5 Days Lijiang Golf Tour with Lijiang Ancient Lakefront Golf Course and Jade Dragon Snow Mountain Golf Club
Lijiang, with an elevation of 2400 meters, is in a region where the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau and Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau converge. It is very nice to pay golf all the year around for its cool summer and warm winter. There are two famous golf courses for your play: Jade Dragon Snow Mountain Golf Club and Lijiang Ancient Town Lakefront Golf Club.
Highlights:
- Visit the top attractions in Lijiang: Dragon Snow Mountain, Black Dragon Pool, Dongba Museum, etc.
- Play golf at Lijiang Ancient Lakefront Golf Course and Jade Dragon Snow Mountain Golf Club.
- View the imposing gorge scenery of the First Bend on the Yangtze River and Tiger Leaping Gorge.
Brief Itinerary
- Day 1: Lijiang Arrival
- Day 2: Lijiang
- Day 3: Lijiang
- Day 4: Lijiang
- Day 5: Lijiang Departure
Detailed Itinerary
Day 1 Lijiang Arrival
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Arrive at Lijiang and explore Lijiang Old Town on your own.
Day 2 Lijiang
Sightseeing and Activities: Ganhaizi Meadow, Baishui(White Water) River, the Spruce Meadow, Dragon Snow Mountain Golf Club, Naxi Orchestral and Show
Accommodation: Lijiang
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Visit Ganhaizi Meadow, Baishui(White Water) River in the morning; take the chairlift to visit the Spruce Meadow of the Yulong Snow Mountain, which stretches a length of 35 kilometers (22 miles) and a width of 20 kilometers (13 miles).
After the Spruce Meadow, you will play golf at Jade Dragon Snow Mountain Golf Club, which is well-known as the highest golf course in Asia. Situated in Ganhaizi at the eastern foot of Jade Dragon Snow Mountain in Lijiang, this golf course was open to the public in October 2001.
You will attend the Naxi Orchestral and Show in Dongba Palace at night.
Day 3 Lijiang
Sightseeing and Activities: Black Dragon Pool, Dongba Museum, Lijiang Ancient Town International Golf Club
Accommodation: Lijiang
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
In the morning you will head for the scenic Black Dragon Pool and the Dongba Museum to explore the rich Naxi minority culture. Black Dragon Pool is the main headwater of the Yushui River which goes through the Old Town. In the afternoon you will play the golf at Lijiang Ancient Town International Golf Club, which is located at the foot of Wenbishan Peak, in the front of Wenhai Lake, face to Jade Dragon Snow Mountain, about 8 Km away from Lijiang Old Town. It is designed by Joe.Bringer, a famous designer from USA. The Club features an international standard par 72; 18-hole golf course with 7,661 yards of fairway. There is also a 38-tee driving range with lights for evening driving. Overnight at the Villa of Lijiang Ancient Town International Golf Club.
Day 4 Lijiang
Sightseeing and Activities: the First Bend on the Yangtze River, Iron Chain Bridge, the Tiger Leaping Gorge
Accommodation: Lijiang
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
From Lijiang, you’ll drive about 60KM to the First Bend on the Yangtze River with imposing gorge scenery, and the Iron Chain Bridge in the Stone Drum town. The town of Stone Drum got its name from a large, cylindrical, marble tablet shaped like a drum. The scenery is magnificent as the road running through the Lijiang valley which is filled with wheat fields and drying haystacks.
Continue the driving 40KM more to visit the Tiger Leaping Gorge, the deepest gorge in the world. With 34 rapids of the Yangtze River, it is called the Jinsha in this area because you can find gold in the river. Afternoon, you will drive back to Lijiang.
Day 5 Lijiang Departure
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Accommodation:
Meals: Breakfast
Free at leisure before be transferred to Lijiang airport or train station for the departure flight. Service ends.
Service Included:
- Admission fees for all of the sightseeing spots listed in the itinerary;
- Meals as listed in the itinerary;
- Hotels as listed in the itinerary;
- Private English-speaking tour guide;
- Private vehicle for transfers & sightseeing with skilled driver;
- Service charge & government taxes;
- Luggage transfers between airports and hotels;
- Domestic train tickets of soft sleeper.
Service Excluded:
- Any arrival and departure international airfares or train tickets;
- Chinese visa fees;
- Excess baggage charged by Airlines;
- Single room supplement;
- Tips to guides and drivers;
- Personal expenses and gratuities to service staff;
- Personal travel accident insurance;
- All optional programs.