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Trekking around Lijiang

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Duration: 
4 days
Level: 
Moderate difficulty
visiting minorities on the wayDay 1 : Lijiang - Wenhai Lake area 
We need drive about 20 minutes to a small village. Then we are hiking 4—5 hours to the Wenhai Lake. On the way we can see the nice farm land, enjoy the Naxi village and views of Jade Dragon snow mountain, valleys. By the hiking path you can see a lot of different kinds of flowers and herb medicines, hearing the birds. During the hiking, the attitude will go from 2500 meters to 3100 meters. When we arrived in Wenhai, the local family will prepare the lunch for us. After lunch, you can walk around the lake to visit the Naxi village and enjoy the local life, customs. or you can sit in the courtyard read books or relax to enjoy the peaceful environment.
Night in Wenhai village 

Visit Shangri-La from Lijiang via the Tiger Leaping Gorge

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Duration: 
3 days
Level: 
Easy

Day 1 : Lijiang - Tiger Leaping gorge - Haba village 

From Lijiang drives about 5h to Haba village at the foot of Haba snow Mountain with many minorities: Naxi,Yi, Bai, Hui... On the way through the whole gorge. 
Night in guesthouse in Haba village

Day 2 : Haba village - Baishui Tai - Putacuo National Park - Shangri-La 
Drives about 4h to Shangri-La, on the way visit the Baishui Tai, National Park and Tibetan villages. 
Night in shangri-La 

 Day 3 : Shangri-La - Lijiang 
In the morning visit the Songzan Lin Temple, market and old town, then drive about 4h back to Lijiang.