 Day1:
Arrival in Chengdu |
Actives |
Chengdu local guide nd driver will meet you at the exit upon your arrival at Chengdu Shuangliu Airport. Drive about 30 minutes to a hotel in downtown. Stay and relax. |
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Meals |
D |
RA |
4* Sichuan hotel. |
 Day2:
Chengdu –Kangding (364km, 7 hours) |
Actives |
Set out in the morning. Drive on the Chengdu-Ya'an Express Way, enjoy the rurl scenery of western Sichuan Plain, pass Ya'an city, famous as rainy city, then erter the mountain areas. Drive across the 4.1km long tunnel of Mt. Erlang, heading for Luding. If interested, stop for a short visit to the Luding Iron Chain Bridge over the Dadu River. Arrive in Kangding, the gteway to Kham and Tibet. |
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Meals |
B |
RA |
3-star Kalakal Hotel. |
 Day3:
Kangding – Litang (292km 6 hours) |
Actives |
Drive uptwards, en route, the snow mountains, glaciers and high land lakes form a splendid picture in your eyes. After crossing Mt. Zheduo(4298m), arrive at the paradise of photographers—Xinduqiao, enjoy a short photographing break here. Driving to Yajiang city then enter Yarlong River ravine, up to the Jianziwan pass(4658m). In the afternoon arrive in the world highland city –Litang(4014m). If we come here in the first week of August, we can meet the Hose Racing Festival held at this time each year, but it will also make our stay tougher for better hotels and guest houses are reserved for officials and actors, and probably only simple guest houses for us travelers. |
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Meals |
B |
RA |
2-star Highland Pearl Hotel. |
 Day4:
Litang —Batang –Markam (272km, 6 hours) |
Actives |
Today's first site en route is the 4700m high Haizi Mountain, where the topography is quite complicated and it's for investigation of geological structure and the formation of the glaciers. Here you can also see innumerable lakes scattered here, make an excursion to Cuopu lake, which is famous as the first lake in Kham. Then arrive at Batang(2589m), cross Jinsha River, reaches Markam, where the Sichuan-Tibet Highway and Yunnan Tibet Highway meet. |
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Meals |
B |
RA |
2-star Kangsheng Hotel |
 Day5:
Zuogong |
Actives |
Heading for Zuogong. Drive across the Lancang River(Mekong River) on the way, overcome 3 passes: Joba, Lawu(4358m) and Dongda(5008m). Stay in a simple guest house. |
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Meals |
B |
RA |
Guest house. |
 Day6:
Zuogong – Baxio (201km, 6 hours) |
Actives |
Drive upstream to Bangba, a town junction where Lhasa connects to the Chamdo-Kunming Highway. Cross Gama la Pass(4618m), reaches Baxio, stay in simple Yingbinguan Hotel. |
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Meals |
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RA |
Yingbinguan Hotel. |
 Day7:
Baxio –Ranwu –Bome (219km) |
Actives |
Today we'll meet a big beauty—Ranwu Lake, the pristine waters, spectacularly crystal blue lake cupped by snow peaks. Freshly caught fish served in lunch. Wander along the Poto chu Valley at Tramog(2743m), located deep in the thickly forested gorge of Parlung Tsangpo with glacier waterfalls streaming from the mountainsides. |
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Meals |
B |
RA |
2-star Zhongxing Hotel. |
 Day8:
Bome –Nyingchi (216km) |
Actives |
Go down several hundred mter in altitude when we reach the lowland jungle settlement of Tongmai. When crossing Serkhyem la Pass(4515m), we will have spectacular views of Mt. Gyala Pelri(7151m) and Mt. Namcho Barwa(7782m). Late in the afternoon arrive in Nyingchi. |
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Meals |
B |
RA |
Nyingchi Hotel. |
 Day9:
Nyingchi –Lhasa (430km) |
Actives |
Sightseeing of Nyingchi, called Tibet Switherland. Go to visit Bamsum-Tso. The lake and its surrounding views are beautiful and the site is also connected to the semi-mythical ruler of the Kham region and Guru Rinpoche. Drive ahed to reach Lhasa. |
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Meals |
B |
RA |
Lhasa Holiday Inn Resort |
 Day10:
Leisure day in Lhasa |
Actives |
Enjioy a leisure in Lhasa. Explore the city on your own. |
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Meals |
B |
RA |
Lhasa Holiday Inn Resort |
 Day11:
Farewell |
Actives |
Get ready for departure. Transfer to the airport according to your flight schedule.
Drive for about 2 hours to Gongga airport which is 100m from Lhasa city, fly to next destination. Tour off. |
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Meals |
B |
RA |
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