Jiuzhaigou Valley & Wolong Giant Panda Center
Chengdu - Jiuzhaigou Valley – Huanglong – Wolong
5 days/4 nights
Itinerary:
Day 01 Chengdu-Juzhaigou/Songpan 2 N
Fly to Jiuzhaigou (Jiuhuang airport, Songpan County, Sichuan) via Chengdu. Upon arrival, meet the local guide and drive to Jiuzhaigou Valley. The duration is about 1.5 hours (approx. 2 hours) and the visit will last 3-4 hours. The park is open until 7 pm. Today, you will visit one of the valleys. Overnight in Jiuzhaigou
Day 02 Jiuzhaigou
Jiuzhaigou (Nine-villages Valley), situated in Aba Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture, is listed as a World Natrual Heritage and reputed as a “fairyland” with its fantastic natural view. As the water, the “soul of Jiuzhaigou”, is purely and crystal-like clear and rich in colors, there goes the saying that no water is worth your attention after your visit to Jiuzhaigou. The water, the reflection on the bank, the stone mill, the Tibetan villages, the Buddhist streamers and the songs and dances of the Tibetan and Qiang people constitute the unique tourist culture of Jiuzhaigou. 114 green lakes, 47 springs, 17 over flying waterfall groups, 11 sections of turbulent streams, 5 Karst shoals, vast primitive forest and three Tibetan villages are distributed among the three valleys. Overnight in Jiuzhaigou
Day 03 Jiuzhaigou-Huanglong/Songpan 1N
Hotel check out and drive to Huanglong in the morning, the duration is approx. 3.5 hours. Huanglong (Yellow Dragon), as a national park in China, Huanglong has won the praise as “heaven on earth” or “wonderland” and is marked by its low-temperature and highly calcified Karst landform, which forms numerous valuable colored ponds. Besides, marvelous water forms, natural scenery composed of magnificent valleys, colorful pools, grasslands and wild animals all make Huanglong more fascinating. Drive to Songpan, an ancient city of over 600 years of history resided by minorities of Tibetans and Hui people, and overnight in Songpan
Day 04 Huanglong/Songpan-Chengdu-Dujianyan-Wolong 1N
In the morning transfer to airport and fly back Chengdu. Upon arrival, transfer to visit Dujiangyan Irrigation System. which was built around 250 BC by Libin, the governor of Shu Prefecture in Qin State. The great project still works well today after more than two thousand year’s function, which not only puts an end of the water disaster to the local people but also makes Chengdu Plain “the land of abundance”. While visiting the water conservation work, you may find that the methods of harnessing the river the ancient people used are so simple but useful. In the afternoon, upon arrival of Wolong Natural Preserve, visit the Giant Pander Center. During this trip, you do not watch the lovely rare animals closely but also get known of the knowledge of environment, evolution, also other animals around them and themselves; the raising, breeding and protection research and the development of Wolong Nature Reserve; the support of the panda fans and some international organization, as well as the cooperation with some other research centers. All of this guides the visitors to discover the secret of the life of the giant panda.
Day 05 Wolong-Taoping Qian Village-Chengdu-departure
In the morning visit the Giant Panda Center again. On the way visit Taoping Qiang People's Stockaded Village, 16 kilometers far away from Lixian County. The ancient Taoping Village has a great appeal for the numerous experts and tourists with its odd and wonderful fortress buildings. The bottom parts of these tower-shaped buildings are in width and length, and then upon them the main bodies become contracted storey by storey, which makes the building operated by means of centripetal force and become firm. These blockhouses are over ten floors and can be regarded as the skyscrapers of the old times. Built by lying stones, the outside edges of every stone are sharp while every side of the tower looks flat and straight. Though they had experienced one thousand years, they do not collapse and keep steady. That is why people acclaim them as the peak of perfection among the same kinds of buildings. In the afternoon, transfer to Chengdu and then depart for your next destination. END