Tibet Horizon Motorcycle Ride: Discover Tibetan and Diverse Ethnic Cultures & Peaks, Yunnan, China

Facts
Start / End
Kunming / Kunming
Next Airport
Kunming Airport (KMG) / Kunming Airport (KMG)
Tour Duration
10 Days vacation, 8 Riding days
Distance
Full distance: 1,900-2,200 km, 1181-1367 miles
Daily distances: 180-350 km, 112-217 miles
Difficulty
Travel Time / Day
Sightseeing
Minimum Participants
8
Riding among an Eternally peaceful landscape among the snow-capped mountains
This is a journey where the roar of your motorbike merges with the whispers of ancient caravan routes, where snow-capped gods gaze down upon emerald valleys. Over 10 days, you’ll carve through Yunnan’s soul—a land where Han, Bai, Tibetan, and Naxi cultures collide like mountain rivers, and where every bend reveals a tableau of terraced tea fields, forgotten temples, and villages clinging to cliffs like swallows’ nests.
Our first stop will be the city of Eternal spring-Kunming, We will apply for our Chinese motorcycle driving licenses and have the opportunity to enjoy the moving beauty of the Kunming City. In Dali, explore the labyrinthine mysteries of Xizhou Ancient Town – a living museum of Ming Dynasty courtyards, where the historical imprints of Chinese culture are subtly unveiled. Ascend into the cloud-veiled realm of Jianchuan and Shigu, where the Yangtze River’s first defiant turn carves poetry into stone. Here, the ghosts of tea-horse traders linger in cobblestone alleys, their stories etched into wooden gateways adorned with fading guardian deities.
The mountains grow wilder as you climb toward Tacheng and Meili Snow Mountain—Tibetan prayer flags snapping in the thin air, glaciers glowing like dragon scales at dawn. Step into Shangri-La, where butter lamps glow beneath the "Little Potala" – Songzanlin Monastery (Ganden Sumtseling Monastery), revered as the world's second-largest Tibetan Buddhist monastery. Then follow Naxi drumbeats to Lijiang's moonlit ancient town, a labyrinth of canals and rosewood courtyards where time dissolves into the murmur of jade-green streams.
Your wheels will carry you through Yuanmou’s rust-red earth, where primal landscapes echo humanity’s first footsteps, and back to Kunming’s embrace—a loop through a land that defies modernity, where every village, every peak, every cup of Pu’er tea whispers: This is where eternity rides.
Tour Itinerary
Day 1: Arrival in Kunming
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Day 2: Kunming
Riding Distance: 0 km
Day 3: Kunming-Da’Li
Riding Distance: 330 km
Day 4: Da’Li-Jianchuan_shigu-Weixi
Riding Distance: 340 km
Day 5: Weixi-Meili
Riding Distance: 290 km
Day 6: Meili- Shangri-La
Riding Distance: 180 km
Day 7: Shangri-La---Lijiang
Riding Distance: 190 km
Day 8: Lijiang- Chenghai -Dayao
Riding Distance: 350 km
Day 9: Dayao - Kunming
Riding Distance: 288 km
Day 10: Departure from Kunming
Riding Distance: 0 km

Included Services
- Airport transfer on arrival and departure day
- 9 overnight stays including breakfast
- Meals: lunches and dinners.
- Rental bike (incl. free milage, gas, parking fee, tolls)
- 1 X Certified BMW Motorrad tour guide on motorcycle (English and Chinese Speaking) per 7 riders
- Driver and luggage transport in support vehicle on tour
- Entrance fees
- Coffee breaks, snacks and water on route
- RMB 1,000,000 life insurance per participant
- Bike damage insurance (cover beyond RMB 20,000)
- Car and English speaking driver for passage
Additional Costs
- Flights;
- Alcoholic drinks during the meals;
- Personal expenses;
- Tips;
- Bike damage less than RMB 20,000;
- Single room supplement;
- Any items not mentioned above.