Yunnan and Sichuan 19-day honeymoon trip (1) Travel preparation + Kunming + Xishuangbanna

Number of days: 1 day
Tour kinds: Travel Notes
The author went to these places: Shangri-La Lijiang Lugu Lake Dujiangyan Emei Mountain Kunming Xishuangbanna Shilin Jinma Bijifang Colorful Yunnan Jinghong Mengla Wild Elephant Valley Manting Park
Updated: 2010-05-30 11:02

Now look at this itinerary It has been almost a year, I have long wanted to write down the process and share it with you, but I am always too lazy, intermittently dragged on until now, I feel that the peak tourist season in Yunnan is coming soon, and I hope this will be helpful to everyone.

Specific route: Qingdao - Kunming - Xishuangbanna - Lijiang - Shangri-La - Lijiang - Lugu Lake - Xichang - Chengdu - Dujiangyan - Mount Emei - Chengdu - Qingdao

1. Preparation before departure:

1. Items: two backpacks with rain covers (Yunnan rainy season), waterproof jackets (essential for going to Shangri-La), small packages of toiletries (you can avoid checking in by plane), small telescopes, camera (prepare a waterproof cover), flashlight, mobile phone charger, some small food, sunglasses, slippers, water glasses (can be put in the backpack), mosquito repellent, sunscreen (essential), sun hat, parasol, and a change of clothes

2. Prepare a copy of Yunnan Tourist Pass (money can be saved), Two Panda Gold Cards (may not be available this year)

3. Book air tickets and hotel

tickets online at Qunar, start looking at it a month and a half in advance (the approximate time of travel is set, look at the air tickets within 3 days before and after),

Qingdao-Kunming air tickets, the total price of fuel tax is 620*2=1240 yuan (this is already the cheapest during the peak tourist season, I asked a friend of the airline, the agreed price for the travel agency at this time is also more than 50% off, and sometimes there is a discount ticket in the off-season)

Kunming-Xishuangbanna, 400*2=800 yuan

Xishuangbanna-Lijiang, 640*2=1280 yuan (these two tickets are expensive, and later found that you can buy cheaper ones locally)

The hotel is booked from China-TravelNote

July 30 to stay at the Four Seasons Hotel on the Evening Cloud (Kunming Drum Tower Store), 182 yuan (including breakfast).

July 31 Xishuangbanna Jinbanna Hotel 188 yuan (including breakfast) The conditions of this hotel feel average, the reason for choosing it is mainly that it can be picked up at the airport (we arrived in the middle of the night)

Second, the first day of the specific itinerary

(July 30):

Fly from Qingdao to Kunming (arrive at about 10 o'clock in the evening), Staying at the Four Seasons Hotel on the Cloud (Kunming Drum Tower Store)

cost today: 182 yuan for accommodation, a total of 85 yuan for taxis (to the airport and to the hotel), 1240 yuan for air tickets, a total of 1507 yuan (it's been a year, I can't remember, from my wife's ledger)

The next day (July 31).

I got up late for a while, had breakfast, set off at half past 9, took the bus to the bus station next to the train station (the traffic in Kunming is indescribable), and when we found the station it was already 11 o'clock, I had to eat some lunch in advance (Tex, the first time I ate, Tex's burger was not delicious, and then I ate a Chinese set meal that was not bad), I took a special bus to Shilin at about 11:30, and returned to the city after playing in Shilin for nearly 4 hours, and went to Jinma Bijifang in the evening, and found a restaurant that looked like there were quite a lot of people to taste Yunnan cuisine. Not bad, after dinner, go back to the hotel to take my luggage and take an 11 o'clock flight to Xishuangbanna, Xishuangbanna Jinbanna Hotel.

Today's cost: 188 yuan for accommodation, 108 yuan for the fare (to and from Shilin, taxi to the airport, the rest is a bus), Shilin tickets 140*2=280 yuan (teacher ID can save 40 yuan, I didn't bring it), a total of 116 yuan for eating (two meals + bought two corns in Shilin), a map of 3 yuan

Tips: All travel agencies in Kunming have a one-day tour of Shilin, the quotation is less than 140 yuan, including playing in Shilin for two hours, going straight to the main line, lunch, and then going to Colorful Yunnan for shopping, which is cheaper, but the time to play is too little, Shilin is only a small part of playing, and we have not finished turning for four hours.

On the third day (August 1),

after breakfast,

take a bus to the bus station (take the bus to Menglun and Mengla at Jinghong Passenger Station, get off at the gate of the Botanical Garden, the fare is 12 yuan) to Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, and various tropical rainforest landscapes make people linger. The spectacle composed of the "big plank roots", the cruel "strangulation plants", the majestic "single tree into the forest", the colorful "hanging garden", the peculiar "old stem flowering" and the giant vines flying in the forest are eye-opening. After a whole day in it, I couldn't finish shopping, it was too big, and after coming out, I felt that the trip was worth it, and I gained a lot of knowledge, and I returned to Xishuangbanna at night to change my residence, and I can't remember where I lived.

Today's cost: 150 yuan for accommodation (including breakfast), 47 yuan for the bus (round-trip to the botanical garden + taxi in the city), 69 yuan for eating (lunch in the botanical garden (with special barbecue), dinner in Xishuangbanna in the evening (dumplings, mainly what my wife wants to eat), botanical garden tickets (including battery car) 100*2 = 200 yuan, map 5 yuan, a total of 498 yuan

Day 4: (August 2)

After breakfast,

take a bus to Jinghong Bus Station to Xishuangbanna Wild Elephant Valley, which is the place where wild elephant activities are most concentrated and frequent. It has become a tourist hotspot in Xishuangbanna due to its convenient transportation and unique tropical forest landscape. In addition, you can also watch performances with ethnic customs in the scenic area. After the rain stopped, I decided to go to see the elephant show first, very exciting, very lucky, the rain stopped after the performance, took the ropeway sightseeing (I really wanted to see wild elephants, but I didn't get my wish), go back to the entrance from the side (I took a lot of wrongful roads, it is recommended to return the same way), and took a chartered car back to Xishuangbanna with people, about two or three o'clock in the afternoon, I had a big meal first, and after the meal, I took a taxi to Manting Park, Manting Park is also known as "Chunhuan Park", "Chunhuan" is a Dai language, which means the garden of the soul, and the park covers an area of 350 acres. It is a natural forest park. The park has a dry railing Buddhist temple, a pavilion and a flower and fruit garden, the park is shaded by trees, cool and pleasant, is the oldest park in Xishuangbanna, according to legend, this was once the royal garden of the King of Thailand, when the princess of Thailand came to the park, the beautiful scenery in the garden attracted the soul of the princess, hence the name. The ancient black-hearted forest in the park has an imitation Manfeilong pagoda, an octagonal pavilion, and a 3.2-meter-high bronze statue of Premier Zhou (it is said that Premier Zhou participated in the Songkran Festival here). The park has performances and bonfires in the evenings, but unfortunately we didn't have time to see them. After coming out, take your luggage and go straight to the airport, your destination is Lijiang.

Today's cost: Lijiang accommodation (Butterfly Valley Inn) 120 yuan, fare 120 yuan (round-trip wild elephant valley, taxi in Jinghong city, Lijiang airport bus), meal 69 yuan, wild elephant valley ticket 50 yuan + ropeway 40 yuan (use the tourist pass to save one person's cost), Manting Park ticket 40 * 2 = 80 yuan, my wife still has 15 yuan in the ledger I can't remember how to spend it, it seems to be the fruit I bought.

Xishuangbanna tips: The distance between the attractions in Xishuangbanna is far away, the traffic remains unchanged, we originally planned to go to the Olive Dam Dai Nationality Park in time, there are drivers everywhere on the street to provide chartered car services, and the price is very favorable, but you must be careful, for example, if you want to go to the Olive Dam Dai Nationality Park, he may pull you to other Dai cottages, the purpose is high rebates, so if you want to charter a car, the place you are going to go must be very accurate and clear, But the price will be higher.

(stone forest).