Sean’s Guesthouse

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Sean’s Guesthouse

Walnut Garden, Yongsheng Village, Hutiaoxia Town, Shangri-La, Yunnan, 674402, ChinaSee Hotel Details
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9.7/10
Excellent
62 Reviews
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Location9.8
Amenities9.7
Service9.9
Cleanliness9.5
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Guest User
Juanjuan Deluxe Double Bed Room
Stay Date Apr 2026
Solo traveler
15 Reviews
10/10
Outstanding
Posted on May 19, 2026
I am so glad I didn’t stay at Tina’s. I had booked with them but after trouble organising my luggage transfer I got hold of Rosey at Sean’s GH and she made my whole trip run so smoothly! She speaks perfect English and arranged for a transfer from Lijiang and looked after my luggage while I didn’t trek. The guest house is the original and oldest guesthouse and has so much character. The rooms are warm with incredible views. Rosey also gave me a room upgrade and after the 2 days trekking I definitely appreciate the little bath to soak my feet. I also enjoyed learning about walnuts, as the house is surrounded by walnut trees and made from walnut wood. Rosey also helped me arrange onwards travel to the white water terraces and her aunty cooked a delicious dinner for me. Couldn’t be happier with my stay. Will definitely come here next time I’m back!
6/8
Response from Property: Thank you very much for choose to stay our guesthouse and show people your honest information, you have happy time here will keeping more visitors to know more about our place, give us more confidence to keep the place natural and more comfortable, you will have happy holiday everywhere you visit. Best wishes to you!
Guest User
Chanchan Wooden Twin Room
Stay Date Feb 2026
Solo traveler
78 Reviews
10/10
Outstanding
Posted on Mar 7, 2026
The owner of Shan Quan Inn was incredibly warm and attentive during our stay. It's truly a testament to why they've been an excellent B&B for 20 years! The room was fully equipped, the bedding was clean, hygienic, and comfortable, and parking for our self-drive trip was very convenient. Excellent, excellent, excellent!
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Response from Property: Dear guest, thank you for choosing to stay at our inn. Your positive review is our greatest affirmation, which makes us feel honored and excited. We will continue to work hard to create a more comfortable accommodation experience for every customer. We wish you a pleasant journey!
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Juanjuan Deluxe Double Bed Room
Stay Date Dec 2025
Couple
2 Reviews
10/10
Outstanding
Posted on Jan 29, 2026
What an amazing stay!! We loved staying at Sean’s G.H - after a big two days of hiking, it is the perfect location and atmosphere to recover, rest and enjoy the beautiful scenery. Lovely Rosey was very helpful with our online questions, she speaks perfect English so we were able to hear the history of the guesthouse and surrounding areas to hike and visit. Her aunty also cooked us meals that made our bellies very happy - an extensive menu of teas and sweets too :3. Very clean, warm and cosy for cooler months, and stocked all amenities you could need. Thank you Rosey and Aunty!
Response from Property: Thank you very much for choose to stay our guesthouse and show people your honest information, you have happy time here will keeping more visitors to know more about our place give us more confidence to keep the place natural and more comfortable, you will have happy holiday everywhere you visit. Best wishes to you!
Guest User
Chanchan Wooden Twin Room
Stay Date Jun 2026
Family
8 Reviews
10/10
Outstanding
Posted on Jul 5, 2026
I’m so glad I stayed here! Sean’s guesthouse is right in the gorge,  and yet completely accessible by car. The  most exquisite view from the courtyard and our bedroom window. Charming cosy retro rooms, warmly lit inside and out, and the comfiest bed for the best nights sleep. Myself, my young daughter and adult son all LOVED the whole setting (first guesthouse in the gorge!) Rose is fluent in English and told me the history of the guesthouse - so interesting! She helped me hang out my laundry  before we set off for our hike, and gave us good options to get to our next stops on our trip to the Yunnan province - communicating with all the necessary people on our behalf. Many options for breakfast too.  Great value for money. If I come back to the Yunnan province I am staying here for sure. I can’t recommend it highly enough.
Response from Property: Thanks for choose to stayed our guesthouse and show people your honest information, you have happy time here will keeping more visitors to know more about our place give us more confidence to keep the place natural and more comfortable, you will have happy holiday everywhere you visit. Best wishes to you!
Guest User
Chanchan Wooden Double Bed Room
Stay Date May 2026
Solo traveler
8 Reviews
9.5/10
Amazing
Posted on Jun 13, 2026
The corner room has the best view!! This guesthouse is 2km away from Tina's guesthouse. The host is super kind ! Everything was great!
Response from Property: Thanks for choose to stay our guesthouse and show people your honest information, you have happy time here will keeping more visitors to know more about our place give us more confidence to keep the place natural and more comfortable, you will have happy holiday everywhere you visit. Best wishes to you!
Guest User
Juanjuan Deluxe Double Bed Room
Stay Date Sep 2025
Couple
11 Reviews
10/10
Outstanding
Posted on Oct 29, 2025
We arrived following our hike and Shaun’s was a welcome paradise. It has a lovely traditional feel and the service is excellent. The room has a fantastic aspect over the valley and all amenities are very good. From here we were able to walk down to the river and spend some quiet and uninterrupted time enjoying it’s majesty. Rosey is a mine of information for travellers. Her English is very good and she gave us lots of local information and arranged onward transport and recommended places to visit in Shangri La. I recommend anyone who walks the trail stays here!
Response from Property: Thank you very much for choose to stayed our place and show people your honest information, you have happy time here will keeping more visitors to know more about our place give us more confidence to keep the place natural and more comfortable, you will have happy holiday every where you visit. Best wishes to you and all the visitors
Guest User
Juanjuan Deluxe Double Bed Room
Stay Date Jul 2025
Couple
17 Reviews
10/10
Outstanding
Posted on Oct 6, 2025
Such a quiet and peaceful place, with incredible views. A little far from the main tourist places, but it's only a plus because there are no crowds of tourists and you can see the real life of the locals. The hostess cooks homemade dishes in her restaurant and helped us order a transfer to Linzian directly from the hotel. We would like to go back there again.
Response from Property: Thank you very much for choose to stayed our place and show people your honest information, you have happy time here will keeping more visitors to know more about our place give us more confidence to keep the place natural and more comfortable, you will have happy holiday every where you visit. Best wishes to you and all the visitors
Guest User
Chanchan Wooden Twin Room
Stay Date Jan 2026
Traveling with friends
4 Reviews
10/10
Outstanding
Posted on Feb 26, 2026
We loved our stay at Sean’s GH. The traditional architecture is beautiful, stone and carved wood , and blends in the quiet beauty of the surrounding mountains. The staff is very friendly and helpful. It was the perfect place to explore the surroundings- we did various walks, including part of the Gorge. We highly recommend Sean’s GH to explore that part of the area.
Response from Property: Thank you very much for choose to stay our guesthouse and show people your honest information, you have happy time here will keeping more visitors to know more about our place give us more confidence to keep the place natural and more comfortable, you will have happy holiday everywhere you visit. Best wishes to you!
Guest User
Juanjuan Deluxe Double Bed Room
Stay Date Jul 2025
Couple
6 Reviews
10/10
Outstanding
Posted on Aug 20, 2025
Sean wasn't there, so we cannot say much about him. Anyway, his daughter Rosey and her auntie took good care of us. Rosey helped us with transfers and informations (she is an excellent english speaker) while her auntie took care of us on site, cooking express fresh food at every meal we had there. On that, I would suggest to order the meals in advance, because cooking fresh food from zero takes time. The room we had assigned was a lovely wooden nest with a breathtaking view on the mountain. Was hard to go away
Response from Property: Thank you for choose stayed in our guesthouse and give us good reviews ,and tell people what you feel the best here!
Guest User
Juanjuan Deluxe Double Bed Room
Stay Date Jul 2025
Solo traveler
38 Reviews
8.5/10
Very good
Posted on Aug 5, 2025
Beautiful setting. Friendly staff. Somewhat comfortable bed.
Response from Property: 感謝您選擇入住我們客棧，祝您旅途愉快！
Faridushka
Chanchan Wooden Double Bed Room
Stay Date Mar 2025
Couple
11 Reviews
10/10
Outstanding
Posted on May 1, 2025
Loved our stay here! It's a fantastic place to explore the Lower Tiger Leaping gorge as well as go up hiking in the mountains. It's serene, peaceful and not crowded and touristy like the middle or upper sections. We got the best room with panoramic windows and could admire the beauty of the gorge from the comfort of our room. Another thing to mention Sean and people working with him were all helpful and genuinely good people It's absolutely worth sending a few days at Sean's while exploring the suroundings :)
Response from Property: Thank you for choosing to stay and enjoy your stay in our place , if you book the bus ticket from Our Place, bus driver will come pick up you in our place even much more convenient more enjoyable for your journey, we hope to keep the peaceful place for ever for people feeling like being in your home.thanks for the honest information review
Guest User
Chanchan Wooden Twin Room
Stay Date Sep 2025
Family
2 Reviews
10/10
Outstanding
Posted on Oct 21, 2025
Recommend. Will bring groups to stay here again next trip. The services are perfect, kind and very helpful
Response from Property: Thank you very much for choose to stayed our place and show people your honest information, you have happy time here will keeping more visitors to know more about our place give us more confidence to keep the place natural and more comfortable, you will have happy holiday every where you visit. Best wishes to you and all the visitors！
Guest User
Juanjuan Deluxe Double Bed Room
Stay Date Sep 2025
Couple
1 Reviews
10/10
Outstanding
Posted on Oct 25, 2025
Very kind and welcoming owners, and lovely to stay in an authentic guesthouse. Thanks!
Response from Property: Thank you for choose stayed in our guesthouse and give us good reviews ,and tell people what you feel the best here!
Guest User
Comfy Family Room
Stay Date Aug 2025
Traveling with friends
8 Reviews
10/10
Outstanding
Posted on Sep 12, 2025
The staff was very accommodating and tried to fulfill our needs. Rosey, the daughter, was very helpful with all our transportation bookings and hike recommendations. For the price we paid, it was value for money. Madam Fang who managed the place while the owner is away, was also very helpful. Great effort for a one-woman show.
Response from Property: Thank you very much for your choose to stayed our place and show people your honest information, you have happy time here will keeping more visitors to know more about our place give us more confidence to keep the place natural and more comfortable, you will have happy holiday every where you visit. Best wishes to you and all visitors
Genya2k
Chanchan Wooden Double Bed Room
Stay Date Sep 2024
Solo traveler
48 Reviews
10/10
Outstanding
Posted on Oct 23, 2024
I had a huge pleasure staying one night at Sean’s place after hiking in the Tiger leaping gorge. Sean was extremely friendly and hospitable, cooked dinner and breakfast for me, and we talked about many things. Sean speaks fluent English (very rare case! so it was a rare opportunity for me, as a traveller, to learn more about local culture. He also organized for me a minivan transfer to Lijiang for a fare price in the morning, that was extremely convenient. The guest house has a spanning 40 year history, and it was one of the first in the area to welcome foreigners. It’s very maintained, provides with all the essentials amenities, very comfortable, clean and spacious. I felt very rested and tranquil there. And the view is just unbeatable! It’s just 2km extra walk after the exit from the middle gorge, totally worth it. It provides desired comfort and isolation from the crowds that you may encounter in other places along the way.
Response from Property: Thank you to choose stay with me here , I am happy to talk to all visitors who more interested in nature atmosphere place and protect the gorge for long term development, do not support the shining light and sement, glasses and metal building in the beauty gorge, thank for kindly help me here!