5 Days Songpan Qizanggou Trekking Tour

The Stunted Boskage in Autumn

After today's trekking, you will arrive at Changhaizi and stay overnight at the camp site.

Today you will start your trekking tour on the mountainous path in Qizang Valley from Kakagoukou to Long Lake(Changhaizi). The total trekking distance is 16km and you will arrive at the campsite near to Long Lake about 5pm.The condition of path is relatively good, and the uphill slope is gentle. As the elevation increases gradually, blue sky and white cloud will bring you a very easy mood, with small wooden cottage, stunted boskage and grassland.

Stay overnight in a camp

• Trek 16km, about 8 hours
• Altitude: Long Lake (3400m)
• Internet & Wifi: No
• Camping
• Meals: No

The Landscapes near to Grass Lake

Camp in Qizanggou

Get up in the morning and take photos of natural landscapes around Long Lake. Then start the today’s 10km trekking tour from Long Lake to Grass Lake (Caohai). After half an hour trekking, we will climb the Qizanggou Ya Kou. About at 12 o’clock, you will have the simple lunch and have a short break. It takes you about two hours to climb over the Ya Kou. Then walk about 3.5 hours to the Grass Lake campsite for camping this night.

Note: Due to two hours to climb the Ya Kou at an altitude of 4200m, a large amount of energy will be used up, and you can prepare Yangshen Tablet and Glucose in advance in Chengdu.

Stay overnight in a camp

• Trek 10km, about 6 hours
• Altitude: Pass (4200), Grass Lake (3300m)
• Internet & Wifi: No
• Camping
• Meals: No

Camp in Qizanggou

Crossing the Yakou in Qizanggou

After simple breakfast at Grass Lake campsite, continue to trek from Grass Lake to Aengoou Goukou. On the way, you will visit the Colorful Beach and Colorful Forest. Our private car will wait for you at Awenggou Goukou, and then transfer you to Chuanzhusi Temple, which was built in 270. In the temple, a number of Bodhisattva statues of clay sculpture and copper casting is enshrined and worshiped there. You will have a good chance to enjoy the Tibetan Buddhist culture.

Then be transferred to your hotel in Songpan.

Stay overnight in Songpan

• Trek 13km about 6 hours; drive 1 hour
• Altitude: Awenggou Goukou (3500m), Songpan (2850m)
• Internet & Wifi: No
• Songpan business hotel
• Meals: No

May 12, 2008 Earthquake Relic

Today after breakfast, we will drive back to Chengdu from Songpan about 6 hours. On the way, we will visit the Baishi Qiang Village in Maoxian, the largest cultural center of Qiang ethnic minority. Then pass through the Dayu Statue at Wenchuan County and have a short stop by the 2008 Earthquake Memorial Site in Yingxiu town, where you will feel horrified by the destruction and devastation, and stand in silence and say a little prayer for those who perished.

Then drive back to your hotel in Chengdu or airport/train station for your next destination. Service Ends.

• Drive 310km, about 5 hours
• Altitude: Songpan (2200m), Chengdu (540m)
• Internet & Wifi
• Breakfast