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6 days' coach tour to Wolong, Mt. Siguniangs, Danba, Tagong, Kangding
by 4wd car or mini bus
Alert: the tour starts at your hotel in Chengdu city and ends at Chengdu shuangliu international airport; if you prefer to have other service, such as airport-hotel before Day01 and hotel-airport transfer, please let us know before you put reservation on this tour
Day01: Chengdu -------------- L/D ----------- 3* Khamding hotel
In the morning, start the tour at 0830AM, go and visit Jinsha museum, the museum to 'Old-Shu' civilization; the exhibits inside the Jinsha museum presents the arts and technology about 5000 years ago of ancient people dwelling in the present land of Chengdu plain. we suggest to have lunch in Longchaoshou snacks restaurant, which is one of the famous brands in Chengdu for its snacks
In the afternoon, first visit is to local arts and crafts market - Songxianqiao market; after here, do visit to Qingyanggong palace, a Daoist temple wish a history over 1300 years; and in the end of the day, finish the tour sightseeing at Wenshu temple, located in the northeast corner of the city inside the 1st ring road of Chengdu city (Chengdu city has 3 ring roads).
Day02: Chengdu to Rilong --------- B/L/D --------- 3* Hotel
At 0700AM, leave hotel and drive 240 kilometers northward to Rilong, where the Mt. Siguniangs is located;Mt. Siguniangs is made up of 4 peaks, all are above 5000 meters, the highest peak is Yaomeifeng (the 4th peak, 6250M), the lowest peak is Dafeng (5355M). Mt. Siguangs has become the ideal training site for green hand mountaineers and also a favorite place to adventure lovers.
Sichuan Wolong panda research center is on the half way of driving and the jeep will climb over a 4587M mountain pass (Balngshan pass).
When getting to Rilong around 1300PM, starting the tour to Shuangqiaogou valley, this valley is relatively flat and even, but this doesn't reduce its beauty. spending the afternoon in Shuangqiaogou valley (Double bridge valley); this valley is good for photo taking and view fantastic snow peaks
Day03: Haizigou valley trekking -------- B/L/D ------ Local hotel
In the morning, go and do a trekking inside Haizigou valley; the road leading into the end of the valley is not even, you can choose to hike in or ride a horse in; in this valley, you can view the highest peak and have a chane to climb Dafeng (5355M); in summer and October, the valley presents you much beauty, flowers, green grass, sea of clouds and something more than I can name them
Day04: Rilong to Danba to Tagong ----------- B/L/D -------- Local guesthouse
Drive 115 kilometers to reach Danba. enjoy the local Jiaju Tibetan villages in at Suopo village late afternoon when the sunshine is on.
Day05: Tagong to Xinduqiao to Kangding----- B/L/D -- 4* Qingge hotel or Gesa'er hotel
Drive 120 kilometers westward to Taghong, at Taghong, visit Tagong monastery (Sakya -Pa order) and Tagong Muya Golden Pagoda, this building complex is built on a open part of the grassland, far behind the temple is snow covered Mo'erdo holy mountain; in fine weater, the pagoda and the snow peaks loks great against the blue sky.On the way to Tagong, visit Huiyuan monastery at Bamei town, by recording, the 7th Dalai Lama once lived here for 3 years before he went to Lhasa to be throned.
at Xinduaqiao, do visit to Juli temple, which is to the eastern end of Xinduqiao and is less toured by travellers; there is a sky burial site by the monastery
Day06: Khamding to Chengdu ------- B/L/D ------ 3* Hotel
Leave Khamding, drive through the famous Erlangshan tunnel, the longest mountain tunnel in China, which makes the traffic over Mt. Erlangshan much easier. Getting back around 15:00