Lijiang Private Essentials Tour to Jade Dragon Snow Mountain including Cable Car


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Overview

Discover Jade Dragon Snow Mountain-Yunnan’s most wild and beautiful mountain scenery on this full-day, private tour from Lijiang. After morning pickup from your hotel, use the convenient shuttle bus and cable car to reach the Jade Dragon Snow Mountain for stunning views of its glacier and peaks. See highlights like the Glacier Park, Ganhaizi, Baishui River and Blue Moon Valley. Tour offer the option to take the cable car to explore Spruce Plateau or Yak Meadow. This private tour including English speaking tour guide, travel by private air-conditioned vehicle, entrance fee, round trip cable car, lunch and door-to-door hotel transfers.


What's Included

Bottled water

Cable car round trip to Spruce Plateau if you choose the option

Cable car round trip to the Glacier Park

Cable car round trip to Yak Meadow if you choose the option

English speaking tour guide

Entrance fee

Lunch

Shuttle bus at Jade Dragon Snow Mountain

Travel by private vehicle

What's Not Included

Cable car round trip to Spruce Plateau and Yak Meadow if you didn't choose the option

Gratuites


Traveler Information

  • INFANT: Age: 0 - 3
  • CHILD: Age: 4 - 9
  • ADULT: Age: 10 - 90

Additional Info

  • Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
  • Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap

Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

  • For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
  • If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.

What To Expect

Yulong (Jade Dragon) Mountain
Meet your private guide in hotel's lobby in Lijiang, heading directly to Jade Dragon Snow Mountain which takes about 1 hour. Sit back and enjoy the sceneries along the way.

Consisting of 13 peaks, Jade Dragon Snow Mountain is the southernmost glacier in the Northern Hemisphere. Looking from Lijiang Old Town, the snow-covered and fog-enlaced mountain resembles a jade dragon lying in the clouds, hence, the name Jade Dragon Snow Mountain. About half of China's plant species originated in Yunnan province, and Jade Dragon Snow Mountain is home to about half of these, including trees, flowers, and medicinal herbs and plants. The mountain's many ravines, creeks, cliffs, and meadows all have Naxi names and provide settings for the myths and legends of the people who have made the plain their homeland for 1,000 years.

Get the information and learn its legendary stories from your tour guide. Upon arrival, take the convenient cable car to the scenic viewing point (4506 meters), marvel at the spectacular glacier and mountain views. You can choose to hike up to 4680 meters by wooden stairs. When you are ready to leave, descend by cable car.

2 hours • Admission Ticket Included

Blue Moon Valley
Enjoy lunch in the local restaurant, then heading to Blue Moon Valley. Blue Moon Valley actually is an extremely blue river meandering through a lush valley of Jade Dragon Snow Mountain. Spend some time to stroll round the area, get ready your camera for amazing shots.

60 minutes • Admission Ticket Included

Finally, spend some time to explore Ganhaizi Area. Ganhaizi, literally meaning Dry Sea, is a vast meadow with an altitude of 3,100 meters (10,171 feet). Surrounded on all three sides by the superb mountains, here is the closest and also the best place to get a panorama of Jade Dragon Snow Mountain.

After the tour finished, you will be transferred back to your hotel in Lijiang.

60 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Spruce Plateau (Yunshan Ping)
You can choose the option to visit Spruce Plateau instead. Then, you will take the cable car to he Spruce Plateau where you will enjoy large meadow hiding behind a primeval forest. It lies at the foot of Jade Dragon Snow Mountain, and is encircled by lofty spruces. The plateau is regarded by the Naxi people as an entrance to the heaven that is rooted in their hearts. Learn about Naxi culture and people from your tour guide, gets to know the romantic story about Spruce and why it attracts numerous lovers coming here together to enjoy romantic hours.

2 hours • Admission Ticket Included






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