6 Days Puer and Xishuangbanna Tea Culture Tour
Tour Overview
Pu’er Tea is a kind of dark tea found only in China’s Yunnan Province. It’s originally produced in the “Six Famous Mountains” in Xishuangbanna and gets its name from...
Code of Tour: YET0000001823
Length of Travel: 6 Day
Destinations of Tour: Puer- Mengkun-Yiwu-Jinghong-Menghai-Jinghong
Departure City: Puer
Price of Tour: Request
Type of Tour:
Features of Tour: Culture History Minorities Tea
Pu’er Tea is a kind of dark tea found only in China’s Yunnan Province. It’s originally produced in the “Six Famous Mountains” in Xishuangbanna and gets its name from Pu’er, a town where most of the tea is processed and sold. Pu’er Tea has a long history. Early in the Tang Dynasty, tea trade between Pu’er and other areas already began.
Highlights:
- Visit the tea gardens, tea mountains and tea workshops along the way.
- Experience the ethnic culture of Lahu, Hani, Wa, Yi, etc.
- Enjoy the rainforest of Menglun Tropical Botanical Garden.
Brief Itinerary
- Day 1: Puer Arrival
- Day 2: Puer – Menglun
- Day 3: Menglun – Yiwu
- Day 4: Yiwu- Jinghong
- Day 5: Jinghong – Menghai – Jinghong
- Day 6: Jinghong Departure
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Detailed Itinerary
Day 1 Arrival Pu ‘er
Sightseeing and Activities: Arrival Pu ‘er
Accommodation: Puer
Meals:
Airport-hotel transfer.
Situated in the northwest of Yunnan Province, Puer has an important location in China’s southwestern boundary, neighboring Laos, Vietnam and Burma and sharing a 486 kilometers (302 miles) boundary line with these three countries. Kunming is about 550 kilometers (342 miles).
There are many ethnic minorities living here, such as Lahu, Hani, Wa and Yi. Varied customs make it a colorful city. Eating habits, ceremonies, costumes and folk legends can all be a strong attraction for people who are visiting. In addition, the city is the hometown of the well known Puer Tea, and the local people have diversified ways of handling tea, such as bamboo tube tea, cold tea dish, earth-pot tea and baked tea; all of which you should try.
Day 2 Puer -Menglun
Sightseeing and Activities:China Puer Tea Exhibition Garden
Accommodation: Menglun
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
In the morning, visit China Puer Tea Exhibition Garden. Tea culture is an attractive tourist factor of the city. The exhibition garden is built on the Yingpan Mountain, 29 kilometers (18 miles) from the downtown area. Against the background of a vast tea garden, it is made up of Puer Tea Museum, Tea making workshop, tea-picking zone, tea appraisal garden and some other facilities which comprehensively show the history of Puer Tea, and of how to plant and produce as well.
In the afternoon, drive to Menglun for overnight.
Day 3 Menglun-Yiwu
Sightseeing and Activities:Menglun Tropical Botanical Garden, Yiwu village, Tea workshop, Tea Mountain
Accommodation: Yiwu
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
This morning, visit Menglun Tropical Botanical Garden, which holds more than 3000 species, enjoy nice scenery in the garden and learn about some interesting plants. Walk in rainforest zone, the most natural part of garden is especially recommended, where tourists seldom go there, very quiet and original, for simple knowledge about rainforest, the most bio-diversified vegetation type in the world, which is a good place.
Drive to Yiwu Old Town, a small town once boomed due to tea trade in the history, see the old Yiwu town and the stele erected in Qing Dynasty that recorded the trade situation at that time. Pay a visit to local families that are still producing Pu’er Tea in the traditional way and visit tea mountain around.
Day 4 Yiwu-Jinghong
Sightseeing and Activities:Cha Ma Shi factory in Youle, The Dadugang factory
Accommodation: Jinghong
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Today, get the chance to make your own Puer tea cakes at a small Cha Ma Shi factory in Youle, another of the 6 famous Puer tea mountains.
From this small tea factory, travel Dadugang, the owner of the largest tea plantation in Asia. Terraced fields of 30yr old tea bushes could be seen in all directions and the view was breathtaking. The Dadugang factory was filled with massive processing equipment, primarily for green though they make 107 different varieties, which had a very industrial feeling to it.
After dinner, drive to Jinghong City.
Day 5 Jinghong-Menghai-Jinghong
Sightseeing and Activities: Menghai Tea Factory, Aini village
Accommodation: Jinghong
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Drive from Jinghong to Menghai (50km), pay visit to Menghai Tea Factory. The factory is well known for its old raw pu-erh cakes and is highly reputed in the tea industry of China. Further transfer into the old Aini village near Nannuoshan, visit Aini people’s market selling pu’er tea, local vegetables, fruit and hand-made crafts. Then 20 minutes driving to the Aini village where we start to walk or start walk up from the foot of the mountain. 2 hours walking on a jungle path to see the old Pu er tea tree plantation in forest and a huge bush tea plantation. All the tea trees are between 300 and 800 years old.
At noon, drink local tea and have packed lunch at a place with nice view. If you like the tea, you can also buy some from local people for the best price and have a nice Puer tea ceremony at home of the local. The whole experience lasts 4 to 5 hours.
Day 6 Departure from Jinghong
Sightseeing and Activities:Departure from Jinghong
Accommodation:
Meals:
Pick up from hotel and transfer to airport for the departure flight.
Recommended Hotels
| Destination | 5 Star | 4 Star | 4 Star | Hostels |
| Puer | ||||
| Menglun | ||||
| Yiwu | ||||
| Jinghong |
Service Included:
Accommodation with daily breakfast as indicated in the hotel list as below;
Chinese lunches and dinners as listed in the itinerary;
All land transfers & transportation with private air-conditioned coach;
All transfers and sightseeing with skilled English-speaking tour guide;
All entrance fees as mentioned in the itinerary;
Domestic air tickets fares with airport tax and fuel extra fee based on economy class mentioned in the program
Service charge and all government taxes;
Luggage transfers between airport and hotels;
Travel Agency’s Responsibility Insurance coverage
Service Excluded:
Any arrival and departure international airfares or train tickets;
Any meals which are not specified in the tour itinerary.
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;Any arrival and departure international airfares or train tickets;
Any meals which are not specified in the tour itinerary.
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.
