2-Day Private Photography Tour to Yuanyang Rice Terrace from Kunming

Kunming, China
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Duration2 days
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LanguagesChinese, English
Private tourOnly your group will participate
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Overview

Discover Yuanyang Rice Terrace and China’s rich minority culture on a 2-day guided tour from Kunming. Take an easy walk around to snap photos of the famous Yuanyang Rice Terraces from different location which will give you an unexpected shot. Capture stunning image of a dramatic sunrise and sunset moment. You will take your time when visit the locations where you may explore and create fantastic photographs. Visit local villages and market and learn from your guide about the local Hani communities. A great trip for photographers! Tour including English speaking tour guide, entrance fee, lunch and travel by private vehicle. Tour includes the option to book local 3 or 4 star accommodation with daily breakfast.

Options

Tour Only-No Hotel

Tour including 2 days private tour, please book your own hotel in Yuanyang
Pickup included

Tour +3 Star Hotel

Tour including 2 days private tour+3 star hotel with breakfast in Yuanyang.
Pickup included

Tour + 4 Star hotel

Tour +4 Star Hotel : Tour including 2 days private tour+ 4 star hotel with breakfast in Yuanyang.
Pickup included

What's included

  • Private Tour with Professional English Tour Guide
  • Overnight accommodation of standard twin room (two beds), based on twin share.
  • Lunch
  • Bottled water
  • Breakfast
  • Hotel pickup and drop-off with Private Vehicle
  • Entrance Fee
  • Gratuities
  • Single supplement charge of accommodation

What to expect

Day 1: Kunming-Yuanyang (L)
  1. Yuanyang Rice Terraces
    3h · Admission ticket included
    Meet your private guide in hotel's lobby in Kunming, heading directly to Yuanyang Rice Terraces which takes about 5.5 hours. Sit back and enjoy the sceneries along the way.

    Yuanyang is renowned for its rice terraces, which claim as the world's largest and most spectacular one, crafted out by bare hands by the Hani people one thousand years ago and is still in use today. The rice farmers have had to practice ecology and land preservation centuries before those concepts were widely accepted around the world. At present, known as 'land sculpture' the terraced fields have been being officially acknowledged by UNESCO as a World Cultural and Natural Heritage site.
  2. Bada Terrace
    2h · Admission ticket included
    Upon arrival, choose the sites interests you most, then set off and explore. Typically you will start from Qingkou Village. Qingkou Hani Village is the key area of declaring the World Culture Heritage Site. It maintains a compete ecosystem of four elements: forests, water system, mountain villages and terraces. Follow your tour guide to stroll around their Mushroom House. Get to know Hani people's folk customs which featuring with a distinctive national cultural, unique production and lifestyle.

    Then, spend the rest of the day at Bada Terrace. It is the biggest attraction in terms of acreage of Yuanyang Terraces and the best of the sunset scenery.

    Afterwards, you will be transferred to your hotel in Yuanyan.
Day 2: Yuanyang-Kunming (B, L)
  1. Duoyishu
    2h · Admission ticket included
    Meet your tour guide early in the morning, heading to Doyishu Village and enjoy the spectular sunrise moment.
  2. 1h
    Visit Shengcun Morning Market to experience local minority life. Your tour guide will help you negotiate price if you want to purchase. Afterwards, return to your hotel to have breakfast. Then, stroll around Duoyishu Area with your tour guide. You will enjoy the scenery of the terraced fields from the top of the mountains to the bottom. Discover different Hani and Yi ethnic villages.

    When you are ready to leave, enjoy lunch in the local village, then you will be transferred back to your hotel in Kunming.

Meeting and pickup

Pickup details

We will pick you up from you hotel in Kunming,please provide hotel information
when make booking

Additional information

  • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
  • Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels

Cancellation policy

If you cancel at least 3 full day(s) before the scheduled departure time, you will receive a full refund.<br>If you cancel within 3 day(s) of the scheduled departure, you will receive a 0% refund.
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