5 Days of Jionghong - Mengzhe Township - Zhanglang Village - Xiding Township - Bada Township - Manhong - Nannuoshan- Jinghong

On the morning of your first day, take a coach at the Jinghong Passenger Depot and one single ticket will charge you CNY8. After about one hour's driving to the west, you will reach Menghai County. Upon arrival, change another bus to Mengzhe Township. Only after 20 minutes, you will get to the Jingzhen Octagonal Pavilion. The admission fee is CNY10. As a typical Buddhist building, the pavilion absorbs the architectural style of Southeast Asia and also has the characteristics of Chinese classical architecture. After visiting here, have your lunch at Mengzhe Township. Charter a car traveling south. Pass the Hani Village and you will reach the Zhanglang Village, where the Bulang ethnic minority people have led their life for thousands of years. Today this village still preserves the relatively complete historical site of Bualng tea culture. You can find the cultural legacy as living fossil from the villagers' daily life. So you have to enjoy a cup of tea at Zhanglang Village. Start to stroll in the village and the tea hill. Visit the Bulang Ecological Museum. Tonight, you might have a chance to enjoy the Bulang people's folk music after dinner.

On the second day, charter a car to Xiding Township. Observe the sea of clouds and idle a bit in the local multiracial market. Then take a car southwest to reach Bada Township. After lunch at Hesong Village, seek the wilding Tea Tree King, which is older than 1,700 years. Go on trekking along the Bada reservoir. Today you have a journey of 15 kilometers (9.3 miles) to overcome. Pitch camp at a fine spot on the reservoir.

You will travel on foot form about 18 kilometers (11.1 miles) on the third day. Tramp through the virgin forest of Dabang South Hani Village. Pass by the Damanlu Hani Village, and then have a simple lunch on and way. In the afternoon, get to Manhong and camp there.

On the fourth day, charter a car to Menghun Town. After visiting the local market, change to another car to Nannuo Mountain, which is considered as the first mountain of ancient tea in Yunnan Privince. Here you cannot miss the feast of Hani style. Start to climb up the tea hill from the Xiangyangzhai. Most of the trees on the hill are older than 300 years, growing on the slope of 30 degrees. Those Hani girls climb up the tea trees by a wooden Ladder. When they are tired, they may stop tea-plucking for while and sing a folk song. Trim tea trees, singing birds and Hani girls together constitute a harmonious ecological picture. Stay at a Hani village after a journey of 15 kilometers (9.3 miles).

Get up at 7:00 on the fifth day in order to see the sunrise and the sea of clouds. Head for the Duoyi Village to get a full view of the whole mountain village. Continue to pass by the Shitou and Guniang Village. Have you lunch at Banpo Village. You are advised to make a reservation in advance. In the afternoon, go downhill from another path by Bamboo Village. Transfer back to Jinghong and this is the end of your trekking tour.