10Days Daocheng Yading Emei Mt Leshan Buddha Tours

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As paradise of tourist, Chengdu is surrounded by a lot of beautiful nature reserves and historic sites, among them Yading National Park of Daocheng is attracting tourist worldwide now. And in this vast Tibetan plateau in west Chengdu, and a lot of snow mountains, grassland, Tibetan monasteries can be visited with convenient transportation. china exploration would take you around in at this beautiful land.

Yading, the "Shangri-la" discovered by Joseph Rock in 1928, is renowned for the 3 holy peaks naming after 3 bodhisattvas, Chenrezig, Jampayang, and Chenadorje.

Day 1 Fly to Chengdu,then pick up, check in hotel

Day 2 Chengdu / Rilong / Danba (Drive about 340km, 7Hrs)

Your Chengdu tour starts in the early morning today, the guide from China Exploration will take you to Danba all the day. It is 340 kms' mountain road, you will cross either Mt. Jiajinshan of 4000 ms or Mt. Balangshan of 5040 ms. Which route to take depend on the road condition. But for us, we prefer route of Mt. Balangshan, there is a Chinese saying The Boundless vista is at the perilous peak. In this tour, tourist can enjoy the cloud sea and more snow peaks, also in the other side of Mt. Balangshan is paradise of giant panda, Wolong Nature Reserve.

And at the mountain pass of Mt. Balang, you have chance to enjoy the beautiful peaks of Siguniangshan. Mt. Siguniangshan got its name from the 4 snow peaks of 6250ms, 5355m, 5279ms, 5025ms, means 4 girls mountain. It is the paradise for mountain climbing actually, freshman can start from the lowest, and veteran can challenge 6250ms.

Arrive in Danba in the late afternoon, and your guide will take you directly to Jiaju Tibetan village in the mountain. And you will make a home stay in local Tibetan family guest house. And China Exploration would like to invite you try dinner of Tibetan food tonight!

Day 3 Danba / Tagong / Xinduqiao (Drive about 150km, 3.5Hrs)

Get up in the early morning to breathe the clean air of mountain, and walk around in the village. It's widely spread that the girls of Danba are the most beautiful in Tibetan area, and local villagers also have the folklore of holding beauty contest every year, try your chance!

Tibetan in Danba care very much about the beauty of their houses, so their houses are normally built in good location, beautifully decorated outside and inside. Their composed a beautiful picture together with the mountain, fields and plants around them. And Jiaju village is the most beautiful in Danba, so China Exploration will take you up the best point to watch the village and mountain.

After tour of Jiaju village, your guide will take you to Suopo Tower house. In ancient time, wars were frequently broken between villages, so clever Tibetan created tower house to protect themselves. It still remains as mystery how local people built such high towers without modern tools! And today a lot of towers are well reserved in Danba, and best place is Sopo village.

In the afternoon you will continue your tour to Xinduqiao. In this tour, you can not miss Huiyuan Monastery for sure. It is a small monastery just a few miles off the main road, but it has high position in Tibet. The 7th Dalai Lame used to take refuge here due to invasion of Mongolian to Lhasa in 1728, and the 11th Dalai Lama was also born here in 1838.

Xinduqiao village has won its fame of Paradise Photograph for long time. Tibetan Herdsman, Stone Tibetan houses, villages, wooden bridge, white poplar forest, hills, clean brooks, all built a picture of harmony.

And Tagong is another Tibetan town 30 kms away from it. Wide Tagong Grassland, huge Tagong Monastery, and Snow peak of Mt. Yala, will show us another beautiful side of Tibetan plateau. If you like, you can even rent horse from local Tibetan and make short time's riding on the grassland!

Your tours stop in Xinduqiao today, and you will stay in local small hotel for a quiet night.

Day 4 Xinduqiao / Yajiang / Litang / Daocheng / Shangrila Village (Drive about 420km, 8Hrs)

Your tour today will be continued in the beautiful picture of Tibetan plateau today. It is 433 kms from Xinduqiao to Shangrila Village on mountain road of Tibetan plateau. In this route, Yaks, Tibetan Herdsman, monastery, snow peaks, can be seen everywhere. And it is also great challenge for your health, because you will pass by a few mountains pass around 4500 meters in sea level, such as Gaorsi mountain pass, Jianziwan, Kalazi, etc. But don't worry too much, if you feel sick, just stay in your car!

Litang is boasting the Highest Town because of its sea level of 4014 meters. And it is important religious city in Tibetan plateau, Choekhorling Monastery, or we say Litang Monastery, is the largest monastery in South Kham area. The huge monastery was built along the mountain, which made it extremely spectacle in view. And Litang is also the birth place of 7th Dalai Lama, the incarnation of 6th Dalai Lama Tsangyang Gyatso. As a poet of living Buddha, Tsangyang Gyatso loved Litang very much. By the way, the horse racing festival of Litang in August is regarded as the TOP 3 horse festivals in Tibetan plateau.
In the afternoon you will arrive in Shangrila village, also called Riwa village. It is strange that our tours overcome one by one snow mountain and eventually we arrived at warm village of low level.

Day 5 Shangrila Village / Yading National Park / Daocheng (Drive about 85km, 1.5Hrs)

After 30 kms mountain road up the mountain, you will arrive in Yading National Park. Just before your arrival in Yading village, the 3 peaks of Yading already rose from the green forest and trust into the blue sky like three Gods sitting in the sky, just Kneel down!

With the help of sightseeing car, tour in Yading is much easier now, just 30 minutes, you can reach Lorong Yak Farm, where you can closely admire the peak of Yambeyong. And if your physical condition support, you can start a hiking tour to the two beautiful lakes, Milk Lake and Pearl Lake. They are two small lakes lying at the foot of snow peak, and they are seat to be tears of God.

Descend the mountain in the afternoon and return Daocheng city, the beautiful Tibetan villages and houses will company you in this 3 hours' driving tour. en route. Arrive in Daocheng in the late afternoon, and then you can have a free walk in this quiet town.

Day 6 Daocheng / Litang / Yajiang / Kangding (Drive about 420km, 8Hrs)

It is a long tour overland today, but the beautiful landscape of Tibet remains endless charm to tourist. In the late afternoon arrive in Kangding, the capital city of Ganzi Tibetan prefecture, only 2560 meters in sea level.Free to walk around in this Tibetan town in the late afternoon. Kangding is also known for the folk song of Kangding Love Song.

Day 7 Kangding / Luding / Chengdu (Drive about 300km, 5.5Hrs)

It is an overland tours again, 380kms for about 7 hours' driving, half on express way and half mountain road on No 318 state highway. The landscape will change from mountain area to wide plain gradually. In the route you will travel through Mt Erlangshan, which used to be the First dangerous gate to Tibet, but now tunnel makes trip much easier, just a few minutes you will cross the mountain.

You will also drop a tour at Luding Bridge, which has played key role in the early history of Chinese communist party. If they were stopped by the bridge, they would facing the danger of perished by Chiang Kai-shek army, but God helped them, and the brave heroes crossed the bridge naked with only chains after fierce battle !
In the late afternoon you will arrive in Chengdu, and then your guide will send you to hotel, and your tour of Chengdu finished today with sweet memory.

Day 8 Chengdu - Leshan Giant Buddha - Emei (B, L)
Today's highlights: Leshan Giant Buddha, Baoguo Temple

In the morning, you will be picked up at your hotel, then be driven about 2 hours from Chengdu to visit the UNESCO World Heritage Site - Leshan Giant Buddha which is the largest and tallest stone-carved statue of Buddha in the world. It was carved during AD713~803 on a mountain rock cliff by the river, with its head reaching to the mountain top and its feet standing next to the river. The total height is 71m; while the head is 14.7m high and 10m wide, ear is 7meters high, 28 meters between knees and insteps. Its insteps can hold over a hundred people. You may be wondering why such a giant Buddha was built? It is said to have been built to calm the turbulent waters that plagued passing boats and killed many people each year in ancient time. On the right cliff of the Giant Buddha, there is a plank road built along with the Giant Buddha. From the top to foot, the plank road has nine turns, thus it’s called Nine Bends Plank Road. The widest part of the road is 1.45m and the narrowest part is only 0.6m, and there are 217 stone steps in total. You will walk down to the feet of the Giant Buddha for a closer view. Please note you may have to queue up to enter the stone stairway if you visit the Giant Buddha during the busy hours.

After the Giant Buddha visit, drive about 45mins to Baoguo Temple, the biggest temple of Mount Emei at the mountain foot. It has several serene gardens with rare plants, a library of sutras and a huge porcelain Buddha. Another famous historical relic in the temple is the 25-ton bronze Bell, reputedly as the second largest bell in China. While traveling deeper into the temple, you will enjoy different views of Mount Emei.

Lastly, drive to check in your hotel. Have a good rest for tomorrow's Mount Emei trip which has some walkings involved.

Recommended Optional Activity: take a 30 minutes’ sightseeing boat to enjoy a wonderful panoramic view of the Giant Buddha on the river.

Leshan Giant Buddha in summer

Day 9 Emei – Chengdu (B, L)
Highlights of today: Mount Emei (Leidongping, Golden Summit, Huazang Temple)

This morning after breakfast, meet your tour guide and set out for Mount Emei. As one of the few World Heritage Sites of both cultural and natural heritages, Mount Emei is an enchanted combination of lush forest and cultural relics. It is one of the Four Great Buddhist Mountains in China, also the home to 5000 kinds of plants (more than the total species in Europe) and over 2300 kinds of wild animals.

You will first take your private car to the tourist center, then shift on to an Eco-Bus which will take you up to the mountain top area in 1.5~2 hours. Once you reaching at Leidongping (2400m), keep on walking about 30mins along stone steps to the cable car station, along which you will have a chance to see the wild monkeys. Take a cable car (about 5mins) up to the Golden Summit (3077m) which is the biggest highlight and very essence of Mount Emei. Once you get to the Golden Summit, the first view appearing in front of you is a towering multi-faced golden statue (48m) of Samantabhadra Bodhisattva. Next to the golden statue sits the bronze Huangzang Temple which is the first temple established on Mount Emei whose history can be traced back to the 1st century CE. You can stroll around the Golden Summit to explore Buddhist architecture and tradition, and enjoy a panoramic view of Mount Emei and surrounding. On clear days, you can even see the snow-clad of Mount Gongga (7556m), Asia’s largest table mountain - Wawu Mountain and winding rivers flowing through Emeishan city. If weather permits, you will have luck to enjoy its magnificent wonder of Cloud Sea. Sightsee around 1.5 hours on the Golden Summit area, then descend by cable car to Leidoping and take Eco-Bus again back to the tourist center. Your private car is ready to transfer you back to Chengdu (about 2.5~3hrs).

Optional visit to Wanfoding (Ten Thousands Buddha Peak): Wanfoding (3099m), the highest peak in Mount Emei, is currently reopening to tourists who are less 60 years old, but it is only open during 07:00~14:00, and the largest allowed campacity is only 2000 tourists per day. If you want to visit Wanfoding and time allows, please discuss with your tour guide. It usually takes about 2~3 hours to visit Wanfoding.

Read this if you are a hiking lover:

Above itinerary is a classic visit route which is suitable for different ages of tourists. If you want more hiking experience during your trip, please contact your travel consultant to tailor-make the hiking routes according to your time and physical condition. There are routes of 2 hours (Qingyin Pavilion to Wannian Temple), 4 hours (Qingyin Pavilion to Wannian Temple + Leidongping to Golden Summit), one day (Wannian Temple to Leidongping) and 2 days (Qingyin Pavilion to Golden Summit) available.

Golden Summit of Mount Emei

Day 10 See you off, end of Service

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