Price: upon inquiry
Destinations Visited: Chuanzhusi (1 night) , Jiuzhaigou (2 nights)
Departure: Private Tour / Flexible Date
This is a ground tour to Jiuzhaigou from Chengdu. Within 4 days you will have close experience to beautiful nature in Jiuzhaigou and Huanglong. The amazing waterfall and turquoise lakes in Jiuzhaigou will drop your jaws. The stunning calcium lakes of Huanglong will also take your breath away. This tour also visits the traditional Qiang place and the historical Dujiangyan Irrigation System.
Book NowThis is a gound tour. Some days involve long hours of driving and sitting in the car. Please make preparation in accordance including power bank for your phone, neck pillow, etc while driving. Please remember to have a day pack with you to take necessary items for each day's visit, sometimes including packed lunch or snacks for yourself, drinking water recommended 1L minimum, sunglasses, rainproof, warm-keeping clothes and hat, sun block and lip oil, etc. It is also wise to bring rainproof and warm clothes with you all the time while visiting.
Your guide will meet you at your hotel in the morning we will start our Jiuzhaigou tour from Chengdu by a private vehicle. After 1.5 hours driving arrive at Dujiangyan Panda Park and go to see the lovely pandas. This excursion visit is flexible if you wish to switch it to some other place of interests. After the visit continue drive into the mountains where you will have good views of the traditional Qiang area after Wenchuan. We will stop for lunch on halfway. In the after we will keep driving in Minjiang River Valley. Before arrive in our hotel at Chuanzhusi we will first make a stop by Songpan Old Town to have a short break. Chuanzhusi is a small tourist town on the way to Jiuzhaigou near Huanglong.
Total driving around 6-7 hours, visiting 2h, medium pace
Overnight hotel by around 3000m
Dujiangyan Panda
Diexi Lake
Today we will go to visit Huanglong Park. Start by a 30-minutes’ drive from hotel in Chuanzhusi and arrive at Huanglong Park. Huanglong Park is a series of stunning calcium lakes at elevation of over 3000 meters. You are recommended to use the cable car for at least one way (usually to go up) and there is necessary walking involved. Be careful while walking in the park since the altitude is at around 3000m and with less oxygen. There is a 2-3 hours of walking over 2500+ meters involved while visiting this park. The walk will be on well-maintained boardwalk all the way down along the lakes. The visit is around 4-5 hours total so we don't have to rush through the park but rather enjoy and take photos along the way down. For people who don't wish to walk one can use the cable way for both ways and from the cable car terminal now there is a transit car available to save all the walking to the higher lakes by Huanglong.
After the visit, we will continue by driving to Jiuzhaigou in afternoon for around 2-3 hours. Along the way we will pass Gami Temple where if available we will make a stop to have a quick look in the village. After arrival check in to hotel and feel free to wonder around the town of Jiuzhaigou.
Total driving around 3-4 hours, visiting 4-5h, medium pace
Overnight hotel by around 1800m
Huanglong National Park
Beautiful Calcified Ponds
Today is a full day sightseeing in the Jiuzhaigou. Jiuzhaigou has won many brilliant reputations, such as World Natural Heritage Sites, 5A National Park, and Best Waterscape in China. Today, you will found out all the reputations worthy any of them. Water is the soul of Jiuzhaigou, and there are more than 108 lakes, several large groups of waterfall scattering on three valleys shaping a large “Y”. The wild forest and pure high snow mountains are the best setoffs to the waterscape of Jiuzhaigou. We will see streams flowing quietly among valleys, beautiful waterfalls dropping from high mountains, and colorful lakes with amazing reflection of colorful forest. Today you will be fully-guided through your visit to Jiuzhaigou.
The three valleys of Jiuzhaigou are Rize Valley, Zezhawa Valley and Shuzheng Valley. Entrance of Jiuzhaigou Park is by the north of Shuzheng Valley and then it splits into Rize and Zezhawa by Nuorilang Waterfall. Rize Valley is home to many beautiful lakes including Grass Lake, Swan Lake, Arrow Bamboo Lake and waterfall, Panda Lake and waterfall, Five Flower Lake, Golden Bell Lake, Pearl Shoal Waterfall and Mirror Lake. Rize Valley takes normally around 2-3 hours to see its full beauty and total 8km if hiking. Zezhawa Valley is home to the famous Long Lake and Five-colored Lake. Zechawa Valley is actually the longest valley of Jiuzhaigou yet it has the fewest lakes and Long Lake and 5-colored Lake are the only two lakes open and normally it takes around 2 hours to see this valley. Shuzheng Valley is home to Nuorilang Waterfall, Rhino Lake, Tiger Lake, Shuzheng Waterfall, Shuzheng Village, Shuzheng Lakes, Huohua Lake, Reed Lake and Bonsai Shoal. It normally takes around 3-4 hours, 10km if walking to see all lakes in Shuzheng Valley.
After the sightseeing, drive back to your hotel, and take a good rest.
Jiuzhaigou Waterscape
Autumn scenery in Jiuzhaigou
Jiuzhaigou Waterscape
Autumn scenery in Jiuzhaigou
Today is a full day drive back to Chengdu. It’s a long drive of about 8 hours. But don’t worry feeling bored, because the landscape along the road is awesome. We arrange an excursion to break down the long drive – a visit a unique village of ethnic group – Qiang Ethnic Village on half way. It is a long driving day although this day can be customized into a flight out instead of driving out.
Your Jiuzhaigou Tour ends with seeing you off in Chengdu.
Qiang People
Watchtower of Qiang
This tour is customizble. We can customize a two day visit to the park for private tours so you can have more time in Jiuzhaigou Park. You can also choose add-ons of other activities around Jiuzhaigou. Please inquiry us for details.
This trip is available all year round. From April to November are the good seasons to visit. Winter starts by Dec to the next Feb are also good to visit. Huanglong is closed in winter.
This trip involves walking at high altitude (over 2500 meters), so precautions of AMS are necessary.
Traveling to the listed places may 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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