The Best Things To Do In Yunnan | Dali, Lijiang, Tiger Leaping Gorge And More! (含中文字幕)

Follow me on my adventures through Asia. In this episode, I share with you the top 6 things to do in Yunnan province featuring Dali, Lijiang, Tiger Leaping Gorge and more! Yunnan is such a diverse province rich in beautiful landscapes and colourful culture. If you only have a few days then make sure you check out this guide to hit the best spots.
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[@squarepeg1023]

Ahhh this brings back so many memories! I hope this coronavirus outbreak is over soon, so we can explore more of China!!

[@Nicofilms]

I can't wait to see more of China with you, hopefully soon!

[@Curzon1999vie]

Reading this in spring of 2024... oh boy... happy this (almost) worldwide mass psychosis is over. What a waste of time, money and many things more...

[@0t726]

Very professional photographing to capture the beautiful scenaries, and also provide detailed touring guide. I enjoyed your video very much. Thank you！

[@Nicofilms]

Thank you for watching I'm pleased you liked it!

[@Joseph-lm7ce]

The quality of Nico's videos are unbelievably awesome! Love from LA♥

[@Nicofilms]

Aww thank you that is so kind, I'm pleased you like them!

[@eChineseLearning-school]

Another great video Nico. Stay safe and healthy! We all have to look out for each other during these tough times.

[@Nicofilms]

Thanks for watching, I'm pleased you liked it. Fingers crossed it will be over soon. Stay safe!

[@TorterryChiu]

AWw! so beautiful!! I Wish I could visit there one day soon. :D

[@Nicofilms]

It was really beautiful and lots of adventures to be had. Hopefuly you will get a chance!

[@basue9569]

Thank you, your experience is so good

[@Nicofilms]

Thanks! Yes we had a wonderful time!

[@detrickguillory7537]

Absolutely loved your extraordinary video of Things to do in Yunnan. I am looking forward to experiencing these places in April 2022. Your videos are just the right of everything (sites, talking, recommendations). Thank you for sharing beautiful China with the world.

[@fletcherbrown728]

Nico: Well Dine!! I am American, living in Lijiang for 10 years (about six months per year) except for the past two years when I have been in Lijiang full time due to the xxxxx virus. I have actually enjoyed traveling much more during the pandemic due to the very low volume of tourists. Thanks for sharing a few of the many fantastic locations in Yunnan and it only scratches the surface of this amazing province. Jungle to 20,000 mountains and twenty-six diverse cultures to explore. Love your videos, the photography, editing, narrating, and pace are just right. Any foreigners coming to visit - respond and I can recommend many great off-the-beaten-path places for make you memories

[@cristian15154]

HelloFletcher, are you still in China, would be cool if you can suggest some places to go in Dali 😊

[@neverletthisgo9213]

i was planning on visiting the yunnan province but i am so scared of getting weird looks by the locals because i am not asian or no one speaking even a little bit of english. what was your experience?

@@neverletthisgo9213 I'm there at the moment: no ones speaks English even in the hospitality industry 😅 It's still worth it though: it's amazing. But I needed a few days of adaptation with VPNs, changing your apps habits, being lost in translation, and after a week I still have a lot of difficulties to plan activities.

[@alexandriathe_great221]

Greetings from Egypt ❤thank you for such a wonderful show ❤

[@Nicofilms]

Thanks for watching!

[@emilyyu4999]

Yunnan is one of my favorite provinces in China, full of wonderful sightseeing, different cultures n living styles, and cheap hhhh. Thanks for your video taking me go back to this fantastic place again.

[@Nicofilms]

Couldn't agree more it's so beautiful! We have more videos coming soon from it.

[@joepup8348]

I love how you visit these quaint little towns like Lijiang and Baisha as I feel like they encapsulate the essence of China. There is so much beauty and history to be found around every corner as you make your way down those narrow streets and alleys- scenes that you can't find in any book or documentary, so thank you for sharing your travels! I'd have to say, I've never seen Chinese scenes presented with a backdrop of jazz music, but then again it makes so much sense: the easy, meandering tune of the sax, the improvisation, nicely portrays the relaxed but stimulating sights and sounds, actually surprises, that unfold around you. Thank you again for going off the beate path for us, and I hope to see more videos of these beautiful little hamlets when things get better in China. Please keep safe!

[@Nicofilms]

Thank you that is a really kind comment I appreciate you taking the time to leave it!

[@joepup8348]

@@Nicofilms You're welcome and I appreciate your taking the time to share all your wonderful travels and the amazing places you've been. Can't wait to see more!!

[@LennefalkStudios]

Great tips here, doing a short trip there later this week so really helpful ☺

[@beatpirate8]

i love that you talk about cost. access. difficulty . its so honest! andwers so much! thank you Nico!!

[@beatpirate8]

i want to go here w my parents!

[@hanle4227]

Every time I saw Nico's video, I click that thumb up.

[@alextkachuk5240]

first 2 min of the video, and have already got a top tip, thanks for sharing the info!

[@zeldamachina6305]

Oh yeah, another city of one of the greatest countries in the world, this is why I love your content. This is why Nico is the greatest travel content creator. It seems the Coronavirus could be subsiding. Unless, this was before this time. Wo ai Zhongguo!!!!

[@Nicofilms]

Yes this was filmed in May when we went on a big trip to Yunnan and Guangxi only just got around to editing it. I'm pleased you like it!

[@zeldamachina6305]

@@Nicofilms Nico, your videos are great, it's a shame I haven't been to China yet. Oh, it would be nice to see those gorgeous massive megacities.

[@Nicofilms]

Don't worry I'm sure you will get your chance!

[@zeldamachina6305]

@@Nicofilms Yeah, only time will tell......anyway, how has everything been?

[@zeldamachina6305]

@@Nicofilms Yeah, only time will tell......anyway, how has everything been?

[@lj2935]

Yunnan is a mountainous province, There are many amazing caves in mountains I have been visited some , really beautiful

[@DestinationChina]

Nice one! Glad to see you're enjoying Yunnan so much. 😁

[@Nicofilms]

Yeah we loved it, such an amazing part of the country! Hopefully we will get to go back soon.

[@DestinationChina]

@@Nicofilms Do let us know when you come back to Yunnan :)

[@pak-lamyu9057]

One of the best travel videos. Thank you for introducing Yunnan

[@Nicofilms]

Thank you very much that is so kind!

[@anytalks99]

Thank you! Will visit soon

[@zhangliang6705]

High quality video,I love Yunnan too.

[@Minchdmc]

my hometown yunnan

[@topspark9155]

So nice to see your video , thought you have gone back to northumberland due to the coronavirus . As always amazing video 👍

[@Nicofilms]

Thanks for watching! No I'm still here in Beijing although this was filmed in May only just got around to editing it.

[@alexwang4489]

There really should have been more subscribtions, keep up the good work!

[@Nicofilms]

Thank you for watching, that is very kind!

[@user-rk3le5ie7g]

Beautiful !!

[@MrDavidc]

We just arrived in Dali, on 6th December 2023 and went to look for the Cafe 88, for a cheese sandwich and found it after walking up and down many streets, but now it's just a bar, with no bread on the menu. Interesting streets though, but couldn't find a decent coffe and cake place as yet-not wanting to go to Starbucks. All the flower cake shops seem to have the same produce-must be a big factory somewhere to supply all these shops. Update-we went to the wrong place, the Bakery 88, is in Renmin Lu, or maybe Foreigner St? will check later.

[@kelvinyschun]

Great video ... I been Yunnan numerous times and lots to see ... Others .. Rice fields in south, Shangrila and Yubeng in north ... amazing

[@camille744]

Great places to visit! I've travelled to Yun Nan twice and my favorites were Erhai lake and Shangri-La City. Also while in Yunnan I suggest going tp the mountains. Yunnan has "snow mountains" that are so high that they even had snow when I went in the summer. I've never experienced higher altitude or fresher air in my life, even breathing was difficult up there.

[@Nicofilms]

Thanks for the tips! We didn't make it to Shangri-la but hopefully next time!

[@JoseOrtega-jg2ei]

Very good video congrstulations

[@Nicofilms]

Thank you!

[@chunshengluo9074]

Yunnan will be my next travel destination, that is once the international travel is openned up. Thanks for the amazing overview.

[@Nicofilms]

Awesome! Hope you enjoy it!

[@aaron_cherysa]

I am shockingly amazed and surprised watching your videos,it's so many beautiful place that I never heard before.Hope to visit there some day.Thanks for sharing.Love From Malaysia.

[@Nicofilms]

Thanks for watching, I'm pleased you like them!

[@guestonearth1274]

Nice video!

[@Nicofilms]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@haoruchen4216]

好旅行计划，赞一个！

[@Nicofilms]

Thanks!

[@johnkiel1000]

Very nice place..some places looks like it was in jurassic age..

[@Nicofilms]

I know the landscape was really beautiful!

[@No_Use_For_A_Name]

I have been to every place on this list. Pretty amazing part of the world.

[@joanajoyyee9490]

The best thing to do is always to appreciate the beauty...wherever you may be...

[@Nicofilms]

Yes, this is so true and Yunnan had lots of beauty.

[@AbAb-mm3og]

'liked'. Thank you for the video. Thank you for telling us about the smaller stone forest (50 yuan for 2). Didnt quite catch the name. The scenery is quite amazing. I am happily surprised to see clean towns. You mentioned doing the Leaping Tiger hike over a few days. You mean there are hotels along the way, or do you have to camp in tents? Thank you.

[@Nicofilms]

It is called Naigu it's a bit harder to get to but totally worth it. Yes if you do the hike there are guesthouses along the way which you can stay in overnight. I'm going to do an in-depth video about Tiger Leaping Gorge in the next few weeks so that will help answer some of your questions and you'll be able to see what they look like :)

[@AbAb-mm3og]

@@Nicofilms thank you for a detailed response.

[@Nicofilms]

@@AbAb-mm3og No problem I hope you like the TLG video when its up!

[@jinlongmachinery2263]

Hope you can visit Daocheng which is located in Sichuan province in one day, it is a amazing place as well！

[@Nicofilms]

Ohhh thank you I will add it to the list!

[@JennieBlinkXoldier]

wow!

[@Nicofilms]

Thanks for watching!

[@josezhang7565]

It is interesting. Although i am a chinese, i don't visit these place by myself yet. Thanks for the sharing.👍

[@Nicofilms]

Oh you should go to Yunnan it is very beautiful!

[@dealesun5585]

so I have a issue im headed to china soon and my aunt wants to take us to either Dali or Lijiang. Let say I wanted to go to both places which is only 2 hours away from each other. How long would you recommend me to stay in each city and if you had to choose which is your favorite between the two.

[@user-lf2jz1nn3q]

Thanks for the video 😍 Which month of the year did you visit Yunnan province? And which month you'd recommend in order not to catch it on rainy and smoggy seasone?

[@Nicofilms]

We visited in May, I think Yunnan is pretty nice all year round. Kunming is known as the spring city so its quite mild. But it usually rains for us whenever we go anywhere so maybe don't trust my opinion haha 😂

[@lhyu4254]

Awesome video! Actually, there's another city near to Tibetan area called Shangri-La, you will definitely like it if you visit Yunnan again.

[@Nicofilms]

I know I really wanted to go but unfortunately we didn't have enough time. Hopefully we can go back soon Yunnan was such an amazing place!

[@squarepeg1023]

We are so sad that we didn't have time to make it! Hopefully, we will have time to make it there next time we visit Yunnan!

[@joeyh4913]

Haha you were having burger and cheesecake there, Yunnan rice noodle is the best!

[@Nicofilms]

haha they had surprisingly good western food. The cheesecake was amazing!

[@jessbaldwin]

When we went to Kunming the stone forest was closed because of the virus was ashame. xx

[@Nicofilms]

Oh no that's such a shame, I have another video just about the Stone forest up you can watch it and pretend you have been! Hopefully you will get another chance soon when this is all over, Yunnan was such a wonderful place!

[@jessbaldwin]

@@Nicofilms I hope so. xx

[@Nicofilms]

@@jessbaldwin Me too! Although I still can't walk so well after my accident so I'm hoping by the time it's over I will be healthy too haha

[@naijmik9800]

You are beautiful nico..inside and out...

[@Nicofilms]

Thank you that is so kind!

[@davidhodges1721]

Once again you have give another view of country China

[@Nicofilms]

It's such a beautiful country I hope people can celebrate the good things about it!

[@ziyanli2515]

If you got the chance to visit Yunnan one more time, definitely try there, em菌菇汤...it cooks with many different types of mushroom. But remember find a famous restaurant otherwise you may suffer from toxic illusions and it’s extremely dangerous!

[@cashliang4100]

I am from Yunnan. Like all the other provinces in China it worth you to spend more time to explore. Starting from Kunming city there are 4 different directions to visit with different landscape and culture. Have you visited the Shangri-la since you have already reached to Tiger Leaping Gorge.

[@annnfaith3592]

Hi there, planning to come visit yunnan on October, is it friendly now for tourists? Jade dragon snow mountains and shangarila must see, right?

[@cashliang4100]

@@annnfaith3592 No need to worry about the safety issue. And people are friendly for sure. Only one reminder to you that you should have the Green Healthy Code in China for traveling cz the Covid-19 prevention. Jade Dragon Snow mountain in Lijiang and Shangarila are both worth to visit. They all have airport so should be easy to get there.

[@alei1987]

stay safe pls， good night

[@Nicofilms]

Nice and safe here in Beijing this was filmed in May.

[@yuqiwang6111]

Wow I really really want to go to these places!Even as a Chinese I have never been to yunnan province

[@Nicofilms]

Oh you should go Yunnan is such a beautiful place!

[@yuqiwang6111]

Nico I believe I will when I go hack,hhh😄

[@Uncle-chen-29]

any hotel there ,or we need tent?

[@Nicofilms]

There are lots of guesthouses along the way so you don't need a tent. I am going to release a guide to the Tiger Leaping Gorge soon so hopefully, you will find it helpful!

[@hamzakhanjadoon6298]

And I'm guessing that in this trip you had that accident in which you went to sticks for quite some time .

[@Nicofilms]

haha nope! I did my accident whilst playing netball one evening.

[@sean-hg3dp]

Kunming is my hometown and I now live in your home country. World is smaller and smaller isn’t it? hope you had some good memories in Yunnan.

[@Nicofilms]

hahaha really? Where do you live in the UK? Yes we really loved Yunnan, hopefully we will get to go again!

[@sean-hg3dp]

Nico I live in Greenwich for 10 years.

[@belladonna1994]

Hi Nico, are you in China now? I heard many cities are under lock down due to virus outbreak. Take care and stay safe

[@Nicofilms]

Hi, yes I'm still in Beijing at the moment. It's not too bad here but we are quite far away from the outbreak. I just hope everything clears up soon.

[@belladonna1994]

@@Nicofilms Glad to hear you're doing well Nico, I visited Beijing & Tianjin last year and your Tianjin tips video really helped me a lot to know more about this amazing city

[@Nicofilms]

@@belladonna1994 Awesome! I'm so pleased that my videos were helpful to you! We can't wait for this virus to be over so we can make more!

[@dennislee3765]

It's my hometown

[@Nicofilms]

Amazing! I loved it so much!

[@tommydahui2657]

It must be a extremely scenic part of Yunnan.

[@Nicofilms]

All of Yunnan is scenic its a beautiful area of China.

[@yaozheng6925]

This video has the first censoring beeps I heard from your channel.

[@Nicofilms]

Hahaha I have a few in some others but I did see a snake so I feel like it was needed haha

[@yaozheng6925]

Nico forgot to mention that this video is so professionally edited, and by watching it I realized that I had virus information overdose or overfed.

[@squarepeg1023]

Thanks for the feedback, we have been editing a lot more films recently so stay tuned!

[@Nicofilms]

Thank you! Yes I know what you mean I feel like everything I hear about China is about the virus, hopefully this video will help to share some of the beauty this wonderful country has.

[@gangchen6057]

这么好的视频怎么观看次数那么少？

[@Nicofilms]

Aww thank you! I know it makes me sad I really love this film.

[@gangchen6057]

@@Nicofilms Don't be sad, many people will see your video in the future!

[@gangchen6057]

@@Nicofilms Have a chance to visit my hometown, Yunnan, Xishuangbanna

[@Nicofilms]

@@gangchen6057 Thank you! Fingers crossed! The ones we like the most seem to not get as many views haha

[@borjack4359]

美女好漂亮！@-@

[@Nicofilms]

Thank you!

[@frank-h-zou2136]

Dali is home

[@Nicofilms]

I had mixed feelings about it, I think we went at a bad time to Dali as they had knocked down all the buildings by the lake which was pretty sad.

[@Nicofilms]

@@user-sd2kh7fy2b Which is great in the long run and I hope it works. At the time we went it felt very counterproductive as there was building work everywhere which I can't imagine helped. I'm sure once all this had stopped it would be much better but we just went at a bad time.

[@namlunglai7644]

I didn't see any toilet there haha

[@user-ts2fy3kj1p]

美女咋不去lan zhou .qinghai

[@valerio883]

you go to Dali to eat Western food? ..... ....

[@Nicofilms]

hahaha not initially but it ended up having great western food!

[@joncowley7185]

Not eat dogs

[@haoruchen4216]

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