Yunnan Spring tour for 9pax
As a whole, the tour was memorable and fun. Ms. Grace Wang of CCT helped in customizing the entire trip from Kunming, Dali, Lijiang to Shangrila. The hotels arranged for us are 5-star international standard. Hotel Indigo Lijiang is the best . Better to include Snow Mountain in the tour. It is one of the highlights of the trip. We enjoyed the Dali countryside tour. The tour guide, Bell did a great job, which led us to fully enjoy and love the Dali part. Shangrila seems to be overrated. We had frustrations maybe because of high expectations of the place. Maybe one factor that led to this was the tour guide assigned to us. It seems like Kawa was not familiar with the itinerary and had few knowledge about the history of some of the sites. Kawa was silent most of the time, not explaining or giving any information about the sites visited except for Songzanlin Monastery. Most guests had altitude sickness after Pudacuo National Park which led us to skip Shangrila Old Town. Maybe a big help if we are asked to tag along the oxygen tank sitting in the bus. In Kunming, was not able to visit the Green Lake Park because the tour guide, Doyle told us to wear summer clothes and thin layer jacket for that day. It was 6pm when we got to the park; and it was chilling cold we cannot go down. That part was also skipped. Otherwise, everything was fine. Jade Dragon Snow Mountain, Blue Moon Valley, Yunnan flower cake making, Naxi family visit, biking at Erhai Lake are the highlights of the trip. Stone Forest, Jiuxiang Caves, Bai Minority Tie-dyeing and Tiger Leaping Gorge upper section are also okay.