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Itinerary:

Day 01 Kunming– Lijiang by night train

Your tour guide and driver will pick you up from Kunming International airport and transfer to train station.

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Day 02 Lijiang(2400)-Middle Tiger Leaping Gorge(1900)-Haba Village (2600m)

You will arrive Lijiang train station around 7am, transfer to Lijiang and have breakfast.

And then, you'll drive about 60KM to the First Bend on the Yangtze River with imposing gorge scenery, and the Iron Chain Bridge in the Stone Drum town. The town of Stone Drum got its name from a large, cylindrical, marble tablet shaped like a drum. The scenery is magnificent as the road running through the Lijiang valley which is filled with wheat fields and drying haystacks.

Continue the driving 40KM more to visit the the upper Tiger Leaping Gorge, the deepest gorge in the world. With 34 rapids of the Yangtze River, it is called the Jinsha in this area because you can find gold in the river. Then, you'll head for the middle part of Tiger Leaping Gorge for your lunch. After a short trekking in Middle Tiger Leaping Gorge, drive to Haba Village which is a small Naxi village located at the food of Haba Snow Mountain.

Arrive at Haba Snow Mountain Guesthouse in Haba Village. You will prepare for your equipment and acclimatize youselfself to the altitude(2600M in Haba Snow Mountain Guesthouse.) After lunch, examine your heart rate and blood oxygen content. Learn the knowledge, condition and introduction of the Haba Snow Mountain Climbing.

Overnight: Haba Snow Mountain Guesthouse

Day 03 Haba Village (2600m)-the Base Camp at the 4200 m of Haba Mountain (B+L+D)

Trek up the Haba Mountain for about 15 km to the Base Camp at the 4200 m, which will take about 7 hours, with yaks taking your luggage. You will have picnic lunch in Haba Snow Mountain. You only need to take some water, cloth ,necessary food, the other equipment will be transfered by the horses to the Basic Camp.

Base camp altitude indications vary depending on whom you ask but we found it to be at about 4100 m so this is a rather long day and the path can get very muddy. Use good waterproof boots. The walk will take 4-6 hours and is mostly through the beautiful Yunann forest apart from three meadows that you will cross on the way.

Today you will hike up 1500M of the altitude, arrive at the Base Camp in the afternoon. Because of the high elevation, everyone will suffer the different altitude sickness. You should know how to adjust the situation and adapt to the high elevation. If you really feel not very well, please tell your escort.

Note: It is not allowed to sleep before 9:00 PM.

Overnight at the Base Camp or in the wooden hut(beds and quilt are available in the wooden hut)

Option to have one more day in Acclimatization in the Base Camp 4200M.

You will spend the day to acclimatize in the base camp. Some chinese climbers and web sites are recommending a Camp 1 at 4900 m just before getting on the glacier ( a small pond/lake is located there) but it seems most people do the climb in one day up and down from base camp. This seems to be the best solution especially if you can spend one day to acclimatize in base camp. There is a nice 4 h walk going to black lake and back from base camp if you chose this option.

--The base camp is located at the edge of the forest so ample wood supply is available and a very clean river stream flows nearby. Two hut guardian are now staying at base camp and can provide basic cooking and even some drinks ( coke etc...). Camping at base camp is confortable and free in a very nice setting plus you can take advantage of some of the hut facilities. In rainy weather however, the ground becomes very wet and it is difficult to keep the tents dry.

A new hut has recently been added to the 'historical one' these huts are still pretty basic with sod floor and open walls on the outside but the largest and most recent one can offer shelter to about 30 people while the oldest one is much smaller ( 8 max). Sleeping in the hut is on wooden plank and acceptable although it seems most people still prefer the camping solution.

Overnight: the Base Camp or in the wooden hut(beds and quilt are availible in the wooden hut)

Day 04 the Base Camp at the 4200 m- the Camp 1 at 4800 of Haba Snow Mountain -the top of Haba Snow Mountain (5396m)-the Base Camp (4200M) (B+L+D)

Get up at 3:00 am, prepare for your equipment, have a simple breakfast, examine your health condition before leaving for the top at 4:00 AM. you will leave most of your luggage at the Camp 1, you just need to take your mountaineering tools, such as the rope, ice axe, ice pick, the bag, some solid food, a warm pot of water, clothe, headlight, climbing equipment for the climbing to the summit of Haba Mountain.

--Camp1 is located just before the 2nd grey slab at about 4800 m. Usually people did not stay there but from what you could observe it seems quite unconfortable due to the very rocky and uneven surface. A small pond nearby provides water.

You will try to climb to the top of the Haba Snow Mountain at the 5396m, which will take about 5 hours, you will climb about 4 km. It is the ice and snow trail from the camp 1 to the summit, the altitude up 500M, usually, it will take you about 3 hours to the top. Enjoy the wonderful scenery of Haba Snow Mountain and Jade Dragon Snow Mountain with Yangtze River in the middle, take the pictures as souvenir. Here will be an unforgettable station of your life.

After having a picnic lunch, you will trek down to Camp 1 to take your luggage, then continue trek down to the Base Camp. Our service clerk at the BC will prepare good meals and waiting for you.

Overnight: The Base Camp at 4200M

Day 05 the Base Camp at the 4200 m-Haba Village-Tiger Leaping Gorge-Shangrila (B+L)

Trek down from Base Camp to the Long Wang Bian Village, with yaks taking your luggage, drive to visit Baishatai terrace. After lunch, drive 4 hours to Shangrila.

Best time to climb Haba Snow Mountain:Every May, June or the end of September, October, the beginning of November.

The end of October is the best to climb Haba Mountian and trek in Tiger Leaping Gorge

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Day 06 Shangrila- Meili Snow Mountain

In the morning, drive 5 to 6 hours to Deqin County (3400m altitude) which is 187km away from Zhongdian through Baimang Snow Mountain Nature Reserve, you will be able to view Baimang Snow Mountain if the weather is clear, pass the top part of today at 4292m altitude at 156km.

After traversing mountain ranges, you will make a short stop and have lunch at Benzilan town, take some shots on the first bend of Jinsha(Yangtze) River, Dongzhulin monastery and Baima (white horse) Snow Mountain. The view along the way is fantastic with different kinds of trees, streams down the valley, prayer flags and stupas, and Tibetan villages.

Overnight: Feilaisi

Day 07 Deqin-Shangrila

Sightseeing: Mingyong Glacier, Sunrise of Meili Snow Mountain, Mingyong Village.

Try to get up early in the morning, drive 10km to Feilai Monastery to view the magic sunrise of Meili Snow Mountain. Then drive another 1.5-hyour to Mingyong village, where you will walk on the trails for about 4km to the bottom of Mingyong Glaciers, walk another one your or so, you will get to Tibetan Taizi Monastery-another good spot to view the magnificent Mingyong Glaciers. (You can choose to hire a horse to go up to the glacier on yyour own expense in order to save your energy.) After the tour, get back to Shangrila.

Overnight: Shangrila

Day08 Shangrila- Kunming – home

Today we don’t need to go back to Lijiang again . we could fly back to home directly .

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