Join us for a fantastic hiking and camping trip in Lhagang, located in traditional Tibetan region of Kham (west Sichuan ) surrounded by mountains and beautiful plateaus.

Join us for a fantastic hiking and camping trip in Lhagang, located in traditional Tibetan region of Kham (west Sichuan ) surrounded by mountains and beautiful plateaus.

Itinerary

Day 1

Activities: D1: Chengdu - Lhagang

Our guide will pick you up at the airport or from the hotel and then will drive to kangding. There you will have lunch and then you will pass Zheduo mountain(4200m) and then drive to Tagong grassland.

Overnight: Guesthouse  3900m altitude

 

D2

Activities: Acclimatization day in Lhagang

Today you visit Tagong monastery and have a relax day mainly for acclimatizing to the altitude.

 

Overnight: Guesthouse

Day 3

Activities: Trek Day 1

This morning you will so a 15 minutes drive to Manijiago and there your yaks and horses for the trek will be prepared. Today your trek is not too hard, you will pass yaks and gradually hike up behind the ridges and leave the sounds of the cities to enjoy total nature.

 

Overnight: Camp at 4200m

Day 4

Activities: Trek Day 2 (altitude max 4800m)

This morning after a good breakfast you will leave for your second day of hike. You will walk around 2hours before reaching the highest pass of your stay, located at 4800m. Your caravan of yaks and horses will also go through the pass and it is quite impressive to see the agility of those animals. After a good 5hour walk you will settle your camp at Zhakra for the night near a nomad camp and you will be able to enjoy a bath in natural hotsprings.

 

Overnight: Camp at 4100m

Day 5

Activities: Trek Day 3

Today is a pretty easy day. You will start your walk down the valley along the river and then up in the forest where you'll go through a pass at 4000m. Your camping site is not far after the pass.

Overnight: Camp at 4000m

Day 6

Activities: Trek Day 4

Today you will walk up a beautiful valley, through pastures surrounded by high range mountains. Some nomads might have set their camp with their yaks in the area. You will hike up the last pass of the trek at 4500m before arriving to the valley and reach your starting point of Manijiago.

 

Overnight: Guesthouse

Day 7

Activities: Lhagang-Chengdu

It is time to say goodbye to the nature, tibetan plateau and hit the road back to Chengdu (~6/7hours). Have a evening dinner together and then say good bye to each other.