White Water Terraces (Baishuitai) Tours and Activities

Yunnan, "South of the Clouds", is one of the most beautiful and interesting provinces in China. Its landscape diversity extends from the Tibetan Plateau and the Hengduan Mountains in the Himalayan foothills and with peaks of 6500 meters high, and goes down through narrow gorges, deep valleys, wide lakes, alpine forests, volcanic areas, karstic areas, tobacco crops and cotton, rice terraces, Pu Er red tea plantations, ... until they merge into the thickest tropical jungles in the southern region of Xixuangbanna and border with Myanmar, Laos and Vietnam. Large rivers such as the Yangtze, Salween, Red and Mekong flow through it, these being the cradle of great civilizations of diverse ethnic origin such as, among many others, the Bai, Yi, Hui, Hani, Naxi, Dai, Bulang, Mosu, Naxi, Drun, Akha, Miao, Lisu, Nu, Tibetans ... Yunnan, is undoubtedly an authentic "Mosaic of Landscapes and Cultures"

Yunnan is one of the richest, most varied and interesting provinces in China. It is home to the greatest geographic diversity in the country. Its spectacular scenery goes from, to the South, the jungles on the borders with Myanmar, Laos and Vietnam, to later give way to infinite hills of Puer tea plantations and stepped rice terraces; and to the north it ascends through the valleys traced by the Red, Mekong, Salween and Yangtze rivers to high mountains of perpetual snow, glaciers and peaks that exceed 6000m in the Himalayan foothills. Known as the region of the "Eternal Spring", this paradise was chosen by 25 ethnic groups, of the 56 existing in China, to establish their civilizations. A trip through this territory is a colorful mosaic of culture, languages, architecture, religions, gastronomy, picturesque costumes, music and innumerable local traditions.

White Water Terrace (Baishuitai) is located in Sanba Township 100 kilometers (62 miles) from the Shangri-La county seat. Measuring 140 meters (about 459 feet) in length and 160 meters (about 525 feet) in width, it is one of the biggest such terraces in China. The terrace is covered by a layer of white deposits of calcium carbonate crystallized in the spring water. In addition to the spectacular terrace itself, visitors can also learn about the ethnic Naxi minority and folklore in the nearby Baidi village. Tiger Leaping Gorge is the longest, deepest, and narrowest gorge in the world. Around 18 km(11.23 miles) in length, it is located at the upper reach of the Yangtze (Jinsha) river.

Inedito Journey to the Great Shangrila “Meilixue Shan, the beautiful Snow Mountain. Sacred Tibetan paradises in the Natural Reserve of the Three Parallel Rivers " The Austrian adventurer Joseph Rock (1884-1962) got lost in a remote part of the world from which he sent documentary articles to National Geographic that evoked places of exalted beauty, harmony, eternal people, mysteries ... and it was James Hilton , inspired by these stories from "Lost Horizons", who called him Shangrila. Shangrila is between high mountains and fertile valleys in the North of Yunnan, in what is known as the "Natural Reserve of the Three Parallel Rivers". An amazing winter expedition to the valleys of the Yangtze and Mekong rivers and under the Meilixueshan Sierras.