🏨 Xizhou Village, Horse Drawn Carriage Ride, Tie-dye Art and Dali Three Pagodas Activity

Xizhou Village, Horse Drawn Carriage Ride, Tie-dye Art and Dali Three Pagodas

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From $243.00

Price varies by group size

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Pricing Info: Per Person

Duration: 8 hours

Departs: China, China

Ticket Type: Mobile or paper ticket accepted

Free cancellation

Up to 24 hours in advance.

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Overview

Discover the beautiful Dali surroundings and experience the real local life and culture in this private tour. Explore the Erhai Lake landscape in a horse drawn carriage, visit the picturesque Xizhou village of the Bai ethnic minority, learn the process of the local tie-dyeing art, and visit the highlight of the area: The Three Pagodas.

What's Included

Horse drawn carriage fee

Hotel pickup and drop-off

Professional & friendly English-speaking tour guide

Traditional Chinese cuisine lunch

Transportation by private vehicle or minivan

What's Not Included

Additional food and drinks than lunch

Gratuities

Traveler Information

ADULT: Age: 2 - 99

Additional Info

Comfortable walking shoes are recommended
Operates in all weather conditions, please dress appropriately
Suitable for all physical fitness levels

Children must be accompanied by an adult
Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
Please advise any specific dietary requirements at time of booking

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

Erhai Lake

Meet your guide at the lobby of your hotel in Dali city centre and drive outside the city to explore the surroundings of the Erhai Lake. Before arriving to your first destination, your guide will introduce you to the history, culture and life of the area.

• Admission Ticket Free

Xizhou Town

First you will stop at Xizhou village, home to one of the minorities in China, the Bai. Before accessing the village, you will climb into a horse drawn carriage to enjoy a pleasant ride around this picturesque village and the Erhai Lake. Then you will take a walk inside the town, famous for its traditional style living quarters clustered around. You will be escorted to visit some homes of local peasants, which consist of rectangular courtyards with a screen wall facing the gate. While visiting these farmers’ houses, you will be treated with a genuine tea ceremony along with a song and dance performance from this ethnic group.

Then you will stop for a while to learn the tie-dyeing art, a way of printing flower patterns on cloth. The process consists in making the cloth into certain shapes by pinching, creasing and flanging it according to the flower patterns, then tying it tightly together to make a bunch of knots, and dye until a satisfactory color is achieved. Once dried, stitches are taken out of the knots and the cloth is smoothened out to reveal that part of the cloth which was tied, forming beautiful flower patterns.

3 hours • Admission Ticket Included

Chongsheng Three Pagodas

Next you will enjoy a traditional Chinese cuisine lunch in a local restaurant before driving to the final stop: The Three Pagodas. The Three Pagodas are inside the Chongshen Monastery, a building with a history of over 1,800 years located at the foot of Cang Shan Mountain facing Erhai Lake. These three ancient independent pagodas form a symmetrical triangle, something unique in China, and are the most iconic attraction in Dali.

After exploring the area, your guide will drop you off at your hotel in Dali city centre.

2 hours • Admission Ticket Included

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