Driving in South China (16 Days)

Code Id NAVO-DC-CD-013
Title Driving in South China  ( Sichuan-Yunnan-Guizhou-Chongqing )
P.S. Foreigners drive Chinese vehicle tour in China Driving in Yi, Bai, and Buyi ethnic minorities area.
Duration 16 days;15days 14 nights in China;11days driving 4WD in China by the guests
Areas Sichuan,Yunnan,Guizhou, Chongqing
Itinerary Chengdu/Leshan/Mt. Emeishan/ Jianwei/ Muchuan/ Zhaotong / Kunming / Qiubei / Luoping / Xingyi / Guanling / Guanling / Guiyang/ Zunyi/ Chongqing/ Dazu / Anyue / Chengdu
Season Jan—Dec.
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Highlights Chengdu—the center of ancient Shu culture, Leshan—the world’s biggest stone Buddha, Mt. Emeishan, Baoguo Temple, Fuhu Temple, Stone Forest, Puzhehei in east Yunnan, Luoping thousands karst peaks mountains, Xingyi Karst peaks, Guiyang Qingyan ancient town, Chongqing Ciqikou ancient town, Dazu Grottos, Anyue Grottos etc.
Introduction of the itinerary

Itinerary day by day

01 Settng off
02 —/Chengdu Hotel
Arrive in Chengdu and then transfer to hotel. If time allows, visit the downtown city. Have Hot-pot (the special food in Sichuan) for dinner. NAVO’s service starts from Chengdu.
03 Chengdu Hotel
Guests do the physical examination and finish the procedure of applying the temporary driving license. Take the car; listen to a small introduction of the Chinese Traffic Rules and some notes during the driving tour in China.
04 Chengdu/Leshan/Mt. Emeishan 165KM Hotel
Guests drive from Chengdu to Leshan, and visit the Leshan Giant Buddha which is the largest stone Buddha in the world, towering 71 meters high and you may have a picnic on the toe nail of the Buddha.Then drive to the bottom of Mt. Emeishan and visit the Baoguo temple and Fuhu Temple. Mt. Emeishan is one of the top 4 buddhist mountains in China.
05 Mt. Emeishan/ Jianwei/Muchuan/Zhaotong 437KM Hotel
One day’s driving and beautiful sights along the road.Stay overnight at Zhaotong.
Note If you have time and you are interested in the small train, we may arrange one day tour for you to visit the Jianwei’s small train to mine area and the visit to the boat-shaped ancient town of Luocheng.
06 Zhaotong/Kunming 370KM Hotel
Drive to Kunming and visit Kunming.
07 Kunming/Stone Forest 84KM Hotel
Visit Kunming in the day time, and drive to the famous stone forest in the late afternoon.
Note There are some recommendation visits at Kunming, such as the Qiongzhu Monastery, Yuantong Temple, Western mountain Dragon Gate, World Expo. Garden etc.
08 Stone Forest/ Qiubeii/Mile/Qiube 181KM Hotel
Visit the Stone Forest in the morning, then drive to the Puzhehei scenic spot at Qiubei via Mile.
09 Puzhehei Hotel
Whole day visit in the Puzhehei Scenic Spot. You may visit by trekking or by boating there.
Note 2008, April, NAVO succeeded in orgnizing gorups visiting the Puzhehei for the first time, and the guests are from France.
Note “Puzhehei” is the Yi minority language pronunciation, which means the pool with a lot of fish and shrimp. In the Puzhehei ,the beautiful lakes and mountains composed a beautiful musci for your eyes.There are 68 Karst Lakes and over 300 mountain peaks. It is also named“the Guilin in Yunnan”which means the most beautiful place in Yunnan.
10 Puzhehei/Luoping/Xingyi 207KM Hotel
Drive to Luoping and visit the Thousand Peaks Scenic Spot, then drive to Xingyi.
Note The best time to visit Luoping is from middle Feb.to early Mar., because it is just the time of the cole flower blooming and the best place to take pics of the breath-taking cole flower field is Golden Cock Peak and Niujie. If you do this tour in this right time, and if you have one more day time, we would like to suggest you stop at Luoping for one day.
11 Xingyi/Guanlin/Guiyang 426KM Hotel
Visit the Thousand Peak Scenic Spot I nthe morning, and drive to Guiyang in the afternoon. After Guanlin, it is expressway.
Note –Guizhou Thousand Peak Scenic Spot is a state level scenic spot, which belongs to the Guizhou Xingxi Geographic National Park, and it is regarded as one of the top 5 most beautiful mountain peaks. You may enjoy the typical Karst landscape, graceful garden scenery and the pure Buyi ethnic minority folks. If you still have time, you may visit the Bubby Peaks at Zhenfeng.
12 Guiyang/Zunyi 165KM Hotel
Visit the Qingyan ancient town in the morning, and drive to Zunyi in the afternoon.
Note If your time is limited, and you may only do the driving Chengdu-Kunming-Guiyang, and then take the flight away from Guiyang. We will organize the Chinese drivers to drive the cars back. Please contact us for more details, if you need this service.
13 Zunyi/Chongqing 358KM Hotel
Drive to Chongqing and visit the Ciqikou ancient town and take the Chongqing hot-pot which is a speciality at Chongqing. If you are interested, you may pay yourselffor a boat-visit of Chongqing, the mountain city.
14 Chongqing/Dazu 134KM Hotel
Drive to visit the Dazu Grottos.
15 Dazu/Anyue/Chengdu 320KM Hotel
Drive to Anyue and visit the Anyue Grottos. Then drive back to Chengdu. Return the car, check and finish all the related process.
16 Chengdu/exit
Airport send off

Price

Pax 2 3-5 6-9 Over 10
Price
Extra for the single room

The price includes

Transport
By minibus: Day 02-03,15; Drive 4WD: Day 04-14, 11 days guests driving.
Accommodation
Hotels with 2 or 3 stars or the best local hotels or hostels.
Tour guide
We could arrange the guide according to the client’s language requirement. But for the French or German group, we could guarantee you the French or Germany speaking guide, only if there’re more than 8 people in your group. Otherwise, we will offer you English speaking guide.
Driver
Because guests will drive the local Chinese vehicle, based on the related rules, we need to arrange at least one Chinese driver accompany the whole tour, to guarantee the safety when group driving on road.
Chinese Temporary Driving License
-Related Government permit -All the procedures for driving license;

Offer

Air tank (or air package), interphone, etc.

Provide for Self

personal clothes; camera; sunglasses; suncream; topi; medicine for high attitude etc

Excludes

All the Entrance Fee Domestic and international air tickets. All the meals of Guests and Chinese Staff (Guide and Driver) Tips. Drinks.

Price

The Spring Festival; The Horse-Racing Festival (Aug.01-07); The National Celebration Day (Oct.01-07)

Remark

A. The price doesn’t include any flight tickets, and if the guests would like to take flight to Chengdu from Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Hong Kong or Bangkok, we can book the flight tickets for you. Please feel free to contact us for details.
B. Please note the accommodation condition along the route is limited.