Shangrila One Day Tour

Destination:

Tiger Leaping Gorge, Shangrila, Sumtsoling Monastery, Yila Prairie

Distance: 180 kilometers

Duration: 10 hours roughly.

Transportation: Vehicle

Quotation:

1200Rmb each for 2 persons private tour, 1000Rmb each for 3-5 persons private tour.

Remarks:

This quotation includes transport, tour guide, entrance fees and insurances. Excluding voluntary expenses, such as the cost of escalators in Tiger Leaping Gorge and horseback riding in Yila Prairie.

Shangri-La, is a famous area with numerous natural landscapes and unique Tibetan customs.Shangrila is a mountain paradise, with dense forests, alpine lakes, grasslands, and gorges distributed among the meadows, the sacred monasteries and lamaseries, the magnificent snow mountains , the simple villages and the peaceful lakes. 

If you want to experience unique Tibetan customs and appreciate the wonderful natural landscapes, please join us to discover Shangri-La's beauties.

The Tiger Leaping Gorge is the deepest and most spectacular canyon of the Yangtze River. Around 15 kilometers in length, the gorge is located where the river passes between Jade Dragon Snow Mountain( 5,596 meters) and Haba Snow Mountain(5,396 meters) in a series of rapids under steep 2,000 meters cliffs. Legend says that in order to escape from a hunter, a tiger jumped across the river at the narrowest point (still 25 meters wide), hence the name.

Tiger Leaping Gorge

Songzanlin Monastery in Shangri-La County, is the largest Tibetan Buddhist temple complex in Yunnan Province.

Belonging to the Yellow Hat (Gelug) Sect of Tibetan Buddhism, it is the most important monastery worshiped at by Tibetans who live in Yunnan, Sichuan, and other Tibetan areas in south central China

7km northwest of Shangri-la you’ll find the biggest prairie in Shangrila-Yila Praire, covering an area of 13 square kilometers. This is the largest and most beautiful prairie in Shangri La. In Tibetan, "Yila" means "Leopard Mountain", named after the legendary Leopard Mountain located in the north, which is a "divine mountain".

Horse Riding at Yila Prairie

Here, you can experience the pastoral scenery of the Tibetan grasslands and also deeply feel the unique and mysterious cultural customs of the Tibetan people in Diqing Shangri La. The Yila grassland in August is like a rippling ocean, with flowers in full bloom.