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

from $6,350
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

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

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.

Available Dates

May 27, 2025 - June 5, 2025
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June 6, 2025 - June 15, 2025
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September 9, 2025 - September 18, 2025
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September 19, 2025 - April 28, 2025
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April 1, 2026 - April 10, 2025
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April 11, 2026 - April 20, 2026
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