Main Attraction:Jinli Ancient Town in Chengdu、Ludingqiao Bridge、Xinduqiao、Changqing-Qingkeer Monastery、Shangri-la、Yading Scenic Area、Chongku Monastery、Luorong Grazing Land
Optimum Time toTravel: May——October.
1.route
Day 1: reception and boarding in Jiali Hotel in Chengdu
D 2 Chengdu--(144km)-- Yaan--(147km)--Luding --(49km)--Kangding --(83km)-- Xinduqiao(423km in total) board:Xinzhukang Hotel(altitude:3500m)
D 3:Xinduqiao--(68km)--Yajiang County --(137km)--Litang --(148km)--Daocheng(353km in total), board:Shangri-la Hotel in Daocheng(altitude:3500m)
D4:Daocheng--(120km)--Yadin --(120km)--Daocheng(240km in total)board:Shangri-la(altitude:3500m)
D 5:Daocheng --(148km)--Litang --(137km)--Yajiang --(68km)--Xinduqiao(353km in total), board:Xingzhukang Hotel in Xinduqiao(altitude:3500m)
D 6:Xinduqiao--(83km)--Kangding --(49km)--Luding --(147km)-- Yaan--(144km)--Chengdu(423km in total), board:Jiali hotel
D 7:Seeing you off at the airport
2. Itinerary
D 1: Reception:After picking you up from the airport or railway station, we may send you to the hotel reserved for you previously; If time permits and you are available, we can tour around the Jinli acnient town just in Chengdu ,where we can aprreciate the historic atmosphere of the acient Shu kindom ( one of the Chinese Acient Three Kindoms) and have a taste of the local snacks
D2:After breakfast, we are heading for Yaan, and get to LudingCounty where the LudingBridge is located. It was a strategic spot seized by the Red Army in China’s civil war. On our way to LudingCounty, we will pass ErlangMountain Tunnel and sightsee the magnificence of the GreatSpanRiver and KonkaMountianRange. From LudingCounty, going further, we get to Kangding famous for its horse-riding mountains. There we will have our lunch. After lunch we will pass ZheduoSnowMountain and YankouPass where we can sightsee beautiful snow scenery. Descending from the mountain, we reach the “paradise for photographers” , Xinduqiao where we are exposed to a world of Tibetan houses, Yaks, Grassland and snow mountains. After supper, we may stroll in mountains to enjoy the beauty of KonkaMountain bathing in the evening glow. Then we will rest in hotel.
D3:Starting off from Xinduqiao after breakfast, we pass GaoersiMonasteryMountain to YajiangCounty. Along our way, we can sightsee the valley beauties and YalongjiangRiver. Setting out from YajiangCounty, we get to YakouPass where we can take pictures of Konka mountain ranges. Then we will pass KalaziMountain with company of blue sky flowing fair cloud and green grassland. In the afternoon we can arrive one of the highest city in the world, LitangCounty. Departure from Litang, in won’t take us long to Haizi Mountain known as the “Ancient Glacier Relics(the largest glacier relics in Qinghai-Tibet plateau) ” by the way of Tuzi(rabbit mountain)mountain and Maoya prairie where each year onaugust the fist, there is a hors-riding race. On the HaiziMountain scatter a lot of lakes, either small or large. Traveling forward, we will reach Daocheng(the city of rice) by passing the ancient Tibetan monastery of White branch of Tibetan Buddhism and Bengbo Monastery in SangtuiVillage Country. After resting in hotel for a while, we may saunter in the evening glow and enjoy the sunset in Daocheng , which would make you reluctant to leave.
D 4:Setting out from Daocheng, we are heading for Shangri-la, on the way to which we will pass the gorge of BowaMountain and can exhaust the natural beauties to our heart content.A roadhas been built from the village country of Shangri-la, through Shangri-laCounty in Yunnan to MuliCounty in Sichuan. When the three holy mountains, Xiannairi, Yangmaiyong, Xianuoduouji, appear in front of you, you can find yourself in the village of Yading.\Under the guide of the groom, we begin our tour in Yading. After visiting Chongu and Luorong Monastery, we go back to Yading village. Then we are back to DaochengCounty and may have a spa at your own expense in Rubuchaka Warm Fountain (3km from downtown).
D5:After breakfast, we set out from Daocheng to Yajiang by the way of Litang. We will have lunch in Litang before going ahead for Xinduqiao, where we will spend our night.
D 6 :Starting off from Xinduqiao, by the way of Kangding, we are back to Chengdu where we can enjoy the typical local delicacy, hotpot before resting in hotel.