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Destinations Visited: Danba
Departure: Private Tour / Flexible Date
This is a day hike from Zhonglu Tibetan Village to Suopo Watchtower village of Danba. It is a less-walked trail and not a usual tourist hike. Walking from the beautiful Zhonglu Village to the kingdom of watchtowers in Suopo for 15km in 7 hours with highest altitude by 3000m.
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Zhonglu Landscape
Zhonglu Watchtowers
Views over the Pass
Higher Suopo
This is a day hike from Zhonglu Tibetan Village to Suopo Watchtower village of Danba. It is a less-walked trail and not a usual tourist hike. Walking from the beautiful Zhonglu Village to the kingdom of watchtowers in Suopo for 15km in 7 hours with highest altitude by 3000m. The hiking starts by the beautiful Zhonglu by its village track and ascend to the photos spot before walk into the forest and over the pass by 3000m and then into Suopo Village to see its many towers. It covers the best views of both Suopo and Zhonglu Villages, which are among the most beautiful villages in Danba. This is a medium-paced hiking with elevation gain at 800m and elevation loss around 1000m. You will also have chance to see mountains from far away above the deep river gorges of Danba as well as local authentic Galrong Tibetan people. Please note during certain seasons (spring) less people walk this trail so the trail maybe covered in heavy bushes especially by the part near the pass. It is overall a challenging hike due to the steep trails.
This tour is available all year round.
Strong walking boots are necessary to do this trek. In this hiking, some sections of the walking trail are rocky and muddy.
Rain proof and Sun block are also necessary when you come to hike in Danba. The average elevation of this hiking is around 2500m meters. Weather changes quickly.
There are no supplies of food such as shops, restaurants nor roads. Travelers need to prepare your own lunch and drinking water, or have them prepared by your guide.
Traveling to the listed places will expect lower standard services at hotels and restaurants even if they maybe the best choices. The service level is not as up to what you have in places like Chengdu. The hotel people don't speak English nor do the people from restaurants. These places are quite far, wild but beautiful. As authenticity comes often with less comfortability. Public Toilet can be really bad. You are always recommended to use your toilet in your hotel while you don't want to use the public toilet or do it in the open wild. You are recommended to have toilet paper with you. Food are with limited options at most of the places. Basically you can find Chinese Food with Sichuan style. On a guided trip you can have them customized into vegetarian or non/less spicy.
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