| Day 11 Xishuangbanna ( B,L,D ) |
| Full day Visit of Ganlan (Olive) Basin, Menglun Tropical Botanical Garden, and Dai Village for water splashing festival. |
| Water Splashing Festival | The annual Water-Splashing Festival is most important holiday of the Dai people. Held during the sixth month of the Dai calendar, usually falling in the middle of April, it is also known as the Festival for Bathing the Buddha. It was celebrated by both visitors and residents in Jinghong, Xishuangban…… | | Ganlan (Olive) Basin | Local Dai people call the Ganlan Basin the " peacock's tail ", meaning the most beautiful part of Xishuangbanna. " No trip to Xishuangbanna is complete without a visit to Ganlan Basin ", as the popular saying goes. The Ganlan Basin (Ganlanba) derives its name from the fact that it's forever clothed …… |
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| Day 12 Xishuangbanna, Kunming ( B,L ) |
| Tour to Jingzhen Octagonal Pavilion, Manting Park, join-in the water splashing festival. You will be transferred to Jinghong airport to take the evening flight to Kuming. Upon arriving in Kuming, be met and transferred to the hotel. |
| Water Splashing Festival | The annual Water-Splashing Festival is most important holiday of the Dai people. Held during the sixth month of the Dai calendar, usually falling in the middle of April, it is also known as the Festival for Bathing the Buddha. It was celebrated by both visitors and residents in Jinghong, Xishuangban…… | | Manting Park | Manting Park is called Chunhuang as well in local Dai language, means Garden of Spirits. This park is the oldest park in Xishuangbanna, used to be a royal garden of Dai. Many trees and ornamental plants growing in it providing people with a good rest place. Wabajie Temple, the Buddhist temple with t…… | | Jingzhen Octagonal Pavilion | As one of the important relics of Xishuangbanna, the Jingzhen Octagonal Pavilion is named after the place where it is located. The octagonal pavilion, called "Wo Su" in the Dai language, is a place where the senior Buddhist monks giving sutra, repenting, holding meetings and memorizing Buddha. |
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