Sichuan Hiking and Trekking Tour Packages
Over half of Sichuan Province are mountain areas and among these mountains and valleys, there are a lot of beautiful lands to be explored. Minya Konka is the highest mountain in Sichuan, the trekking to Minya Konka is truely a trip of a lifetime. Mount Siguniang is called the oriental Alps. It has stunning peaks and picture-like mountain valleys that are very close to the city of Chengdu. There is also Tibetan city like Kangding that has excellent hiking trips to offer us. The hiking destinations of Sichuan range from the hardcore camping trek like Minya Konka Trekking to lodge-based family hikings such as Jiuzhaigou Hiking. Sichuan Travel Guide devote to provide useful and detialed trekking and hiking information of Sichuan.
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Destinations Visited: Mt. Siguniang (2 night), Danba (1 night), Tagong(1 night), Gonggashan (1night), Kangding(2 nights)
Departure: Private Tour / Flexible Date
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This tour goes not only to the popular beautiful parks but also goes beyond to the wild land of mountains where normally people don't go to. In this 9-day circuit tour in western Sichuan, you have the chance to experience real Tibetan culture and beautiful Tibetan landscapes. Highlights of this hiking adventure include Hailuogou Glacier Park, Kangding, Tagong Nomadic Grassland, Danba Tibetan Village and the snow-capped Mountains of Siguniang.
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Destinations Visited: Minya Konka (3 nights)
Departure: Private Tour / Flexible Date
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This is a Kangding-based tour: starting and ending in Kangding. Total 4 days hiking from start to finish, into the heartland of Minya Konka by walking up Riwuqi Pasture. Great views of mountains, glaciers, lake and wild life. This tour will involve 3 nights' camping.
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Destinations Visited: Minya Konka (5 nighst)
Departure: Private Tour / Flexible Date
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A decent adventure hiking into the wilderness of western Sichuan, following the former explorers footsteps to see the big snow-capped mountains, glaciers, nomadic Tibetan people with affordable and cheap price by joining a Hiking Group. This Mount Gongga Hiking tour provides you chance to see a 7000+ meter mountain and other 6000er with a proper budget.
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Sichuan Hiking by Categories
Western Sichuan Lodging Hiking
These hikings are at places in western Sichuan where the landscape is completely different from that of Chengdu. Places such as Mt. Siguniang, Kangding, Danba, Minya Konka, etc. These hikes usually takes more than 3 days from Chengdu. Also no need to camp for overnight but will require longer hours of driving usually more than 2 hours each day. Hiking difficulty level varies. These places are located within 300km from Chengdu in the big mountains in western Sichuan.
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Mount Siguniang Hiking Tour Lodge-based – 4 Days
This 4-day hiking trip to Mount Siguniang is perfectly designed for outdoor lovers and families. Mount Siguniang is considered to oriental Alps due to its natural alpine beauty of mountains and amazing landscapes. Two days of hiking into the valleys with flexibility of hiking time and distance to choose.
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Wild Sichuan Hiking Tour - 6 Days
Highlights of this hiking adventure include Danba Tibetan Villages, Tagong Grassland, Minya Konka Mountains and Yala Mountain. You will see many natural beauties while enjoying a medium-paced walking.
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Mount Gongga Lodge-based Hiking - 7 Days
Minya Konka is called Gongga Shan by local Tibetan people. This lodge-based trek goes to the less-explored western face of Mt. Gongga from Kangding. Lodge-based trek is less challenging while it also provides very good views of Minya Konka. In this trek you will see the whole range of MInya Konka and visits the local nomadic Tibetan people at their yak ranches.
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Wild Sichuan In-depth Hiking Tour - 24 Days
This is a 24-day hiking adventure tour into the most remote regions of western Sichuan including the snow-capped Mount Siguniang peaks, farming Tibetans of Danba Villages, nomads people on the vast grassland of Tagong, Holy shrine of Dzeogchen and Dzongsar, the remote paradise-like Xinluhai Lake, the furthest place of Dopu Valley, and Tsopu Valley, the lost fairy land of Shangrila - Yading and the Khampa Litang and Kangding. This is a guided private trip starts and ends in Chengdu. Considering the remoteness and authenticity, this is truly a lifetime experience you will have.
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Western Sichuan Camping Trek
These treks go to very beautiful landascape including Mt. Siguniang, Kangding, Danba, Minya Konka, Genyen and Daocheng Yading, etc. These hikes usually takes more than 5 days from Chengdu and involves camping for overnight. These treks are far and wild. Hiking difficulty level varies. These places are located within 200-600km from Chengdu in the big mountains in western Sichuan. Minya Konka, Daocheng Yading Trek and Mt. Siguniang are on the top 10 list of most popular trekkings in China.
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Mount Gongga Shan In-depth Hiking – 9 Days
Have the authentic experiences follow off-beat horse trails in Gonggashan. Visit ancient and back country Buddhist monastery Gongga Gompa and hidden glaciers. This 9-day Mount Gonggashan hiking brings you to view the highest mountain in Sichuan Province.
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Kangding Minya Konka Camping Hike - 2 Days
This is an excursion into the Minya Konka Mountains from Kangding for 2 days. Short trip to see the mountain views including Mt. Beihaizi, Mt. Hunhaizi, Mt. Shehaizi. Medium pace hiking for total 10km to 22km in 2 days. Overnight camping.
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Kangding Hiking – 8 days
Kangding 8 days hiking is a perfect family-friendly adventure trek in Sichuan. It starts in Chengdu and visit the Tibetan town Kangding. The hiking is in the valleys of primitive landscape and beautiful lakes and mountains where less people have visted. It ends in Tagong, a Buddhist town of Kham with stunning Buddhist constructions and interesting local Tibetan people. This is truly an adventure into the wild Sichuan.
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Genyen Inner Kora Trek – 9 Days
To explore the wilderness of the world by going to the heartland of the uncharted realm of Tibet in Genyen. A long expedition only for the explorers. You will see mountains and glaciers and wild animals that are not known to this world. This is a hard trek yet you will be rewarded by its stunning views and its sheer remoteness.
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Sichuan Hiking and Trekking Tips
Find useful information about hiking and trekking at the beautiful destinations in Sichuan, including planning, hiking season, accessibility, hiking style and safety issues.
Provided below are essential information about planning a hiking/trekking trip to Sichuan. To have adequent preparation before you do the hiking is important to have an enjoyable trekking trip in Sichuan. To know the culture, the landscape of where you are hiking is important to be prepared. Listed below are tips of planning a hiking trip to Sichuan icluding the best hiking season, mountain sickness tips, food, accommodation and camping tips, along with a suggested packing list and safty issues of hiking and trekking in Sichuan.
Hiking Season
The best hiking seasons are May, July, August and October in Sichuan. The second best hiking seasons are April, June, September and November. Winter is generally not considered as a good season to have a trekking trip in western Sichuan as it is too cold. more>>
Terrain, Elevation and Trails
Elevation of the hiking in Sichuan is quite high as up to between 3000 meters and 5000 meters. So you will be walking at elevation over 3500 meters for most of the hikings in Sichuan. Be aware of the multiple days of hiking at such elevation, to acclimatize yourself is important. more>>
Eat and Camp
Hiking in Sichuan sometimes requires multiple days of camping. Whilst camping there are things to be aware of.
Safety Issues
It is basically safe to do a hiking trip in Sichuan but there are safety issues to be aware of while planning a hiking trip.
Packing List
Check a suggested packing list for a hiking trip in Sichuan and find out what to bring and where to buy gears at local.
Sustainable Hiking
Try to keep your hiking trip as clean as possible. Burn or bring the wastes out while hiking. We have seen some polluted hiking trails in Sichuan and it takes effort of each hiker to make it clean. At some places the terrain is vulnerable and while you are walking, use the former trail and try to keep the erosion down. more>>
