Jim's Tibetan Hotel is a small boutique hotel built in colourful traditional Bai and Tibetan style. We have 14 rooms with private bathrooms and a choice of singles, doubles, triples and 4 bed rooms (very suitable for families travelling with children). All beds are all soft and comfortable. Rooms have telephones for (inter)national IP calls, tv, wireless internet and a watercooker. Downstairs is the restaurant, bar and a relaxing green garden. The rooftopterrace and rooftop bar have wonderful views on Erhai lake and the Dali mountains, in the evening you can enjoy the stars and see the lit up city walls. Just outside the rooms on the wide balconies are bamboo tables and chairs for comfortable private seating. The rooms are furnished with wooden furniture, designed in traditional local style and made by hand. All rooms have wooden floors and private bathrooms with western toilets, a shower and/or bathtub (ground floor only) and heating lamps. In winter we provide electric blankets for the beds and upon request a heater.

HOTEL RESERVATIONS: jimstibetanhotel@gmail.com

FOR REVIEWS OF JIM'S TIBETAN HOTEL, pls click here

Prices for 2012

single/ double room with a dbl bed or twin beds: 300 yuan incl. breakfast

3 bed room: 400 yuan incl. BF

4 bed room: 500 yuan incl. BF

For your information: each 3 and 4 bed room consists of 2 rooms connected with an inside door. Each room has either 2 twin beds or 1 double bed inside.

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Breakfast (western): homemade white/wholewheat bread with jam or honey, any style eggs, yoghurt, muesli, fruit juice, coffee or tea

Facilities:

Restaurant & bar: Tibetan, Chinese and Western food & drinks

bike rental, incl bikes with children's backseats

NEW: Tai Chi lessons (50 yuan/ per hour)

laundry service

car service for trips close by or further away (see the Dali daytrips below the photos of the hotel)

transfer from and to airport

expres public bus tickets to Kunming and Lijiang

travelagency: tibet trips, trekkings, cultural/ minority trips

childfriendly surroundings: swing, sandpit, toys

free baby bed for children until 2 years

comfortable and SOFT beds

free wireless internet

wide balcony with private seating in front of the rooms

lovely garden with flowers and trees

rooftop terrace with rooftop cafe/bar/ restaurant

(inter)national IP telephone in rooms and reception

tv with English channel

heating lamps in bathroom

electric blankets

electric heater

luggage storage

safety box in reception

credit card facility (4% service charge for international cards, 2% for Chinese cards)

HOW TO GET TO OUR HOTEL

IN GENERAL: drivers don't speak English and only read Chinese characters so copy the namecard on this website and show it to the driver.

Dali airport : there are no airport busses so you have to take a taxi and show the driver the address in Chinese (copy the namecard). Be careful with non-booked taxidrivers: they don't always take you where you want to go as they get commission in other hotels. The airport is about 40 min drive. We can arrange a safe pick-up for you. Costs are incl. luggage for 1-2 people 150 yuan, 3-4 people 250 yuan, 5-6 people 300 yuan.

Travelagency China Minority Travel: we can arrange shorter (e.g. daytrips around Dali) and/or longer tailormade trips through Yunnan, Tibet, Guanxi, Sichuan and other areas in China. For guided trips pls send a mail to chinaminoritytravel@gmail.com

for more info pls check:

tibet trips

trekkings

cultural/ minority trips

All (day)trips need to be arranged in advance. See below for non-touristy daytrips around Dali.

INFORMATION/ BOOKINGS (DAY)TRIPS: chinaminoritytravel@gmail.com

HOTEL RESERVATIONS: jimstibetanhotel@gmail.com

HOTELRESERVATIONS:jimstibetanhotel@gmail.com

in China: tel 0872-2677824 or 0872-2440014

from abroad: tel 0086-872-2677824 or 0086-872-2440014

in China: fax 0872-2677823

from abroad: fax 0086-872-2677823

IN GENERAL: drivers don't speak English and read Chinese characters only so copy the address/ tel info in Chinese on this website and show it to the driver.

By private car from Kunming: we can pick you up at/ send you to Kunming airport, Kunming railwaystation or your hotel in Kunming. The ride takes about 5 hours and is quite scenic as it goes through the mountains.

Price: 1-3 people 1500 yuan, 4-6 people 1800 yuan

incl: driver, express highway fees

excl: guide, lunch

By public bus from Kunming: you arrive at the busstation in Xiaguan (new Dali): take a taxi and show the driver the address in Chinese (copy the namecard). It's about 20 minutes from new Dali (Xiaguan) to Dali old town.

By public bus from Lijiang: when you see the three pagodas on your right hand side it's time to get off along the highway at Dali old town. Take a taxi and show the driver the address in Chinese (copy the name card).

By train from Kunming: from the railway station in new Dali/ Xiaguan, about 20 minutes. Take a taxi and show the driver the address in Chinese (copy the namecard). Private car pick up 1-3 people incl luggage costs 140 yuan.

Upon arrival in Dali, walk or take taxi : copy the namecard and show it to the driver. With your back to the small South gate on the Bo Ai Lu follow the English signs: follow the Yu Lu Lu and then take the first street on your right hand side called Yu Xiu Lu. The hotel is in the bend up the street.

FOR REVIEWS OF THE DAYTRIPS, pls click here

Book this trip: chinaminoritytravel@gmail.com

This daytrip shows you daily countryside life in the villages around Dali  from a non-touristy side

The trip will be guided by Henriette Buist or Jim (Jim's Tibetan Hotel en Jim's Guesthouse). These experienced guides will take you to places you would otherwise not see. Through their wealth of knowledge and local contacts you will have a most interesting and enjoyable trip!

Price: 2200 yuan total for 1-4 people, 5-6 people 2700 yuan total

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Incl.: all transport incl local boat, lunch, guide

SPECIAL: through booking this trip you directly support the village clinic and temple

This full daytrip first takes you to Xizhou, also known as 'small old Dali' because it looks like Dali many years before. Mainly inhabited by Bai people, Xizhou has an old part with houses more than a hundred years old. They are built in traditional style with Dali marble and black and white paintings on the walls and above the wooden doors. After visiting the Xizhou morning market we will have a look in one of the oldest houses with a beautiful courtyard.

After this we take local transport, a horse cart, to get us back to the car. We drive to the boat pier, have lunch on a local boat and cross Erhai lake. After an hour's boatride we land at the other side. We will drive along the ricepaddies to a Bai farmer's village. We will visit a a local Bai farmers family and a local Bai Buddhist temple. After all these impressions of village life we drive back by car along the lake through picturesque Bai villages.

FOR REVIEWS OF THE DAYTRIPS, pls click here

Book this trip: chinaminoritytravel@gmail.com

These bigger and smaller markets only run on certain days and are not touristy

In case there is no market we will take you to another nice, non-touristy village with old houses.

The trip will be guided by Henriette Buist or Jim (Jim's Tibetan Hotel en Jim's Guesthouse). These experienced guides will take you to places you would otherwise not see. Through their wealth of knowledge and local contacts you will have a most interesting and enjoyable trip!

Price: 1800 yuan total for 1-4 people, 5-6 people 2200 yuan total

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special rates for larger groups

Including: all private transport, guide, lunch, temple fees

This full daytrip goes to the minority markets of the Yi-people. They are one of the biggest minority groups in Yunnan but one of the least known because they usually live in the mountains. They only come down for special occasions like markets or festivals.

SPECIAL: through booking this trip you directly support the Yi village

Every month on certain days bigger and smaller markets take place. They sell everything from pigs, cows and waterbuffaloes to vegetables, medicine, farming tools, tobacco etc. Besides the Yi people you will meet the local people doing their shoppings and farmers walking their animals to the market. The Yi-women wear traditional clothes with beautiful, colourful embroidery. The young unmarried girls wear self-made flower headdresses.

During this trip we will also visit a small Yi village which lies off the road, walking past beautiful riceterraces. Here we go to a small countryside school. In the village are usually some women around who look after the children. A special custom in the village is the steaming of eucalyptus treeleaves in a big ton to make oil.

After a visit to the market we share a tasty lunch in a small muslim village. We conclude our daytrip with a local Buddhist temple, hidden in the ricefields. It's a peaceful place and inside the main temple are numerous statues who look surreal, one has very long legs, one an arm that reaches into the sky and another has eyebrows till the ground. After this colourful visit we're heading back to Dali.

Jim’s Tibetan hotel has invested in good quality cars and safe drivers. We have 3 good cars available.

You can rent a car for long distance/ multiple day trips around Yunnan. We take care of the driver, his accomodation and food. Not included in the price: entrance fees, guests accommodation

pls note that our drivers are safe, friendly and experienced drivers but don't speak English.

For routes with car only: pls contact jimstibetanhotel@gmail.com

For tailored trips including guide, accomodation, trekking, special interests pls contact chinaminoritytravel@gmail.com

We can arrange a car only with driver (no guide) around Erhai lake. Bai villages on the road are Xizhou (daily morning market), Zhoucheng (tie/dye fabric making), Shaping (Monday market), Shuanglang, Wase (market every 5 days).

Price 1-4 people: 550 yuan, 5-6 people 680 yuan (9-17 p.m., excl lunch)

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A nice morning trip by car is to go to Xizhou for the daily morning market. This small town also has several old houses built in traditional Bai architecture. Zhoucheng is another nice Bai village where they make the bluewhite tie-dye fabrics. On Mondays you can add a visit to Shaping to see the Monday market. Although this market is often visited by foreigners it has kept its charm. Only a small part is set up for tourists but the main reason for the local people to come down is buying and selling vegetables and livestock like they have been doing ever since they can remember...

Prices:

1. car to Xizhou: 1-4 people 200 yuan, 5-6 people 280 yuan (9-12 a.m.)

2. car to Xizhou & Zhoucheng: 1-4 people 250 yuan, 5-6 people 300 yuan (9-13 p.m.)

3. car to Shaping (with or without stop in Xizhou): 1-4 people 280 yuan, 5-6 people 320 yuan (9-13 p.m.)

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During this trip you will visit a small Yi village which lies off the road, walking past beautiful riceterraces. Here you can visit a small countryside school. In the village are usually some women around who work at home, in the fields and look after the children. A special custom in the village is the steaming of eucalyptus treeleaves in a big ton to make oil.

After that you can have lunch in a muslim village and go to a peaceful Buddhist temple hidden away from the main road. On certain days you can add a visit to one of the local markets in the area. They sell everything from pigs, cows and waterbuffaloes to vegetables, medicine, farming tools and tobacco. Besides the Yi people you will meet the local people doing their shoppings and farmers walking their animals to the market. The area you're going to is definitely non-touristy.

Price: 1-4 people 550 yuan, 5-6 people 650 yuan (9-17 p.m., excl lunch).

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To go to Lijiang we can arrange a private car via the new road (4 hrs) or old road (6 hrs drive excluding sightseeing and other stops). Only when you take the old road you can make a stop at Shibaoshan monastery. If you want to, you can add another stop in the Bai village Shaxi with well preserved traditional houses.

Shibaoshan is a temple where an ancient collection of Buddhist statues can be admired. The sculptures represent so-called king-gods who used to have both political and religious power. It's a true miracle that these statues have survived the cultural revolution.

Both the new and old road to Lijiang are scenic and moutainous. To make up your mind which road to take is to ask yourself if you’re interested in Buddist statues and how much time you want to spend on the road.

Prices: old road 1-4 people 900 yuan, 5-6 people 1100 yuan total. Prices excl lunch/ entrance fees.

8 a.m. departure, arrival in Lijiang about 17-18:00 pm

New road: 1-4 people 750 yuan, 5-6 people: 950 yuan

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