4-Day Sichuan Private Tour to Luding Bridge, Xinduqiao, Mount.Siguniang and Danba

Atttractions: Kangding, Luding Bridge, Mt Erlangshan

Meal: Not Included

Accomodation: Ovenight in Kangding

Your Chengdu tour starts in the early morning today, the guide will take you to Kangding all the day, about 380kms away from Chengdu and about 7 hours’ driving, half on express way and half mountain road on No 318 state highway. The landscape will change from wide plain to big mountain area gradually. In the route you will pass Mt Erlangshan, Erlang Mountain Scenic Area is a provincial scenic area with majestic, precipitous, magical, beautiful and quiet original style and unique historical connotation of Tibetan and Chinese cultural integration. The vigorous song "Singing Erlang Mountain" spread for a long time has caused people endless yearning and reveries for a long time.

Luding Bridge, also known as Dadu Bridge, is an iron cable bridge across the Dadu River, which is the main landscape cultural relics of Luding Bridge Scenic Area. There has been a famous war that happen here, it is very important for the Chinese communist partyYou will continue the tour along Dadu River, and arrive in Kangding in the late afternoon. It is only 2560 meters in sea level, so you can be acclimated today by free walking in the beautiful Tibetan style city.

Atttractions: Xinduqiao village, Tagong Grassland, Tagong Monastery, Huiyuan Monastery 

Meal: Not Included

Accomodation: Ovenight in Jiaju Tibetan Village

Xinduqiao, known as a photographer's paradise, its beauty is not in Xindu Bridge town itself, but in Xindu Bridge town 2 km east to west along the 10 km scenic promenade. It is located at the fork of Sichuan-Tibet North-South Line, is the only place to pass through Sichuan-Tibet southern Line, but also a picturesque paradise. To the north of Xindu Bridge, in the direction of Tagong, there is a section of road known as the Ten Mile Gallery, with golden cypress trees on both sides of the road. Through the forest, go straight ahead, you can see a large meadow, under the blue sky and white clouds, a piece of golden.

And Tagong is a typical Tibetan town 30 kms away from it. Wide Tagong Grassland, huge Tagong Monastery, "Tagong" means "Bodhisattva's favorite place" in Tibetan language. It is known as the Jokhang Temple. Located in Garze Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture,  it was originally built in the seventh century and is a major temple of the Sakya School of Tibetan Buddhism.

Tibetan plateau will continue showing off its beauty in your tour Today. The Rock Forest of Bamei, bonsai garden valley of Donggu, everywhere may kill your film! Oh, you can not miss Huiyuan Monastery for sure. It is a small monastery just a few miles off the main road, but it has high position in Tibet. The 7th Dalai Lame used to take refuge here due to invasion of Mongolian to Lhasa in 1728, and the 11th Dalai Lama was also born here in 1838.
Arrive in Danba in the late afternoon, and you will head for Jiaju Tibetan village in the mountain directly. It is a tour of home stay in local Tibetan family guest house today. And China Exploration would like to invite you try dinner of Tibetan food tonight!

Atttractions: Suopo Tower houses, Sopo village

Meal: Not Included

Accomodation: Overnight in Rilong

Danba Tibetans pay great attention to the beauty of their houses, so their houses are generally built on good terrain and decorated beautifully both outside and inside. Their house makes a beautiful picture with the surrounding mountains, fields and plants. And Jiarong Village is the most beautiful place in Damba, so we will take you to the best viewing point to see Jiarong Village and Jiarong Mountain.
After tour of Jiaju village, Jiaju "means" one hundred households "in Tibetan language, so there are hundreds of Tibetan-style houses here. The existing form of Jiaju Tibetan house has completely preserved the basic characteristics of Jiarong folk houses, such as the use of original materials, the use of original technology, and the maintenance of traditional and simple style. Although with the continuous development of history, some local changes have taken place, but these changes have not affected its traditional style and future generations of Tibetan charm.

Your guide will take you to Suopo Tower houses. At present, there are 562 ancient diaofu in Danba, of which 176 are in Suopo, which is the most densely distributed diaofu in the world. Danba ancient tower has various forms, including four-angle tower, pentagonal tower, octagonal tower and decangular tower, especially the four-angle tower.

In the afternoon you will continue your tour to Rilong village by 2 hours’ driving. Xiaojin, Dawei, and Rilong, you can enjoy more view along the waving road and river.  Arrive in Rilong town in the late afternoon, stay in the hotel for night today.

Atttractions: Mt. Siguniangshan, Changpinggou valley

Meal: Not Included

Accomodation: No

Mt. Siguniangshan, Located on the eastern edge of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, Siguniang Mountain Scenic Area is a World Natural Heritage site, known as the "Eastern Alps", its core attractions are three valleys and four peaks.

.At the foot mountain is beautiful Changpinggou valley. Changping Valley is mainly composed of forests, canyons and snow-capped mountains at the top of the canyons. The scenery is magnificent, and most sections can only choose horseback riding or walking. Through the Changping ditch can direct to the foot of the Siguniang Mountain, but also around the Siguniang Mountain through the Bipeng ditch to Lixian County.

In the afternoon, you will return Chengdu either by Mt. Jiajinshan of 4000 ms or Mt. Balangshan of 5040 ms. Which route to take, depend on the road condition at that time. But for us, we prefer route of Mt. Balangshan, there is a Chinese saying The Boundless vista is at the perilous peak. In this tour, tourist can enjoy the cloud sea and more snow peaks.

Mt. Jiajinshan:

Natural tourism resources such as alpine meadow landscape, snow mountain landscape, mountain lake landscape, primitive forest landscape, rare animal and plant landscape can be enjoyed in the scenic spot.

Mt Balangshan:

Balang Mountain, as the watershed of Minjiang River, Dadu River and Qingyi River, with its unique geographical environment, convenient transportation and huge altitude difference, Balang Mountain has created an excellent viewing platform for the sea of clouds, sunrise and starry sky.
In the late afternoon you will arrive in Chengdu, and your tour of Chengdu finished today with sweet memory.