Lijiang-Chengdu
(Starting From Lijiang)

Route for Activity ：
Lijiang － 194km － Zhongdian － 210km － Xiangcheng － 250km － Yading Village － 160km － Daocheng -150km -Litang － 143km － Yajiang -74km -Xindu Bridge -150km -Danba -145km -Rilong -230km -Chengdu

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Referenced Journey ：
Day 1： Lijiang–Hutiao Canon （ on foot ） Stay Over ： Middle Hutiao Canon

Lijiang is named after the beautiful Jinsha River. The ancestor of 200 thousand Naxi people created Dongba culture and has created Dongba character that is the only one hieroglyph being used. This is also the place that the US general Cheng Nade took as the tranportation base for his group of flying tiger army and Hump Line in the period of Anti-Japan War. The north-city Yufeng Temple is famous for its particular camellia Tree that has a history of 300 years and it has a beautiful name of "ten thousand camellias". Yucaiping is the best place to view Yulong Snow Mountain and was the halidom for Naxi lovers to die for their loves. It is called Xanadu and you can just lie down on the grass or ride a horse in the wood.

Day 2： Up Hutiao Canon-Middle Hutiao Canon （ on foot ） Stay Over ： Middle Hutiao Canon

Hutiao Canon locates in the southeast of Shangri-La and is 105km away from it, 35Km away from the first Gulf of Changjiang River. It is divided into Up Hutiao, Middle Hutiao and Down Hutiao and has 18 dangerous sands. The narrowest of the river is only approximately 30 meters, and Yulong and Haba Snow Mountain surround the water. The altitude fall is up to 3900 meters and the valley is the few deepest ones in the world. Hutiao Canon is the most famous valley in the world and is famous for its strangeness and danger. You can get into the big valley from the town of Hutiao Canon, passing by Chongjiang River and Haba Snow Mountain. Up Hutiao is 9km away form the town of Hutiao Canon, and it is only several meters wide and is the narrowest segment in the whole valley. There is a big 13-meter-high stone named Hutiao Stone in the center of the river. The stone sticks up like lonely mountain. The river float bumps into the huge stone, making the mountains and valley crash. Jinsha Riversuddenly turns north about 40km from Shigu and breaks into the room between Yulong and Haba Snow Mountain, making the deepest, narrowest and most dangerous valley in the world, which is Hutiao Canon. The water in the river falls 213 meters in the 30-meter-long valley. The narrowest segment of the river is only 30 meters. Jinsha River shows a kind of unblockable vigor.

Day 3： Baishuitai/Green-Tower Sea/ Songzanglin Temple/ Shangri-La（ 200Km ） Stay Over ： Shangri-La

Driving 50km from Hutiao Canon to Baishuitai, then we will go to Green-Tower Sea on the southeast of Shangri-La. Green-Tower Sea has an altitude of 3705 meters and area of 15 square meters, where the lake is surrounded by hills on the four sides. There largely lives a kind of special fish named Lifu fish, whose body is golden yellow, and there is crackle on its abdomen, at the same time, it tests decilious and the meat is exquisite. . There inhabits a lot of wild dasks and water birds. After reaching Shangri-La, we will visit Songzanlin Temple, which is called Small Budala Palace.

4th Day ： Shangri-La -Deqin Stay Over ： Feilai Temple

Leaving from Shangri-La, we will drive to Meili Snow Mountain directly and there are many original and natural landscapes along the route. Large and small snow mountains made of lime rocks reach the clouds in the sky and make you feel the beauty of the nature. Deep snows cover the original forest. Eventually we will get to Meili Snow Mountain , the main mountain of which is Kawabo Mountain and is 6740M high. Below the mountain are glaciers and moraines, of which the Mingyongqia Glacier is about 8 kilo meters long and is the only one of ever found modern sea glaciers in China that has the lowest altitude and latitude, it has much enjoyable and exploring value. The Mingyong Village which is at the foot of Meili Snow Mountain is the main area to view "three river float together" which is an important place of interest in China. In the village, there is strong Tibetan folk and simple folkway.

5th Day ： Meili Snow Mountain-Daocheng Stay Over ： Daocheng

Leaving Meili Snow Mountain, we will come to Benzilan which is called "beautiful sands" where we can view natural landscapes of altiplano and the red grass of Sangdui and appreciate Kangba Tibetan landscapes, then we reach Derong. After crossing over Wuming Mountain, Striding Maxiong Channel that is called natural danger, we will reach Xiangcheng. In the small town of Sangdui , there are vast rangelands. Seeing the further, there are group of mountains rolling and Tibetan villages diffusing in the range. In the nearer, grazers and cattle, goats form a peaceful picture and give people a quiet and serene picture. No wander it is recorded that a Tibetan living Buddhain praised when passing here in 1144 A.D. : "I have been all over the Tibetan areas and come here. The scene here is very beautiful, pasturage is plentiful, critters are thriftily and the light of Buddha shines the ground, so I am willing to build a temple here to make some contribution." Eventually we will reach mysterious Daocheng.

6th Day ： Daocheng-Yading Village Stay Over ： Yading

Going for Yading Natural Protecting Area from downtown of Daocheng County. During the journey, we can see ten thousand of poplars, Bowa-Dixitang grass ground. Advancing along Cituhe Valley, appreciating white snow on both sides, passing Tibetan villages, worshiping Gongga Temple, passing by Riwa Town, we will reach Yading Village. If time allows, we will go to visit Chonggu Temple and Luorong Cattle ground.

7th Day ： Yading Village － Daocheng Stay Over ： Daocheng

Getting up early, we will start from Chonggu Temple to Yading Natural Protecting Area on foot or by horse. During the journey, we will visit Mani Heap with a history of thousands of years, pilgrimage Zhuomalacuo Mountain to see your passed and future life, view Jianxiannairi Mountain which means Guanshiyin Bodhisattva and with an altitude of 6023M, Xianuoduo Mountain which means Bodhisattva with golden hands and with an altitude of 5958M, YiangMaiyong Mountain which means Wensu Bodhisattva and with an altitude of 5958M. We will visit beautiful Pearl Sea, view wild animals and plants, high-mountain flowers, snow Mountains, forests, glaciers, lakes, floats. Just be part of the nature and experience the harmoniousness of human and nature. If time allows, before returning to Yading Village , we will go to Milk Sea and Five-Color Sea whose altitude is about 5000M . When the sun sets, we will drive back to Daocheng.

8th Day ： Daocheng- Xindu Bridge Stay Over ： Xindu Bridge

Leaving Daocheng, we will drive to Xindu Bridge , and we will pass by Litang that is 4014M high and is called world high city, and it is the place where the 7th and 10th Dalai was born. In Litang, we will visit Changqingchun Ker Temple . After crossing over Tur Mountain and Haizi Mountain and passing by Sandui town, we will reach Daocheng and bathe warm spring there. Passing by Yajiang, eventually we will get to Xindu Bridge which is called "photographing paradise". We can also view the golden Tagong Temple which is mysterious Tibetan Lection Palace . There are also natural stone woods, golden birches and white poplars.

9th Day ： Xindu Bridge-Danba Stay Over ： Danba

we can appreciate natural landscapes during the journey. About 60km passing, Yala Mountain is in the eye shot, which is full of white snows and rises to the clouds. Appreciating majestic appearance of the mountain, you will reach a far-flung veldt that shines with the snow mountain. In the farther distance is Haizi Mountain that locates in the north edge of Tagong Veldt and it is 5820 meters high. Then we will get into Danba county which is named as "Kingdom of Thousands of Pillboxes" and locates on the southwest of Morduo God Mountain which is one of the four god mountain in Tibetan Area. In Jiaju Tibetan Village, we can appreciate the unique and most special terrain and relief in the world, and we will look for Danba beauty in legend, maybe you will have some fortunes.

10th, 11st Day ： Danba-Rilong Stay Over ： Rilong

Wander about at Shuangqiao Channel and Changping Channel on foot or by horse. Experience crossing original forest, striding bourn by horse and looking at snow mountain in distance. Although it is tough, at Shuangqiao Channel, you can feel the original primitive and secret mystery and see Tibetan village made of stone houses; at Changping Channel, you may see ancient cypresses and quiet roads and visit sacred Lama Temples and flying fall of tens of meters; at Haizi Channel, you can see quiet lakes and dark-green grasses, even groups of fishes in the water. Along the road, not only Siguniang Mountain can be seen, but also Kushu Sand, Tangfan Ancient Road, Leiguyan, 1st Ping, 2nd Ping, Tibetan villages can be visited. Plus: Lunch has to be had on road.

12nd Day ： Rilong － Chengdu

Leaving Rilong, we will cross over 4500-meter-high Balang Mountain and get into vast West Sichuan Veldt, go to Wolong to visit China Panda Research and Protecting Center at natural protecting area. Then we will take the road of Cheng-Guan High Way, riding 40Km, enjoying rural landscape, and reach Dujiangyan City. And here you can enjoy the monumental human masterpiece of Dujiangyan irrigation system built on Min River. Eventually we will get back to Chengdu.