Jiuzhaigou Tour from Chongqing by Driving - 7 Days

This 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 Airport in Chongqing and we will start our Jiuzhaigou tour. After about 6-7 hour's drive we will arrive hotel in Maoxian and relax. Recommended to stop for simple lunch on halfway.

Total driving around 6-7 hours, medium pace

Overnight hotel by around 1600m

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

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. You 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 two of the Jiuzhaigou Valleys. After the sightseeing, drive back to your hotel, and take a good rest.

Today you will come into the Jiuzhaigou park again to see one of its three valleys. 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 4-5 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 4 -5 hours, 10km if walking to see all lakes in Shuzheng Valley. Your 2-day visit will be adjusted according to the season.

After the sightseeing, drive back to your hotel, and take a good rest.

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 stops to break down the long drive – a visit to a Songpan Old Town and a stop by Diexi Lake.

Arrive in Chengdu and relax.

Today we will go visit Jinli Street of Chengdu and spend 2 hours here to explore the food street and shops in this traditional street of Chengdu before drive for around 3-4 hours to Chongqing and then tour Hongyadong of Chongqing to explore the best and busiest part of Chongqing before check in to your hotel in Chongqing.