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Summer Kham Travel

---Flower Seas and Folk Custom

Summer is a beautiful season with various booming flowers at Kham. Wild flowers in different colors look like a rug on the limitless grassland. Green grasses, blue sky, white clouds, make you feel the natural beauties at kham area. Local Tibetan nomads in folk clothes hold formal festivals on the grasslands, for example horse racing, love song singing competition, clothes fashion show and other trade festival.

Itinerary:

Day 1: Chengdu Hotel
On arrival of Chengdu by air, transfer to hotel, have a look of the camping vehicle we will use in this tour. Under the guide, shopping for your favorite food and other necessities.

Day 2: Chengdu / Wenchuan / Taoping Qiang village Camping car
Setting off on the morning, along Cheng Guan high way, we arrive at Dujiangyan in 50km driving, which is a great irrigation project honoured as world culture heritage. Along Min River, there is a big scale water power station. Passing by Yinxiu, wenchuan, along Gunao River, we come to Taoping Qiang Village, which is named as the living fossil of Qiang People’s culture, visiting local Qiang people’s house.
Mileage: Chengdu / Dujiangyan 50km / Wenchaun 66km / Taoping Qiang Village 30km
Mileages in all: 146km
Approximate time on the road: 4 hours

Day 3: Taoping Qiang Village / Hong Yuan Camping car
Passing by Guer Gou, we get into Miyaluo red leaves beauty spots. Through the channel at Zhegu Mountain, we arrive at limitless red grasslands to feel seas of wild flowers. Visit beautiful Moon Bay at the side of Bai River and local nomad’s house.
Mileage: Taoping Qiang Village / Miayluo 100km / Zhegu mountain 63km / Hong yuan 120 km / Tangke 75km
Mileages in all: 358km
Time on the road: about 8 hours

Day 4: Hongyuan / Aba County Camping car
Setting off on the morning, we arrive in the first turn of Yellow River to feel its beauties of wandering river. Deep into grasslands, we arrive at the pasture to feel local nomads singing beautiful songs while appreciating beautiful flowers. Passing by hometown of black neck crane, except for visiting the beautiful cranes, we can see other rare animals at Manzhatang Wet land reservation. Visit GerDeng Temple at Aba County!
Mileage: Hongyuan/ Tagnke 75km / jailuo 63km / maierma 81km / aba 33km / aba
Mileages in all: 252km
Time on the road: 6 hours

Day 5: Aba county / Markang Hotel
Passing by Shuajin Temple toward Markang, we will visit Zhuo Ke Ji Guan Zhai, which represent with the administration of local Tibetan officials. Over years there are many movies about Tibetan history and their lives pictured at there. Markang was built at recent years. We can have a stop for shopping of food and fruits.
Mileage: Aba / Longri Ba 108km / Zhuo keji 140 km / Markang 10km
Mileages in all: 258 km
Time on the road: 6 hours

Day 6: Markang / Jin Chuan Camping car
On arrival of Dadu River canyon, see the unique mountains and rocks, and Tibetan watch towers. Along the river, we come to Danba County to visit the very famous Jia Ju Tibetan village. At there we can not only see beautiful and natural spots, but also local citizens will invite us to have lunch at their house to feel their good life. At night we can dance with local Tibetan girls round the fire and taste the roasted sheep and Qingke Alcohol.
Mileage: Markang / Jin Chuan 93km / Danba Jia Ju Tibetan village 100km /
Mileages in all: 193 km
Time on the road: 5 hours

Day 7: Jia ju Tibetan village / Bamei / Longdeng Grasslands Camping car
Passing by Danba County, we go to visit Suo Po ancient watch towers. En route there is the holy mountain Yala Mountain, snows covered the top of the mountain days and years. Then we get in the Gedaliangzi Mountain more than 4000 meters above sea level. Visit Huiyuan Temple located in the basin. Longdeng grasslands are very beautiful when wild flowers boom.
Vehicle: Camping Car
Mileage: Jia ju Tibetan village/ Danba 10 km / Bamei 83km/ Longdeng Grasslands 29 km
Mileages in all: 122 km
Time on the road: 3 hours

D8: Longdeng grasslands / Kangding Camping car
Setting off on the morning, visit the stone forests, over mountains, we arrive at Tagong Grasslands to visit the Tagong temple. Then passing by the paradise of photographer Xindu Qiao , over Zheduo Mountain 4290 meters above sea level, we arrive at Kangding county.
Vehicle: Camping Car
Mileage: Longdeng grasslands / Bamei 29 km/ Tagong 30 km / Xinduqiao 33km / Kagnding 80km
Mileages in all: 172km
Time on the road: 4 hours

Day 9 : Kangding / Chengdu Hotel
Along Zheduo River, we arrive at Dadu riverside. Passing by Luding County, we visit the iron rope bridge which recorded the history of brave red army. Then over Erlang Mountain, we come to Ya’an city, at there we can taste local fishes. We come back Chengdu, and taste yaoshan (the food which cooked with many Chinese medicine), visit Jinli street.
Vehicle: Camping Car
Mileage: Kangding / Luding 50km / Ya’an 160 km / Chengdu 140km
Mileages in all: 350km
Time on the road: 7 hours

Day10: Leave Chengdu
Happy Trip ends.