5-Day Yunnan Luoping Golden Canola Flower Tour

The Golden Sea of Canola Flower in Luoping, Yunnan
Viewing the Sunset from Hundred Thousand Hills in Luoping
Visit the Nine Dragon Waterfall in Luoping
Shilin Stone Forest in Kunming

Tour Outline: Kunming - Luoping - Kunming

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Trip Overview

This is our special-designed tour for tourists to enjoy the yellow rapeseed flowers blooming in Luoping in spring, especially in the months of February and March. Located at the east of Yunnan Province, Luoping is the best place to see the golden sea of Canola flowers with pretty karst hills. Recently, it becomes more and more popular among photographers from home and abroad. Also, you will visit the famous Stone Forest on the way back to Kunming.

Experience the colorful canola flower bloom in Luoping in spring;
Visit famous sights in eastern Yunnan;
Have a stroll in Stone Forest, the unique natural forest of stone.

Best Time to Visit

February and March when Canola Flower blooming
Physical Demands

Very leisure tour; zero physical demand

Day by Day Itinerary

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Day 1: Kunming Arrival

Upon your arrival at the Kunming Changshui International Airport, our tour guide will meet you and escort you to your hotel in Kunming. After settling down your luggage and a short rest, you will start your tour in Kunming.

If your time permits, you can visit the Kunming City Museum, where you can have the chance to learn more about Kunming city as well as Yunnan Province.

Option for the Evening:
Dynamic Yunnan Show is an original ethnic dance musical that directed by Yang Liping. You can get a unique “Yunnan Impression” from the show, which is a combination of folk dances and a fresh artistic concept. The show starts at 20:00 every day (except at and around the Spring Festival) and lasts for 1.5 hours.

Altitude: Kunming (1895m)
Kunming Local Hotel

Day 2: Kunming - Luoping

Golden Canola Flower in Luoping, Yunnan

Sunset from Hundred Thousand Hills in Luoping

Enjoy the Sunset at Hundred Thousand Hills in Luoping, Yunnan

After breakfast, you will head to Luoping, one of the largest plantations of canola flowers in southwest China. It is located 230 kilometers east of Kunming, and neighboring Guizhou Province and Guangxi Province. Every year, during the spring when canola flowers are blooming, there is an endless golden sea of yellow rapeseed flowers with small basins among mountain ranges. The golden sea of canola flowers together with chocolate hills makes Luoping a paradise for photographers. And the best time to see the golden canola flowers in Luoping is from February to March, when the flowers are in full bloom.

Then you will move on to Hundred Thousand Hills (called Shiwan Dashan in Chinese), which offers endless photo shooting options for photography enthusiasts.

After today’s tour, you will be back at your hotel in Luoping in the late afternoon.

Drive 210km from Kunming Downtown to Luoping
Altitude: Luoping (1480m)
Luoping Local Hotel
Breakfast, Lunch

Day 3: Luoping

Enjoy the Golden Sea of Canola Flowers from Jinjiling Hill in Luoping

Nine Dragon Waterfall in Luoping

Today, you will get up early in the morning to see the sunrise over Jinjiling Hill, which is the best place to witness the fields of yellow canola flowers with karst hills in north-south direction. The hills are just like small islands in the golden sea.

Then, you will visit Lingyi Temple on the Jinjiling Hill for another sightseeing part of today.

You will have breakfast afterwards and head to the Nine Dragon Waterfall that located within an hour’s drive from Luoping. Nine Dragon Waterfall (also called as Jiulong Waterful) is one of the largest and most beautiful waterfalls in China with ten tiers. You can either take a cable car or hike up to hill to reach a viewing platform where you can enjoy a great view of valley and the waterfall.

After the tour, you will get back to Luoping.

Drive 16km to Jinjiling Hill and drive about 33km to Nine Dragons Waterfall
Altitude: Luoping (1480m)
Luoping Local Hotel
Breakfast, Lunch

Day 4: Luoping - Stone Forest - Kunming

Kunming Shilin Stone Forest

Cuihu Lake in Kunming City

After breakfast, we will drive back to Kunming. Before arriving in Kunming, you will visit Stone Forest en route. We will arrive at Stone Forest Scenic Area after lunch. The Stone Forest in Yunnan is vast in area with lots of towering stones with peculiar shapes, creating a picture of stone world. The Stone Forest Scenic Area covers an area of 1,460 square kilometers in total and the Karst Stone Forest has been formed 500,000 to 300 million years ago. You can enjoy the marvelous landscape of stones in different shapes.

After visiting the Stone Forest, we will drive back to Kunming.

Drive about 130km to Stone Forest
Altitude: Stone Forest (1500m-1900m), Kunming (1895m)
Kunming Local Hotel
Breakfast, Lunch

Day 5: Kunming Departure

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

Drive 26km from Kunming downtown to Airport
Altitude: Kunming (1895m)
Breakfast

Price Details & Guide

Price Inclusions

Private transportation with skilled driver, appropriate vehicle based on the group size;
Lodging:two nights in Kunming local hotel, two nights in Luoping local hotel (as per chosen category, 2 persons share 1 twin-bed sharing room.) with breakfast;
Private experienced English-speaking Tour Guide;
Entrance ticket fees for all the sight spots listed in the itinerary;
Meals listed in the itinerary (4 Breakfasts, 3 Lunches);
Compensation fees for accommodations and meals for tour guide and driver outside of Kunming.

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;
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;
Dynamic Yunnan Show discount tickets (please mention which category you prefer if of interest)
VIP – USD 72
Luxury – USD 54
Standard – USD 39
Budget – USD 27
China Entry visa fees;
Personal Travel Accident Insurance.

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!