Attractions along Yunnan-Tibet Highway – Yunnan

Attractions along Yunnan-Tibet Highway – Yunnan Introduction

Yunnan Province is located in the border of south part of Chin. The provincial capital is Kunming City. Yunnan Province is also called Dian or Yun for short. Acted as one of the important birthplaces of human beings, sinanthropus Yuanmouensis once lived here 1700000 years ago. Ainanthropus Yuanmouensis is the earliest human being of China and even Asia that we have found. There are full of famous rivers and highland lakes such as the Erhai, Lugu Lake, the branches of Yangtze River, Lancang River and Nu River, etc.

Attractions along Yunnan-Tibet Highway – Yunnan Climate

The features of Yunnan Climate connect to the low latitude climate, monsoon climate, and mountain plateau climate.

The general temperature from middle period of August to September is comfortable and good for traveling. The average temperature in Kunming is about 19-28?, the average temperature in Dali is about 18-28 ? and the average temperature in Lijiang is about 16-28 ?. All the Kunming, Dali and Lijiang are characteristic of the plateau southwest monsoon climate. The daily temperature difference is extremely huge.

Attractions along Yunnan-Tibet Highway – Best Time to Travel to Yunnan

The best time to travel to Yunnan Province along Yunnan-Tibet Highway is from the October to next April. The rainy season usually appears from the May to October, which the rainfall is heavy in June, July and August.

Attractions along Yunnan-Tibet Highway – Yunnan Highlights

Yunnan Province is well known for not only the historic record of human beings, but also the attractive breathtaking sceneries here. There are many famous scenic spots in Yunnan Province, such as Lijiang, Dalli, Kunming and Xishuangbanna, etc.

Lijiang is located in the junction of the northwestern Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau and Qinghai-Tibet Plateau in Yunnan Province. It is about 544km away from Kunming City, perched at the bottom of the Himalayas. It is one of the National Scenic Areas and famed for its Ancient Town of Dayan, the Jade Dragon Snow Mountain, rich culture of different ethnic minorities and so on.

The average temperature is about 12.6?-19.8?. The average temperature of the hottest month is about 18.1? - 25.7 ?. The average temperature is about 4?-11.7?. The annual range of temperature is little but the daily temperature difference is huge.

Kunming is the provincial capital of Yunnan Province, where numerous ethnic minorities settled down. It is a city gifted pleasant climate that we call "Spring City". Both of the climate and the weather are so comfortable just like it in spring even though it is absolutely in winter.

Dali stands about 1900 meters high, located about 400 kilometers to the west of Kunming City. It is a historical and cultural city inhabited by Bai people, one of the ethnic minorities of China. Most of them live in the houses consisting of three rooms and a screen wall.

Attractions along Yunnan-Tibet Highway – Yunnan Transportation

It is all convenient to take the air, bus or have self-driving to and from Yunnan Province. There are 12 civil airports and the G108 National Highway, G213 National Highway, G214 National Highway, G320 National Highway, and G323 National Highway are all available throughout Yunnan Province. The national highways lead to Sichuan Province, Tibet Region, and the boundary city of China and Burma, etc.