Price: upon inquiry
Destinations Visited: Kangding (2 nights) , Mount Gongga (6 nights)
Departure: Fixed Date
Join in Group Hiking tour is now available at Scihuan Travel Guide. A group hiking tour to Minya Konka provides you excellent highland mountain views and nomads Tibetan people with affordable price. Come and join us on this hiking to explore the accessible Tibet in 9 days in a group.
Book NowYou will be briefed on your hiking tour to Minya Konka in details the former night before you go. And today is a driving day. Start from Chengdu in the morning from your hotel and drive for about 8 hours from the Chengdu plain into the mountains. Arrive in Kangding in the afternoon and acclimatize yourself. Walk around in Kangding, the biggest Tibetan town in Kham.
Start by a short car drive to the valley south to the town of Kangding before start your hiking. First on hiking, easy and slow from about 3600m to 3900m. Trail winds in the forest and passes groups of pasturing yaks. Huge rock faces and all year round snow capped peaks that are above 5000m can be seen on this day. Camp by a river in an open pasture by the foot of Little Gongga.
Minya Konka North Range
Mount Gongga Hiking Yaks
Hike from 3900m to pass more pastures and arrive at 4100m at another pasture. Big mountains on your left and rock faces on your right. Trail underfoot becomes less comfortable while you have more open views. Campsite is close to a glacier by the foot of Leiduomanyin. This is a windy campsite and the highest of all.
Gonggashan Hiking at Riwuqie
Mount Gongga at Little Konka
A difficult day starts by walking up to the 4800m pass. Necessary breaks while walking to catch your breath or taking pictures. A panoramic view by the top of the Riwuqie pass where you can see great views of the mountains in Gonggashan. After the pass, walk down to REddomaine Camp descending for about 1000m. Guided hiking recommended for this day.
Mount Gongga at Riwuqie Pass
Minya Konka Glaciers
Descend for 300m in 15km. One full day walking in the lush Moxi valley. River-crossing involved. Arrive by Winter Ranch at around 3600m and camp for overnight.
Mount Gongga Hiking Nomands People
Mount Gongga Trekking Campsite
Continue walk to the south and make a U turn to the Gongga Gompa. There is only one monk living here. Overnight by the basic guesthouses at the Gompa.
Prayer Flags at Gonggashan
Gongga Gompa
A late start today after a little walk around the Gompa and watch the sunrise by the Gompa. Gongga Gompa provides one of the best locations to have a full view the peak of Gonggashan. The walking starts by the Gompa and retrace a little before walk to the local Tibetan Tsemed village where you catch your car to drive to Shangmuju, another Tibetan village for guestroom overnight, en route stop by Tsemed Pass to have a final view of Gonggashan.
Mount Gongga at Tsemed Pass
Tibetan People at Shangmuju
Drive from Shangmuju to Kangding, visit Xinduqiao and Zheduo Pass. Overnight in Kangding, nice shower and a relaxing day. Time to explore Kangding
Modern Tibetan Town Kangding
Zheduo Pass to Kangding
One full day drive back to Chengdu. Gonggashan Hiking ends.
Winter is not recommended for this Gonggashan Hiking. A good time to travel here would be July, August, September and October. In the monsoon season July and August the mountains are green. In September and October, weather starts to get cold.
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 Mount Gongga. The average elevation of this hiking is over 3500 meters. Weather changes quickly.
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.
| Group No. | Availabilities | Travel Date | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| GGS-04 | available | 06 Jul - 14 Jul |
upon inquiry |
| GGS-05 | available | 31 Jul - 08 Aug |
upon inquiry |
| GGS-06 | available | 28 Sep - 06 Oct |
upon inquiry |
| GGS-07 | available | 02 Oct - 10 Oct |
upon inquiry |
Important notice:
1. The maximum group size is 20 PAX. Minimum group size is 8 people. If there are less than 8 people joining the tour (1 month prior to trip), it will either be canceled or a supplement is to be paid to make a departure. Supplement details differ by the final amount of people, it can be 10% to 60% more.
2. Signing up as a group more than 4 people can have a free airport pick up.
3. If you are already a group more than 8 people, we can arrange you a private tour seperately.
4. If our travel dates listed above do not fit your travel date, please send your inquiry to us.
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