5-Day Kunming and Dongchuan Red Land Tour

Dongchuan Red Land and a Local Village
Dongchuan Red Land Photographers
Kunming Stone Forest
Kunming Stone Forest

Tour Outline: Kunming - Dongchuan - Kunming

Overview
Itinerary
Service Inclusion
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Trip Overview

With gorgeous and colorful hues, Dongchuan Red Land is praised as “God’s palette”, becoming a new rising tourist destination near Kunming, loved by photographers, backpackers and hikers. In different seasons, the Red Land offers different scenes. According to the local villagers, the scenery is the most beautiful on the third day after raining, because then the land is saturated with rain water, which makes the colors look richer, and sometimes rainbows appear above the red land.

In the tour, you can also have one day trip to visit “the First Wonder of World” - the Stone Forest, and marvel at its natural stone masterpieces and you will be bewitched by the stone peaks, pillars and stalagmites.

[Stone Forest] Have a stroll in this unique natural forest of stones, and be bewitched by the stone peaks, pillars and stalagmites;
[Golden Temple Park] Stop here to visit this large Taoist Temple and Golden Temple;
[Dongchuan Red Land] Be praised as “God’s palette”, and loved by photographers and backpackers;
[Luoxiagou Valley] The best places to see sunset of the most massive red land with typical features of Yunnan plateau.

Best Time to Visit

all year round
Physical Demands

Very leisure tour; zero physical demand

Day by Day Itinerary

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Day 1: Kunming Arrival

Welcome to Kunming, the capital city of Yunnan province, is dubbed as "the city of Eternal Spring" due to its warm weather with an average of 20 degrees for the whole year. Our tour guide and chauffeur will escort you to your hotel in Kunming downtown.

Spend the rest of the day at your leisure. If time is enough, ask your guide for some advices about Kunming city visiting and local featured food and restaurants.

Altitude: Kunming (1895m)
Internet & Wifi
Kunming business hotel
Meals: NO

Day 2: Kunming - Stone Forest - Kunming (171.6km)

Kunming Stone Forest

Today after breakfast, we will head to visit the Stone Forest which is known as "the first wonder of the world". Marvel at its natural stone masterpieces and be bewitched by the stone peaks, pillars and stalagmites rising abruptly from the ground and extending as far as the eye can see.

After the tour in the afternoon, return back to Kunming city. En route, we will stop by the Golden Temple Park, a large Taoist temple in Yunnan, located on the Mingfeng Mountains, 7KM to the east of Kunming city. There is a fine building made of bronze, commonly known as Jindian (the "Golden Temple").

After the tour, be accompanied to your hotel in Kunming.

Drive about 171.6KM for approx. 4 hrs
Altitude: Kunming (1895M), Stone Forest (700M);
Internet & Wifi
Kunming business hotel
Breakfast, Lunch

Day 3: Kunming - Dongchuan - Red Land (265km)

Dongchuan Red Land/ Soil

After breakfast at your hotel, we will drive to Dongchuan District of Kunming City. Upon arrival, check in your hotel in the downtown, and then drive about 50km to visit Dongchuan Red Land/ Soil. In the afternoon, visit Luoxiagou Valley and enjoy the sunset view of Dongchuan Red Land with local villages and farmland.

Luoxiagou or Luoxia Valley at Dongchuan Red Land near Kunming is considered to be one of the most magnificent red lands in the world. It is the most massive red land with typical features of Yunnan plateau. Then be transferred back to your hotel in downtown.

Drive about 165km from Kunming to Dongchuan, 50km to Red Land
Altitude: Dongchuan (1244m), Red Land (1800-2600m)
Internet & Wifi
Dongchuan business hotel
Breakfast, Lunch

Day 4: Visit Dongchuan Red Land, Dongchuan - Kunming (265km)

Sunrise of Dongchuan Red Land

Dongchuan Red Land/ Soil

Try to get up early in the morning, and drive 50km to the Red Land and enjoy the sunrise of the red land. Look around, you will see mountains, rivers and wilderness, which present a dull red, purple, brick red of different red colors; a layer of green, a layer of white, a layer of red, and a layer of gold; bright blocks of color thick was spread to the horizon. And all of them form a picturesque colorful pattern. It is loved by photographers and backpackers, and praised as “God’s palette”. Have a great time here! After lunch, drive back to Kunming.

Drive 50km to Red Land, and 215km back to Kunming
Altitude: Dongchuan (1244m), Red Land (1800-2600m)
Internet & Wifi
Kunming business hotel
Breakfast, Lunch

Day 5: Kunming Departure

Today is free for you to explore this Spring City, until our tour guide escort you to airport/ train for your next destination.

Drive 26km from downtown to airport
Altitude: Kunming (1895m)
Internet & Wifi: NO
Hotel: NO
Breakfast

Price Details & Guide

Price Inclusions

Private transportation to the destinations and sites listed in the itinerary; ranging from 4WD land cruiser to bus depending on the group size and trip route; car gasoline, road toll and in-transport refreshments (free bottles of water, air pillow and headscarf) are included;
Lodging: three nights in Kunming business hotel, one night in Dongchuan business hotel;
Private experienced English-speaking trip leader;
Airport/railway station pick-up and send-off services at the beginning/end of the tour;
Entrance ticket fees for all the sight spots listed in the itinerary;
Meals listed in the itinerary (4 Breakfasts, 3 Lunches);
First aid kit;
A coverage of 300,000RMB Chartis travel insurance;

Price Exclusions

International and domestic flight/train to Kunming (Note: we accept the domestic flight/train tickets booking to Kunming from other cities in advance, check the updated ticket availability and cost with your travel consultant);
Meals that are not specified in the itinerary (Averagely a meal in the 3rdpole region cost 3~10USD per person);
Tips and gratuities for the trip leader and driver;
The expense of a personal nature like alcoholic beverages, laundry, phone call, etc;
Optional activities and excursions not specified in the itinerary;
China Entry visa fees;

Itinerary Alteration

Once we receive your tour deposit, which is followed by signing the contract, your reservation is secured with legitimacy. Our staff will reserve the accommodation, vehicle, site tickets, meals and more, and pay the deposit for our suppliers. So if you want to alter to another itinerary, you need to cover the deposit we've paid, while no service charge is needed if you make some changes on the itinerary you booked.

Cancellation and Refund Policy

If you cancel the tour beacuse of your personal issues, you will be liable to pay cancellation charges that are bounded by 3rdpoletour.com cancellation policy as follows:

1.) If you cancel the tour more than 30 days before the trip starts, you will forfeit 10% of the total land cost per person;
2.) If you cancel the tour 15-30 days prior to your trip start date, 20% of your total land tour cost will be forfeited as a cancellation fee.
3.) If you cancel the tour 7-15 days before the trip starts, you will forfeit 30% of land cost.
4.) If you cancel the tour 7 days prior to your tour start date, you will forfeit 50% of land cost.
5.) If you fail to show up or cancel at your scheduled arrival time without prior notice or later than that, you will forfeit 100% of the land cost.

If the tour has to be cancelled because of the natural disaster or the government restrictions that is beyond both parties control, we will charge only USD50 per person, this is just the service fee and larbor fee during the preparation. This is a rare occurrence!