1-Day Shangri-La tour with Ganden Monastery, Napahai Lake and Tibetan Town

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Ganden Monastery at Shangri-la — Photos: the activity supplier, via Viator

Ganden Monastery — Photos: the activity supplier, via Viator

About this activity

For this private day trip of Shangri-La, you will visit the most classic sights accompanied by your private English-speaking tour guide to Ganden Monastery, Napahai Lake, Yila Grassland and Dukezong, an ancient Tibetan town.

You will be picked up and dropped off Shangri-la(Diqing) hotel/airport.

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At a glance

Duration: 7 hours
Confirmation: Instant confirmation
Ticket: Mobile or paper ticket accepted
Group: Your group only
People per booking: 1–15
Guide: Chinese, English
Operated by: happychinatours

Ages: Infants (0–4 years) · Children (5–9 years) · Adults (10–100 years)

What is included

Included

Included: The private car & private guide
Included: The entrance tickets
Included: Lunch
Included: In-vehicle air conditioning: Air-conditioned vehicle

Itinerary

Shangri-La County

10 min

In the morning,Your private tour guide will sign your name and pick you up from your hotel at 09:00.
Songzanlin Monastery

one hour Admission included

Today, we first will visit Ganden Monastery, the largest Tibetan monastery in Yunnan province. It has another alias - 'the little Potala Palace.' Built in 1679, it is located in the capital of Diqing Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture and is the most important monastery in southwest China.
Napa Hai Nature Reserve

20 min

Next, go to the Napa hai lake, The largest grassland in Shangri-la. Napahai is located in the northwest of Shangri-la County, 8 km away from the county, is a seasonal mountain lake, and also one of the few the thermal alpine swamp and swamp meadow in Yunnan province.
Yila Grassland

20 min

In fact, the Napahai Lake and Yila Grassland will be the same place. During Winter and spring seasons, Napa Lake surface is shrinking, becomes large swamp meadow—Yila Prairie, which is the largest spring pasture in Yunnan province.
Guishan Park

20 min

Afterwards, take the private car to the city center. When you climb up to the top of Guishan Hill or Tortoise Hill, you will see the largest prayer wheel in the world and have a panoramic view of Shangri-La county and Dukezong.
Dukezong Ancient Town

one hour

After the lunch at Dukezong ancient town and you can walking around the town and shopping for one hour. Then, we will Transfer to back to your hotel in Shangri-la or back to the Shangri-la airport.