5 Days Lijiang Golf Tour with Lijiang Ancient Lakefront Golf Course and Jade Dragon Snow Mountain Golf Club

Lijiang, with an elevation of 2400 meters, is cool in summer and warm in winter. It is very nice to pay golf all the year around. Jade Dragon Snow Mountain Golf Club is located at the foot of Yulong Mountain with the elevation of 3100 meters as the highest golf club in Asia. Lijiang Ancient Town Lakefront Golf Club is located at the bank of Wenbi Lake, 10KM away from Lijiang Ancient Town, with Jade Dragon Snow Mountain in front, which is a nice golf to play for you.

Highlights:

  • Play the golf course at Jade Dragon Snow Mountain Golf Club and Lijiang Ancient Town Lakefront Golf Club.
  • Visit the must-see attractions in Lijiang such as Lijiang Old Town, Jade Dragon Snow Mountain, Tiger Leaping Gorge, etc.

Brief Itinerary

  • Day 1: Lijiang Arrival
  • Day 2: Lijiang
  • Day 3: Lijiang
  • Day 4: Lijiang
  • Day 5: Lijiang Departure

Detailed Itinerary

Day 1 Arrival in Lijiang

Sightseeing and Activities:Arrival in Lijiang
Accommodation: Lijiang
Meals:

Take the  flight to Lijiang and meet your local tour guide and driver in the airport. You will be free in Lijiang Old Town. Lijiang Old Town has a history more than 800 years; it was listed as the World Cultural Heritage by the UNESCO 1997. Here you will see the wonderful wooden architecture of Naxi ethnic people.

Day 2 Lijiang

Sightseeing and Activities:Ganhaizi Meadow, Baishui(White Water) River, the Spruce Meadow, Dragon Snow Mountain Golf Club, Naxi Orchestral and Show
Accommodation:Lijiang
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch

In the morning you’ll visit Ganhaizi Meadow, Baishui(White Water) River; take the chairlift to visit the Spruce Meadow of the Yulong Snow Mountain, which stretches a length of 35 kilometers (22 miles) and a width of 20 kilometers (13 miles). Looking from Lijiang Old Town in the south which is 15 kilometers (nine miles) away, the snow-covered and fog-enlaced mountain resembles a jade dragon lying in the clouds, hence, the name Jade Dragon Snow Mountain. 

After the Spruce Meadow, you will play the golf at Jade Dragon Snow Mountain Golf Club, which is well-known as the highest golf course in Asia. Situated in Ganhaizi at the eastern foot of Jade Dragon Snow Mountain in Lijiang, this golf course was open to the public in October 2001. 

You will attend the Naxi Orchestral and Show in Dongba Palace at night.

Day 3 Lijiang

Sightseeing and Activities:Black Dragon Pool, Dongba Museum, Lijiang Ancient Town International Golf Club
Accommodation: Lijiang
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch

Lijiang Ancient Town

In the morning you will head for the scenic Black Dragon Pool and the Dongba Museum to explore the rich Naxi minority culture. Black Dragon Pool is the main headwater of the Yushui River which goes through the Old Town. People believe that the gods of the Naxi people are living in the chestnut woods, beside the mouth of springs, behind the carved doors and below the bridges.

In the afternoon you will play the golf at Lijiang Ancient Town International Golf Club, which is located at the foot of Wenbishan Peak, in the front of Wenhai Lake, face to Jade Dragon Snow Mountain, about 8 Km away from Lijiang Old Town. It is designed by Joe. Bringer, a famous designer from USA. The Club features an international standard par 72; 18-hole golf course with 7,661 yards of fairway. There is also a 38-tee driving range with lights for evening driving. Overnight at the Villa of Lijiang Ancient Town International Golf Club.

Day 4 Lijiang

Sightseeing and Activities:First Bend on the Yangtze River, the Iron Chain Bridge, Tiger Leaping Gorge
Accommodation: Lijiang
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch

Ottelia acuminata in Lugu Lake of Lijiang, Yunnan

From Lijiang, you’ll drive about 60KM to the First Bend on the Yangtze River with imposing gorge scenery, and the Iron Chain Bridge in the Stone Drum town. The town of Stone Drum got its name from a large, cylindrical, marble tablet shaped like a drum. The scenery is magnificent as the road running through the Lijiang valley which is filled with wheat fields and drying haystacks. 

Continue the driving 40KM more to visit the Tiger Leaping Gorge, the deepest gorge in the world. With 34 rapids of the Yangtze River, it is called the Jinsha in this area because you can find gold in the river. Afternoon, you will drive back to Lijiang. 

Day 5 Lijiang-Departure

Sightseeing and Activities: Lijiang Departure
Accommodation:
Meals: Breakfast

Free at leisure before be transferred to Lijiang airport for the departure flight. Service ends.

Recommended Hotels

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Lijiang Pullman Hotel Wangfu Hotel Liwang Hotel Baisha Holiday Resort

Service Included:

  • Admission fees for all of the sightseeing spots listed in the itinerary;
  • Meals as listed in the itinerary;
  • Hotels as listed in the itinerary;
  • Private English-speaking tour guide;
  • Private vehicle for transfers & sightseeing with skilled driver;
  • Service charge & government taxes;
  • Luggage transfers between airports and hotels;
  • Domestic train tickets of soft sleeper.

Service Excluded:

  • Any arrival and departure international airfares or train tickets;
  • Chinese visa fees;
  • Excess baggage charged by Airlines;
  • Single room supplement;
  • Tips to guides and drivers;
  • Personal expenses and gratuities to service staff;
  • Personal travel accident insurance;
  • All optional programs.