In article , sharkbait999@verizon.net says...
> My wife and I are looking for a reliable and ethical travel agency for an
> 8-10 day tour around Yunnan. As my wife speaks fluent Chinese, we could
> probably due well on our own, booking flights and making local travel
> arrangements for tours/sights, etc. We have done this and it is tiring when
> you must stick to a schedule. So my question is the following:
>
> Can anyone recommend travel agents, either in Yunnan province or otherwise,
> that can provide a tour to the destinations above or will I really be better
> off making my own bookings? We have been to the Stone Forrest before, so
> our Kunming part of the tour would leave us to enjoy the city. losing
> whatever value the tour agency places on taking you there along with all the
> tea farm visits and local cure-all medicine institutes.
>
> I see at least two airline reservations (KMG-DLU) and (LJG-KMG) and hotels
> every evening. Except for incidentals there would also be the entry fees,
> tours and local transport. Should we do this on our own or is this trip
> best left to an agent? Thanks.
If you take a tour you will be stuck with a fixed schedule, but you can
easily organise the trip by yourself. Easy to find hotels without an
advance booking (but perhaps don't travel during the golden week at the
beginning of October when the entire China takes a week off).
You could fly from Kunming to Dali and then rent a car+driver in Dali.
That's because public transportion from Dali onwards is not too good and
having your own car will allow you to stop wherever you want. See my
China travelogue for details of my trip to Yunnan:
http://www.molon.de/travelogues/China/2004/
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Alfred Molon
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