Our local English-speaking guide and skilled driver will pick you up at your hotel at around 8:30am (or your convenient time) for a day tour of this spring city.

In the Green Lake Park , you can observe the locals life in a series of local leisure programs like Taichi player, dancing, traditional instrument playing, Mahjong. If you visit the park in November, it is fun to buy a tiny pack of bird treat to feed the red-beaked seagulls.

Then move to the Kunming's largest Buddhist complex as well as the pilgrim draw lot--Yuantong Temple. The red pavilion, clear pond, white bridges, rockeries add more vivid touch to this old serene temple.

See how the local ancestors amazingly cut out the Taoism statues and corridors and cave carvings along the steep cliffs in Xishan Dragon Gate (cable car is recommend to up and down). Seek out the unblocked perches and capture the view of Dianchi and Kunming city.

Drive about 8 km away from the city center for Golden Temple that is tucked away amid the pin forest on Mingfeng Mountain. The bronze Taoist temple was originally built as the summer palace of Wu Sangui, a turncoat rebel warlord in Qing dynasty. This temple houses a series of intricate carvings and divine statues will give a good browsing visit.

Conclude today's city tour by transferring back to Kunming. You then can choose whether to be transferred back to your hotel or get off in the city center to explore the surroundings by yourself.