6 days car rental program to western Sichuan
Chengdu - Kangding - Litang - Daocheng - Yading - Xiangcheng - Zhongdian (/Shangri-La)
Day01: Chengdu to Kangding
drive 365KM to reach Kangding city, the jump-stone to Ganzi tibetan region, the eastern part of Sichuan - Tibet plateau. spend your time strolling around through the small streets for reputated historical visits.
at Kangding, there is a famous resort place, which is named 'Er dao qiao hot spring', going there and enjying the warm of hot springs.
Day02: Kangdign to Lake Mugetso to Xinduqiao to Yajaing
in the morning, going 26KM northward of Kangding city to visit beautiful lake Mugetso;
after this visit, drive to Yajiang through Xinduqiao town (/or named as 'Langgaka'), sightseeing along the way.
from year 2011 till end of 2012, the road from Xinduqiao to Yajiang, 75KM, will be under rebuilding, the road surface is very poor and jerking, it reuires about 3.5 hours to finish this part of drive
Day03: Yajiang to Litang
when reaching Litang city, go and tour Litang monastery, local famous and biggest Gelupa monastis complex in Kham
from year 2011 till end of 2012, the road from Yajiang to Litang, 135KM, will be under rebuilding, the road surface is very poor and jerking, it reuires about 5 hours to finish this part of drive.
Day04: Litang to Daocheng to Riwa (/Shangri-la village) to Yading nature
drive about 240KM to reach Riwa village, where you buy entrance tickets and change to local sightseeing bus to enter Yading nature.
from Litang to Riwa village, the drive requires about 5.5 hours
from Riwa village to Yading cillage, the drive requires about 45 minutes, 25KM zigzagging mountain road.
Day05: Yading nature to Daocheng
before 15:00, you tour inside Yading nature, enjoy the natural beauty; at 15:00, you get back to Yading village, where you take local sightseeing bus back to Riwa village; at Riwa, you take your private car/bus back to Daocheng city; enjoy hot spring at local reputated Rubu Tsaka hot spring resort.
Day06: Daocheng to Xiangcheng to Zhongdian (/Shangri-la city of Yunnan province)
driev about 340KM to Zhongdian, the biggest city in northern Yunnan province.
in late evening, you reach Zhongdian city and check into locla hotel.
** at Zhongdian, tyou can visit Songtsanlin monastery, Napa lake, and, visit local tibetan family.
** from Zhongdian, you can travel about 180KM southward to Lijiang old city, and on the way, tour famous Tiger leaping gorges
** it is a 4 to 5 hours drive from Zhongdian to Lijiang; if you want to go to Lijaing by the same private car, you can talk about it with the driver, and extend your car rental to Lijiang.