PreeChina · Sight Guide
7 sights within 141 km of Lijiang. Pick the ones you want and PreeChina can build a private, custom or tailor-made tour around them.
At a Glance
Price
Per person, in US dollars. The price covers the guide, the ground service, and the transport, meals and tickets in the itinerary, and it falls as the group grows. What a price includes and leaves out.
| Travelers | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 15 | 20 | 30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day trip | USD 305 | USD 220 | USD 185 | USD 175 | USD 160 | USD 155 | USD 145 | USD 135 |
Premium hotels and first-class rail raise the price: the selectors on Private Tours show by how much. The final price is confirmed in writing before anything is booked.
Why These Sights
7 lake, river and waterfall sights lie within 141 km of central Lijiang, from First Bend of the Yangtze at 27 km to Erhai Lake at 141 km. They are: First Bend of the Yangtze, Chenghai Lake, Lugu Lake (Yunnan), Butterfly Spring, Bita Lake, Napahai, Erhai Lake.
This page lists the sights and how far each one sits from the city centre. It does not set a length for the trip: your private itinerary decides which sights to combine, the order and the number of days.
The Lijiang city guide covers the city itself.
Map
The gold marker is central Lijiang. Numbers run from the closest sight to the farthest.
Sight by Sight
27 km from central Lijiang, straight line
At Shigu the Jinsha River turns northeast, and from here the Yangtze turns east toward the sea.
52 km from central Lijiang, straight line
An alkaline lake with a high pH and one of the few natural sources of spirulina.
105 km from central Lijiang, straight line
Home of the Mosuo. Mosuo families pass descent through the mother's line and keep "walking marriages" in which partners do not live together. It is a matrilineal kinship system still running today and has long been a subject of anthropological study.
108 km from central Lijiang, straight line
Filmmakers set the 1959 film Five Golden Flowers here, which made Butterfly Spring the earliest on-screen image of Dali.
109 km from central Lijiang, straight line
Bita Lake, whose Schizothorax fish is a Tertiary relic species.
121 km from central Lijiang, straight line
A seasonal plateau lake and meadow: a lake in the rainy season and grazing land in the dry season. A wintering ground for black-necked cranes.
141 km from central Lijiang, straight line
Erhai is the second-largest freshwater lake in Yunnan and gets its name from its ear shape. The road around the lake is one of the best-known cycling routes in China.
Distances
| # | Sight | Type | Straight line |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | First Bend of the Yangtze | River | 27 km |
| 2 | Chenghai Lake | Lake | 52 km |
| 3 | Lugu Lake (Yunnan) | Alpine Lake | 105 km |
| 4 | Butterfly Spring | Spring | 108 km |
| 5 | Bita Lake | Alpine Lake | 109 km |
| 6 | Napahai | Wetland | 121 km |
| 7 | Erhai Lake | Lake | 141 km |
Straight-line distances from the centre of Lijiang. Road and rail distances are longer.
Independent Travel
Arranging these 7 stops yourself keeps the budget lower. It also means booking each one and the transfers between them. Compare a private tour with independent travel, or ask PreeChina to plan it.
Custom Tour
This route is a starting point: 1 day and 7 stops. PreeChina plans it as a private, tailor-made trip and changes the stops, the days and the pace to your group.
Questions
This page lists 7, all within 141 km of central Lijiang in a straight line.
First Bend of the Yangtze, at 27 km from the centre in a straight line.
141 km in a straight line. The road distance is longer.
It depends on which sights you combine. Your private itinerary sets the number of days, the order and the pace with you.
Anyone who wants a slow day. The route links 7 stops, so each visit is short. Tell PreeChina which stops matter most and the others can go.
Explore More
This route is in Yunnan. The province page lists its city guides, themes, museums and other routes.
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Tell us when you arrive in Lijiang, who is travelling and how much time you have. We build the route around your group.
