DAY 01Kunming
Kunming's living stage
Arrive in Kunming and enter Yunnan through the movement, music and living traditions of Dynamic Yunnan.
Yunnan & Cambodia · 13 daysHighland Secrets
Highland Secrets
Tea roads, snow peaks and Angkor stone.
A slow passage from Yunnan's tea towns and Tibetan highlands to the weathered temples and floating villages of Cambodia.
KunmingSiem Reap
The journeyTwo landscapes,
Two landscapes,
one unhurried passage.
Move between mountain courtyards, makers' workshops and temple paths, with time to notice how culture changes across borders.
- Duration
- 13 days
- Route
- 5 stops
- Style
- Private journey
- Best season
- Mar–May · Oct–Nov
Why this journeyQuiet moments,
Quiet moments,
deeply felt.
- Tea-road towns
- Highland monasteries
- Hands-on craft
- Angkor at a gentle pace
The complete itineraryThirteen days,
Thirteen days,
from highlands to temple stone.
Follow one clear timeline from Yunnan's highlands to Cambodia's temple country. Each day pairs landscape, story, craft and time to breathe.
DAY 02Kunming
Lake light & flower markets
Look across Dianchi from the Western Hills, then wander wetlands and the colour of Asia's largest flower market.
DAY 03Kunming
Stone Forest & an Yi evening
Walk among Shilin's limestone forms before an evening of Yi food, music and storytelling in Chuxiong.
DAY 04Dali
Erhai water & Bai craft
Cross Erhai by boat, explore Dali's old streets and learn the patient gestures of Bai tie-dye.
DAY 05Shaxi → Lijiang
Along the Tea Horse Road
Pause in Shaxi, once a caravan town, before meeting Dongba paper-makers and the old lanes of Lijiang.
DAY 06Lijiang
Jade Dragon's blue valleys
Spend the day beneath Jade Dragon Snow Mountain, following clear water through Blue Moon Valley.
DAY 07Lijiang → Shangri-La
Through the gorge to Shangri-La
Trace the Jinsha River through Tiger Leaping Gorge, then arrive among prayer wheels and Tibetan courtyards.
DAY 08Shangri-La
Monastery walls & alpine meadows
Move between Pudacuo's lakes and meadows and the warm ochre walls of Songzanlin Monastery.
DAY 09Lijiang → Kunming
A last morning beside Erhai
Take a quiet lakeside pause in Dali before the train carries you back toward Kunming.
DAY 10Kunming → Siem Reap
Across the border to Siem Reap
Fly south to Siem Reap and let the rhythm soften before the temples ahead.
DAY 11Siem Reap
Khmer stories in the capital
Read Cambodia's modern history through royal architecture, silverwork and civic monuments.
DAY 12Siem Reap
Angkor in stone and roots
Walk from the serene faces of Bayon to root-bound Ta Prohm and the long causeway of Angkor Wat.
DAY 13Siem Reap
Life upon Tonle Sap
Meet the floating communities of Tonle Sap before a final blessing and the journey home.
What is includedEverything essential,
Everything essential,
with room for discovery.
Private transport · 12 nights · Regional flight · Admissions · Cultural workshops · English-speaking guide