Sichuan - Jiuzhaigou

Jiuzhaigou01 : Paradise Jiuzhaigou Travel During the seven days tour, you will meet unforeseen natural landscape in the Minjiang river valley, explore the Tibetan style architecture in Songpan and visit the spectacular sightseeing in the famous Jiuzhai gou scenic area.

Jiuzhaigou02 : Jiuzhaigou East Circular Line This is another hiking route from Chengdu to Jiuzhaigou, which is called the East Line. You will pass the second largest city in Chengdu, Mianyang and enjoy the picturesque scenery all the way. Keep the spectacular view of China and bring the sweet memory with you.

Jiuzhaigou 03 : 8 Days of Chengdu - Jiuzhaigou - Songpan-Huanglong - Songpan - Roergai - Hongyuan - Miyaluo - Guergou - Taoping - Chengdu

The golden time to hike through this itinerary is during October. The long distance bus from Chengdu to Jiuzhaigou is available at New South Gate bus station at 8:00 every morning. It takes around CNY95.00 net per person for the ticket. After 10 hours journey time, you will arrive in Jiuzhaigou at dawn. Stay at the Shuzhengzhai Youth Hostel, which located at the entrance of Jiuzhaigou and have economical room rate from CNY60 to CNY100 net per person per night. 
 

Huanglong in Songpan

In the following two days, you need to fully prepare yourselves in order to have enough strength to explore the fairyland. You are suggested to visit the Shuzheng Valley first, which is a main tourist route of Jiuzhaigou Valley. The other day you may hike in the Rize Valley. If you are a strong-bodied person, you are suggested to hike to the Nuorilang waterfall hostel from the entrance, and then take the sightseeing bus. In this case, you could appreciate the daedal scenery. The sightseeing buses are available from Nuorilang to to every sites. Please make notes about the bus schedule time before your departure in order to avoid any unexpected. For example, the last bus from Nuorilang out of the valley is at 19:00.
 
Take a bus from Jiuzhaigou bus station to Songpan. The bus tickets is CNY25.00 net per preson. Appreciating the wonderful prairie sights along the Min River, you will arrive at Songpan ancient town two hours later. Wandering along the small ancient town and stay at the local guest house. 
 

Scenery of Ruoergai

You can easily find the bus to Huanglong at the Songpan County Coach station. Upon arrival in Huanglong, you will see many attractions including Xishen (washing body) Cave, Penjing (miniascape) Ponds, Huanglong (Yellow Dragon) Temple and Huanglong (Yellow Dragon) Cave along the valley. Get back to Songpan. 
 
In the sixth day, you need to get up early and catch the bus to Roergai and get off at Waqie. At Waqie you need to connect another bus to Hongyuan. The journey is about 225 km and the bus tickets is more than CNY50.00 net per person. Here we recommend a cozy and economical hotel for you. Hongyuan Hotel, the contact number is 0837-2662241. The mysterious Hongyuan prairie is famous for the elegent grassland and abundant culture of Tibetan minority. 
 
Hongyuan named after the Red Army marching across the grassland. The everglade, snow mountain and the virgin forest will catch your eyes. 
 

Miyaluo Scenic Area

As most buses in Aba area depart in the early morning, the bus departs from Hongyuan to Chengdu at 6:00. You will get off at Miyaluo about 10:30. Miyaluo is located in the north of Sichuan Province, Lixian County, part of the Aba Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture, which is 138 km far from Chengdu. As the meaning of its name indicates in Tibetan, the amused place, Miyaluo has been blessed with the captivating red smoke tree leaves area, the Guergou hotspring penetrated to your heart and the unique primitive ecological area. You may stay at Miyaluo or Guergou as you prefered. The Miyaluo Hotel is the most economical hotel with comparatively better facilities there. The contact number is 0837-6831138. In Guergou, we suggest you stay at the Guergou Hotspring Resort, which is much popular among travelers to enjoy the hotspring after long time hiking. You can call them on 0837-6838888 to get more details. 
 
Take bus from Guergou to Taoping Qiangzhai to appreciate the custom and life of the Qiang Minority people, where the ancient architecture of Qiang Minority is well preserved. Continue taking the bus back to Chengdu. The bus ticket is about CNY40.00 per person.  About 6 hours later, you will arrive in Chengdu.