Mountain and trekking route
Trekking from Muge Tso Lake to Holy Mountain Yala
Tailor-made private Sichuan route following Chengdu - Yaan - Kangding - Trekking from Muge Tso to holy for mountain scenery and active travel, shaped around season, walking level, transfers and practical margins.
We shape the route around your dates, pace and comfort level before preparing the proposal.
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What you will see
Landscapes, culture, local life, food moments or active experiences are tied to real stops.
How the pace feels
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How it can change
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Route fit
For western Sichuan depth, photography and highland culture.
You want Tibetan villages, grasslands, monasteries, snow mountains and slower remote days.
You need luxury comfort every night or want the shortest possible transfers.
Highlights
- Chengdu
- Yaan
- Kangding
- Trekking from Muge Tso to holy
Planning focus
Western Sichuan needs margins, not rushed days.
We check road conditions, weather windows, lodging level, walking comfort and highland pace before building the final route.
Route at a glance
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This quick route view helps you understand the order of stops, where the journey slows down and what we check before the final proposal.
Route sequence
Season and roads
Roads, mountain weather, festivals and scenery windows change the best version of the route.
Daily pace
Driving time, rest time and hotel location decide whether the route feels smooth.
Itinerary rhythm
What each day can feel like
The day-by-day view shows the main stops, travel rhythm and moments that make the route worth choosing. Before confirmation, we recheck season, timing, transfers and local services.
Chengdu – Ya’an – Kangding
Get up early in the morning. Get a nice far view on the Paoma mountain (Riding Horse Mountain), and go to receive good prayer at the Tibetan Anjue monastery. After lunch drive 38 kilometers to Mugecuo Natural Reserve (3777 m over sea level）. Along the way we can find these plateau vegetation situated almost vertically from big and tall woods to short and low bushes and grass, a piece of art by god and a respect to the rules of nature. We will finally arrive the Wild Man Lake (Ye Ren Hai)
Kangding - Mugetso
After breakfast at camp we will commence our trekking. An upwards track along a freshwater stream will take us to the Red Lake called Jiajia La, afterwards we will cross over a 4,165 m high mountain pass and keep moving by the Sela LongPa River descend for 2km before we reach the 4245m high Seha La Mountain. Crossing the mountain before we reach the multi-colored Lake where we will have a break. Our camp site at Gyampashe is not far away ahead of us. The first day trek today is
Trekking Mugetso – Gyampashe
Leave Jiangbashe, there are broad grasslands around and snowy peaks rising in distance. We will cross a little brook and tramping on the grass. On our way, big and small Mani pile with vivid Buddhist faith sculptures and coloured prayer flags will greet us now and then. If the weather is good, we can far view the mighty Yala Holy Mountain rising 5,820m high in distance. Set up our camp at Shamlung.
Trekking Gyampashe - Shamlung
Leave our camp in the morning. Today’s our destination is the holy Yala. The trekking starts along the Lazhagongma Chu (river) till its source before crossing over a mountain pass at 4700m over sea level, trek down and entry the Yala Gully, along which we will finally arrive to our camp rightly at the foot of the holy Yala.
Trekking Shamlung – Yala mountain
After a walk around our camp, enjoy the spectacular view on Yala. We gear up for the last day of trekking. The trekking track will lead us to Yala Cha Chu, the inner core area of Yala has so much to offer us, snowy water falls cascading to the holy lake around numerous Buddhist prayer plages, birds singing echos in the valley, what a genuine scene of Shangbala. Trek into the picturesque Tai Chan Valley until we meet our driver again by the main road to D
Trekking Yala – Yala Cha Chu (river), drive to Danba
Get up early，visit of Jiaju Tibetan village, then drive to Suopo to view the ancient block towers. After lunch, drive to Dawei via Xiaojin, get over Jiajin mountain, and then arrive at the foot of Mahuanggou valley.
Danba - Mahuanggou valley in Baoxing
After breakfast, drive to Dengcigou for the old Catholic chapel, which was built by a French missionary in AD 1839. It was in this church that, in 1869, its fourth priest Armand David saw a giant panda and let the rest of the world knows this amazing animal exists. After lunch in Baoxing, drive back to Chengdu.
Mahuanggou valley – Dengcigou valley – Ya’an - Chengdu
Check out and escort to airport for departure flight. End of the unforgettable trekking tour.
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