Itinerary

1. Day 1: Menghai - Sugarcane lantations

   • Start at 8:30 am by car and travel about 40 minutes to Menghai where we will visit the morning market for its ethnic groups such as Dai, Bulang, Aini, Lahu, etc.

   • Then drive to Mengzhe where we will have lunch. 

   • On the way, we visit the Octagonal Pavilion. 

   • Then we start trekking. We look around a Dai village for half an hour. 

   • The journey will be an easy walk. First, visit one Aini village through the jungle for dinner and a 1-night stay. 

   • On the way, see many tea and sugarcane plantations. Today, there will be about 4 and a half hours of trekking.

2. Day 2: Jungles and Aini Villages

   • After breakfast, we start trekking through luxuriant jungles and 3 Aini villages. 

   • Today’s journey is through the jungle. After the first 10 minutes, we ascend the top of a mountain at 1700 meters. This involves one and a half hours of trekking.  

   • Here, we will have lunch. 

   • Keep walking through the lush green jungles to today’s destination - another Aini village for dinner and a 1-night stay. 

   • There will be a lot of tea and sugarcane plantations on the way. Today, there will be about 5 hours of trekking.

3. Day 3: A Trip to Bulang village

   • After breakfast, we trek through the luxuriant jungles and tropical rainforest areas.

   • Then, descend through the lush jungles visiting 1 primitive Bulang village, tea and sugarcane plantations. It takes about 2 and a half hours to our car. 

   • We will have lunch at a local restaurant in Menghun, then return by car to Jinghong. Today, there will be about 3 hours of trekking.