South of Yunnan to North Vietnam 11 days Overland Tour

  China

• Kunming: 
Kunming
• Rural Areas: 
Rural Areas

  Vietnam

• Hanoi: 
Hanoi
• All Other Areas in Vietnam: 
Nha Trang city,  Sa Pa

Description: You will never be able to forget your time spent there, visiting the colorful local market in Yuan Yang and enjoying the Hani and Yi Ethnic minority people, their warm hearts humbling one to realize that life can be so simple. If you are lucky, you can even watch some minority dancing of how they farm, how the spring arrives in their rice terraces, how they harvest and even how the lovers interact?

Day 1: Arrive Kunming.
Arrival in Kunming then transfer to your hotel. Stroll around the ancient town, According to the time availability and your interests, visit Bamboo temple, Greenlake, Western Hills or Golden Temple.

Day 2: Kunming - Stone Forest Jianshui
In the morning drive to Jianshui. On the way you will stop at the Stone Forest. After visiting this extraordinary sight, you will continue driving to Jianshui and stay overnight in the Zhu Family Garden, a fantastic traditional Chinese residence.

Day 3: Jianshui old town
After breakfast, you can walk around Jianshui, famous for its ancient buildings, see gorgeous wood carvings, the old towns water well, the gate of the old town, and the Confucius temple, which will explain the history of Jianshui. At night stay in the Zhang Family garden, a beautiful old Chinese building.

Day 4: Jianshui to Yuan yang.
Drive to Yuan Yang, see the incredible view of the rice terraces at sunset in Laohuzui, and spend one night in the village there or in town

Day 5: Yuan Yang.
Enjoy the Duoyishu sunrise on the rice terraces and visit the local market. Also depending on the day of your visit, attend a local Yi and Hani market, and visit the Hani and Yi minority villages.

Day 6: Trek to a Hani minority village visits a Hani minority family, enjoy their farming life, and stay in the guesthouse or home stay in Shengcun village.

Day 7: Yuan Yang to Hekouthe border between Vietnam then on to Sapa. After crossing the border, drive to Sapa, Check in to your Sapa hotel and stroll around at your leisure.

Day 8: In the Morning explore Sapa village and the local markets. In the afternoon, excursion to the villages of Ta Van and La Chai for 2-3 hours trekking trough Zay and Hmong minorities villages. In the evening, transfer to Lao Cai for the night train to Hanoi.

Day 9: Hanoi-Halong Bay
On arrival in Hanoi, transfer to Halong Bay. Boarding at 12h30 on a traditional junk for a memorable cruise in Halong Bay. You can stop to visit natural caves and bathe in the turquoise sea. Lunch and dinner is served on board the boat.

Day 10: Halong Bay Hanoi
Breakfast at 7am. Discover many islands and caves in Halong Bay. Return to the
Shores at noon. Return to Hanoi in the afternoon; visit Goal Thap Pagoda on the way. Walk in Hanoi Old Quarter, visit the Literature Temple or the ethnography museum. Enjoy a Water Puppet Show in the evening.

Day 11: Hanoi
Freely explore Hanoi, visiting which temples you choose, before your transfer to the Hanoi international airport for your return flight.

Highlights: Tibet enjoys fame as "The Roof of the World" and the road from Yunnan to Lhasa is the toughest road in the world, offering surprising views and varied ethnic cultures along the way. This trip covers northwest Yunnan and southeast Tibet the route where the ancient Tea Horse Road was once the main connection for the transporting of goods to Tibet and Indian from China.

You will learn about the distinctive cultures and religions. The drives will bring you through the vast virgin forests and crystal blue lakes, and some formerly inaccessible routes which offer spectacular scenery as well as opportunities to come in contact with the primary village cultures of Yunnan and Tibet.

The long and winding drive on unpaved roads is very challenging and arduous, but this will be an unforgettable, once in your lifetime journey.

Cost in US$: 1290

This Program is open to American, Asian, Australian, Canadian, European, Kiwi, South African and Worldwide Participants.

Participants Travel Independently or in Groups

Typically Participants Work Independently or in Groups of 4

Post-Program Services Include:

• Alumni Network

JolieAdventure's Mission Statement: About Jolie Adventure: Jolie Adventure is a very young and professional tour company founded by Jolie and her friends since 2009. We propose to share with people, love and wisdom through our hard work. Our dreamis one of idealism, and more perfect, more romantic, and more simplified Adventures and culture communication Founder and Manager Jolie is full of passion for Outdoor sports and mountain yoga; she graduated with a Bachelor's Degree in Tourism from Ningbo University in Zhejiang Province in 2005 She has been a tour leader many times in outdoor sports clubs in China, and has extensively travelled around Western China and Southeast Asia as a backpacker herself for around 2 years, She has lived in Yunnan for over 3 years, also working with a Spanish trekking guide in Yunnan for over one year, she loves Ethnic Minority culture and Buddhism, Dancing, Singing and Yoga. She loves to help people when she can, she believes that: The most important things in this world are: love, wisdom and hardwork. Let her bring you into an amazing and marvelous world to be discovered.

Year Founded: 2007