Trip Details, Dates, Prices, etc.
Menu13 Days Botanical Trip in Rainy Mountain Zone of West China
Dates & Prices
| Dates | Booking Status | Price | Single Supplement | Group Size | Guide |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May. 5 to May.17, 2025 | Open to Booking | 3,200USD/pax | 370USD/pax | 6~12 | Local Guide |
| May. 5 to May.17, 2026 | Open to Booking | 3,200USD/pax | 370USD/pax | 6~12 | Local Guide |
The cost includes the following:
2. Meals in local popular restaurants.
3. All the entrance tickets for places listed in the itinerary including cable cars and shuttle buses.
4. Hotel stays from the first day to the last day of the trip, nice 3-star hotels in big cities and local best in local places.
5.Bottled water, and snacks throughout the trip.
6. Service charges of this trip include the fees of a professional English-speaking plant guide.
7. China domestic travel insurance.
The cost does not include the following:
2. During this trip, extra charges due to the change of itinerary from the client-side or other factors are beyond the control of WildFloraTour.
3. Flight tickets to the place where our trip starts and from the place where our trip ends.
4. Expenses for visa application.
5. Gratuities to the guide and driver.
Itinerary
D1 Arrive at Chengdu. Meals: D
Arrive at Chengdu, meet your guide at the airport, and transfer to your hotel. Welcome dinner in the evening.
D2 Chengdu to Qingcheng Mountain. Meals: BLD
Visit Dujiangyan Panda Valley in the morning, in the afternoon drive to Qingcheng Mountain. We will take a cable car to the top of Qingcheng Mountain, then walk down slowly to enjoy plants, natural scenery, and rich Taoist culture.
D3 Qingcheng Mountain to Xiling Snow Mountain. Meals: BLD
Transfer to posterior Qingcheng Mountain. Hike along the lush valley to look for rare plants. In the late afternoon, leave Qingcheng Mountain and drive(2h) to Xiling Snow Mountain.
D4 Explore the Xiling Snow Mountain. Meals: BLD
Take a cable car to the higher area of Xiling Snow Mountain for plants, In the late afternoon return to the foot of the mountain by cable car.
D5 Dafeishui valley to Ya 'an Bifengxia Gorge. Meals: BLD
Hike along the Dafeishui valley for plants and beautiful scenery, in the afternoon we drive to Ya 'an Bifengxia Gorge.
D6 Bifengxia Gorge to Shangli Ancient Village. Meals: BLD
Visit Bifengxia Gorge in the morning for plants and Shangli Ancient Village for experiencing local lifestyle and cultural immersion in the afternoon. Then drive to Ya’an city.
D7 Ya 'an City to Longcang Valley. Meals: BLD
Drive (1.5 hours) to Longcang Valley, explore the canyon with big trees and endemic plants such as Chinese Dove Tree, return to Ya 'an in the afternoon.
D8 Ya 'an to Wawu Mountain. Meals: BLD
Drive (2 hours) from Ya 'an to Wawu Mountain. Along the way, we can enjoy the scenery of bamboo forest in the canyon and experience the local old houses in Wangyu Town. In the afternoon, we will visit the Shuangdongxi Valley of Wawu Mountain for plants.
D9 Explore the Wawu Mountain. Meals: BLD
Visit the top of Wawu Mountain, wander around the coniferous forest, enjoy a large number of Rhododendron, cliff waterfalls, and alpine scenery.
D10 Wawu Mountain to Emei Mountain. Meals: BLD
Drive (2 hours) from Wawu Mountain to Emei Mountain, take a shuttle bus to the higher area of Emei Mountain, look for rare plants around.
D11 Explore the Emei Mountain for endemic plants. Meals: BLD
Get up early to enjoy the stunning sea of clouds, the sunrise, and the Buddhist temple and culture in Emei Mountain, drive to the lower area of Emei Mountain for more endemic plants.
D12 Leshan Giant Buddha to Chengdu. Meals: BLD
Visit Leshan Giant Buddha and return to Chengdu in the afternoon.
D13 Depart from Chengdu. Meals: B
Introduction to Trip Destinations:
Qingcheng Mountain
Mount Emei
Xiling Snow Mountain
Wawu Mountain
Notes:
● We will travel in moist and rainy mountains, so we need to take waterproof clothes and antiskid shoes.
Tour Guides
We will arrange one of our best flower guides for this trip who has rich experiences of guiding tours in this region. The following are some of our best local guides for your references.
Cory Li
Cory Li, co-founder, and general manager of WildFloraTour is a super fan of nature, especially for flowers. His passion for nature grows from the beauty of greens in the little boys' eyes. As a native of Sichuan Chengdu, he has spent a lot of time exploring nature in the mountains nearby his hometown. During his study at Sichuan University, he began to take lots of outdoor activities like hiking and mountain climbing and started to study knowledge about flora by himself. After graduation, he even spent more time in the wild than office exploring wildflowers in Sichuan and nearby provinces with other nature lovers and photographed about two thousand wildflower species. He even found several new distributions of some endemic species and even some new species of plants along with some other nature lovers. He loves to share his findings and stories behind the photos with other nature lovers on the internet and became a “flora idol” in southwest China. He never expected becoming famous out of this, he just enjoys sharing the beauty of those lovely flowers with others.
Philip
As a half Kangba Tibetan, Philip is the founder of WildfloraTour and is native of Ganzi Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture. He has a deep love for his Kangba Tibetan heritage and the land where he was born and raised. Philip's career has gone from mining technician to teacher, to translator, and finally to a guide and tour operator. Along the way, Philip discovered his passion and love for helping tourists understand the beauty and history of his people and homeland. Philip is known for his ability to plan and execute unique and exciting adventure trips exploring the sights off the usual tourist routes. He is active, open-minded, and adventurous and always ready to share interesting and useful information with his clients. As a travel professional working in this field for more than 15 years, Philip believes travel is an art and a process of learning and discovery. Each trip is a unique artistic work created with knowledge and expertise based on the resources available and the interests and tastes of travelers. To help more people to understand the unique resources in panda habitats and neighboring areas, he established Wildflora to bring his educational fun-filled tours to more people eager to explore and learn about China. Besides, Philip is an active and knowledgeable birder and a dedicated photographer.
Besides, one of WildFloraTour's local guides in Southeast China will participate in this trip to ensure a high-end traveling experience.
Testimonials
As a new department set up in 2017 under AbsoluteWild Travel Co, Ltd., WildFloraTour consists of a group of English-speaking local plants and travel experts to provide the best quality trips for plant lovers to enjoy the beauty of the natural plant resources in China. In the past, we have organized many flower-watching trips with some cooperative travel agents under their company names. For this important page, we would quote some feedbacks made on TripAdvisor by travelers from our sister department AbsolutePanda. As a department of the same company, we share the same culture and principles.
