Lijiang-Meili Snow Mountain 8 day extension tour

 

Day 1: Lijiang-Tiger Leaping Gorge

Get up early in the morning, after having your breakfast, we will drive 2 hours to our first stop-Qiaotou town, and start the hiking of Tiger Leaping Gorge. Walk from the high path (2 hours) to get to the Naxi family guesthouse, eat lunch out there. Walk from Naxi family guesthouse to Halfway guesthouse and stay overnight (about 3-5 hours). On the way to Halfway guesthouse, you will have to ascent over the most difficult part of the Tiger Leaping Gorge-28 Bends so called, enjoying the snow-capped mountains Jade Dragon and Haba. You can rent a mule or horse to carry your backpacks, or for you to ride.

Day 2: Tiger Leaping Gorge-Songzanlin lamasery-Zhongdian

Walk from Halfway guesthouse to Tina¡¯s (around 1-2 hours), stop for lunch then drive to Songzanlin, a monastery was first built here in 1679 and has been rebuilt many times. The architectural style of the building is a faithful imitation of the Potala Palace in Lhasa, Tibet. After that, free time for you to stroll around Sifang square and to explore some Tibetan custom, overnight at Zhongdian.

Day 3: Zhongdian-Deqin

We will drive about 6-7 hours to get to the Deqin from Zhongdian, the road condition is not that good, is kinda rough, a little bit danger as well, but the landscape is awesome. After traversing mountain ranges, we will make a short stop and have lunch at Benzilan town, take some shots on the first bend of Jinsha River, Dongzhulin monastery and Baima (white horse) Snow Mountain. Stay at Meili Village overnight.

Day 4: Meili Village-Xidang-Yubeng trekking

Get up early in the morning, enjoy the sunrise heat over the peak of Meili snow mountain (if you lucky enough), then start driving to Xidang village (about 2 hours), after having lunch, another 5 hours experience hiking tour to get to Yubeng, stay overnight.

Day 5: lower Yubeng-Shenpu (Sacred Waterfall)-upper Yubeng

Trekking about 3-4 hours to the waterfall, where you will meet some Tibetan pilgrims, just say Zhaxidele to them, which means everything is going to be fine on you. Return and stay overnight at upper Yubeng.

Day 6: upper Yubeng-base camp-glacier lake-upper Yubeng-Xidang-Mingyong village

Another grindingly day for trekking, from upper Yubeng to base camp (around 0.5-1 hour), take a short break, heading the way to glacier lake (2.5-3 hours), walk all the way back to Xidang, and then drive to Mingyong village, stay overnight.

Day 7: Mingyong glacier-Shangri-la

This will be the last trekking day for the whole trip, stick with it! It will only spend your 2 hours to get to Mingyong glacier, after enjoying the tongue of Meili snow capped mountain, back to the village, we drive to Shangri-la. Have some wonderful meal have a good night there.

Day 8: Shangri-la-Lijiang

We finish the great 8-day¡¯s trip at Lijiang where we started!

PS: the basic outdoor equipment is recommended on this hiking trip!

 

the itinerary we provide above is optional, please contact us for the exact tour cost based on your desired tour itinerary.

 

tour price

The following table shows the price per person for groups of varying sizes.

 

4-8 people

guesthouse or 2 star acommodation

1960RMB/person

Note: Prices will rise for tours held during national holiday periods such as National Day (October 1st-7th), May Day (May 1st-7th) and Spring Festival. For tours at these times, please contact us for the price.

Price includes

1. an english speaking tour guide

2. all transportation fees

3. meals as indicated on itinerary, meals will mostly be standard Chinese food

4. entrance tikects into the attractions

5. accommodation in guesthouses or 2 star accommodation

Price excludes

1. snacks and drinks

2. souvenir

3. horses to carry luggage in Tiger leaping gorge

 

for most of the details about this itineary, please contact us.