D1 Chengdu / Maoxian / Songpan / Jiuzhaigou
Your Chengdu tour starts from hotel today, the guide and driver from China Exploration will send you to Jiuzhaigou all the day. It is a long overland tour today, about 540 kms, 120km in express way, and 420 kms in paved mountain road. Travel will not be boring for you with the accompany of newly built Tibetan villages after the Wenchuan earthquake and the huge mountains. And a short time’s tour in Songpan Old Town is necessary in the road. Songpan used to be the important station for the trade of horse and tea exchange in the ancient time, also the important gate for Sichuan.
Arrive in Jiuzhaigou in the late afternoon, and have a good rest in hotel today.
D2 Jiuzhaigou Excursion
Get up in the early morning today, and then go to the gate of Jiuzhaigou National park with your guide. There you will board local environment protecting bus to visit the long valleys.
The Y-shaped Jiuzhaigou valley actually are consisted of 3 long valleys: Shuzheng valley, Rize valley and Zezha valley. In each of the valley, many beautiful lakes, waterfalls, rivers and virgin forest are scattered. Local Tibetan granted each of them romantic names, such as Panda Sea, Pearl Sea, Long Sea, etc, and these lakes shining like jade, pearl in the mountain and forest. Jiuzhaigou valley could be the best gift from our nature, and it deserves the fame of Fairy Land on the earth!
China Exploration always wanted to introduce unique local culture to our clients, besides beautiful nature, there are also nine Tibet villages in the valley for your visit. Your guide will give you a lecture of Tibetan culture .
You will travel the 3 valleys one by one with the sightseeing bus, enjoying the interesting tales about the villages and lakes. And a simple buffet lunch will be arranged in Lorilang restaurant.
In the late afternoon you will exit the valleys and return hotel for dinner.
D3 Jiuzhaigou / Ruoergai Grassland / Tangke Yellow River ( Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner )
It will be an overland tour today, your guide will take you up the Tibetan plateau of Ruoergai grassland. You will visit Flower Lake firstly in the morning. It is a large wet land with a beautiful lake, a lot of wild birds and flowers find their paradise here.
The flat and wide Ruoergai grassland covered the earth and is looked like a green carpet under the blue sky, and the back paved highway crossed on the carpet and is leading us to the end of sky. Tibetan villages and yaks add much vitality on this carpet. Please get away from all of the worries when you are traveling in such beautiful land!
And your tour will stop at Tangke village today in the afternoon. Tangke village is just located at the beautiful bend of Yellow River, and won itselt the fame of the First Bend of Yellow River. The water of Yellow River is very clean here, and the river is mirror like flat and slow. It bent gently here like moon, and the shining of sun light like stars in galaxy. Tibetan herdsman riding horses trekked along the river. China Exploration will arrange a night here for you in order to experience the quietness of yellow river and grassland. We would like to let you handle the time yourself, you can sit on the grassland overlooking Yellow river and meditate, you can also practice your riding skill with local Tibetan, or take photo of the sun set.
D4 Tangke / Aba County
It will be an unforgettable experience to watch the Sun rise in the grassland. So get up early today! And your guide will take you to Aba county. It is a tour of 180 kms with good paved road. Landscape will gradually change from grassland to plateau mountain. And yaks en route make tours alive everywhere.
The Moon Bend is a part of Yellow River close to Hongyuan, and a short time’s tour is necessary for you. In the afternoon arrive in Aba county. And you can visit famous Kirti monastery, which was built in 1412 by disciple of Tsongkhapa. And free to walk around in the Tibetan city of Aba.
D5 Aba County / Heishui County
Continue your city tour in this mysterious Tibetan city in the morning, and then you will head for Heishui county. And in this overland tour on Tibetan plateau, you will be escorted by endless wide Tibetan mountain and temples en route. Arrive in Heishui county in the afternoon.
D6 Heishui Ice Glacier / Chengdu
Today’s tour will be in Dagu Ice Glacier firstly. The Ice Glacier is located 30 kms away from Heishui county, and is covered by silvery ice all the year. In this beautiful park, waterfall, lakes, forest, ice, wild life are mixed each other. After the tour in Dagu Ice Glacier, in the afternoon your guide will take you back Chengdu in 318 kms in about 4 hours’ driving. And your tour will be finished today.
Our prices included:
1. Entrance ticket. Our price have included the entrance ticket of Huanglong, Jiuzhaigou national park, Flower Lake, Tangke.
2. The environment protection bus of Jiuzhaigou national park.
3. Guide. An English speaking guide will be provided during the tour of Jiuzhaigou and Huanglong, also the airport transfer service in Chengdu.
4. Private car transfers during tour and airport transfer in Chengdu and Jiuzhaigou. It will be an air-conditioned vehicle.
5. Meals as schedule listed. Seven typical Chinese meals, lunch or dinner, depend on the schedule arrangement.
6. Service Charge & Government Taxes.
7. Hotel. Provide 3 nights' 4 star hotel in Jiuzhaigou and Heishui, and 1 night's guest house in Tangke, 1 night's 2-3 star hotel in Aba, every two people share one room.
8. Insurance. We provide a free insurance of accident and casualty for each traveler. The highest refund is RMB 300000.00. Detailed terms please view our contract with Ping An of China.
Our prices not included :
1. Your hotel in Chengdu
2. Any of the optional program recommended by the guide, such as Tibetan dancing show, Tibetan banquet.
If you require, we can book hotels in Chengdu, and make private airport and city tour necessary.
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