8-Day Private Mt Gongga Trekking Tour from Chengdu

8-Day Private Mt Gongga Trekking Tour from Chengdu

Mount Gongga is located in the transitional zone between Qinghai-Tibet Plateau and Sichuan Basin. The main peak (7,556 ms) is the highest peak of east Tibetan plateau, called "the king of Shu Mountains". The high and steep mountain is covered forever with thawless snow. If visitors look at the mountain from far, it seems to float above a vast snow-sea. . Besides the highest peak of 7556 ms, a few peaks above 6000 also are standing around it as its brother.  In the zone, there are many natural sights, such as ancient glaciers relic, modern glaciers, virgin forests, hot springs, lakes, snow peaks, etc.   

In this trekking, you will trek from Laoyulin to Gongka Monastery, then exit from Zimei village. On this trekking route, the landscape is beautiful with rivers, peaks, Tibetan villages, grassland. The average sea level is above 4000 meter and the highest mountain pass is about 4900 meters.

D1 Chengdu – Kangding 

Meet with your guide at your hotel and then take long distance bus to Kangding in about 4-7 hours’ driving in the morning. Arrive in Kangding in the afternoon. Sea level around 2300 meters. You will arrange the accommodation yourselves, local hotel varies from cheap guesthouse to good 4 star level hotel.

D2 Yulin - Liangchahe       Trekking 6 hours, about 14kms.  （ L, D）

Start trekking on Mt. Kongka today. Your driver will drive you in about 30 minutes to the power station, starting your trekking. Meet with local Tibetan herdsman and your book, and then pack-up your luggage and gears with the horses, and then start trekking. You will trek on the mountain trails in the deep mountain valley, pass by the wide Gexi Grassland. And you will also pass by the Red Rock Beach. Arrive at the wide place of Liangchahe in the afternoon. Set up the camping base here. Sea level 3700 meters.

D3 Liangchahe - Down Riwuqie   Trekking 4 hours, about 10 kms. （ B，L, D）

Get up in the morning to enjoy the beautiful mountain around, then start trek, enjoy the beautiful peaks en route. Arrive at Down Riwuqie in the afternoon, set up the camping base here. Sea level 4100 meters.

D4 Down Riwuqie - Moxi Valley  Trekking 8 hours, about 17 kms   （ B，L, D）

Continue trekking today. Get up to visit the beautiful Riwuqie Lake, and enjoy the Ice Glacier in distance, also enjoy more snow peaks en route and then climb over the mountain pass of 4830 meter, which will be the most difficult part of your trekking. In the afternoon trek down the mountain pass and arrive at the end of Moxi Valley. Set up the camping base here. Sea level about 4300 meters.

D5 Moxi Valley Trekking  Trekking about 8 hours, about 20 KMs  （ B，L, D）

Continue trekking 8 hours today. You will trek along the Moxi Valley for a few hours, enjoy the virgin forest en route, and then arrive at the Winter Farm where set up tents for night. Sea level 4100 meters.

D6 Moxi Valley -Kongka Temple   Trekking about 6 hours, about 14 kms   （ B，L, D）

Continue trekking 6 hours today. Trek through the Farm firstly, and then the virgin forest along the the mountain valley. Arrive at Tibetan monastery, Kongka Temple in the afternoon. Sea level 3750 meters.Camping for night.

D7 Kongka Temple – Zimei - Kangding      Trekking about 3 hrs, about 6 kms, and then driving about 6 hours.   （ B, L）

Visit the Kongka Monastery, trek down the mountain to Zimei village in 3 hours, travel through the virgin forest. Then meet with your driver and then drive to Kangding via Shangmujv and Xinduqiao. We will send you to the hotel you arranged yourself in Kangding.

D8 Kangding- Chengdu     driving 4-6 hours    

In the morning catch the long distance bus back to Chengdu. Arrive in Chengdu in the late afternoon.