Yunnan: The Hidden Paradise of China - Kunming, Dali, Lijiang, Shangri-La | The Travel Intern

There's so much to eat, see and do in Yunnan! Check out our Yunnan Nature Bucket List here: bit.ly/2Cu1YWt
In the southwestern region of China lies Yunnan province. Dubbed as China's hidden paradise, follow our adventures through the lesser-known cities of Kunming, Dali, Lijiang and Shangri-la!
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KUNMING CITY
00:51 - Yunnan Nationalities Village
Yunnan province is home to 26 different minority ethnic groups and you can experience all of them right here! (FUN FACT: China has a total of 56 ethnic groups! Talk about diversity!)
01:04 - Dragon Gate, Western Hills
Skillfully carved on a large natural rock, it is said that once you enter the dragon gate, you will become famous and successful. Who can say no to good luck?!
01:20 - Green Lake Park
Here at one of the most beautiful parks in Kunming city, you can catch locals engaging in recreational activities. It’s the perfect place to absorb the Kunming culture!
01:31 - Shilin Stone Forest
Epic or what? This 400 sq km-wide area of towering limestones (all natural!) was considered the “First Wonder of the World” to the Chinese. Marvel at the different karst formation around this stone forest!
01:41 - Jiuxiang Scenic Region
Explore the cluster of karst caves in this region, the largest of such complex in China! Here you’ll get to explore a bat cave, lying dragon cave, grand lion hall and fairy field, among others.
DALI
01:50 - Three Pagodas
Three impressive 1,800-year-old pagodas that are still standing to this day and are a symbol of the history of Dali City.
02:04 - Dali Ancient City
A thousand-year-old city with so much history and culture where the past and present coexist.
LIJIANG
02:23 - Old Town of Lijiang
A town with a history going back more than 1,000 years, it remains largely untouched and is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
02:48 - Jade Dragon Snow Mountain
Scale this 5,596-metre giant! (SIKE! You can actually take a cable car up 4506 metres!)
02:51 - Blue Moon Valley
As its name suggests, it's an extremely blue river meandering through a lush valley of Jade Dragon Snow Mountain! Definitely a must-visit!
02:58 - Jade Dragon Snow Mountain (4506-metre peak)
Get a bird's eye view of Lijiang from on top the most southerly snowcapped mountain in the Northern Hemisphere!
03:07 - Impression Lijiang
Catch this magnificent outdoor singing and dancing performance demonstrating the tradition and lifestyle of the local ethnic people! You even get a picturesque view of the Jade Dragon Snow Mountain as the background!
03:12 - Black Dragon Pool
A great place to see the Jade Dragon Snow Mountain but an even better place to take sick IG pictures!
03:23 - Tiger Leaping Gorge
If you're all about that hiking/fitspo life then we recommend going on this 2-day-1-night hike up the Tiger Leaping Gorge! The views are out of this world! That, we guarantee!
SHANGRI-LA
04:16 - Songzanlin Lamasery
Visit the largest Tibetan Buddhist temple complex in Yunnan Province!
04:26 - Dukezong Ancient City
It is the largest and best-preserved Tibetan city among China's Tibetan counties!
04:40 - Balagezong Scenic Area
Soak in the sights and sound of this beautiful area and discover its unique beauty with rich Tibetan culture!
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[@granthughes8179]

Another place to check out in Yunnan is Xishuangbanna. It's very tropical and the people there are similar are related to Thai people. It has an amazing night market and beautiful botanical gardens.

[@thetravelintern]

🤯 Xishuangbanna looks amazing! Gonna add it to our travel bucket list

[@detrickguillory7537]

Hi Grant. My fiancé & I are planning to visit Xishuangbanna in April 2022. Any recommendations to do & not do will be greatly appreciated.

[@Lfg117]

Best description of Yunnan I've seen, to-date - and I lived in Kmg. Thank you: awesome.

[@detrickguillory7537]

Hi ladies & thank you for sharing your great adventures with the world. I absolutely love beautiful China & your 3 sayings to help lead people to true happiness. I am planning my trip through Yunnan for April 2022 to experience many of the same sites & culture. Beautiful China never stops impressing me regardless of city or countryside. Wishing y’all joy, health & continuous blessings.

[@alexam1848]

Going there after pandemic. Beautiful!

[@Lfg117]

Start your China visit by flying straight to Kunming, then go to Lijiang, minimum. Food in Kunming is bad azz. If time permits, see Dali, Zhongdian, the Yuan rice terraces and Xishuangbana. If u have time left over, than go to highly overrated Beijing or Shanghai 😂.

[@stephaniejiayu2077]

@@Lfg117bad food or nice food in yunnan?

[@gunsroses1293]

Yunnan is the most beautiful place in the world.

[@GISELLEJ]

Visited Yunnan in January and I have to say that I am not disappointed! Managed to find out all the hidden spots and best photo places in Yunnan as well! Thanks for sharing!

[@Riskawu]

I travel to Yunnan on Dec-Jan 2020. Same places with you guys. It's true. Hidden paradise in China. 🥰

[@terrydigenti8756]

Hello from Rochester New York!! I really enjoyed your video. Your team is great!! Much peace to you all!

[@thetravelintern]

Thanks Terry! Peace to you too :)

[@thebudgetfilmmaker943]

Wow! So much glamour, so much culture all in one!

[@thetravelintern]

It's gorgeous!

[@bigboi4161]

It’s corona virus

[@mmmassey1]

I wish in my lifetime I will be able to see these places. They are like hidden gems

[@TheAdventurerVideos]

They are beautiful, are you ok?

[@ZhuoAo]

Loved it!

[@laboyphtravel5522]

I still want to travel at yunnan after pandemic

[@jianguoer]

Welcome to Yunnan- from a Yunnan people haha

[@vajraloka1]

Good luck. Health codes, constant checks, your lucky if your chinese and speak chinese.

[@aynurmemet5576]

Yunnan looks so amazing! 🥰🥰🥰

[@thetravelintern]

It’s one of the best places!!

[@parktech8564]

Too good.. you girls make a good gang !! Beautiful !!

[@ksleejerry]

Thanks for sharing! I like the natural narration!😃

[@thetravelintern]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@hmw4815]

big love Yunnan

[@thetravelintern]

We love it too

[@hmw4815]

@@thetravelintern Welcome back

[@russianteahistory]

Beautiful mountain province. Lots of untouched places. There are many places where there are no tourists and a lot of local ethnicity.

[@thetravelintern]

Yes! Yunnan is such a hidden gem!

[@jasC1933]

Good travel introduction. Its beneficial for people who intend to make a trip to thispart of China. As for me its one of the person intend to visit. Thanks for the info.

[@thetravelintern]

Thanks for watching!

[@isacdaimary9908]

Just wow❤

[@gracenotemusicstudio878]

Been here before pandemic in 2019. Such a beautiful place in China. Will repeat next time

[@thetravelintern]

Hope we could all visit again soon :D

[@networkneighborhood_]

Welcome to my hometown Yunnan

[@MackenzieStith]

absolute beauty i wanna go

[@user-dm1vj1fd7s]

me too

[@MrJeffYKoh]

Well done, young travellers. Greetings for sunny Spain. If you guys are in southern Spain...I will show you around. Eat some laksa for me!!!

[@thetravelintern]

Ayy we'll definitely take you up on that! 👌

[@xggong8261]

sevilla?

[@MrJeffYKoh]

@@xggong8261 yes

[@jeslyny9692]

When did you go Yunnan ? Have been planning since last year but because of covid it was delay

[@mrkitm3ng]

Your videos are amazing

[@thetravelintern]

Thanks Kit! Glad you enjoy them :)

[@caiomachado2787]

Really nice video! during what month was this ?

[@andro7862]

Yunnan looks top tier.

[@happyvlogs88857]

i have seen all of these places,yunnan is a dreamfull place to live

[@damienraes9665]

hello ! great vid, how many days to visit Yunnan / Sichuan ? Thx ;-))

[@jianguoer]

At least 2 days at Dali, and 3 days at Lijiang.

[@jackzhang5705]

Amazing China

[@thetravelintern]

A hidden beauty for sure!

[@travellingworld6401]

Our hometown ❤️

[@thetravelintern]

Very beautiful place!

[@travellingworld6401]

@@thetravelintern yah

[@torgore5853]

Hey, nice video ! I would like to know how many days did you spend to each city. What would you recommend ?

[@Meriya9749]

I am here after watching the series "Meet Yourself"

[@user-fm3en3gz7z]

You should know that the town of Shangari-La is not the 'real' Shangari-La. The name was changed from Zhong Dien for tourist reasons. The 'real' Shangari-La, although mythical, is said to Meli-Xue Shan far further west on the border of Myanmar, Assam, Tibet.

[@jieliang7781]

Yunnan Province is the best province

[@arifhusain3165]

I have been living in DALI for 3 years

[@laishrambungo5100]

My dream place so much similarly of our meitei ❤

[@Ramhisatya611]

Where in Manipur you can find snowcapped mountains??

[@eshet_elohim]

Because your ancestors are from there

[@AK-jy6fw]

If you open our eyes, If you open your minds, If you open your hearts, You will GoVegan 🌱

[@prabhatrajkhowa4150]

From Yunnan, we Tai ahom people came North East Assam our first king Chou lung siu ka fa,,,, astablish his capital in 1228 , call mung dun sun kham ।we are brothers,,, in this time our Tai population are 1.5million in Assam

[@eivindfauchald3095]

Good scenic and informational video, but the music is exhausting

[@muhammadballa2205]

My dream is to visite this wonderful 0lace

[@thetravelintern]

It'll definitely come true!

[@socknyetan4094]

what were the transports you used to travel to each destination in yunnan?

[@zdrawns]

❤❤

[@siddharthabrh]

Anyone from Assam

[@nightcoreeeeeeee]

Yes

[@protyukh3693]

😁

[@dipshikha1803]

Yes... Me🙏

[@djkarma6904]

amazing video, Yunnan looks magical indeed. I am set to move to China and wanted to go to Shenzhen or Guangzhou but this place might make me reconsider. Is there an active night life in Yunnan?

[@FuruiYang-cn7gp]

You will never be disappointed with the nightlife and the best street food in Yunnan.

[@mynameisbenL]

I was suppose to go there this summer but covid stopped us. I'm so mad

[@joyofplumeria5961]

Planning a family trip to Yunnan in November and found your video. Thanks for sharing. How many days is needed to visit these places pls? Is public transport easy or would it be better to get a local guide? Btw, I'm Marie from Kuala Lumpur

[@thetravelintern]

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[@poppyaddict]

Do you recommend DIY tour or book tour from agent?

[@thetravelintern]

We recommend DIY but you can also book local agents to be safe! You can check out our itinerary here: thetravelintern.com/china-yunnan-itinerary-kunming-dali-lijiang-shangrila/

[@kiangee]

Great video. How do you travel between those places - by train or buses? Do they accept cash for street food? Also is accommodation easy to come by in Dali, LIjiang & Shangri-La, else is day trip sufficient? What accommodation would you recommend in Kun Ming and those touristy venues - Lijiang etc?

[@Orholam5]

that looked so exciting. How long would you say it all took?

[@thetravelintern]

It depends on how quickly you like to travel, but we took 2 weeks to cover everything (and a little more!) you can check out the itinerary here! thetravelintern.com/china-itinerary-beijing-shanghai-hangzhou-suzhou/

[@kristinaweija1147]

Green lake.. Jdi ingat drama lichuan n xiaoqiu

[@tenaga8899]

It is said and believe s by some historian that some of the tribals presently lives in Northeast India came from Yunnan

[@thetravelintern]

What! That's pretty dang cool. Wondered how life was back then!

[@tenaga8899]

@@thetravelintern yeah I want to do research in future

[@thetravelintern]

@@tenaga8899 Sounds so interesting! Wishing you all the best :)

[@Fromhills381]

According to the oral traditions ,many Naga tribe came from Yunnan.😬😬

[@protyukh3693]

@@thetravelintern yes,😁 we are . Like TAI AHOM,TAI KHAMYANG, AITON, PHAKE ETC..

[@rosyaugust7095]

We would like to go there. Do you have local driver recommendations? Thanks

[@hunterwys]

Which month you guy went to kunming?

[@TheASSIJA]

How many days you need for this tour?

[@vajraloka1]

Live in sichuan , neednto figure out if my "health code "on phone will work. Places are turning away (foreigners ) "loawhai" downright hostile often.even though I been here almost 3 years ,they think I am just a tourist.

[@enivre1717]

How do you travel to blue lake dragon snow mountain?

[@thetravelintern]

Check out our Yunan Nature Bucketlist for more information! bit.ly/2Cu1YWt

[@chungkuoloongsaigono3750]

Yunnan is developing and changing rapidly, Kunming is developing and changing rapidly, so do Qujing, Zhaotong, Yuxi, Puer, Dali, Chuxiong, Baoshan, Diqing and Honghe……

[@user-lf2jz1nn3q]

Which month is the best to visit Yunnan in order not to be trapped by rainy season?

[@jameshacker8808]

Summer is a rainy season, like July and August. But unlike Guangdong, rain in Yunnan usually won’t last long in a day, it usually stop in half an hour.

[@kimhandoko9895]

How many days we need to visit all that place? 🙏

[@tartarus87]

WHAT IS THAT SONG IN 4:07

[@tartarus87]

nvm found it, it's Mom's Old Hatchback (In Too Deep) by Lvly, Emmi

[@Vic-sz4wx]

Pictures are changing too fast, making it impossible to watch comfortably

[@annyfavre2303]

Orly places which are in all guides. I would like to ses unknown places To discover. It would be à lot more interessing

[@ericpham8205]

This is where young american navy got trapped for years recently founded

[@ratulgogoi9380]

So this is the our king's birth place

[@manashborgohain8564]

Our ahom belongs from here

[@nightcoreeeeeeee]

That's why I'm here

[@Darkung_Nunghim_Moyon]

90% of NorthEast India people r from Yunnan Province. Btw I belong to Moyon tribe from Manipur

[@sherinpksherinpk8007]

I am big fan of diancy zi

[@sombat_]

Zhou Tia Kee

[@neverletthisgo9213]

i would love to travel here, though i am scared of getting weird looks by the locals because i am not asian or no one speaking english. can someone share their experience?

[@Balkan_game]

Far Cry 4 brought me here !!! 💪🔥💪🔥💪🔥

[@thetravelintern]

Thank you for watching!

[@muawannabe4104]

Too bad puzhehei wasn't listed~

[@hendrasalim9657]

inilah surga tempat asal muasal suku2 Indonesia.

[@sheramivictoria6855]

Gordon ramsay camera man here

[@jhaeyvidmaningding9298]

So cool but the coronavirus ahhh

[@ptanitakumayasjaya1032]

Do u guys saw mothra

[@thetravelintern]

hahahaha i wish we saw mothra!

[@yiwaizhilv]

do very good i learn to you

[@kanigahsalam1703]

😑🚣‍♂️

[@user-bi2ek7uy4t]

rap?

[@vajraloka1]

I cant see anything when eaxh camera shot is 1 second and meant for sensationalism, rather than actually looking

[@chillfluencer]

Sadly just an ad with hysteric cuts.

[@backintimealwyn5736]

this video gave me epilepsy.

[@yiwaizhilv]

hi i am zack i am do same thinks

[@jarrodyuki7081]

qingahi tibet xinjiang!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! stillwater grootoos and dunhuang arabci adn sasnkrti are fro the poor.

[@dhwang101]

Why do much editing?

[@yiwaizhilv]

can you speak Chinese？

[@drunkenp0t]

Thai ancestors 😂🤣

[@user-jj6mx3tc1g]

Thai ancestors lived in tribes in southern Yunnan and northern Myanmar, where Han people established cities.🥹

[@drunkenp0t]

@@user-jj6mx3tc1g glad to know because they are trying to steal my culture Khmer

[@dhwang101]

Who is closed mind? Who is closed heart? Who tried to destroy culture in the cultural revolution?

[@user-rx7ph2xg7y]

就是你啊

[@velo6836]

每个人都会犯错，中国也会，但作为一个教训，中国不会再这样做了。但是西方国家一直是邪恶的，散播谣言到全世界，试图分裂中国，像他们曾经分裂苏联一样

[@dorjeedamdul5589]

yunnan is not a part of china

[@rodrigoh1025]

The people of Yunnan have called themselves Chinese for centuries, but because someone random said that, everyone will be in shock😂😂😂😂🫵

[@dorjeedamdul5589]

@@rodrigoh1025 qinghai schiaun ganzu yunnan is aslo tibet

[@rodrigoh1025]

@@dorjeedamdul5589 The local Buqing Tibetan tribal chief of Qinghai was fighting on the Qinghai side against the Tibetan invaders of Tibet in 1932, Tibetans from Qinghai and Gansu fought against Dalai Lama, The Tibetan Empire controlled this region in 862 but it was not all of Yunnan and Sichuan, there were other peoples who rebelled against Tibet.

[@alexbaum2204]

Yeahhhhhh. Just let me put this on mute so I don’t have to hear your horrible Singlish. Yep. Much better.