along the hillside up to the sky. You will see the scenery of the terraced fields from the top of the mountains to the bottom. They are all farms under the sunshine and cloud and mist. The landscape is spectacular.

And then, you will visit Qingkou Village and rice terraces where Hani people for generations inhabit. Visit Bada Hani Rice Terrace, Shengcun Market as well. You will enjoy the sunset of Longshuba Rice Terraces in the late afternoon about 5KM away from Xinjie Town.

Enjoy the sunrise of Yuanyang Rice Terrace, take photos as you like. After that, we will drive to Jianshui County. You’ll visit Jianshui Old Town and the Chaoyang Gateway Tower, which was built in Ming Dynasty (1389). It is also known as ‘Miniature Tian’an men’ because the out shape of it is similar to Tian’anmen Square in Beijing.

Then visit a typical southern private garden-the Garden of Family Zhu. And you’ll visit the  Jianshui Confucius Temple at last, which  has a history of more than 700 years and ranks among the largest Confucian temples in China.

In the moring, you’ll drive to Double Dragons Bridge.  It is a large stone arch bridge with three pavilions and 17 holes, which is one of the famous historical sites in Yunnan Province and has been listed in the history of Chinese bridge building. Then visit the historical residence of Yi people – Tuanshan Dwellings.

After the tour of Jianshui, you’ll drive back to Kunming. On the way, visit Xingmeng Mongolian Village, which is the only Mongolian settlement township in Yunnan Province.  And arrive in Kunming in the late afternoon.