[May27-Jun4] 8-Days Trip/Hiking@ Sichuan Tibetan Area/Snow Mountains

HikingLovers--When West Meets East,

Keep Calm and Hike On!!
Keep Calm and Adventure On!!
EXPLORING & ADVENTURING LIFE!!

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WHY YOU SHOULD BOOK THIS TRIP
HIGHLIGHTS

• Visiting one of the most beautiful Tibetan Village--Jiaju Tibetan Village, voted by the Chinese National Geographic in 2005
• Experience Tibetan Cultures/Tibetan Buildings/Tebetan Buddhism (NOT ONLY in Tibet!! We will travel most the time in Tibetan Area in Sichuan)
• Lots of holy Mountains and Lakes, Grassland/Grass Mountain, Kinds of wild flowers bloomed , Amazing blue sky in the day and Lots of Stars at night ^^
• Nature Hotpring at altitute 3000+m
• Hiking to the awesome lake on the top of the mountain above 4200+m high

DESTINATION

• Danba-Jiaju Tibetan Village--One of the most beautiful village in China

Jiaju Tibetan village is located in the mountain range in the Ganzi Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, in southwest Sichuan province. “Jiaju” means a hundred of households in Tibetan. More than 200 colorful Tibetan buildings spread over the green mountain under the blue sky, forming a stunning landscape painting. Known as the "Tibetan Fairyland", Jiaju Tibetan Village is a great destination for photography. It is one of the most beautiful ancient villages, voted by the Chinese National Geographic in 2005. - Danba-Dangling Villages with Holy Mountains and Lakes

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Dangling is located in the Danba County of Sichuan Ganzi Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture.The uqique geology and physiognomy keep Dangling in the most original natural ecosystems. Dangling preserves a large amount of treasured flora and fauna living fossils from the Quaternary period,which have already been vanished in most areas. This advantage makes Dangling an important museum of geological history and the species gene bank in the world.
Surrounding the hot-springs is a picturesque primeval forest, sitting in the hot-spring bath, washing away the weariness from the travelling.

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Majia Valley, the fairyland of outdoor hiking and the holy land for phtotgraphy enthusiasts. It's located in Xiaojin County, Aba Prefecture of Sichuan Province. The valley is about 3000m-4000m high and where can also see many snow mountains over 5000m altitude.
The valley is about 20km and the entire area is about 100 km square. The valley is full of sunshine and more than 90% plants, abundant resources, kinds of trees and flowers; And with the changing of elevation, the plants are showing in step changing with many colors. Also there are many lakes, waterfalls.
[Picture of Spring and Autumn time]

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Four Sisters Snow Mountain -- Four Girls Mountains also called Siguniangshan, or Siguniang Mountains. It is said that the Four Girls Mountains are the goddess of the mountains in southwestern China .
The highest peak in this area is Mount Fourth Girl, also called Yaomei Peak (6250m), a knife edged rock peak. Mount Fourth Girl has three peaks on the southern ridge. These are called Third Girl(5355m), Second Girl(5238m) and First Girl (5038m).
Mount Siguniang is famous for its beautiful scenery. The area is reputed to be the "Oriental Alps". Mount Siguniang National Park was identified as a UNESCO Heritage Site as part of Sichuan Giant Panda Sanctuariesin 2006. The park comprises Mount Siguniang and the surrounding three valleys, namely Changping Valley , Haizi Valley and Shuangqiao Valley , covering an area of 2,000sq km.

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ABOUT THIS TRIP

Time: May 27th - June 4th

Trip Infomation
** Difficulty: Easy-Medium 2-6/10[Note: There are 2 peaks around 4200m high we need to hike, but also ok to take horse or skip it; Majiagou Village, can skip the peak; Dangling, can take horse to half way, and hike the last few km at the end to the peak]
** Transportation:

• Flight/Train to Chengdu at your own cost
• Private SUV car in Sichuan
  ** Meetup Time/Point
• Meetup Time: May 27th, anytime
• Meetup Point: Hotel nearby airport
  ** Accommodations
• Hotel or Tibetan Guesthouse
  ** Hiking Leaders:
• Hiking Leaders from HikingLovers Outdoor Club

ITINERSARY
DAY 1 // Saturday - May 27th
May 27th is working day; Take night flight, meet in Chengdu
Dragon Boat Festival is May 28-30th. So need to ask 3 Days leave [May 31 and Jun 1-2nd ]
Hotel is nearby Airport, can arrange Free Airport Pickup
[Note: according to team/weather/unexpected reasons, itinersary maybe have some change]

DAY 2 // Sunday - May 28th
07:00 Get up and breakfast
08:00 Awesome trip starts, Let's go
09:00 After about 1 hour diving, will get better and better view of nature and mountains
10:00 The more we get into the deep mountains, the more you will like it, enjoy
11:30 About 4 hours diving, we can reach Four Sisters Snow Mountain [Today we will just passby, but we will have one night here at the end]
12:00 Find a small resturant in the small town for lunch and take some rest in the town

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14:00 From the town, about 3 hrs to Jiaju Tibetan Village

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DAY 3 // Monday - May 29th

07:00 Get up and breakfast
08:00 Let's go for the sunrise, it's the most beautiful moments while the sunshine shining on those tibetan houses.
10:00 Let's go hiking [There is a nice abandoned Tibetan village on the top of the mountain opposite of the village, was great to hike there to overview the most beautiful Tibetan Village, hiking is about 5-6 hrs ]
12:00 Find a nice place to stop for lunch break
13:00 Keep hiking...The higher we reached, the better view of the Tibetan Village
16:30 Back to Jiaju Village, take some rest
18:30 Dinner time, enjoy the local tibetan food
19:30 Party night... Enjoy the local Tibetan Music and Tibetan dancing; also we can learn and dance with the Tibetan Locals
[Pictures below were taken in CNY time, In June will be much more beautiful with more flowers]

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DAY 4 // Tuesday - May 30th

07:30 Breakfast
08:00 Get ready and let's drive to Dangling
12:00 Arrived the village about 12:00 noon and lunch in the guesthouse
13:00 Let's go hiking... About 1.5 hours hiking to reach the natural hotspring pool
15:00 Enjoy the most natural hotspring.
18:30 Dinner time
19:30 Enjoy the night -- play games, cards , chatting , but dont drink too much, tmr need to hike quite a lot
22:00 Sleep early

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DAY 5 // Wednesday - May 31th

07:00 Get up and breakfast
08:00 Start hiking
10:00 Keep calm and hike on!
12:00 Lunch nearby the awesome lake with good snow mountain view
13:00 Let's go hiking a bit more to overview the awesome lake
14:00 Let's go down
18:30 Time for dinner, local food
19:30 Enjoy the last night in the quiet and beautiful village.

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DAY 6 // Thursday - Jun 1st

07:00 Get up and breakfast
08:00 Let’s head to Majiagou Valley, about 6 hrs driving
12:00 Lunch in a small town on the way
15:00 Arrived at Majiagou Village and then about 1-2 hours hiking to reach the camping site just in front of the snow mountains. {The gusthouse will prepare all the tents and sleeping bags/blankets and food also}
19:00 Enjoy the best night in the nature surrounded with mountains and lakes

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DAY 7 // Friday - Jun 2nd

08:00 Breakfast time
09:00 Let's go hiking to the Moon lake on the top of the mountain about 4200m high
12:00 Lunch nearby the lake, enjoy the lake and overview of the mountains
13:00 Hike down to the guesthouse
17:00 Take a rest in the guesthouse
18:30 Dinner time
19:30 Bonfire night

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DAY 8 // Saturday - Jun 3rd

07:00 Get up and Breakfast
08:00 Drive to Four Sisters Snow Mountain
11:00 Arrived at Four Sisters Snow Mountain and Let's go for some hiking to have an awesome view of Four Sisters Snow Mountain
12:00 Lunch just in front of the four sisters mountains
In the after, you can just enjoy the sunshine here or keep hiking further a bit
16:00 Hiking down
17:00 Arrived at the hotel and take a rest
18:30 Dinner time

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DAY 9 // Sunday - Jun 4th

07:00 Get up and Breakfast
08:00 Drive Back to Chengdu.
About 4 hours driving if no traffic. So you can book flight in the afternoon.
If you will book flight at night. In the afternoon, we can arrange the car drive you to see the panda. Enterence Tickets at your own cost.

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COST

PRICE: 4800RMB; [4600RMB for early birds; 4500RMB for HikingLovers VIP ]

*** Max 18 ppl plus trip leader [4-6ppl/SUV Car]
*** Deposit: 2000RMB should be paid at least 20 days in advance.
*** 200RMB less for Early Bird paid deposit 30 days in advance.
*** 300RMB less for HikingLovers VIP memebers [Check here to see how to be HikingLovers VIP]

Price INCLUDED
*** All the transportation fees and driver’s allowances [SUV Car 4-6 ppl per car]
*** All the organizing fees and leaders’ allowances
*** Utility equipment and first aid
*** Outdoor insurance
*** All the tourist enterence fee or admin fees
*** Local Guide
*** 8 nights accommdations [Mostly Tibetan Guesthouse]
*** 8 breakfasts; 7 dinners; 1 lunch [noondle with beef for lunch]

Price NOT INCLUDED

*** Alcoholic drinks
*** 2 lunches in the town we will passby; 4 lunches during hiking
*** Last day optional to Panda Zoo, Enterence tickets
*** Personal shopping and other cost not mentioned above
*** Invoice (6% extra if you need an invoice)

EQUIPMENTS
1 Must Equipments

• Hiking Shoes
• Sports Clothes/Towel/Shower gel/Shampoo
• Backpack for all your stuffs
• Small backpack for a-day hiking
• Warm clothes for the night
• 4 lunches druing hiking [Better to bring from Shanghai]
• Personal regular medicine
  2 Optional Equipments
• Sun-glasses/Sun-cream [Highly recommended]
• Hiking Pole (Suggested)
• Headlight
• Raincoats

BOOK NOW
1 Provide us your personal information for insurance to our Email: contact@hikinglovers.com or just send via WeChat directly

• Full Name (If Chinese, please send your name in Chinese)
• Gender
• Nationality
• Date of Birth(DD-MM-YY)
• Passport Number or ID Number
• Phone Number
• Emergency contact name and phone number
  2 Pay the deposit to secure your spots
• BOC/ICBC Bank Transfer/ ATM transfer
• Alipay / WeChat transfer (Easy online way for payment in China, WeChat also has English version and all the transfer are free)
• Cash on the door or delivery
  3 Please contact us via the following
• WeChat: hikinglovers or hikinglovers-sh1
• Email: contact@hikinglovers.com
• Skype: silver_liyin
• MP: 147 8203 6532 (Silver)
• http://www.hikinglovers.com

Or just scan the following QR to add Silver or Shine directly if you have any questions;

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CANCELLATION

• If you canceled BEFORE 20 DAYS of the departure time, all the deposit will be REFUNDED.
• If you canceled WITHIN the LAST 20 DAYS of the departure time, NO REFUND, but you can find someone to replace your seat
• HikingLovers has the right to adjust the schedule due to weather conditions and safety. DISCLAIMER
  Considering that Outdoor hiking trips have some risks and the unexpected environmental changes or other uncertainties, the organizer will buy professional outdoor insurance for all the members before the trip and also will organize rescue of any emergency on site. All the participants need to follow the organization of the trip organizer/hiking leaders/coordinators/Local guide. Otherwise you should bear your own consequences caused by your mistakes. We hereby declare that the trip organizers will not have any joint liability of the unpredictable accidents caused by Environment or any accidents caused by the participants’ mistake during the hiking trips.

ABOUT US

HikingLovers Outdoor Club was founded May 24, 2013 by a super hikinglover-Silver who enjoyed a lot of hiking in the nature! HikingLovers now turned to be a hiking club organized hiking for foreigners and English Speaking ppl living in Shanghai.We want to make the mixculture of “West meets East” . We have a group of energetic hikinglovers working as full-time/part time hiking learders from different countries. And our hiking leaders joined Chinese Mountaineering Association's professional outdoor training and first aid training. So join us to adventure the nature and challenge yourself;
HikingLovers -- West Meets East; Keep Calm and Hike on!

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