7 Days Yunnan Family Tour and Student Education with Xishuangbanna Tropical Forest Adventure and Minorities Discovery
Tour Overview
During this tour, you’ll learn the knowledge of elephants’ public welfare at Asian Elephant Museum; explore the ancient village – Manzhang and Dai people; experience the beautiful and magic tropical forest including boat a...
Code of Tour: YET0000013410
Length of Travel: 7 Day
Destinations of Tour: Jinghong-Mengla-Jinghong-Mengla-Yiwu Tea Mountain-Jinghong
Departure City: Jinghong
Price of Tour: Request
Type of Tour:
Features of Tour: Nature Family Minorities Education
During this tour, you’ll learn the knowledge of elephants’ public welfare at Asian Elephant Museum; explore the ancient village – Manzhang and Dai people; experience the beautiful and magic tropical forest including boat and air-corridor; and have a visit to tea mountain and learn tea culture. This tour cover the knowledge of tropical forest and tea culture a lot. It is a good choice for children get close to nature.
Highlights:
- Learn the knowledge of elephants’ public welfare at Asian Elephant Museum
- Explore the ancient ethnic villages.
- Experience the beautiful and magic tropical forest including boat and air-corridor.
- Have a grand view of tea culture and tropical forest.
Brief Itinerary:
- Day 1 Arrive in Jinghong
- Day 2 Jinghong
- Day 3 Jinghong
- Day 4 Jinghong-Mengla
- Day 5 Jinghong
- Day 6 Mengla-Yiwu Tea Mountain-Jinghong
- Day 7 Departure from Jinghong
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Detailed Itinerary
Day 1 Arrive in Jnghong
Sightseeing and Activities: Arrive in Jnghong, have a meeting about the activities
Accommodation: Jinghong
Meals: Lunch
Arrive at Jinghong. After airport-hotel pickup, assemble at hotel lobby and have a meeting about the activities.
Day 2 Jinghong
Sightseeing and Activities: Asian Elephant Museum, Bird Park, Lizards Park, Butterfly Park, watch the elephant show
Accommodation: Jinghong
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
After breakfast, drive to Asian Elephant Museum to learn the knowledge of elephants’ public welfare. Then, carry out charity activities to help elephants such as cleaning elephant houses, bathing elephants, and experiencing being an elephant dad.
In the afternoon, watch the elephant show, visit Bird Park, Lizards Park, Butterfly Park.
Day 3 Jinghong
Sightseeing and Activities: Manzhang village, learn the culture of Dai, watch the Dai’s performance and learn the Dai’s dance, learn the ethnic dance and have a bonfire party, learn to carve the palm leaf manuscript
Accommodation: Jinghong
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
In the morning, arrive at the ancient village – Manzhang and check in the Dai building. Experience the original handmade paper made by the Dai family (personally experience the ancient paper making, which can be taken away), watch the Dai’s performance “Qiaoduoli”and learn the Dai’s dance.
Afternoon, learn to carve the palm leaf manuscript(the carrier of Dai’s characters), catch fish, make pottery, etc.
In the evening, learn the ethnic dance and have a bonfire party.
Day 4 Jinghong-Mengla
Sightseeing and Activities: Wangtianshu scenic area, Nanla river rafting, Experience the beautiful and magic tropical forest
Accommodation: Mengla
Meals:
Morning: Experience the beautiful and magic tropical forest including boat and air-corridor
Afternoon: 6 km Nanla River rafting
Day 5 Jinghong
Sightseeing and Activities: Rainforest, hike around rainforest, learn jungle survival skills, climb up and down tree, experience hand pilaf
Accommodation: Jinghong
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
In the morning, hike around rainforest, learn jungle survival skills, climb up and down tree, experience hand pilaf. Recognize the diversity of tropical plants and breathe from the natural oxygen bar of nature to wash your lungs.
Day 6 Mengla-Yiwu Tea Mountain-Jinghong
Sightseeing and Activities: Guangmangshan Ancient Tea Mountain, tea-making, tea-picking, make your own Puer tea cake, chat over a cup of tea
Accommodation:
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Morning, take the ride to Guangmangshan Ancient Tea Mountain, visit the craft and process of tea-making in the factory, experience the tea-picking and the special tea meal.
Afternoon, learn and make your own Puer tea cake, chat over a cup of tea. Enjoy the dinner of local flavor.
Day 7 Departure from Jinghong
Sightseeing and Activities: Departure from Jinghong
Accommodation:
Meals: Breakfast
Each family reports the harvest of the family activity, and the children share the wonderful growth of these days. Give awards to excellent families and Children. Airport drop-off after 10:00 am. Tour ends.
Recommended Hotels
| Destination | 5 Star | 4 Star | 3 Star | Hostels |
| Jinghong | Jinghong InterContinental Hotel | Jinghong Dai Garden Hotel | Jinglan Business Hotel | Local Hoatel |
| Mengla | Anantara Xishuangbanna Resort | Hejin Hotel | Hailun Holiday Hotel | Shuibiandai Inn |
Service Included:
- Hotels as listed in the itinerary
- Meals as listed in the itinerary
- Admission fees and experimental project for all of the sightseeing spots listed in the itinerary
- Equipment Fee including related prop, working vehicle, safety equipment, etc. Insurance fee(Yunnan Special outdoor sports combination insurance)
- 2 bottle of mineral water/per person/per day
- Service fee
Service Excluded:
- Round Trip Ticket to and from Xishuangbanna;
- Single room supplement
- Tips to guides and drivers
- Personal expenses and gratuities to service staff
- All optional programs
Travel Tips:
- Visitors are advised to always carry changes of clothing due to the large variations in temperature between day and night.
- The climate is relatively dry, so drink more water every day.
- Protecting oneself from strong UV radiation at high altitude.
- Protecting oneself from altitude sickness. Lessen the effects of altitude sickness, avoid strenuous exercise and have plenty of rest.
- Respect local customs , habits, and religious beliefs.
