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Day 01: Arrival in Shangri-la
Arrive in Shangri-la and get prepared. Stay overnight at the local hotel.


Day 02: Shangri-la
Visit the Gedan Songtsam Monastery, the 'Lesser Potala', which is affectionately known as a spiritual place with mystery and traditions of Tibetan Buddhism. Then drive to picturesque Shudu Lake. The alpine lake is surrounded by alpine meadows and wildflowers on one side with a temperate rain forest on the other. Hike a while around the lake and drive back to the town in late afternoon.


Day 03: Shangri-la - Feilaisi
Drive to pass Napa Lake and then ascend up to the mountains. Over the mountain pass, go downhill on the breathtaking benched road down to the upper Yangtze River Valley. After lunch, start to go uphill to Baima Snow Mountain which is shining under the sunshine. You could see Kawa Karpo in distance. Then go downhill to Mekong River Valley to get to Feilaisi.


Day 04: Feilaisi - Yubeng Village
Enjoy the sunrise over Kawa Karpo. Then drive 1.5 hours to Xidang Spring and start hiking to Yubeng. The altitude of the trail head is 2,600m/8,528ft and the followed 4 hours is breathtaking ascending in the woods till getting to the mountain pass with altitude of 3,900m/12,792ft. From the Mountain Pass you can see Kawa Karpo. Then descend down the other side of the mountain to Yubeng Village, which nestles quietly down in the valley of Kawa Karpo.


Day 05: Yubeng Village - Sacred Waterfall - Yubeng Village
After a short downhill to Lower Yubeng Village, head into another valley. The trail is quite flat at the beginning until getting to a Mani Stone area with scriptures hanging on the trees, from where start to uphill gradually. About two and half hours later, get to a tiny waterfall which next to a small but ancient gompa. The last portion to the waterfall (4,500m/14,760ft) is quite steep but the scenery of white snow mountain, blue glaciers, silky waterfall, colorful scripture flags and grey rocks, maybe the blossom of azalea is just stunning. Hike back in the afternoon.


Day 06: Yubeng Village - Base Camp - Yubeng Village
Trek to Xiaonong Camping Site where all mountaineering teams camped before. After a short distance into the woods, the rugged trail goes up steeply till get to the mountain pass where you can see the snow mountain peaks. From the pass, go down for a while into a valley and go upstream to a yak-shed which was also the camp site (3,900m/12,792ft) of mountain climbing. Hike back to Yubeng Village in the afternoon.


Day 07: Yubeng Village - Ninong Village
After three days hiking to the mountains, head for Mekong River. The first 3 hours is going down along Yubeng River, a tributary of Mekong River. After across Yubeng River, start walking on the flat but narrow trail in the mountain. To the left, it is the steep rock but with a ditch full of water, to the right, it is the vertical steep rock as well. And the mountain is so barren without any trees but sands and rocks. The clean Yubeng River will join the brown Mekong River, forming a two color river. Ninong Village is located on a mountain slope by Mekong River with high barley terraced surrounded.


Day 08: Ninong Village - Feilaisi
Hike on the narrow but flat trail, which looks like been carved on the mountain. Hike 3-4 hours to a village from where you drive to Xidang Hot Spring. Take a break in a local house, enjoy a cup of butter tea and drive back to Feilaisi.


Day 09: Feilaisi - Shangri-la
Drive back to Gyalthang and enjoy free time in the old town of Shangri-la.


Day 10: Departure from Shangri-la
Leave Shangri-la according to your schedule.