6-Day West Sichuan Private Tour of Danba, Xinduqiao, Panda Base and Mount.Siguniang from Chengdu

Attractions: Shenshuping Panda Base,  Balang Mountain, Maobiliang Ridge,  Siguniangshan Town
Meal: Not Included
Hotel: Overnight in Siguniang Mount Town

On this day, your driver and guide will pick you up at your hotel in Chengdu downtown. The following journey will be a scenic driving from Chengdu to Mount Siguniang, about 205 kilometers away. To enrich your experience on the way, you’ll pay a visit to Shenshuping Panda Base in Wolong. After the visiting, continue your driving and travel onwards and upwards through the sea of clouds of Balang Mountain. Then, stop at Maobiliang Ridge (Bridge of Cats Nose) which is the top best location to enjoy the panorama of Mount Siguniang. After that, you’ll arrive in Siguniangshan Town (altitude: 3,200 meters). Have a good rest and stay overnight in this town.

Attractions: Mount Siguniang National Park, Shuangqiao Valley, Siguniangshan Town
Meal: Not Included
Hotel: Overnight in Siguniang Mount Town

After breakfast, you’ll be transferred to explore Mount Siguniang National Park and first visit Shuangqiao Valley, the left one of the three valleys about 7 kilometers from Siguniangshan Town. With a full length of 34.8 kilometers, Shuangqiao Valley is regarded as the most beautiful valley in Mount Siguniang National Park. Then, take sightseeing bus down the valley passing vast grassland covered by the fresh white snow, clear lakes reflecting the colorful Autumn forest, prayer flags dancing in the mountain wind, lush meadow with grazing horses, white pagoda quite brilliant under blue sky. After the visiting, walk or take the sightseeing bus down back. And your guide and driver will drive you back to your hotel in Siguniangshan Town. 

Attractions: Changping Valley or Haizi Valley
Meal: Not Included
Hotel: Overnight in Danba

After breakfast, you’ll begin your hiking journey in either Changping Valley or Haizi Valley to feel more Autumn beauty of Mount Siguniang. Changping Valley is a mature valley designed with sightseeing bus, plank road, hiking trail and horse riding and it is also the nearest valley to catch the beauty of Mount Siguniang. While Haizi Valley is wilder and more primitive than Changping Valley, offering the best location to shoot Mount Siguniang. (Note: Each valley takes about one full day which means you can only choose one to do on this day, and you’d better tell your likes to us beforehand.)

Attractions: Jiaju Tibetan Village, Suopo Village, Tagong Grassland, Tagong Monastery, Xinduqiao
Meal: Not Included
Hotel: Overnight in Xinduqiao

In this morning after breakfast, begin your discovery of Danba is renowned as “A Place with Hundreds of Ancient Watchtowers” with over 2,000 years’ history. You will first visit Jiaju Tibetan Village, honored as the most beautiful village in China by Chinese National Geographic. In Danba County, there are over 180 Tibetan villages, while Jiaju is the best example to well preserved Jiarong Tibetan culture. Next, go to visit Suopo Village, the most concentrated Tibetan village with 172 Danba towers in the world. After that, drive for about 2.5 hours to visit to Tagong Grassland and overlook the snow-capped magnificent Yala Mountain (5,884 meters) in a distance. Later, say goodbye to this beautiful grassland and drive to Xinduqiao for accommodation!

Attractions: Xinduqiao, Mugecuo Scenic Area
Meal: Not Included
Hotel: Overnight in Kangding

After an early breakfast, you’ll going to catch the most beautiful Autumn landscape of Xinduqiao, which is called “A Paradise for Photographers”. Drive slowly on the several kilometer long “Photography Gallery” with the most romantic soft sunshine in Autumn morning. After that, drive for about 3 hours to visit Mugecuo Scenic Area that is complimented as the “Little Jiuzhai Valley” with abundant red and yellow as the subject color in Autumn. Then, go to Mugecuo Lake (3,700m) to enjoy the peaceful large blue alpine lake mirroring sapphire sky, white snow mountain and the wonderful forest in bright green, orange and red. After the visiting, drive back to your hotel in Kangding City! Have a good sleep!

Attractions: No
Meal: Not Included
Hotel: No

After breakfast, your guide and drive will drive you for about 4.5 hours back to your hotel in Chengdu or the airport/train station for your flights/train home or to the next destination!