9 Days Lijiang and Shangrila Adventure Tour with Tiger Leaping Gorge Trekking and Haba Snow Mountain(5396M) Climbing
Tour Overview
The key highlight of this itinerary is to climb Haba Snow Mountain. Standing at 5396m, Haba is just above the snow-line and is covered with snow all the year round....
Code of Tour: YET0000001827
Length of Travel: 9 Day
Destinations of Tour: Lijiang-Tiger Leaping Gorge-Haba Snow Mountain-Baishuitai-Shangrila
Departure City: Lijiang
Price of Tour: Request
Type of Tour:
Features of Tour: Nature Hiking Landscape Camping
The key highlight of this itinerary is to climb Haba Snow Mountain. Standing at 5396m, Haba is just above the snow-line and is covered with snow all the year round. This trip allows you to experience the typical process of climbing a snow mountain. It is not a hard climbing route. The most difficult is to overcome the high altitude sickness. For this 9 days Haba Snow Mountain tour, you will spend 2.5~3 days at pace for ascent and descent and requires spending nights on the mountain. If you often go to high altitude areas and if you want to have a try to reach the summit of a mountain at 5396m, please don’t hesitate to join our snow mountain climbing tour. Before reaching Haba Snow Mountain, have a stop to visitTiger Leaping Gorge.
Highlights:
- Experience the typical process of climbing a snow mountain.
- Hiking in Tiger Leaping Gorge, and enjoy the spectacular scenery along the paths.
- Visit local famous attractions in Lijiang and Shangri-la.
Brief Itinerary
- Day 1: Lijiang Arrival
- Day 2: Lijiang
- Day 3: Lijiang – Qiaotou – Halfway Guesthouse
- Day 4: Halfway Guesthouse – Tina’s House – Middle Rapids – Haba Village
- Day 5: Haba Village – BC of Haba Snow Mountain
- Day 6: BC – Summit – BC
- Day 7: BC – Haba Village – Baishuitai – Shangri-La
- Day 8: Shangri-La
- Day 9: Shangri-La Departure
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Detailed Itinerary
Day 1 Arrive in Lijiang (2400m)
Sightseeing and Activities: Arrive in Lijiang
Accommodation: Lijiang
Meals: None
You’ll begin our journey to Lijiang, which is the travel highlight of Yunnan. Your local guide will meet you in Lijiang airport or train station. And then transfer you to our hotel.
Day 2 Lijiang
Sightseeing and Activities:Ganhaizi Meadow, Yulong Snow Mountain, Spruce Meadow, Baishui River and Terraces, Baisha Village and Murals
Accommodation: Lijiang
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Drive about 30KM to Jade Dragon Snow Mountain. You will reach Ganhaizi Meadow(3100M) firstly. Then take the sightseeing bus for a short visiting through the Baishui River. Take the chairlift up to Spruce Meadow(3200M). Hike around 1 hour in the original forest in Spruce Meadow.
After lunch, you will enjoy the Impression Lijang Ethnic Show directed in Ganhaizi Meadow(3100M). A cultural show demonstrating the traditions and lifestyles of the Naxi, Yi and Bai peoples of the area.
In the afternoon, you’ll stroll through Baisha Old Town, which is an enchanting traditional Yunnan village. Visit the Baisha Murals about 600 years old, which is one part of the World Cultural Heritage by the UNESCO 1997.
Day 3 Lijiang (2400m) – Qiaotou (1800m) – Halfway Guesthouse (2500m)
Sightseeing and Activities:trekking
Accommodation: Half-way Guesthouse
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
At 6:00, drive to Qiaotou Town, which takes 2 hours on the trip. Your hiking trip starts from the Qiaotou Primary School, trek two hours to Naxi Family and you will have lunch there.
The 28 zigzagging turns will be a real test. From the top of “28 turns” on the high path further uphill to a place of altitude above 3000m, you can have a view of the panorama of the entire Gorge. The go pass Tea Horse Guest House (5 hours) and arrive at Halfway Guesthouse (2500m) to finish today’s trekking. The total trekking route is 26 km, and it takes about 6-8 hours. Overnight at Halfway Guesthouse.
Day 4 Halfway Guesthouse (2500m) -Tina’s House-Middle Rapids (1800m)-Haba Village
Sightseeing and Activities: trekking
Accommodation: Haba Village
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
In the early morning, continue hiking to Tina’s Guesthouse (2 hours). After another hour walking down the steep cliff to the bank of Jinsha River to the Middle Gorge (Middle Hutiao or Middle Rapids), worship the dangerous shoal of “Starriness”, which is the most narrow part of the gorge, where a tiger can easily jump over the Jinsha River.
From Half way Guesthouse to Middle Hutiao or Rapids will take between 3 to 4 hours. Then climb up the gorge to Walnut Grove (Woody’s Guesthouse) using either the Tianti or Yixiantian route. Depending on how tired, choose the one to suit on the day. So from Middle Hutiao to Walnut Grove will take 2 or 3 hours and hence the total for the day from Halfway Guesthouse to Walnut Grove will be about 5 to 6 hours.
When you trek to Walnut Grove Garden, you will take the car to Haba Village, after dinner, prepare for Haba Snow Mountain climbing. Overnight at Haba Mountain Guesthouse.
Day 5 Haba Village (2600m)-the Base Camp at the 4200
Sightseeing and Activities:trekking
Accommodation: Camping
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
From Haba village, we need horses to take our bags and all the camping equipments up to the mountain. We just carry a small bag with some food and drinks, and it takes about five hours and half to hike up to the Lake, through villages, meadows, forests and small rivers. Heihai Lake with an elevation of 4170m, is in front of the Haba Mountain, and you can see the reflection of the Haba in water just from the camping site.
There are some small lakes, grasslands and mountain passes in the area near the Lake, so we spend the day here to walk around the lakes and climb up to the mountain passes to get acclimatized to the altitude here. There are different kinds of the flowers and plants which grow in the area, esp. azalea, and you will see the different sceneries in different seasons.
Day 6 Base Camp-the Summit-Base Camp
Sightseeing and Activities:the Base Camp at the 4200 m- the Camp 1 at 4800 of Haba Snow Mountain -the top of Haba Snow Mountain (5396m)-the Base Camp (4200M)
Accommodation: Camping
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Get up at 3:00 am, prepare for your equipment and have a simple breakfast. Examine your health condition before leaving for the top at 4:00 AM. You will leave most of your luggage at the Camp 1, just need to take your mountaineering tools, such as the rope, ice axe, ice pick, the bag, some solid food, a warm pot of water, clothe, headlight, climbing equipment for the climbing to the summit of Haba Mountain.
–Camp 1 is located just before the 2nd grey slab at about 4800 m. Usually people did not stay there but from what you could observe it seems quite unconfortable due to the very rocky and uneven surface. A small pond nearby provides water.
You will try to climb about 4 km to the top of the Haba Snow Mountain at the 5396m, which will take about 5 hours. It is the ice and snow trail from the camp 1 to the summit, the altitude up 500M. Usually, it will take you about 3 hours to the top. Enjoy the wonderful scenery of Haba Snow Mountain and Jade Dragon Snow Mountain with Yangtze River in the middle, take the pictures as souvenir. Here will be an unforgettable station of your life.
After having a picnic lunch, you will trek down to Camp 1 to take your luggage, then continue trek down to the Base Camp. Our service clerk at the BC will prepare good meals and waiting for you. Overnight at the Base Camp at 4200M.
Day 7 Base Camp at the 4200 m-Haba Village-Baishuitai-Shangri-La (3300m)
Sightseeing and Activities: Baishuitai
Accommodation: Shangri-La
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Trek down from Base Camp to the Long Wang Bian Village, with yaks taking your luggage, after lunch, drive to Shangri-La, you will visit Baishuitai (White Water Terrace).
After Baishuitai, you will drive about 100 Km more to Shangri-La. Then relax in Shangri La Old Town and enjoy Tibetan’s life.
Day 8 Shangri-La
Sightseeing and Activities:Sogzanlin Monastery, Pudacuo National Park
Accommodation: Shangri-La
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
In the morning, visit the Ganden Sumtseling Monastery, the largest Tibetan monastery in Yunnan. Songzanlin Monastery has another alias – ‘the little Potala Palace ‘, so named because the whole monastery is in the traditional style with mysterious atmosphere.
And afterwards you’ll visit the tranquil Shudu Lake in Pudacuo National Park which is located in one of the most biologically-diverse regions of the world. While the region comprises only 0.7 percent of China’s land area, it contains more than 20 percent of the country’s plant species, about one-third of its mammal and bird species and almost 100 endangered species.
Visit Dukezong Tibetan Ancient Town in the late afternoon, climb up to the top of Guishan Hill or tortoise Hill, you will see the largest Prayer Wheel of the world and have a panoramic view of shangrila county and Dukezong Ancient Town. Finally, you will have an option to visit a Tibetan’s family to experience the local life in the bonfire party with Tibetan dance and music and you will try Tibetan home-made yak and cheese.
Day 9 Shangri-La Departure
Sightseeing and Activities:Shangri-La Departure
Accommodation:None
Meals:Breakfast
Free at leisure before be transferred to airport for the departure flight. Service ends.
Recommended Hotels
| Destination | 5 Star | 4 Star | 3 Star | Hostel |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lijiang | InterContinental Hotel Lijiang | Wangfu Hotel | Louwailou Hotel | Baisha Holiday Resort |
| Tiger Leaping Gorge | / | / | / | Halfway Guesthouse |
| Haba Village | / | / | / | Haba local hostel |
| Haba Snow Mountain | / | / | / | Base Camp |
| Shangri-La | Shangri-La Hotel | Zhaxidele Hotel | Shenqu Hotel | Wu Fu South Yunnan Boutique Inn |
Service Included:
- Admission fees for all of the sightseeing spots listed in the itinerary;
- Meals as listed in the itinerary;
- Accommodation with breakfast as listed in the itinerary;
- Private English-speaking tour guide and vehicle for transfers & sightseeing;
- Service charge & government taxes;
- Luggage transfers between airports and hotels;
- Two bottles of mineral water each day;
- Horse fee for luggage at Haba Snow Mountain.
Service Excluded:
- Any arrival and departure international airfares or train tickets;
- Chinese visa fees;
- Excess baggage charged by Airlines;
- Single room supplement;
- Tips to guides and drivers;
- Personal expenses and gratuities to service staff;
- Personal travel accident insurance;
- All optional programs.
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