LIJIANG · YUNNAN · 3,100 M ALTITUDE
One of the highest courses on earth plays in the valley below Jade Dragon Snow Mountain — a 5,596-metre peak that stands over every tee shot. Thin air flies your ball further than you believe; the mountain photographs every round. Then evenings belong to the UNESCO old town.
THE GOLF IN LIJIANG
Jade Dragon Snow Mountain Golf Club sits at roughly 3,100 metres — the ball flies so far at altitude that the course compensates with length you will not find anywhere else. Every card below includes how a visitor actually gets on the tee.
LIJIANG · PAR 72 · ~3,100 M ALTITUDE · SNOW-PEAK VIEWS
The altitude is the story: drives that carry twenty metres past anything you hit at sea level, set against a Himalayan peak with white summits year-round. A once-in-a-lifetime course in the most literal sense — nobody plays it only once.
BEST APR–JUN & SEP–OCT
RESORT ACCESS · STAY & PLAYLijiang is the trip our guests describe back home. Two or three rounds under the snow mountain, days filled with a World Heritage old town, Naxi orchestra evenings and cable-car trips to 4,500-metre meadows — this is the China itinerary that converts the sceptics.
For the non-golfers — The old town, Black Dragon Pool, the cable car to Yak Meadow, and a Tiger Leaping Gorge drive en route to or from Shangri-La. Non-golfers will run out of days before complaints.
A WEEK, ROUGHLY
A three-day spine your plan grows from — arrivals, tee times and the day your non-golfers remember. Every private itinerary is built around your flight times, not a template.
Touch down at Lijiang Sanyi airport, meet your English-speaking driver, and — if the flight lands before mid-afternoon — take Jade Dragon Snow Mountain GC as the opening round. At this altitude the ball flies a touch farther — your planner will remind you to trust the yardage, not the eyes. Evening is kept deliberately loose: hot pot, an early night, or whatever the jet lag votes for.
A full day built around the course your planner ranks first for your handicaps. Non-golfers get the day their way while the golf runs — we drive them out and pick them up.
A morning without an alarm, then the part of Lijiang people actually remember — The old town, Black Dragon Pool, the cable car to Yak Meadow, and a Tiger Leaping Gorge drive en route to or from Shangri-La. Transfer to Lijiang Sanyi airport timed to your flight.
WHERE WE PUT YOU
Hotel and villa picks scored on one metric above all: minutes from the first tee, then breakfast, then the view. In that order.
Breathe and sleep at altitude for two nights before the round — the resort handles the acclimatisation schedule.
Naxi courtyard houses in the UNESCO quarter — cobbled lanes, canal-side dinners, morning quiet.
COURSE FILES
Each course has its own file: the honest description, who designed it, when it plays best, and how a visitor actually gets on the tee. Open one, or ask us to sequence them into a week.
ASKED BEFORE YOU ASK
And the honest answers. Everything else — visas, weather, your handicap versus that back nine — is one message away.
March – November (mountain-winter closes it in the depths) — that is the honest window. The greens keep their condition because these are resort-standard courses, and your planner will push you inside the sweet season rather than the cheapest one.
Some of China's best courses are members-first. We hold long-term club relationships precisely so visitors don't have to — tee times are arranged as part of the trip, with caddies, carts and the driver between hotel and clubhouse.
One message with your dates and handicaps. Within a business day you get a day-by-day plan — courses matched to your game, hotels near the tees, drivers, transfers — and a single fixed all-in price. No deposit to see the draft.
DOORS, TRAINS & TEE SHEETS
Fly into Lijiang Sanyi direct, or ride the three-hour high-speed rail from Kunming — the rail route itself is worth the trip. Most guests pair Kunming’s lake golf with two Lijiang rounds.
YOUR DRIVER SPEAKS ENGLISH · YOUR PLANNER IS ONE MESSAGE AWAY · EVERY DETAIL IS OURS
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