Sichuan and Yunnan 14 days by car

Number of days: 14 days
Time: February
With whom: parent-child
Updated: 2021.03.01

Sichuan-Yunnan self-driving

tourists: Flower-faced cat & jade

Preparations before departure:

ID card, sunscreen, hat, sunglasses, shawl, water cup, mobile phone charger, power bank, toiletry (facial cleanser, toothbrush, toothpaste, towel) skin care products (mask, water emulsion), N sets of clothes (involving spring, summer, autumn and winter), sneakers, sandals, ......

Tips:

Download the "GPS Altitude Table" app on your mobile phone in advance to measure real-time altitude and avoid altitude sickness.

The car is well maintained to ensure travel safety.

Overall itinerary:

Day 1: Chengdu - Xichang

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2: Xichang - Panzhihua

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3: Panzhihua - Kunming

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4: Kunming city

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5: Kunming Dianchi

Lake Day

6: Kunming - Maitreya

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7: Maitreya - Jianshui

Day 8: Jianshui

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9: Jianshui

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10: Jianshui - Yuanyang

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11: Yuanyang

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12: Yuanyang - Mengzi

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13: Mengzi - Zhaotong

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14: Zhaotong -

Chengdu Day1

Stay in Xichang - Taotie Feast

Dinner arrives, Qionghai sunset, Take a photo with the joyful firecracker flowers

Qionghai

Dinner dinner: Drunken shrimp, barbecue (walnut village old place barbecue) (urban flame mountain barbecue).

Xichang

Qionghai

Day2

Stay in Panzhihua Hidden Mountain Lan - Healing Time

The roads are crisscrossed, and there is no dispute with the world; The starry sky is like this, and the night is like this is another night that you don't want to sleep

The beautiful scenery at 12 o'clock in the middle of the night

Yishala Village: The first village of the Yi people, red walls and green tiles, simple Baiyi people, planting tomatoes and strawberries, and magnificent Jinsha River valley view

Hidden Mountain Arashi: Ecological vegetable garden, resting terrace after lunch

Panzhihua

Food: crispy meat, sand tomatoes, small crispy meat, sweet lotus white

Day3

Living in Kunming - meeting wild mushrooms at first sight

The highway from Panzhihua to Kunming has beautiful scenery, with elevated flights over heavy mountains and an average altitude of 2,000 meters

Yuanmou rests in the middle and tastes the special cold chicken, The refreshing dipping sauce is very appetizing, and firecrackers are set off to ensure safety

Nanping Street Night Market: Mushroom soup (matsutake mushrooms, chicken fir, old man's head...... ）

Nanping Pedestrian Street

Day4

Living in Kunming - Encounter with Siberian "elves" in Spring City

Wuhua District: Cuihu Park Bird Feeding (10 yuan a pack of bread), Luhan Mansion, Yuantongshan Zoo to see cherry blossoms (not open).

Emerald Lake Park

Cuihu Area

Daguan Seal New Farmer's Market, buy local specialties such as beef, small pineapples, and pine nuts

Food: Baoyanxiang crossing the bridge rice noodles

Day5

Stay in Dianchi Lake -

White Fisherman B&B in the villa area, light luxury, with floor heating, tea room, The design is full of artistic sense, and you can take pictures with flowers in your hand.

Haigeng Dam: Seagulls feed, and the spirit of bird flight is admirable! A random small pot of rice noodles on the side of the road tastes good.

Day6

Maitreya -

Maitreya Giant Accord Hot Spring Hotel

Departing from Kunming, passing through Shilin, to Maitreya. Maitreya is a resort for the elderly and children.

Eat tilapia soup pot at noon, fresh and original vegetables (cheap and cost-effective)

In the afternoon, play Keyi Town (auspicious meaning) Yi ancient village

Keyi Town

Day7

Jianshui -

Stay at Lanshe Weiyuan Purple Pottery Art Inn

Dongfengyun, a kaleidoscopic building designed by Luo Xu, with colorful clothes, blue sky and red bricks, out of a blockbuster

Half Cloud Western Restaurant, without steel bars and pure brick structure, full of artistic sense is worth visiting, the nearby wetland breathes fresh air, and gets close to nature

Set off at noon to Jianshui, a lot of mountain roads, drive carefully! Arrived at Jianshui at dusk

and stayed at the Lanshe Weiyuan Purple Pottery Art Inn, a Republic of China style hotel, the highlight boss has a lot of stories, one is a Shanghai branch, very similar to his home in Shanghai; One is Zhang Hui, the inheritor of intangible cultural heritage purple pottery.

Day8

Jianshui——

the Jianshui Confucian Temple is the largest Confucius Temple in the south; Flying eaves and cliffs, towering ancient trees full of aura.

Eat steam pot chicken at noon, an intangible cultural heritage store in the ancient city of Jianshui, the soup is delicious and the meat is tender. The key is the soup, no water can be added to the steam pot, it is completely heated by steam at high temperatures to force out the oil and water of the chicken, so the soup is better than ordinary chicken soup.

Zhujia Garden, known as Yunnan Grand View Garden, is particularly beautiful and full of flowers.

Seventeen-hole bridge, Ming Dynasty building, bluestone bricks are stepped on and pasted, with the feeling of jade.

Eat Jianshui barbecue for dinner, it is recommended to flip tofu, baked potatoes, vegetable sprout rice noodles, and fried rice noodles.

Day9

Jianshui -

Ant Workshop, Hollow brick structure, Internet celebrity check-in place.

Jianshui to Tuanshan House, there are many old bridges along the way, which is very suitable for taking pictures along the way.

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sky at Kaikaibashi Railway Station under the setting sun is colorful, complementing the surrounding farmland.

Tuanshan Residence was historically the residence of the Yi people, known as "Tusheer" in Yi language, which means "the place where gold is hidden and silver is buried", which is quiet and fairy-like, and the architecture has Yunnan characteristics. The spirit of "forbearance" here is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.

Purple pottery street, super large-scale, various styles and prices, choose bottles and cans according to your own preferences.

Day10

Yuanyang——

Set off for Yuanyang Honghe Hani Yi Autonomous Prefecture, the road was rugged, the tiger's mouth collapsed, and I watched the sunset in Bada.

The scenic spot observation deck is not as good as the wild observation deck on the side of the road, so don't give up any beautiful scenery along the way.

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Hani people were very tenacious, and were first beaten to Yunnan by Qinghai Lake, and their ancestors carried forward the spirit of Yugong moving mountains, developed terraced fields, and lived a rich life. The local people are simple, children catch rice field fish, women carry stones on their heads, and the labor method is primitive.

Dinner "Liumei Beef Shop", the ingredients are fresh, there are a variety of wild vegetables, mint will be added to all dishes, and it is recommended to stir-fry celery and eel with beef residue.

Day11

Yuanyang——

In the early morning, look at the blue terraces under the sky at the "Aichun Blue Terraces".

Set off at noon to Azheke Village, an ancient village deep in the mountains, a "mushroom room" made of stones and soil, because the top looks like a mushroom, which is a filming location for Wuwen Xidong. "Azheke" is a Hani dialect, which means "a place where bamboo slips", and according to the oral tradition of the villagers, the ancestors of Azheko moved here from the Great Wazha Azheke.

You can rent local costumes for five yuan to take pictures of the terraces, and make a blockbuster.

Eat beef jerky, tofu and vegetables for dinner, and chat with the Hani people, the locals live a long life, have little stress, do not have high blood pressure and diabetes, and some have arthritis.

People in Wonyang live on the top of the mountain because it is very hot, and the wind on the top of the mountain is cooler.

Day12

Mengzi -

Stay at Mengzi Hongxiang Hotel.

In the morning, we set off for Mengzi, passing through a place close to the mouth of the Vietnamese River, with many kinds of fruits.

Mongolia has the ruins of the French Embassy, Bise Village, and Fanghua filming location, where you can wear military uniforms and find your former beauty, but there are not many places to play overall, which is not very recommended.

Day13

Zhaotong ——

Zhaotong is one of the necessary roads from Chengdu to Kunming, which is 6 hours by car.

Sichuan and Yunnan are very ecological, and Chongqing people like to spend their summer.

Zhaotong burned, and the beef was amazing.

Day14

departed early in the morning, Shuifu (potato cakes are delicious), Yibin, and arrived in Chengdu in the afternoon, and the journey ended successfully.