White water terrace

Following the footprint of American Botanist/ advanture's foot print to discover Shangrila in the Novel "lost horizen" ,  this a outdoor advanture hiking route from Shangrila to Yading. 

You will be able to see a mysterious hidden sites , Niru village,   a pure and harmonious land in Shangrila , it is also known as "No 1 village around the globe! "   From Niru, you will hike 2-3 days through mountains and valleys from Yunnan and cross Yunnan-Sichaun border and arrive Yading in Ganzi prefecture, Sichuan ,  pass by sites  including Nanbao pasture , Dijie pasture,colorful waterfall , Dingru lake, selie lakeand snow-capped peaks, finally reach Shangrila town (Riwa town), from there you will enjoy 2 days of hike inside of Yading natural reserve to see milk lake, five color lake, luorong pasture , pearl lake and the 3 holy mountains (Xiannairi, Xianuoduoji and Yangmaiyong   ).

Itinerary:

D1, Shangrila - Niru village, Hike to Colorful waterfall .

D2, Niru village- Selie alpine lake - Naobao pasture- night at Camping site 

D3, Camping site-Sela peak(4300m)-Yala pasture , Night at Camping site

D4, Camping site-Yala holy mountain- Nigong village,  take car to Riwa town.

D5, Day hike to Yading natural reserve (pearl lake,  chonggu monastery, Xiannai ri mountain), night at Yading.

D6, Day hike to Yading natural reserve(Milk lake and five color lake ), night at Yading

D7, Yading- Shangrila by car

D8, Departure from Shangrila by flight

Contact us to tailor made your trekking itinerary from Shangrila to Yading .   

Four days trip from lijiang to shangri-la back to lijiang Day1 Pick up from lijiang 2hours drive byprivate car to qiao tou ,then hike from qiaotou take 5hours to tea hourse sleep there. Day2 after breakfast start tea hourse take 4hours to walnut garden,have lunch there then walk down to see the middle gorge take3-4hours then back sleep at walnut garden Day3 after breakfast take two hours private car to white water terrace look around there one hour then straight to Shangri-la 3hours by car,look around old town ,lapa sea stay in Shangri-la over night Day4 leave morning to see the Blue month valley,or Pudacuo National Park,after lunch take 4hours back to lijiang.

Day1 look around lijiang see Jade dragon snow mountain,impression show of lijiang.

Day2 look around lijiang see lijiang old tow shuhe and baisha village
Day3 take car from lijiang to Tiger leaping gorge on the way see shigu village the first bend of Yangtze River and upper gorge then go to middle gorge.
Day4 take car from middle gorge to Shangrila on the way see haba village haba snow mountain and write water terrace then continue to Shangrila after going to see Shangrila old town.
Day5 look around Shangrila see Songzanlin monastery and Putacuo national park.
Day6 take car back to lijiang on the way see yi village .

Four days trip from lijiang to shangri-la back to lijiang Day1 Pick up from lijiang 2hours drive byprivate car to qiao tou ,then hike from qiaotou take 5hours to tea hourse sleep there. Day2 after breakfast start tea hourse take 4hours to walnut garden,have lunch there then walk down to see the middle gorge take3-4hours then back sleep at walnut garden Day3 after breakfast take two hours private car to white water terrace look around there one hour then straight to Shangri-la 3hours by car,look around old town ,lapa sea stay in Shangri-la over night Day4 leave morning to see the Blue month valley,or Pudacuo National Park,after lunch take 4hours back to lijiang

Got tired with the regular  packaged tour schedule?

Want to travel as a local ?

Traveling with me to explore the wonders of Nature and minority cuture on the mountain and Mekong river region in the north west part of Yunnan province.  discovering the hiden shangrila with me! 

Tour schedule

Day 1.  Lijiang to shangrila via tiger leaping gorge

Day 2. shangrila to Feilasi via Yangtze river and Tibetan village

Day 3. Enjoying sunrise of Meili snow mountain,  hike to Yubeng village

Day 4. Hike to the holy water fall

Day 5. Drive to weixi ,visit Primitive minority on the way

Day 6. Weixi to tacheng, visit Golden monkey national park.

Day 7. Tacheng to Liming, climb to the turtle's montain

Day 8. Liming to Lijang via first bend of Yangtze river