Yunnan: The Hidden Paradise of China - Kunming, Dali, Lijiang, Shangri-La | The Travel Intern
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- There's so much to eat, see and do in Yunnan! Check out our Yunnan Nature Bucket List here: bit.ly/2Cu1YWt
In the southwestern region of China lies Yunnan province. Dubbed as China's hidden paradise, follow our adventures through the lesser-known cities of Kunming, Dali, Lijiang and Shangri-la!
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KUNMING CITY
00:51 - Yunnan Nationalities Village
Yunnan province is home to 26 different minority ethnic groups and you can experience all of them right here! (FUN FACT: China has a total of 56 ethnic groups! Talk about diversity!)
01:04 - Dragon Gate, Western Hills
Skillfully carved on a large natural rock, it is said that once you enter the dragon gate, you will become famous and successful. Who can say no to good luck?!
01:20 - Green Lake Park
Here at one of the most beautiful parks in Kunming city, you can catch locals engaging in recreational activities. It’s the perfect place to absorb the Kunming culture!
01:31 - Shilin Stone Forest
Epic or what? This 400 sq km-wide area of towering limestones (all natural!) was considered the “First Wonder of the World” to the Chinese. Marvel at the different karst formation around this stone forest!
01:41 - Jiuxiang Scenic Region
Explore the cluster of karst caves in this region, the largest of such complex in China! Here you’ll get to explore a bat cave, lying dragon cave, grand lion hall and fairy field, among others.
DALI
01:50 - Three Pagodas
Three impressive 1,800-year-old pagodas that are still standing to this day and are a symbol of the history of Dali City.
02:04 - Dali Ancient City
A thousand-year-old city with so much history and culture where the past and present coexist.
LIJIANG
02:23 - Old Town of Lijiang
A town with a history going back more than 1,000 years, it remains largely untouched and is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
02:48 - Jade Dragon Snow Mountain
Scale this 5,596-metre giant! (SIKE! You can actually take a cable car up 4506 metres!)
02:51 - Blue Moon Valley
As its name suggests, it's an extremely blue river meandering through a lush valley of Jade Dragon Snow Mountain! Definitely a must-visit!
02:58 - Jade Dragon Snow Mountain (4506-metre peak)
Get a bird's eye view of Lijiang from on top the most southerly snowcapped mountain in the Northern Hemisphere!
03:07 - Impression Lijiang
Catch this magnificent outdoor singing and dancing performance demonstrating the tradition and lifestyle of the local ethnic people! You even get a picturesque view of the Jade Dragon Snow Mountain as the background!
03:12 - Black Dragon Pool
A great place to see the Jade Dragon Snow Mountain but an even better place to take sick IG pictures!
03:23 - Tiger Leaping Gorge
If you're all about that hiking/fitspo life then we recommend going on this 2-day-1-night hike up the Tiger Leaping Gorge! The views are out of this world! That, we guarantee!
SHANGRI-LA
04:16 - Songzanlin Lamasery
Visit the largest Tibetan Buddhist temple complex in Yunnan Province!
04:26 - Dukezong Ancient City
It is the largest and best-preserved Tibetan city among China's Tibetan counties!
04:40 - Balagezong Scenic Area
Soak in the sights and sound of this beautiful area and discover its unique beauty with rich Tibetan culture!
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Another place to check out in Yunnan is Xishuangbanna. It's very tropical and the people there are similar are related to Thai people. It has an amazing night market and beautiful botanical gardens.
🤯 Xishuangbanna looks amazing! Gonna add it to our travel bucket list
Hi Grant. My fiancé & I are planning to visit Xishuangbanna in April 2022. Any recommendations to do & not do will be greatly appreciated.
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Xishuangbanna is actually Sip Chong Ban Na.......Twelve Numbers of Big Rice Field Area. It's a Tai people inhabitant area.....our Ancestral Land.
Going there after pandemic. Beautiful!
Start your China visit by flying straight to Kunming, then go to Lijiang, minimum. Food in Kunming is bad azz. If time permits, see Dali, Zhongdian, the Yuan rice terraces and Xishuangbana. If u have time left over, than go to highly overrated Beijing or Shanghai 😂.
@@Lfg117bad food or nice food in yunnan?
Hi ladies & thank you for sharing your great adventures with the world. I absolutely love beautiful China & your 3 sayings to help lead people to true happiness. I am planning my trip through Yunnan for April 2022 to experience many of the same sites & culture. Beautiful China never stops impressing me regardless of city or countryside. Wishing y’all joy, health & continuous blessings.
Best description of Yunnan I've seen, to-date - and I lived in Kmg 2 yrs.. Thank you. This vlog is 🔥.
I wish in my lifetime I will be able to see these places. They are like hidden gems
They are beautiful, are you ok?
Yunnan is the most beautiful place in the world.
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Thanks for sharing! I like the natural narration!😃
Glad you enjoyed it!
Hello from Rochester New York!! I really enjoyed your video. Your team is great!! Much peace to you all!
Thanks Terry! Peace to you too :)
Visited Yunnan in January and I have to say that I am not disappointed! Managed to find out all the hidden spots and best photo places in Yunnan as well! Thanks for sharing!
Definitely do another video about Yunnan some time please!
I travel to Yunnan on Dec-Jan 2020. Same places with you guys. It's true. Hidden paradise in China. 🥰
big love Yunnan
We love it too
@@thetravelintern Welcome back
I still want to travel at yunnan after pandemic
Welcome to Yunnan- from a Yunnan people haha
Good luck. Health codes, constant checks, your lucky if your chinese and speak chinese.
So worth it. If u ride an air-conditioned bus all the way s., near to the Viet border (toward Hong He city), u pass thru beautiful Karst rock formations. Those Karst formations straddle the Vietnam-Yunnan border region. The most beautuful & famous Karst formations in China can be found at Guilin city, Guangxi Province. Guangxi is Yunnan's east-border neighbor. The rock formations at Guilin r used as the backdrop scenery for chunks of the animated Mulan movie.
There's so much to eat, see and do in Yunnan! Everything you need to know can be found right here:
bit.ly/2Cu1YWt
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Wow! So much glamour, so much culture all in one!
It's gorgeous!
It’s corona virus
Our hometown ❤️
Very beautiful place!
@@thetravelintern yah
Well done, young travellers. Greetings for sunny Spain. If you guys are in southern Spain...I will show you around. Eat some laksa for me!!!
Ayy we'll definitely take you up on that! 👌
sevilla?
@@xggong8261 yes
Beautiful mountain province. Lots of untouched places. There are many places where there are no tourists and a lot of local ethnicity.
Yes! Yunnan is such a hidden gem!
Amazing China
A hidden beauty for sure!
WHAT IS THAT SONG IN 4:07
nvm found it, it's Mom's Old Hatchback (In Too Deep) by Lvly, Emmi
Thanks for sharing
absolute beauty i wanna go
me too
Yunnan looks so amazing! 🥰🥰🥰
It’s one of the best places!!
Hi Is there a lot of DiDi taxis to go around in all of that 4 cities ?
Been here before pandemic in 2019. Such a beautiful place in China. Will repeat next time
Hope we could all visit again soon :D
Welcome to my hometown Yunnan
Yunnan looks top tier.
How long is your stay in Yunnan to cover all this places?Thank you for your info..
Just wow❤
You should know that the town of Shangari-La is not the 'real' Shangari-La. The name was changed from Zhong Dien for tourist reasons.
The 'real' Shangari-La, although mythical, is said to Meli-Xue Shan far further west on the border of Myanmar, Assam, Tibet.
Nice video. My Guangdong friends will decide if we visit Yunnan Province later this year. You have put a lot of effort into making this video. I wish I could make videos like this for my channel. We might also try Chongqing and Chengdu.
Your videos are amazing
Thanks Kit! Glad you enjoy them :)
What month did you go?
Best chance to catch a glimpse of Jade Dragon Snow Mountain is in the winter time (still no guarantee bc the high mountain is shrouded in clouds about 2 out of every 3 days, or worse).
Hi! Can i ask if there is a need to prebook tickets for Jade Mountain and Impression Lijiang?
Pictures are changing too fast, making it impossible to watch comfortably
Thank you for the great infos. Am doing this..!!!🙏♥️
Hello, which month you guys travelled to Lijiang? Going there in a few days 😊
If you open our eyes,
If you open your minds,
If you open your hearts,
You will GoVegan 🌱
Amazing!
Hi, thanks for sharing all the beautiful places!! Just wondering what type of plug are use? Flat 2 or 3 pin or 2 round pin??
I am here after watching the series "Meet Yourself"
Too good.. you girls make a good gang !! Beautiful !!
Loved it!
We would like to go there. Do you have local driver recommendations? Thanks
How many days we need to visit all that place? 🙏
hello ! great vid, how many days to visit Yunnan / Sichuan ? Thx ;-))
At least 2 days at Dali, and 3 days at Lijiang.
what were the transports you used to travel to each destination in yunnan?
Anyone from Assam
Yes
😁
Yes... Me🙏
From Yunnan, we Tai ahom people came North East Assam our first king Chou lung siu ka fa,,,, astablish his capital in 1228 , call mung dun sun kham ।we are brothers,,, in this time our Tai population are 1.5million in Assam
Hey, nice video ! I would like to know how many days did you spend to each city. What would you recommend ?
Yunnan Province is the best province
Good travel introduction. Its beneficial for people who intend to make a trip to thispart of China. As for me its one of the person intend to visit. Thanks for the info.
Thanks for watching!
You travelled using agency or on your own ? Can share details ?
Planning a family trip to Yunnan in November and found your video. Thanks for sharing. How many days is needed to visit these places pls? Is public transport easy or would it be better to get a local guide? Btw, I'm Marie from Kuala Lumpur
My dream place so much similarly of our meitei ❤
Where in Manipur you can find snowcapped mountains??
Because your ancestors are from there
When did you go Yunnan ? Have been planning since last year but because of covid it was delay
Which month you guy went to kunming?
Great video.
How do you travel between those places - by train or buses? Do they accept cash for street food?
Also is accommodation easy to come by in Dali, LIjiang & Shangri-La, else is day trip sufficient? What accommodation would you recommend in Kun Ming and those touristy venues - Lijiang etc?
My dream is to visite this wonderful 0lace
It'll definitely come true!
It is said and believe s by some historian that some of the tribals presently lives in Northeast India came from Yunnan
What! That's pretty dang cool. Wondered how life was back then!
@@thetravelintern yeah I want to do research in future
@@tenaga8899 Sounds so interesting! Wishing you all the best :)
According to the oral traditions ,many Naga tribe came from Yunnan.😬😬
@@thetravelintern yes,😁 we are . Like TAI AHOM,TAI KHAMYANG, AITON, PHAKE ETC..
i have seen all of these places,yunnan is a dreamfull place to live
How many days you need for this tour?
If you also want to visit Kunming, we can help you as a guide. I welcome you in Kunming
Good scenic and informational video, but the music is exhausting
Wow ❤👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
Green lake.. Jdi ingat drama lichuan n xiaoqiu
I have been living in DALI for 3 years
I was suppose to go there this summer but covid stopped us. I'm so mad
How do you travel to blue lake dragon snow mountain?
Check out our Yunan Nature Bucketlist for more information! bit.ly/2Cu1YWt
Live in sichuan , neednto figure out if my "health code "on phone will work. Places are turning away (foreigners ) "loawhai" downright hostile often.even though I been here almost 3 years ,they think I am just a tourist.
that looked so exciting. How long would you say it all took?
It depends on how quickly you like to travel, but we took 2 weeks to cover everything (and a little more!) you can check out the itinerary here!
thetravelintern.com/china-itinerary-beijing-shanghai-hangzhou-suzhou/
Really nice video! during what month was this ?
Do you recommend DIY tour or book tour from agent?
We recommend DIY but you can also book local agents to be safe! You can check out our itinerary here: thetravelintern.com/china-yunnan-itinerary-kunming-dali-lijiang-shangrila/
Which month is the best to visit Yunnan in order not to be trapped by rainy season?
Summer is a rainy season, like July and August. But unlike Guangdong, rain in Yunnan usually won’t last long in a day, it usually stop in half an hour.
I want to build here also
Orly places which are in all guides. I would like to ses unknown places To discover. It would be à lot more interessing
Yunnan is developing and changing rapidly, Kunming is developing and changing rapidly, so do Qujing, Zhaotong, Yuxi, Puer, Dali, Chuxiong, Baoshan, Diqing and Honghe……
So this is the our king's birth place
Our ahom belongs from here
That's why I'm here
90% of NorthEast India people r from Yunnan Province. Btw I belong to Moyon tribe from Manipur
These region are ancestors of Indonesian People,, they move in year 2000 BC to Indonesian Land.
i would love to travel here, though i am scared of getting weird looks by the locals because i am not asian or no one speaking english. can someone share their experience?
Far Cry 4 brought me here !!! 💪🔥💪🔥💪🔥
Thank you for watching!
This is where young american navy got trapped for years recently founded
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amazing video, Yunnan looks magical indeed. I am set to move to China and wanted to go to Shenzhen or Guangzhou but this place might make me reconsider. Is there an active night life in Yunnan?
You will never be disappointed with the nightlife and the best street food in Yunnan.
I am big fan of diancy zi
Zhou Tia Kee
Too bad puzhehei wasn't listed~
THANKS WOW THAT'S AWESOME 😎 KEEP IT UP FOR THE SAKE OF HUMANITY LOVE KINDNESS WOMEN POWER DIGNITY FREEDOM PROSPERITY JUSTICE LIBERTY FRATERNITY EQUALITY HAPPINESS
Do u guys saw mothra
hahahaha i wish we saw mothra!
Gordon ramsay camera man here
If Kunming’s on your travel list, Lavande Hotel should be too! Just shared my experience - it’s worth a look! th-cam.com/video/-R_RUn00MMI/w-d-xo.html
inilah surga tempat asal muasal suku2 Indonesia.
Sadly just an ad with hysteric cuts.
I cant see anything when eaxh camera shot is 1 second and meant for sensationalism, rather than actually looking
So cool but the coronavirus ahhh
rap?
skibi fi dop dop
do very good i learn to you
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