Day 1 Arrive Chengdu

Day 2 Chengdu-Wolong(Into the panda habitat)

Day 3 Wolong-Danba(Architecture & Costume of Jiarong Tibetan)

Day 4 Daofu (Folk house art & Old matriarchal society) 

Day 5 Daofu-Sertar(Thangka art) 

Day 6 Sertar-Ganzi(Tibetan Buddhism)

Day 7 Ganzi-Deger(Into the “East Tibet”)

Day 8 Derge -Batang (Visit the center of East Tibet-Derge)

Day 9 Batang -Litang (Tibetan Agriculture) 

Day 10 Litang-Yading (Carnival underneath the holly mountain)

Day 11 Yading (Visit the holly mountain)

Day 12 Yading - Yajiang (scenic drive back to the west)

Day 13 Yajiang- Kangding (History & Medicine) 

Day 14 Kangding - Chengdu (Farewell )

Day 15 Depart Chengdu (Fly back home)

Day 1. Arrive Chengdu
Upon your arrival in Chengdu, our local guide will meet you at the airport and help you with hotel check-in. If you arrive before 2 pm, we will show you some old parts of Chengdu. There are so many options of the sightseeing in Chengdu. We could visit the historical streets and sites of Chengdu---the capital of Ancient Shu for thousands of years. Sichuan cuisine is among the top four cuisines in China, so a food tour will be definitely a highlight. Sichuan opera and the face changing show is also a must see that you don’t want to miss. The itinerary of the city tour will be arranged according to your arriving time and interest.  In the evening, we will have a welcoming dinner in the local popular typical Sichuan restaurant.
Overnight: Chengdu

Day 2. Chengdu-Wolong(Into the Panda Habitat)
We are driving to the well known hometown of giant panda---Wolong national nature reserve. Wolong, Mt Siguniang and Jiajin Mountains is principally renowned for its importance for the conservation of the giant panda and was listed among the UNESCO sites in 2010.  Wolong National Nature Reserve is the most famous one among the 13 giant panda reserve centers established by the Chinese government with the help of the World Wildlife Fund (WWF). Wolong National Nature Reserve is also the first one of its kind to set up a research center for giant pandas. We are going to visit the panda base in Wolong to visit giant pandas and drive to Balang Mountain to view gorgeous nature scenery and maybe search for some endemic birds and flora species.
Overnight: Rilong (by the foot of Mt. Siguniang)

Day 3 Wolong-Danba(Architecture & Costume of Jiarong Tibetan) 
Mt. Siguniang is know as the “Oriental Alps” for its magnificent snow mountain and stunning forest scenery. Mount Siguniang is well-known for its grandness, straightness and forcefulness. It is a natural forest area with abundant forest, thick green grass, and clear flowing rivers. In the afternoon, we are driving to Jiaju Tibetan village in Danba which is one of the most beautiful ancient villages, voted by the Chinese National Geographic in 2005. This village is inhabited by a branch of Tibetan called Jiarong Tibetan. This ethnic group is famous for its architecture and costume.  We are going to visit and stay with local family and experience the authentic local lifestyle. Our culture ambassador will give a small lecture about the “Tibetan folk house architecture and costume &ornaments”.
Overnight: Danba local guest house

Day 4 Daofu (Folk house art & Old matriarchal society)
After exploring Danba in the morning, we are heading west to Daofu. It will be a four-hour drive and we are passing by the beautiful yak valley and magnificent Huiyuan monetary in Bamei. Daofu at 3040m is laid out along the Jianshui River and it is a prosperous farming community with fine houses. Locals are known throughout Kham for their expertise at woodworking, and Daofu is a great place to come and see some fine examples of high-quality Tibetan architecture.
Overnight: Daofu

Day 5 Daofu-Sertar(Thangka art )
Today we are driving to Sertar for a religion journey. On the way to Sertar, we will drive by Luhuo---the hometown and center of Thanka, to learn about this amazing art. We will visit some Thangka gallery and some Thangka artists watching the process of painting. We will drive to Sertar in the afternoon.
Overnight: Sertar

Day 6 Sertar-Ganzi(Tibetan Buddhism)
Sertar is home to the Larung Gar Buddhist Institute, the largest Tibetan Buddhist institute in the world. The institute, which was founded by lama jiame Phuntsok in 1980 and started off just a few monks, now houses tens of thousands of monks and pilgrims from around the world. We will visit the monestray and discover the life of the monks. You will learn more about Tibetan Buddhism from the lecture of our culture ambassador or communicating with the monks or even from chanting with live Buddha. 
You have chance to watch the special burial ceremony---sky burial. However, the process is quite bloody even bit cruel. If you feel uncomfortable watching it, it is totally an optional activity. We will drive to Ganzi in the afternoon.
We will drive by Jinma grassland. The 150km road takes about 4 fours for the bad road condition. But you will definitely be rewarded by the stunning nature scenery along the way.
Overnight: Ganzi

Day 7 Ganzi-Deger(Into the “East Tibet”)
Early in the morning, we are driving to Derge-the center of East Tibet and Home town of King Gesar. As a UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage, the well known Epic of King Gesar is an epic cycle, believed to date from the 12th century, that relates the heroic deeds of the culture hero Gesar, the fearless lord of the legendary kingdom of Ling. It is recorded variously in poetry and prose, chantefable or shuochang being the style of traditional performance and is sung widely throughout Central Asia. People in Derge are very proud of their hero. It will be very exciting to meet some epic performer along the way.
Overnight: Derge

Day 8 Derge -Batang (Visit the center of East Tibet-Derge)
Derge is a town was once the center of the Derge Kingdom of Kham or Eastern Tibet. Derge also means “lands of mercy” was one of the three ancient centers of Tibetan culture, along with Lhasa and Xiahe.  The town of Derge is famous for its three-story printing house, or parkhang, built in 1729, where the Kangyur, a collection of Buddhist scriptures, and the Tengyur, a collection of commentaries, are still printed from wooden blocks. It has been estimated that the 217,000 blocks stored at Derge comprise 70% of the Tibetan literary heritage. The Derge editions are considered especially high quality, with few typographical errors.  In Derge, we provide a close encounter with this amazing treasury of Tibetan Buddhism and unveil the mysterious printing skill.
We will visit the printing house in the morning and drive to Batang in the afternoon.
Overnight: Batang

Day 9 Batang -Litang (Tibetan Agriculture)
The name Batang is a transliteration from Tibetan meaning a vast grassland where sheep can be heard everywhere. It is warmer here than most of Tibet region because of the lower altitude. Batang is fertile place abundant in grain and fruits.  From the mountain slope in the east to the river valley in the west, you can experience different type of Tibetan agriculture varying from farming to nomadism.  We are driving to the high city “Litang” in the late afternoon.
Overnight: Litang

Day 10 Litang-Yading (Carnival underneath the holly mountain)
You might feel some the altitude difference from Batang to Litang. Litang (over 4000m), the highest town in the world. Situated high on a grassy plateau, Litang has the feel of a rough and tumble 'Wild West' town. Known as "the Buddhist Shrine in South Kham", Litang Temple is the oldest and largest monastery of the Gelukpa sect (yellow sect) of Tibetan Buddhists in Kham Area.
One of the highlight of this trip is the “Litang horse festival” in August. Steeped in tradition, the horse festivals are an event where nomadic Tibetan families gather for a bit of friendly competition and bonding. This festival takes advantage of the warm weather, so though the elevation is very high, the glassy area is suitable long-distance horse races and tent camping. There will be many singing and dancing at night around the tents. It will be very exciting to have chance to join the Tibetans in the dance. We will drive to Yading in the afternoon via the scenery road which boast as the most beautiful road in Kham.
Overnight: Yading

Day 11 Yading (Visit the holly mountain)
With its pure and amazing plateau scenery, Yading is called "the last pure land on earth", "the last Shangri-La", "Western China adventure hub" and "the holy land in the sun". Today we will explore the core of the Grand Shangri-La zone. We will hike in the valley of the snow mountain, walking around the holy lakes and grassland. There are some nomadic tents in the valley where we have chance to meet up with some local farmers.
Overnight: Yading

Day 12 Yading - Yajiang (scenic drive back to the west)
We are driving back toward the center of Kham Tibetan-Kangding. It will be a long drive toward Kangding so we will stop by Yajiang for overnight. It will still be very beautiful on the road back.
Overnight: Yajiang

Day 13 Yajiang- Kangding (History & Medicine)
Today we are driving to the capital of Kham world & the bridge between Han Chinese and Tibetan world---Kangding. Kangding had been historical border between Tibet and China, from Kangding to the west lies Tibetan civilization where as to the east Chinese cultural centre. Kangding was for many centuries an important trading city along the Tea-Horse road where Chinese brick tea, slat and silk were carried by porters from Chengdu and other centers to trade for Tibetan horses, medicine and wool. Our culture ambassador will give you a lecture about history of Kham Tibetan. And we will visit a Tibetan hospital and learn more about the traditional Tibetan medicine.
Along the ancient Tea-Horse road, we continue heading west to Litang, en route we will visit Xinduqiao, the paradise of photographer. This picturesque small town is famous for plateau pastoral scenery, with spectacular snow-capped mountains, vivid green grassland, tall and straight poplars, crystal streams and dotted Tibetan houses.
Overnight: Kangding

Day 14 Kangding - Chengdu (Farewell )
Driving back to Chengdu and visit the Tibetan corner in Chengdu to experience a mixture of Tibetan and Chinese culture. We have a farewell dinner in a popular local restaurant and finish our trip. 
Overnight: Chengdu

Day 15 Depart Chengdu (Fly back home)