Price: upon inquiry
Destinations Visited: Minya Konka, Kangding
Departure: Private Tour / Flexible Date
This is an excursion into the Minya Konka Mountains from Kangding for 2 days. Short trip to see the mountain views including Mt. Beihaizi, Mt. Hunhaizi, Mt. Shehaizi. Medium pace hiking for total 10km to 22km in 2 days. Overnight camping.
Book NowHiking starts after a short ride of around 40 minutes from your hotel in town of Kangding by road head at around 3600 meters above the village of Laoyulin. This is where we meet our porter team and give them packs we need to put on the horse. The packs are sorted the former night. You only need to carry your own day pack. Remember in the day pack we only take with us necessary items for the hiking during day time, including packed lunch or snakcks, drinking water recommended 1L minimum, sunglasses, rainproof, warm-keeping clothes and hat, sun block and lip oil, important personal possessions etc. Note the warm-clothing and rainproof (for both yourself and your pack) may not be used while hiking but since weather changes quickly and hard to predict in the mountains, it's wise to bring these items with you all the time each day. The walking starts by gradual ascent by the riverside with pine forest and mountains around you. You'll pass by a red rock slide where you'll experience a small section of steep part before you get more open views of the valley and mountains around you. Today's walking is rather medium. Arrive at camp site by Liangcha at 3850 meters in the afternoon. Total walk around 10km.
For more active hikers or for people who have well-acclimated we offer the option to go camp higher by Gyazela at around 4100m in order to go to the lake the next morning to see more highland views especially the lake itself.
Total Walking 10km between 3600m and 3850m. Medium Pace.
Overnight camping by 3850m.
Mt. Lamoshe over Riuqi Valley
Camp by foot of Litte Konka
Today is a full day walking back to where we started the hiking for around 10km. For more active hikers we can go up for another 3-4km to explore the lake by the foot of the mountains. You will gain views of three mountains that are above 6000m: Mt. Jiazi, Mt. Grovenor and Mt. Roddmain plus three other peaks that are Mt. Tchiburongi (5900m+), Mt. Melcyr (5900m+) and Mt. 5800m.
On the way back you have another chance to see the views along the way if weather was not good enough. Walking back should take less time although you are recommended to slow down to appreciate the views. After arrive the road end, be picked up and send to your hotel in Kangding.
Total Walking 10km+ between 3850m and 3600m. Medium Pace.
Gyazela River
Amazing Lamoshe Mountains
Lake
Mountains of Northern Minya Konka
This tour is available from all year round but in some years and some seasons may not be accessible due to environment issues, local laws, fire restrictions, etc.
This tour starts in Kangding. If you wish to start in Chengdu then we recommend you to contact us to plan for a longer trip.
Traveling to the listed places will expect lower standard services at hotels and restaurants even if they maybe the best choices. The service level is not as up to what you have in places like Chengdu. The hotel people don't speak English nor do the people from restaurants. These places are quite far, wild but beautiful. As authenticity comes often with less comfortability. Public Toilet can be really bad. You are always recommended to use your toilet in your hotel while you don't want to use the public toilet or do it in the open wild. You are recommended to have toilet paper with you. Food are with limited options at most of the places. Basically you can find Chinese Food with Sichuan style. On a guided trip you can have them customized into vegetarian or non/less spicy.
This tour involves walking at high altitude at over 3000m, people with cardiac-related conditions, cerebrovascular disease, hypertension, arrhythmia, respiratory diseases, obstructive pulmonary diseases (bronchial asthma, bronchiectasis, emphysema, active tuberculosis, pneumoconiosis), pregnant women and people who have been diagnosed with high altitude pulmonary edema, high altitude cerebral edema, high altitude hypertension, high altitude heart disease, and high altitude polycythemia are not recommended to do this trip.
Any booking within short notice we may not be able to make arrangement for you because some of our guides may not be quickly available at any time. Please do contact and confirm with us at least 2-4 weeks prior to your arrival.
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