Tour Features: This travel plan will take you travel in a circle around the best of West China. Discover spectacularly primitive places few tourists visit. Accommodate in local residences or tents with an experience of wild flavor. Exchange ideas with locals and cook by ourselves in an open kitchen. You can have a once-in-a-life-time travel experience. If you are curious about West China and you like hiking at the same time, please join us!
Day by Day Itinerary:
Day 1: Arrival / Chengdu (-/ -/ D)
Arrive in Chengdu, the bustling queen city of West China and capital city of Sichuan Province. Transfer to the hotel. This evening celebrate your arrival with a Sichuan Food dinner. As an option, see a wonderful performance of 'Face changing 'and 'Flame Spitting -Out' of Sichuan Opera. Stay overnight in Chengdu.
Day 2: Chengdu / Danba (B/ L/ D)
Depart for Danba. You'll travel through the largest area for protection of giant pandas, Wolong Reserve. Marvel at Tibetan People's sacred mountain, Balang Mountain (with an elevation of 14784 feet). Optional tour of Four Girls Mountain, famed as "Oriental Alps". Afternoon arrive in Danba, a town featuring Tibetan traditions. Explore Jiaju, a traditionally spectacular village that distinguishes from other one with supernatural beauty. Here, you'll have opportunities for tasting non-polluted bacon, butter tea, highland barley wine, mushroom and yak beef. Evening bonfire party will be attended with Tibetan locals and us. Overnight in Local Residence or tents.
Day 3: Shouhuhe Village/ Hiking (-/ -/ -)
With fresh air and wild flowers, head for Tangling Village, honored as "the Garden of Edan". At noon, arrive at Shouhuhe(Guarding River) where you'll start our 18-km trekking. The most virginal sceneries will feast us. With our leader, you'll finish our camping and preparing for our meals by picking wild vegetables or mushrooms.
Day 4: Huluhai / No.3 Hot Spring Site (-/ -/ -)
Today you'll depart for Huluhai(calabash Lake).Enjoy awesome views of scrub vegetations and herding horses. Possibly wild monkeys can say hello to us. Here, Huluhai can make us walk in fairyland and it offers us unique views in Cretaceous Period. Head back to our camping site. Trek to No.3 Hot Spring Site. You'll cook by showing your cooking skills. Also, enjoy a barbecue of mutton.
Day 5: Danba (B/ L/ D)
Travel back to Danba. Grasp chances to purchase local produces. Time permits; explore Beauty Valley and traditional towers, known as "Oriental Pyramids". Overnight in Danba.
Day 6: Danba / Yajiang (B/ L/ D)
Morning departure for Yajiang. Today you will marvel at "Donggu Bonsai" and endless Bamei Grassland. Photograph awesome sceneries at Xinduqiao, paradise of photographers. Travel up the 13,000-foot Gaer Mountain. Arrive in Yajiang. Overnight in Yajiang.
Day 7: Yajiang / Riwa (B/ L/ D)
Departure Yajiang for Riwa (Shangri-La Town).Traveling up 13,000-foot Jianziwan and Kazila Mountains, arrive Litang, the highest town in the world. Nice views of Litang Grassland and Daocheng Grassland will feast your eyes. Marvel at supernatural beauty of Kazila Mountain and grandeur of Sichuan-Tibet Road. Arrive in Riwa. Overnight in Riwa.
Day 8: Riwa / Yading / Daocheng (B/ L/ D)
Explore Yading Village. Discover Shangri-La. Transfer to horseback to Chonggu Monastery. Sceneries of Xiannairi (Goddess of Mercy) and Yangmaiyong (Manjusri, God of Wisdom), sacred mountains of Tibetans, will make you intoxicated. After picnic lunch, go to Daocheng. Overnight in Daocheng.
Day 9: Daocheng / Khangding (B/ L/ D)
Depart for Khangding. Late afternoon arrive in Khangding, a spectacular Tibetan town and China's love song country, famed for China's popular folk song 'Khangding Love Expression'. And, discover Khangding , very important hub to Tibet, is also a bright pearl set on Sichuan-Tibet Road. Here, men and women are very friendly and hospitable. Especially, Khangba Men have got their special honor ---Khangba Hanzi (brave men). Tibetan girls are very good at singing in antiphonal way. If you sing better that way, you could be a Tibetan son-in-law. Evening to enjoy a Tibetan folk custom show. Overnight in Khangding.
Day 10: Khangding / Chengdu (B/ L/ D)
Head back to Chengdu. En route, stop at Luding, the town noted for Long March. Walking tour of Luding Suspension Bridge,an old original site of world famous Long March ,where the battle happened between the Red Army and Kuomingtang Army on May 26--30,1935. Also visit the Red Army Museum. Overnight in Chengdu.
Day 11:Chengdu (B/ L/ D)
All day free for personal interests. Overnight in Chengdu.
Day 12: Chengdu / Departure (B/ -/ -)
See off.
Itinerary: B: Breakfast AB: American Breakfast L: Lunch D: Dinner SD: Special Dinner
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