Kangding

Sichuan-kangding01 : 12 Days Chengdu - Kangding - Dacaoba - Shuangcha River - Shangriwuqie - Winter Yak Farm - Gong Ga Monastery - Bawang Lake - Caoke - Shimian - Chengdu

Sichuan-kangding02 : 11 Days Chengdu - Kangding - Yajiang - Litang - Daocheng - Riwa Town - Gongga - Daocheng

Sichuan-kangding03 : 7 Days Chengdu - Hailuogou - Kangding - Mugecuo - Selali Ranch - Tagong Grassland - Kangding - Chengdu

Sichuan-kangding04 : 8 Days Chengdu - Kangding - Tagong - Xiamalong - Yala Snow Mountain - Danba - Rilong - Sigunian Mountain - Chengdu

Sichuan-kangding05 : 5 Days Chengdu - Anya - Kangding - Yajiang - Litang - Daocheng

 
 Day by Day Itinerary

Departure: Daily 
 
Day 01: Arrival in Chengdu
Arrive in Chengdu and get prepared. Stay overnight at the local hotel.

 
Day 02: Chengdu - Anya -Kangding
Drive along the Chengdu-Anya expressway, and then gradually enter the western Szechwan hilly land, where the terrain changed sharply. At last get to the famous 'Rain City', Anya. After lunch at Tianquan County, continue the trip along Qingyi River, crossing the first barrier of Qinghai-Tibet plateau, 2800 meters above sea level's Erlang Mountain. Still through the longest tunnel, come to the western foot to Erlang Mountain. There you can view the Gongga Mountain, known as 'King of Sichuan Mountains', 7556 meters above sea level. Standing on the mountain, looking down, you can see the sinuous canyon of Dadu River winding up in the mountains like a floating belt. Down to Valley of Dadu River, hike along the river to the celebrated Luding Bridge. Walking along the river to arrive at ancient city - Kangding, there you can experience the customs and features of Tibet.

 
Day 03: Kangding - Yajiang - Litang
Continue to cross Zheduo Mountain of 420 meters above sea level, and get to Yajiang County. Head from Yajiang County by bus to Daocheng, circled in the scissors-like mountain. Climb up the mountain, and arrived at Litang, the highest city of the world, 4200 meters above sea level. 

 
Day 04: Litang - Daocheng
Walking through the big smooth Litang grassland, enter the spacious, quiet and world rare ancient glacier area of stone sea and ice lake zone. Haizi Mountain is located in the sixty kilometers north of the town. Haizi Mountain stands between three counties, Litang, Wancheng, Daocheng. It is the greatest remaining of ancient glacier---ancient ice cap of Daocheng. The highest peak, Guoriyin is 5020 meters above sea level and the average altitude of Haizi Mountain is 4500 meters above sea level. You can appreciate the Tibetan style architecture and bathe in the Rubuchaka hot spring, washing away the tiredness. 

 
Day 05: Departure from Daocheng
Leave Daocheng according to your schedule.
 

Sichuan-kangding06 : 3 Days Chengdu - Hailuogou Valley

 
 Day by Day Itinerary

Departure: Daily 
 
Day 01: Chengdu - Hailuo Valley
Start driving from Chengdu along Daduhe River, via Rain City "Ya'an" and through Erlangshan Tunnel. En route, enjoy the natural scenery. Arrive at Moxi Town. Walk to explore Moxi Old Town. Enjoy the ancient architecture of Qing Dynasty. Stay overnight at the local hotel.

 
Day 02: Hailuo Valley
Take the sightseeing car to No. 3 camp site to enjoy the Golden Mountain shining under the sunshine. Afterwards, hike through the Virgin Forests to the sightseeing platform to view the Golden and Silver Snow Mountains, Ice Tower Forest, Grand Glacier Cascade, etc. Leave for No.2 camp site after lunch, where you can have a hot spring bath. Stay overnight in the camp.

 
Day 03: Hailuo Valley
Hike in the Hailuo Valley leisurely and view Mt. Gongga in distance. Then drive back to Chengdu.
 

Sichuan-kangding07 : 13 Days Chengdu - Kangding - Dacaoba - Riwuqi - Shang Riwuqi - Rexina Pass - Muxinazha - Grassland - Minya Gompa - Zime Pass - Kangding - Chengdu

 
 Day by Day Itinerary

Departure: Daily 
 
Day 01: Arrival in Chengdu
Arrive in Chengdu and get prepared. Stay overnight at the local hotel.
 

Day 02: Chengdu - Kangding
Drive from Chengdu to Kangding. En route, enjoy the tremendous Hengduan Mountain, which is the only large Mountain Range tends from the North to south in China. Minya Konka, the highest mountain of it has been called the King of Sichuan Mountains. Drive through Erlang Shan Tunnel while it was an unconquerable block in the past. Stop in Luding to take a look at the Iron Bridge which was took over by the Red Army on the long March and the battle was believed to be a turning point of the Long March.

 
Day 03: Kangding
Hike to visit sites in and around Kangding after breakfast and get acclimated with the high altitude. Hike the Horse Running Hill right back the town which is about 1300 feet high above the town. Visit Ngachu Gompa, a Gelugpa Monastery founded by Minyakpa Tenpel Nyima in the 17th century.

 
Day 04: Kangding - Dacaoba 
Drive to the trail head at the village of Lao Yulin. En route, enjoy swift-flowing Gyazi River with an extraordinary diversity of plants and trees. Hike up steadily about 3-4 hours, walking very slowly and resting frequently. Almost the entire walk is gentle and easy. Stay overnight in the camp.

 
Day 05: Dacaoba - Riwuqi
Follow the left bank of the river. Hike to a log bridge and across it, and then climb the bank on the far side to another meadowland. Take a steep section and get to another meadow after which cross the river back to the left side and steps up again. Later, cross the river and start to climb steadily until to another meadow. Stay overnight in the camp.

 
Day 06: Riwuqi - Shang Riwuqi
Continue hike along the River. Still need to across it and once need to wade it and the water is just chilly since it is from the snow mountain. The valley is getting narrower and trail is steeper. In summer, once you get up to the a meadow after 3 hours hike, the beautiful yellow alpine flowers covered the whole valley, with Lesser Konka shoot up into the blue sky on the left. And you are facing the snow peaks of Lesser Konka, Tsa and Gyalzu. Weather permitting, the sunset is just amazing.

 
Day 07: Shang Riwuqi - Rexina Pass - Muxinazha
Trek to Rexina Pass. You head up the hillside behind camp on a steep zigzagging path and should reach the brow of the first ridge within 2-3 hours. From the top of the ridge, a majestic panorama of glaciers, lakes and snow-capped mountain peaks opens before you. Descend the other side and set up camp at the foot of the mountain.

 
Day 08: Muxinazha - Grassland
Descend gently on the paths carved into the mountainside with fantastic mountain vistas of the valley extends into the far distance backed by rugged mountains and snow capped peaks. A number of deserted nomad houses and animal shelters dotted the green slopes.

 
Day 09: Grassland - Minya Gompa
You walk through woodland for much of the day, crossing streams rushing down from side-valleys and occasionally rising into small clearings with views back up the valley. After 3 hours or so the path begins to rise steadily, with some short steeper sections until it swings back on itself by almost 180 degrees and you start to get glimpses of snowy peaks through the trees. About forty minutes more hike, you will come across Mani walls and rows of prayer-flags of Gompa (monastery) built in the most perfect setting imaginable, set into the forested mountainside and looking directly across at Minya Konka herself.

 
Day 10: Minya Gompa - Zimei Pass
An early start from the tranquil Minya Gompa, heading back out in the same direction you arrived before descending approximately 500 meters down through the woods, to cross the river. A couple of hundred meters up on the far side you arrive into the small village of Zimei, a traditional Minya farming village with distinctive large 3 or 4 storey stone houses which all generations of the family live in. The villagers are welcoming and you might take a short break here before starting the long haul up to the Zimei-La. A thousand meters up from Zimei Village, the views from top of the pass are spectacular on a clear day, stretching over the Minya range towards Tibet proper. From the summit you then descend on a muddy 4-wheel drive track. Stay overnight in the camp.

 
Day 11: Zime Pass - Kangding
Hike one hour or so down the track to the small road head to the village of Shahmuiji.. Here you commence the bumpy ride out along the valley bottom to Kangding. En route, pass through more villages with the distinctive 3-storey local houses, built in Khampha architectural style. And you can take a stop in Jiagenba Village. Once you join the tarmac road you will also see a number of the traditional watch-towers, built during the skirmishes with the Khampha.

 
Day 12: Kangding - Chengdu
Depart Kangding for Chengdu in the morning. Have lunch en route and arrive in Chengdu in the afternoon. Pay a visit to the Panda Breeding Center in the west of the town.

 
Day 13: Departure from Chengdu
Leave Chengdu according to your schedule.