Lijiang Dianxi Mingzhu Hotel

Once you're on the "high" trail it's difficult to get lost, but to find the trail in the first place is totally different piece of cake. The only direction in Qiaotou we got was to go "left" after 1 km on the road at the school. We did find the trail, but then we arrived in some kind of farmland and it had a dozen of branches left and right. We walked in the wrong direction twice, and both times were luckily but routinely pointed to the right direction. Tip: until you can see the river, try to involve locals in your pathfinding! Once you see the river on your right side, there's only one main trail and you will see Guesthouse signposts on every diversion. The trail goes up gradually but steadily and within one hour you already have fantastic views from impressive heights!