Wild Mushroom Tour In Yunnan

Forage, eat, and learn about the 200+ fantastic kinds of edible mushrooms during the mushroom season in Yun Nan, China with local mushroom experts, Chinese medicine food therapist, and Tibetan medicine healers. If you are a mushroom lover, this will be a trip of a life time.

Tour Highlights

  • Full pre-travel support from VISA, to what to bring, to important logistics.

  • Visit Kunming and Shangri-La in one tour, geting to see different cultures of Yun Nan.

  • Taste a least 20 kinds of wild (in-season), farmed, and medicinal mushrooms.

  • 5-star hotels inspired by local architecture in the heart of Kunming and Shangri-La for the best hospitality.

  • No rushed itinerary or forced shopping, only curated quality experiences for you to learn all about mushrooms!

  • Daily learning and Q&A session with TCM food therapist and your tour guide Zoey Gong and other local experts.

7-Day Itinerary

Itinerary is subject to change due to weather and other circumstances.

Double room: $4000 USD per person

Single room: $4500 USD per person

Day 1

  • Arrival in Kun Ming the early afternoon

  • Airport pickup to 5-star accommodation

  • Welcome Dinner - Yun Nan cuisine fine dining

  • Wellness goodie bag for the trip

Day 2

  • Mushroom foraging at the outskirts of kunming.

  • Mushroom Hotpot Lunch 

  • TCM meridian massage

  • Citywalk: Kun Ming ancient town.

  • Fine dining featuring local ingredients and (poisonous) mushrooms 

  • Feel free to explore the robust night life scene in Kunming

Day 3

  • Coffee at boutique Yunan coffee shop

  • Farmer’s market tour with local food expert to learn about the specialty produce in Yun Nan and the wild, foraged mushrooms!

  • Lunch: Enjoy traditional Yunnan rice noodle and a variety of street foods

  • Leave for Shangri-La by high-speed train.

  • Welcome dinner in Shangri-La featuring fresh matsutake and yak meat.

  • Stay at 5-star hotel next to Napa Lake.

  • Post-dinner ear seeding session

Day 4

  • Qi Gong on the grassland, surrouded by highalnd animals.

  • Photoshoot in traditional Tibetan outfits.

  • Picnic among the grassland.

  • Visit the highest botanical garden in the world: Shangrila Botanical GardenLearn about unique highland plants and look for mushrooms! 

  • Tour Dukzong Ancient Town

  • Traditional tibetan dinner

Day 6

  • Visit matsutake trading market

  • Traditional yun nan cuisine featuring matsutake

  • Pu’er tea tasting 

  • Make afternoon tea and snacks with yak butter at local Tibetan’s house! See what real local life is like. 

  • Stay at a luxury Tibetan style condo.

  • Farewell dinner and group session before departure tomorrow.

Day 5

  • Mushroom forage day in the mountain . Hiking, foraging, and we will cook the mushrooms and enjoy as dinner! 

  • Taste wine produced in shangrila at a wine bar  

Day 7

  • White Tower Prayer Ceremony

  • visit a nearby Tibetan temple and make a prayer for your wishes to come true!

  • Send off to airport

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