Drive to Hailuogou through the Chengdu - Ya'an expressway and Mt. Erlang tunnel, enjoy the scenery along Dadu River, arrive at Moxi town in the afternoon, it is where the entrance to Hailuogou Glacier park is located, after a short visit of the town,check in the hotel.
Dadu River Valley
Dadu River Valley
Take the local sightseeing bus and drive into Hailuogou Glacier Park, you can take a cable car to No.4 Camp. Which is the highest point in the park where we can see the highest peak of Mt. Minya Konka, enjoy the splendid sights of glaciers, ice mushrooms, ice pagoda forest, ice waterfalls, ect. In the late afternoon drive to Kangding .
Hailuogou Glacier Park
Hailougou Glaciers
Drive across Zheduo mountain, it is about 4800m high at the mountain pass, arrive at Xinduqiao, then continue driving to Tagong grassland,visit Tagong monastery which is a famous Tibetan Buddhism Ningmapa(Red sect) monastery located at northwest Sichuan Khampa area. Enjoy the scenery of highland grassland of Tagong, then drive to Danba county, another beautiful Tibetan county features its Tibetan village（Jiaju village） and thousand years old watchtower(Diaolou) groups. Overnight: Danba 318 Hotel.
Danba Watchtowers
Muya Gold Pagoda At Tagong
Free sightseeing in Danba county, which is also called the beauty valley with its pretty Jiarong branch Tibetan women, the Dadu river valley, feeling and taste the folks and customs of Jiarong branch Tibet people. In the afternoon drive to Mt. Siguniang Rilong town.
Danba Jiaju Tibetan Village
Interaction With Tibetans At Danba
Siguniang mountain is called as the 'Oriental ALPs', the natural scenery of this place is very attractive by its snow peaks, forests and crystal clear water. Today we will spend a full day hiking or riding horses for sightseeing of Changping valley, after we get into the valley, we will have a chance to see the 4 snow peaks standing shoulder by shoulder just like 4 beautiful girls, that is why the moutain got its name. After the sightseeing in the valley, we will hike out and go back to the town for overnight.
Mt.Siguniang
Snow Peaks Of Mt. Siguniang
Drive back to Chengdu from Mt. Siguniang passing Wolong Panda Reserve, visit lovely Giant Pandas there at the Panda park which was rebuilt after the earthquake in 2008. Finally, drive to Chengdu, end the tour.
Mt. Siguniang
Wolong Panda
Transportation : different sized tour vehicles will be served according to the group size .
Hotels : twin sharing room, we will change to other similar standard hotels if the hotels we offered below are fully booked.
Guide : Chinese - English speaking guide service for whole trip .
Entrance tickets to scenic spots as listed, sighteeing bus and battery car at Yading nature reserve.
Travel insurance.
Bottle water, 2 bottles per pax per day.
Meals, visitors can order food at local restaurants with the help of tour guide.
Personal expenses such as shopping, laundry etc.
Tips to the guide and driver.
The temperature varies greatly and sunshine can be very strong, please bring jackets, sunburn cream, medicine for altitude sickness etc.
Sichuan Tibetan area is less developed than other places around Chengdu, local living condtions is still rustic, for instance, most of local restaurant can only offer the simple Sichuan and Tibetan dishes.
For avoiding the altitude sickness, please don't do violent exercises, drink more water and rest as much as possible after sightseeing.
Most of the time you will enjoy the beautiful views in the car, and the driving hours are longer in this tour.
Tourists should take the high plateau altitude into consideration, if unexpected accident(injury, death etc.) happen, the Insurance Company will compensate according to the regulations.
Sichuan Tibetan area is short of water, some hotels can not provide enough hot water for bathing.
Minor program changes sometimes are necessary, depending on road conditions, weather and availability of room.
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