Chengdu&Mt Siguniang Trekking 6D tour
Duration
6D5N
Destination
West Sichuan
Tour type
Trekking
Accommodations
Standard
From
USD USD598.00 /pax

TOUR HIGHLIGHTS

01. 2.5 days exploring Mt Siguniang by visiting Shuangqiao Valley and hiking Changping Valley and Haizi Valley, immerse yourself into the unique beauty of Western Sichuan in this Siguniang Trekking tour. Have a remarkable hiking to the Mount Siguniang, which is called the 'Alps of the Orient'. Explore this natural protective area that is mixed with the snow capped mountains, pure blue lakes and dense forests. Meet local Tibetans, and discover their traditional cultures.

02. Visit the amazing feat of engineering and construction and is a wonder of the world-Dujiangyan irrigation system, this waterworks is still used to irrigate 5,300 square kilometers of land in the region. It was used to not only control flooding on the Min River, but also to irrigate an arid region on the other side of a mountain around Chengdu.

Itinerary
Day 1 : Arr Chengdu

Spots:Free Program

Welcome to Chengdu! You will be picked up by local tour guide at the airport hall or train station, and then be escorted to your hotel in Chengdu city in a private vehicle.
After check in, you can hang out around the City to experience local conditions and customs.

Stay at: Holiday Inn Express Hotel Chengdu, or similar standard


Day 2 : Chengdu bus Mt Siguniang (BLD)

Spots:Shuangqiao Valley

Start the tour today by driving to Mt Siguniang Town in this morning. The drive takes about 5H. Enjoy the beautiful alpine scenery when you enter the mountain ranges of Western Sichuan. Stop at Maobiliang view platform for the first panorama of four peaks of Mount Siguniang. Afterward, leave for Mt Siguniang Town, which is the main base for visiting Mount Siguniang. 

In the afternoon, visit Shuangqiao valley. In this valley, you can view more than 10 snow mountains over 4,000m high, all the peaks, trees, grasslands, streams, and water drops are completely bared in their natural being, untouched and unspoiled by man. 

Stay at: Holy Land Image Hotel or similar standard


Day 3 : Mt Siguniang (BLD)

Spots:Changping Valley

After breakfast, begin your interesting hiking along Changping Valley, located in the middle of three valleys and being the nearest valley to catch the gorgeous appearance of Mount Siguniang. With 29-kilometer long, Changping Valley is a mature valley designed with sightseeing bus, plank road, hiking trail and horse riding.

The hiking is composed of two parts - hiking on the plank road and hiking from the ending of the plank road to Muluozi. In the first part, you will see solemn monastery, waterfalls, deep valleys, ancient withered trees standing in lakes; and in the second part, you’ll walk through wild forests, follow the walking trails along the clear streams to chase some landscape you have never seen - sea buckthorn forest, red stones arrayed by nature, peaks like camel, pure plateau lakes reflecting the giant peaks,  snow-capped Mt Siguniang, magnificent glacier…you will return to Lama Temple after reaching Muluozi. The whole hiking needs about 8 hours.

Stay at: Holy Land Image Hotel or similar standard


Day 4 : Mt Siguniang (BLD)

Spots:Haizi Valley

Today after breakfast, you are going to take an adventurous hiking to Haizi Valley, the right one of the three valleys. Compared with Changping Valley, Haizi Valley is wilder, more mysterious and primitive.

Haizi Valley is with a length of 19.2 meters and you’ll hike a part of the valley. The hiking is composed of two sections. The first half features in walking on plateau meadows and having the most magnificent views of Mount Siguniang, stop for a while at Chaoshanping which is the best location to photograph Mount Siguniang.

The second half of Haizi Valley hiking lets you revel in  lakes which mostly are wide and large, and surrounded by high mountains with diverse sceneries of different colors. The pure water reflects all the scenery clearly in the lake like mirrors... You will stop at Dahaizi Lake and return back to Siguniangshan Town. The whole hiking today takes about 8-9 hours. 

Stay at: Holy Land Image Hotel or similar standard


Day 5 : Mt Siguniang bus Chengdu(BLD)

Spots:Dujiangyan Irrigation System

Transfer back to Chengdu from the original way on day02. You will be able to see the panorama of Four Girls Mountain in Maobiliang if the weather is great.

Visit Dujiangyan irrigation system on the way, which was an irrigation project built in 256BC. The system is still working to irrigate Chengdu plain and it’s the actual reason why Chengdu is called as the “Land of Abundance”. Visit the three main parts of Dujiangyan Irrigation System including Yuzui, Feishayan, Baopingkou, and be amazed by the wisdom of ancient Chinese.

Stay at: Holiday Inn Express Hotel Chengdu, or similar standard


Day 6 : Chengdu DEP (B)

Spots:Free Program

Today is free for you until your tour guide transfer you to the airport in time for your flight or drop you off at the airport.
After several day’s travel, the thought of breakfast in bed may appeal, or if you want to immerse yourself in the local vibe, join Tai Chi in the park or relax in a local teahouse that has served the same brew for generations.

Tips of Today:

please pack your luggage carefully, especially for small things like camera charger, power adaptor, mobile phone, phone charger, wallet and towel;

If your flight is arranged in the afternoon, please make sure you check out the hotel before 12pm.


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Cost description
Price Include

01. Accommodation: Accommodation in a shared twin or shared double room in selected or similar standard hotels;

02. Meals: Meals as mentioned (B= Breakfast, L= Lunch, D= Dinner);

03. Guide: English speaking guide (for other languages a supplement applies);

04. Transport: Tours and transfers as mentioned by private air conditioned vehicle unless stated otherwise;

05. Tickets: Entrance fees for mentioned visits, include all necessary tools inside the spots like sightseeing bus, cable car, electric car etc;

06. Insurance: Insurance: 3 hundred thousand insurance for overseas guests;

07. Others: Daily drinking mineral water; 

 

Price Exclude

01. Meal which are not specified in the itinerary.

02. Tips and gratuities for the service of the tour guide and driver.

03. Other personal expenses not mentioned in the itinerary.

 

Remarks

01. The above itinerary is just for ur reference, which can be flexibly adjusted according to your personal needs.

02. The price is for one pax, and based on a private mini group(group size=4adt) of twin share room and travel in shoulder season(Apr-Jun). Due to the limited reception facilities in some areas, we will try our best to arrange the best accommodation where there is no four-star standard hotel.

03. The price is subject to change according your travel season, group size, hotel standard, change of activities and possible fluction of currency exchange rate.