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10-day The Legendary Shangri-la

Tour Destinations: Chengdu - Ya'an - Kangding - Xinduqiao - Daocheng - Riwa - Yading Natural Reserve
If you enjoy exploring the heavenly beauty and digging fantastic cultures, then take this timeless, tremendous, and transcendental journey.
10-day The Legendary Shangri-la

Tour Itinerary

DAY 1 Chengdu
Transfer via: international plane - your arrangement
Activities for today: Airport to hotel transfer
On arrival in Chengdu, your guide, driver and private car will be ready and waiting to transfer you to the hotel. Free at leisure in the rest of the day.
DAY 2 Chengdu
Transfer via: private vehicle
Activities for today: Jinsha Site Museum, Wuhou Temple, Jinli Old Street, Wenshu Temple
Your professional guide will meet you at hotel in the morning and then pay a visit to the Jinsha Site Museum. After enjoying simon-pure Chengdu snacks lunch, continue to visit the Wuhou Temple, Jinli Old Street and Wenshu Temple.

DAY 3 Chengdu/Ya'an/Kangding/Xinduqiao
Transfer via: private vehicle
Activities for today: Mt. Erlangshan Tunnel, Xinduqiao
After breakfest, we will drive about 350 km (7.5-8 hrs ) to Xinduqiao via Ya'an and Kangding. Though it is a little long journey, take it easy, it will be not insipid because we drive through the longest tunnel in China - Mt. Erlangshan Tunnel and enjoy the picturesque scenery along the Chengdu Plain, the Dadu River and the Qingyi River.
DAY 4 Xinduqiao/Daocheng
Activities for today: Maoya Grassland
Today is an exploring trip. In the morning, we will drive 360km ( 8 hrs) to Daocheng via Yajiang and Litang (4014m above sea level) . One the way we will cross 2 high mountian passes at an elevation of over 4000 m, view the Maoya Grassland, across the Rabbit Mountain - the biggest Tibetan Plateau glacier relic, and Haizi Mountain Natural Reserve (4500 m). After that, we will arrive in Daocheng and check into the hotle at late afternoon.
DAY 5 Daocheng/Riwa Village/Yading Village
Activities for today: Tibetan Family Visit, Chonggu Temple, Pearl Lake
After breakfast in your hotel, we starts our trip. First, drive 118 km (2hrs) to the Yading Natural Reserve. On the way we can enjoy very charming countryside scenery and pay a visit to a Tibetan family in the beautiful Riwa Village (in Shangrila Town). Proceed to walk or choose to ride horse to Chonggu Temple. Pay a short visit to the Chonggu Temple and then trek up or ride a horse (about 15 minutes) to the Pearl Lake (Drolma-la tso) to view the holy peak Xiannairi. Later, return to Yading Village.

Note: Food at Yading Natural Reserve is package food, and accommodation will be dorm bed or camping.
DAY 6 Yading Natural Reserve/Luorong Pasture/Daocheng
Transfer via: private vehicle
Activities for today: Luorong Pasture
Get up early to enjoy sunrise at Chonggu Temple and then ride horse to Luorong Pasture to pilgrim the three holy peaks of Xiannairi, Yangmaiyong and Xialuoduojie. We will ride back to Yading Village and drive back to Daocheng in the late afternoon.

Recommend activity: Enjoy the famous Rupuchaka hot springs or local Tibetan dancing & singing show
DAY 7 Daocheng/Xinduqiao
Transfer via: private vehicle
Activities for today: Drive back to Xinduqiao
After breakfast, we will drive back to Xinduqiao. On the way, we'll go through Litang and Yajiang.
DAY 8 Xinduqiao/Chengdu
Transfer via: private vehicle
Activities for today: Drive back to Chengdu
Drive back to Chengdu via Kangding and Ya'an.
DAY 9 Chengdu
Transfer via: private vehicle
Activities for today: Chengdu Panda Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding
Morning be met by your guide and then pay a visit to the lovely giant pandas in Chengdu Panda Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding. The afternoon is for your own independent exploration.
DAY 10 Chengdu/Exit
Transfer via: international plane - your arrangement
Activities for today: Hotel to airport transfer
Have a cosey breakfast at your hotel. And then transfer to Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport to board flight to your next journey.

Price Details

*Actual price will be confirmed upon enquiry

Price Includes

Private Transfers
Airport/hotel transfers with driver and English guide
Entrance Fees
All entrance fees in itinerary
Meals
All meals as specified (B/L/D)
Guide & Transport
English guide, economy flights/trains
Hotel
Twin/double room with breakfast

Price Excludes

International Travel
International flights, visa fees, excess baggage
Personal Items
Personal expenses, tips, optional activities
Others
Force majeure costs, travel insurance
Tour Code: JZG-S-07
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  • One-on-one Travel Consultant Service
  • Flexible time schedule to suit your pace
  • Selected and trained guides
  • Meals are in quality local restaurants
  • Western style service standard

Destinations

Chengdu

Chengdu is the provincial capital of Sichuan Province in Southwest China. It is located on the edge of the Chengdu Plain which is known as the “Country of Heaven” (Tian Fu Zhi Guo). The agriculture in Chengdu really develop well, as a result, it is also called the “Land of Milk and Honey” due to this. One thing you must do in Chengdu is visiting the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding. 

Chengdu is famed as “the home Town of Giant Panda” which attracts millions of tourists from inland and abroad. Moreover, Chengdu has a history of more than 2,000 years with numerous historical places of interests and relics. 

You can experience the history of Chengdu can go to the Jinsha Site Museum, Sanxingdui Museum, Wuhou Memorial Temple and Wenshu Temple, or you can stroll in the Jinli Ancient Street and the Wide and Narrow Alley to relax yourself. Additionally, you’d better not miss the Sichuan Cuisine.

Ya'an

Located near the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, Ya'an is a prefecture-level city in the western part of Sichuan province, China. 

Ya'an has a long history, dating back to the pre-Qin era (Before 221 BC). 

Ya'an is a historical and cultural city as well as an emerging tourist city in Sichuan Province, known as the "Rain City", the "Western Sichuan Throat", "Tibet Portal", and "National Corridor". 

Two must-see sites in Ya’an are Shangli Old Town and Bifengxia Panda Base. 

Kangding

Kangding is an important historic county in western China. 

It has been the political, economic, cultural, trade, information center and transportation hub since Kham region. 

Also, it served as the trade center of tea-horse between Han and Tibetan. Today, it belongs to Ganzi Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in Sichuan Province. 

It has many famous tourist places, such as Mugecuo (Love Song of Kangding Scenic Area), Xinduqiao, Moxi Gully, Mount Gongga, Nawu Monastery, Tagong Monastery, Gongga Temple and so on. 

Xinduqiao

Xinduqiao is a small town of Kangding county, located at an altitude of about 3,300 meters on 318 State Roadside. 

In this piece of land, the beautiful scenery of western Sichuan Plains is blooming quietly. 

Here is a paradise, with magical light, vast grasslands, crooked creek, golden cypress poplar, rolling hills, Tibetan villages scattered across the meantime, cattle and sheep graze peacefully. Veritable, it is a fascinating "photographic paradise”. 

Daocheng

Daocheng County is located in the southwestern Sichuan Province, China,which is the eastern Hengduan Mountains. 

It is under the administration of the Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture with an overwhelmingly Tibetan population. 

Daocheng is a beautiful place; there is the famous Daocheng Yading Shangri - La Eco-tourism Area, known as "China Shangri - La Soul," "the last piece of pure land on the blue planet". 

Daocheng's main attractions are: Yading (Aden) Nature Reserve, Xingyicuo Lake, Mengzi Grand Canyon, Colored Sea, etc.

Riwa

Riwa Town, also known as Shangari-La now, belongs to Daocheng County; it is the site where the world-wide known “the Last Shangari-La Yading Nature Reserve” is located. Riwa is on the way from Daocheng County to Yading Nature Reserve. It is the nearest township to Yading Nature Reserve with beautiful nature.