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Yunnan, China: A Tribal Mosaic

Small Group Trip 

This journey delves deep into a single province, Yunnan, considered China’s most culturally power-packed. Encounter 36 distinct tribes, visit monasteries, explore breathtaking landscapes and enjoy authentic cultural performances. Then quantum leap to the extraordinary by attending the Gyalthang Horse Festival, where expert equestrians from the Kingdom of Kham in Eastern Tibet compete for prizes and glory.


This Group Trip Features
• Culturally authentic boutique hotels
• Tour leadership by an expert on Chinese culture
• Immersion in the festivities of the Gyalthang Horse Festival
• Explore Hotan’s authentic, untouristed Sunday Bazaar
• Remote, traditional Shaping tribal market
• UNESCO-listed old town of Lijiang
• Stone Mountain Grottoes, treasure of the Bai tribe
• Magnificent Tiger Leaping Gorge
• Inspiring Ganden Sumtseling Monastery


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Our expertise in China sets the industry standard, and that’s why the Princeton Alumni Association and the Harvard Museum of Natural History call on us to design the China trips for their membership.

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Number of Days   15

Departures / Land Cost
June 5, 2011 / $7,395

Single Supplement
2010: $1,500 / 2011: $1,575

Destinations
Kunming, Dali, Shaping, Xizhou, Erhai Lake, Shibaoshan (Stone Mountain Grottoes), Lijiang, Yuhu, Tiger Leaping Gorge, Yangzi River, Gyalthang (Zhongdian or Shangri-la), Khena, Nishi Valley, Punzera

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Group Size
Limited to 18 travelers

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