Summer Study Tour | Shangri-La Yunnan Snub-Nosed Monkey National Park

A parent-child summer study tour, exploring the unknown secrets of western Yunnan with your kids 🐒🦍, discovering breathtaking and lesser-known landscapes. ⛰️ Gaoligong Mountains The massive vertical elevation difference creates distinct climate zones from the valley to the summit: dry-hot valley, subtropical, warm temperate, temperate, and cold temperate zones. 🦍 Gaoligong Hoolock Gibbon The only ape species 🦍 discovered and named by Chinese scientists. Venture into the primeval forest 🌳 with experts to learn about this endangered species. ⛺️ Camping Tent·Southern Silk Road Tent Camp A 1000-meter-long elevated walkway extends naturally, with 15 nature-exploration-style tents 🏕️ and 5 public spaces lightly elevated to the treetops. Lush greenery surrounds you everywhere. 🐒 Yunnan Snub-Nosed Monkey National Park The wild and spirited Yunnan snub-nosed monkeys 🐒 roam freely between coniferous forests 🌲 and the snowline, appearing more frequently in summer. 🍄 Mushroom Foraging Adventure On the Yunnan plateau in summer, hunt for matsutake mushrooms 🍄, porcini, and ganba mushrooms hidden among pine needles and moss in the dense forests. —- 🚂 Leisurely Western Yunnan Slow Travel - Naturalist Edition 📆 July 18, August 15 🗺️ Itinerary D1 Kunming - Lijiang Travel from Kunming to Lijiang by overnight train. D2 Lijiang 🔸 Enjoy a Dongba blessing ceremony at Yushui Village, experience traditional Naxi Leba dance, and a special performance of Naxi Dongjing ancient music. 🔸 In Baisha Ancient Town, learn about Dongba pictographs from intangible cultural heritage inheritors and try writing Dongba script. D3 Lijiang - Tengchong 🔸 Gaoligong Mountain Nature Park, with a naturalist guide sharing stories about flora and fauna. 🔸 Experience the life of a forest ranger and explore the habitat of the Hoolock gibbon 🦍. 🔸 Stay at Camping Tent·Southern Silk Road Tent Camp ⛺️. D4 Tengchong - Kunming 🔸 Join rangers to spot star species like the Burmese snub-nosed monkey, sunbird, red knobby newt, giant squirrel 🐿️, and red panda. D5 Kunming Arrive in Kunming. —- 🚂 Lijiang-Shangri-La Starlight Classic Exploration - Naturalist Edition 📆 June 6, July 4 🗺️ Itinerary D1 Kunming - Lijiang Travel from Kunming to Lijiang by overnight train. D2 Lijiang 🔸 Visit Yushui Village to listen to Naxi ancient music and experience Leba dance. 🔸 In Baisha Ancient Town, learn about Dongba pictographs from intangible cultural heritage inheritors and try writing Dongba script. D3 Lijiang - Shangri-La 🔸 Explore Shangri-La Yunnan Snub-Nosed Monkey National Park 🐒. 🔸 Stay at the expert villa within the national park. D4 Shangri-La - Kunming 🔸 Head to observation points to spot Yunnan snub-nosed monkeys 🐒 of different ages and genders. 🔸 Highland plant exploration and a delightful mushroom-foraging adventure 🍄. D5 Kunming Arrive in Kunming.