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Kunming
Kunming's urban centre brings together Green Lake, Yuantong Temple and historic shopping lanes, with Dianchi and the Western Hills on its outskirts.
Explore trip : Kunming: A Slow Journey Through the Spring CityDali
Dali Ancient Town sits between Cangshan and Erhai, where a historic street grid, city gates and Bai cultural life define the old settlement.
Explore trip : Dali Ancient Town & Xizhou Ancient Town: Places and Local LifeLijiang
Lijiang's UNESCO-listed old town has an intricate network of lanes and water channels shaped by Naxi history and regional trade.
Explore trip : Lijiang Old Town & Shuhe Ancient Town: Places and Local LifeDiqing
Shangri-La is a highland city in Diqing where Dukezong's lanes, Songzanlin Monastery and the Napa wetland basin introduce Tibetan cultural landscapes.
Explore trip : Shangri-La & Dukezong Ancient Town: Places and Local LifeNujiang
Lushui, with Liuku as its urban centre, is the principal southern gateway into the Nujiang valley and its northbound road journey.
Explore trip : Lushui & Fugong: Places and Local LifeBaoshan
Tengchong combines a volcanic and geothermal landscape with historic settlements and western Yunnan cultural connections.
Explore trip : Tengchong & Heshun Ancient Town: Places and Local LifeDehong
Mangshi is Dehong's main urban gateway, where Dai cultural traditions, pagodas and a warm-climate food scene shape the visitor experience.
Explore trip : Mangshi & Menghuan Golden Pagoda: Places and Local LifeXishuangbanna
Jinghong is Xishuangbanna's main city beside the Lancang River, combining Dai Buddhist culture, markets and access to the surrounding tropical countryside.
Explore trip : Jinghong & Manting Park: Places and Local LifePu'er
Simao is Pu'er's main urban district, surrounded by tea and coffee country and serving as a gateway to the city's forest and trade-route heritage.
Explore trip : Simao & Sun River Forest Park: Places and Local LifeLincang
Lincang's urban centre in Linxiang is a gateway to tea country and Wa cultural landscapes, with parks, markets and nearby rural settlements.
Explore trip : Lincang City & Xigui Tea Village: Places and Local LifeHonghe
Jianshui is a historic town known for its Confucian Temple, courtyard houses, old wells and purple-pottery traditions.
Explore trip : Jianshui & Jianshui Confucian Temple: Places and Local LifeWenshan
Puzhehei in Qiubei County combines karst peaks, connected lakes and village landscapes, with summer lotus flowers among its seasonal highlights.
Explore trip : Puzhehei & Puzhehei Scenic Area: Places and Local LifeChuxiong
Chuxiong is a central Yunnan city with Yi cultural institutions, regional food and access to the forested slopes of Zixi Mountain.
Explore trip : Chuxiong City & Chuxiong Yi Ancient Town: Places and Local LifeYuxi
Chengjiang lies beside Fuxian Lake and is internationally recognised for the nearby Cambrian fossil heritage, interpreted through public museum facilities.
Explore trip : Chengjiang & Fuxian Lake: Places and Local LifeQujing
Luoping is known for its karst basin, seasonal rapeseed flowers and waterfall-and-river landscapes near the borders with Guizhou and Guangxi.
Explore trip : Luoping & Luoping Rapeseed Fields: Places and Local LifeZhaotong
Zhaotong's urban centre in Zhaoyang combines historic streets, local food and a plateau setting that serves as a gateway to the Wumeng Mountains.
Explore trip : Zhaotong City & Zhaotong Ancient Town: Places and Local LifeKunming
The Shilin Stone Forest is a component of the UNESCO-listed South China Karst, with limestone pinnacles rising above paths through a remarkable stone landscape.
Explore trip : Stone Forest & Jiuxiang: A Journey into Ancient LandscapesDali
Erhai is Dali's plateau lake, with Bai settlements around its shores and Cangshan forming the western mountain backdrop.
Explore trip : Erhai Lake & Cangshan Mountain: Landscapes in FocusLijiang
Jade Dragon Snow Mountain rises north of Lijiang, with managed high-elevation visitor areas, cableways and dramatic glaciated peaks.
Explore trip : Jade Dragon Snow Mountain & Blue Moon Valley: Landscapes in FocusDiqing
Pudacuo near Shangri-La protects a highland landscape of lakes, meadows and forest, with access through designated visitor routes.
Explore trip : Pudacuo National Park & Napa Lake: Landscapes in FocusNujiang
The Nujiang Grand Canyon is a long inhabited river corridor between major mountain ranges, best understood through a staged northbound road journey.
Explore trip : Nujiang Grand Canyon & First Bend of the Nujiang River: Landscapes in FocusBaoshan
Tengchong's managed volcanic park introduces volcanic cones and the area's geological history through visitor routes around the crater landscape.
Explore trip : Tengchong Volcanic Park & Rehai Hot Springs: Landscapes in FocusDehong
Ruili stands beside the Myanmar border, with Dai communities, commercial streets and access to rainforest and village attractions on the Chinese side.
Explore trip : Ruili & Moli Tropical Rainforest: Landscapes in FocusXishuangbanna
Menglun lies beside the Luosuo River in Mengla County and is best known as the home of the Chinese Academy of Sciences tropical botanical garden.
Explore trip : Menglun & Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden: Landscapes in FocusPu'er
Lancang Lahu Autonomous County combines Lahu community heritage with access to Jingmai Mountain and its old tea forests.
Explore trip : Lancang & Jingmai Mountain: Landscapes in FocusLincang
Cangyuan Wa Autonomous County is associated with Wa cultural heritage, the Cangyuan rock paintings and the visitor village of Wengding.
Explore trip : Cangyuan & Cangyuan Rock Paintings: Landscapes in FocusHonghe
Yuanyang is a gateway to the UNESCO-listed Hani rice-terrace landscape, where forests, villages, irrigation and fields form an interconnected living system.
Explore trip : Yuanyang & Yuanyang Rice Terraces: Landscapes in FocusWenshan
Bamei in Guangnan is a Zhuang village set within an enclosed karst basin, approached through a managed visitor route associated with caves and water.
Explore trip : Bamei Village & Bamei Scenic Area: Landscapes in FocusChuxiong
Yuanmou combines the dry-hot Jinsha valley landscape with earth-forest formations and important early-human archaeological heritage.
Explore trip : Yuanmou & Yuanmou Earth Forest: Landscapes in FocusYuxi
Jiangchuan is a lake-basin district around Xingyun Lake, with rural shore landscapes and a separate approach to southern Fuxian Lake.
Explore trip : Jiangchuan & Xingyun Lake: Landscapes in FocusQujing
Jiulong Waterfalls near Luoping form a sequence of cascades within a managed river-valley scenic area.
Explore trip : Jiulong Waterfalls & Duoyi River: Landscapes in FocusZhaotong
Dashanbao above Zhaotong is a highland wetland and grassland landscape important for wintering black-necked cranes.
Explore trip : Dashanbao Wetland & Wumeng Mountain Villages: Landscapes in FocusKunming
Dongchuan's upland agricultural landscape is famous for red-soil fields, seasonal crops and the changing light around the Red Land scenic area.
Explore trip : Dongchuan: Red Earth & Changing LightDali
Nuodeng in Yunlong County is a hillside Bai village whose salt-trading history, traditional houses and ham-making heritage reward a slow visit.
Explore trip : Nuodeng Ancient Village & Fengyu Ancient Town: A Slower DiscoveryLijiang
Yuhu at the foot of Jade Dragon Snow Mountain is known for stone houses, Naxi village life and its connection with explorer Joseph Rock.
Explore trip : Yuhu Village & Wenhai Village: A Slower DiscoveryDiqing
Benzilan is a warmer Jinsha River settlement on the road between Shangri-La and Deqin, associated with Tibetan trading-route history.
Explore trip : Benzilan & Feilai Temple Village: A Slower DiscoveryNujiang
Laomudeng is a Nu village above the river valley, known for tea-growing slopes, its church setting and views toward the surrounding mountains.
Explore trip : Laomudeng Village & Zhiziluo Village: A Slower DiscoveryBaoshan
Jiangdong Ginkgo Village near Gudong is known for ginkgo trees woven through courtyards and lanes, especially during the autumn leaf season.
Explore trip : Ginkgo Village & Qiluo Ancient Town: A Slower DiscoveryDehong
Lianghe is associated with the Nandian chieftain's administrative compound and historic settlements within a warm river-valley landscape.
Explore trip : Lianghe & Nandian Tusi Manor: A Slower DiscoveryXishuangbanna
Mengla in southeastern Xishuangbanna is a base for rainforest journeys, with Wangtianshu and other managed ecological visitor areas nearby.
Explore trip : Mengla & Wangtianshu Scenic Area: A Slower DiscoveryPu'er
Nuogan is a Dai village within the Jingmai Mountain cultural landscape, where traditional houses and tea-growing life remain closely connected.
Explore trip : Nuogan Village & Wengji Village: A Slower DiscoveryLincang
Fengqing is known for Dianhong black tea, tea-growing landscapes and historic connections to the trading town of Lushi.
Explore trip : Fengqing & Fengqing Confucian Temple: A Slower DiscoveryHonghe
Mengzi combines South Lake's urban setting with crossing-the-bridge rice-noodle heritage and the historic Yunnan-Vietnam railway at nearby Bisezhai.
Explore trip : Mengzi & Bisezhai Railway Station: A Slower DiscoveryWenshan
Guangnan is a Wenshan county associated with Zhuang cultural landscapes, Bamei's karst setting and the rice-growing Babao area.
Explore trip : Guangnan & Babao Scenic Area: A Slower DiscoveryChuxiong
Lufeng is associated with dinosaur fossils and long-standing settlement and salt-trade heritage in central Yunnan.
Explore trip : Lufeng & Lufeng Dinosaur Valley: A Slower DiscoveryYuxi
Tonghai is a historic town beside Qilu Lake, with old streets and Xiushan's wooded temple landscape rising above the settlement.
Explore trip : Tonghai & Xiushan Park: A Slower DiscoveryQujing
Huize is a historic county town associated with copper-trade wealth, guildhall architecture and nearby highland landscapes.
Explore trip : Huize & Huize Ancient Town: A Slower DiscoveryZhaotong
Yanjin occupies a narrow mountain-river corridor and connects dramatic valley-town scenery with the historical gateway of Doushaguan.
Explore trip : Yanjin & Doushaguan Ancient Town: A Slower DiscoveryKunming
Dianchi is Kunming's large plateau lake, bordered by urban promenades, wetlands and the Western Hills, with migratory gulls visiting during the cooler months.
Explore trip : Dianchi & Jinning: Life Around the LakeDali
Shaxi in Jianchuan County preserves a former Tea Horse Road trading centre, with Sideng Square, Xingjiao Temple and Yujin Bridge.
Explore trip : Shaxi Ancient Town & Jianchuan: Heritage and CountrysideLijiang
Shigu stands near the First Bend of the Yangtze, where the Jinsha River turns north amid a historic Naxi settlement.
Explore trip : Shigu Ancient Town & Tiger Leaping Gorge: Heritage and CountrysideDiqing
Deqin is a high-mountain county facing the Meili range, with Feilai Temple viewpoints and routes descending toward the Lancang River.
Explore trip : Deqin & Yubeng Village: Heritage and CountrysideNujiang
Bingzhongluo sits in a broad upper-Nujiang valley with villages, farmland and a celebrated river bend surrounded by steep mountains.
Explore trip : Bingzhongluo & Wuli Village: Heritage and CountrysideBaoshan
Baoshan's urban centre in Longyang offers a base for western Yunnan travel, with local heritage and access toward the Gaoligong foothills.
Explore trip : Baoshan City & Baihualing: Heritage and CountrysideDehong
Longchuan is a Dehong border county with Jingpo, Dai and Achang communities and access to the craft traditions of Husa.
Explore trip : Longchuan & Husa Township: Heritage and CountrysideXishuangbanna
Menghai is a major Pu'er-tea centre west of Jinghong, with tea-processing activity, market life and mountain villages in the surrounding county.
Explore trip : Menghai & Nannuo Mountain: Heritage and CountrysidePu'er
Ning'er is associated with historic Pu'er tea trade and the Tea Horse Road, with Nakeli village among its best-known heritage outings.
Explore trip : Ning'er & Nakeli Tea Horse Road: Heritage and CountrysideLincang
Shuangjiang is a multi-ethnic autonomous county known for tea cultivation, including the mountain area associated with Bingdao tea.
Explore trip : Shuangjiang & Bingdao Tea Village: Heritage and CountrysideHonghe
Mile is a Honghe city known for its hot-spring tourism, Yi cultural settings and the contemporary brick architecture of Dongfengyun.
Explore trip : Mile & Dongfengyun Art Town: Heritage and CountrysideWenshan
Wenshan is the prefecture's urban centre, with the Panlong River, local markets and access to surrounding Zhuang and Miao cultural landscapes.
Explore trip : Wenshan City & Wenshan Laojun Mountain: Heritage and CountrysideChuxiong
Wuding north of Kunming is a county base for Lion Mountain, with a temple-and-forest landscape above the town.
Explore trip : Wuding & Wuding Lion Mountain: Heritage and CountrysideYuxi
Xinping Yi and Dai Autonomous County spans mountain and river-valley landscapes, including Gasa's Flower Waist Dai cultural setting and Ailao forest country.
Explore trip : Xinping & Gasa Town: Heritage and CountrysideQujing
Nianhu in Huize's highlands is associated with wintering black-necked cranes and a quiet lake-and-wetland landscape.
Explore trip : Nianhu Lake & Dahai Grassland: Heritage and CountrysideZhaotong
Daguan is a mountain county north of Zhaotong, best known to visitors for the Huanglianhe waterfall landscape.
Explore trip : Daguan & Huanglianhe Waterfall: Heritage and CountrysideKunming
Kunming's urban centre brings together Green Lake, Yuantong Temple and historic shopping lanes, with Dianchi and the Western Hills on its outskirts.
Explore trip : Kunming Highlights: Lake, Karst & Old CourtyardsDali
Binchuan occupies a warm agricultural basin east of Erhai, with fruit-growing country and access to the Buddhist mountain of Jizu.
Explore trip : Binchuan & Jizu Mountain: A Regional JourneyLijiang
Lugu Lake spans the Yunnan-Sichuan border and is associated with Mosuo communities, wooded slopes and a series of lakeside villages.
Explore trip : Lugu Lake & Luoshui Village: A Regional JourneyDiqing
Weixi Lisu Autonomous County offers river valleys, village heritage and access to Tacheng's Yunnan snub-nosed monkey visitor area.
Explore trip : Weixi & Tacheng: A Regional JourneyNujiang
Gongshan is a northern Nujiang county and road base for Bingzhongluo or the separate mountain crossing toward Dulongjiang.
Explore trip : Gongshan & Dulongjiang: A Regional JourneyBaoshan
Longling lies in mountainous western Yunnan and is associated with the history of the Burma Road and the Songshan battlefield area.
Explore trip : Longling & Songshan Battlefield: A Regional JourneyDehong
Yingjiang follows the Daying River landscape and is known for wetlands, birdlife and community nature tourism around its forested border hills.
Explore trip : Yingjiang & Yingjiang Wetlands: A Regional JourneyXishuangbanna
Ganlanba, also called Menghan, is a Dai settlement area southeast of Jinghong, known for village landscapes and the Dai Minority Park.
Explore trip : Ganlanba & Dai Minority Park: A Regional JourneyPu'er
Ximeng Wa Autonomous County offers a Wa cultural landscape, with Mengsuo Longtan and the sacred Longmoye site near its county town.
Explore trip : Ximeng & Longmoye Sacred Site: A Regional JourneyLincang
Gengma Dai and Wa Autonomous County includes warm river valleys, Buddhist cultural settings and routes toward Mengding.
Explore trip : Gengma & Mengding: A Regional JourneyHonghe
Shiping is a historic county town near Yilong Lake, associated with traditional houses, education heritage and a distinctive tofu-making culture.
Explore trip : Shiping & Tuanshan Village: A Regional JourneyWenshan
Qiubei is the county gateway to Puzhehei, with a town base separate from the lake-and-village scenic area.
Explore trip : Qiubei & Yanshan: A Regional JourneyChuxiong
Dayao combines county-town life with historic Shiyang and mountain landscapes associated with Yi communities.
Explore trip : Dayao & Shiyang Ancient Town: A Regional JourneyYuxi
Yuanjiang is a warm river-valley county with Dai, Hani and Yi communities and upland terrace landscapes above the hot basin.
Explore trip : Yuanjiang & Nanuo Rice Terraces: A Regional JourneyQujing
Zhanyi north of central Qujing offers access to the Pearl River Source landscape and the karst wetland area of Haifeng.
Explore trip : Zhanyi & Haifeng Wetland: A Regional JourneyZhaotong
Shuifu stands at Yunnan's northern river gateway, with a waterfront townscape and nearby hot-spring and forest attractions.
Explore trip : Shuifu & Western Grand Canyon Hot Springs: A Regional JourneyKunming
Guandu Ancient Town preserves a historic trading-settlement atmosphere in southeastern Kunming, with temple buildings, pagodas and local snacks.
Explore trip : Beyond the Main Roads: Guandu & Local KunmingDali
Weishan's historic centre preserves an old street axis and traditional buildings associated with the wider history of the Nanzhao homeland.
Explore trip : Weishan Ancient Town & Donglianhua Village: Beyond the Main StopsLijiang
Lijiang's Laojun Mountain region includes forested highlands and the red-sandstone scenery of Liming, within the wider Three Parallel Rivers landscape.
Explore trip : Laojun Mountain & Liming Village: Beyond the Main StopsDiqing
Cizhong in the Lancang valley is known for its Catholic church and local grape-growing traditions within a Tibetan cultural setting.
Explore trip : Cizhong Village & Haba Village: Beyond the Main StopsNujiang
Lanping Bai and Pumi Autonomous County lies east of the main Nujiang valley and offers mountain settlements and routes toward the Luoguqing landscape.
Explore trip : Lanping & Pianma Town: Beyond the Main StopsBaoshan
Changning is a tea-growing county east of Tengchong, offering rural landscapes and a different pace from the main volcanic attractions.
Explore trip : Changning & Shidian: Beyond the Main StopsDehong
Wanding is a border town administered by Ruili, associated with the historic Burma Road and twentieth-century cross-border transport.
Explore trip : Wanding & One Village Two Countries: Beyond the Main StopsXishuangbanna
Jinuo Mountain near Jinghong is the principal homeland of the Jino people, with village culture, tea cultivation and community-guided rainforest tourism.
Explore trip : Jinuo Mountain Villages & Ancient Tea Villages: Beyond the Main StopsPu'er
Menglian is a Dai, Lahu and Wa autonomous county associated with Nayun's historic townscape and the chieftain administrative compound.
Explore trip : Menglian & Menglian Golden Pagoda: Beyond the Main StopsLincang
Yongde combines western Yunnan tea country with the protected mountain landscapes of Daxueshan and rural agricultural settlements.
Explore trip : Yongde & Yunxian: Beyond the Main StopsHonghe
Luxi combines karst scenery at Alu Ancient Caves with traditional settlement landscapes such as Chengzi village.
Explore trip : Luxi & Alu Ancient Caves: Beyond the Main StopsWenshan
Malipo is a border county in southeastern Yunnan, with mountain settlements and a historical landscape distinct from Puzhehei's lakes.
Explore trip : Malipo & Xichou: Beyond the Main StopsChuxiong
Nanhua is a Yi cultural area known for wild-mushroom trading and forest-linked rural livelihoods in central Yunnan.
Explore trip : Nanhua & Yongren: Beyond the Main StopsYuxi
Yuxi's urban centre in Hongta combines parks and local food with the cultural heritage of composer Nie Er and access to nearby plateau lakes.
Explore trip : Yuxi City & Eshan: Beyond the Main StopsQujing
Qujing is eastern Yunnan's main urban centre, with local heritage, food and a transport base for journeys to Luoping, Huize and Zhanyi.
Explore trip : Qujing City & Xuanwei: Beyond the Main StopsZhaotong
Qiaojia lies in the warm Jinsha River valley, with riverside settlement landscapes and views associated with the Baihetan reservoir area.
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