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Highlights
These highlights have been specially picked for this themed itinerary:
Suzhou
Suzhou is home to China’s most impressive classical gardens, nine of which are UNESCO World Heritage Sites. Meticulously designed to encompass elegance and high culture, these masterpieces of classical Chinese garden design perfectly express the harmony that exists between nature and man.
Kunming Botanical Gardens
The garden of the Kunming Institute of Botany, the Kunming Botanical Garden covers 44 hectares and is home to thousands of species of native plant, making it the perfect introduction to the flowers, herbs, trees and plants of Yunnan Province. Collections include an arboretum, herbs, endangered species, aquatic and ferns.
Jade Dragon Snow Mountain
Follow in the footsteps of famous botanist and explorer Joseph Rock and ascend by cable car to the heights of the Jade Dragon Snow Mountain. The massif is home to a wealth of rare wild plants, including medicinal herbs; in fact about one fourth of all of China’s plant species can be found here.
Nine Villages Valley
Encircled by snow-capped peaks the Nine Villages Valley is a magnificent national park of blue-toned lakes, rushing waterfalls, and thick forest. It is also full of wonderfully diverse flora and fauna – over 2,500 recorded plant species and 150 tree species.
Duration
18 Days
Prices
This itinerary needs to be built especially for you – its price is available on request.