TIBETAN HIGHLANDS HORSEBACK TREK

The grassland in the northwest of Sichuan is beautiful and vast. What you can see here are white cloud, blue sky, crowds of yaks and sheep, also the rivers flowing far away quietly.

Itinerary:

Day 1:  Arrive Chengdu                                                                                Jinjiang Hotel

Chengdu city tour and stroll calligraphy and painting and antique market near the Jinjiang Hotel.

Day 2:  Chengdu/Dujiangyan/Lixian                                                        Local farmer’s family

Leave Chengdu after breakfast, traversing Sichuan Basin, and visit field scene of Chengdu Plain. After local family visit, go north along Dadu River. Drive to Lixian and check in local family. Taste local flavor food and appreciate national custom of Qiang Nationality.

Day 3:  Lixian/Hongyuan/Tangke                                                                             Camp

Leave Lixian, via Miyaluo --- the largest Maple Forest Scene  Spot of China, and cross over Mt. Zegu, then enter into Hongyuan grassland. Appreciate grassland scene and visit herdsman’s family, taste fresh milk and cheese. At last arrive encampment –Tangke.

At this time, our operators have arrived here, they would pitch tents and cook food for you. So that you can have a good condition to rest. At the same time, they would collect all horses to horseback trek..

Day 4—Day 7:  Begin horseback trek. Go north along Yellow  River, via Jiuqu Yellow River, and several virgin regions  inhabited by nomadic tribe. Visit local people and taste fresh milk. Have a needfire party at night. At last arrive Xikekeyangchang after four days trekking.                                       

Day 8:  Xikekeyangchang/Zoergai                                                                  Tibetan Guesthouse

After breakfast leave encampment, via Maqu County, arrive Zoergai.

Day 9:  Zoergai/Songpan                                                                        Songpan Hotel

Go south and arrive Tibetan ancient city --- Songpan. Songpan city tour.

Day 10:  Songpan/Chengdu                                                                       Jinjiang Hotel

Drive back to Chengdu.

D11: Depart Chengdu

Service:

1) 17 seats IVECO minibus with air-conditon;

2) a Dongfeng Truck as luggage van;

3) two walkie-talkies

4) horse with saddle ( one horse/per person, one groom/ per person)

5) one oxygen-bottle (one mini oxygen-botlle/ per person), one first-aid kit;

6) import “RHINOCEROS” tent(one tent/two person), sleeping-cushion(one /p.p), head lamp(one/p.p), rain-coat(one/p.p), luggage-bag(one/p.p);

7) a suit of LNG cooker;

8) picnic as following:

A.       breakfast: omelette, fried latke, French bread, brown bread, flapjack, milk, coffee,tea etc..

B.       Lunch and supper: flapjack, tomato oat, pasta, salad, bortsch etc..

 Provide coffee and tea for all meal, and beer for supper.

Tour Cost ( over 6 PAX): 

790 USD/per person

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