Day 01: Arrive in Chengdu (D)
Upon arrival of Chengdu airport, meet with guide and transfer to hotel. 1N in Chengdu.

Day 02: Chengdu – Wolong - Danba (B/L/D)
In the morning leave Chengdu for Danba. On the way pass by Wolong Giant Panda Natural Reserve where about 50 giant pandas are bred in a semi-natural environment. After lunch at Wolong, drive to cross the foggy Balang Mountain (4,523 meters) and reach Rilong Town which is located at the foot of the Siguniang Shan (Four Girls Mountain). If it is clear, far view the four peaks of the Siguniang Shan Mountain, the highest one Forth-Girl Peak of which is acclaimed as the "queen of mountains in Sichuan” with an altitude of 6250 m. Via Xiaojin County, head for Danba County (1900 m.) The local people are called Jiarong (Gyarong) Tibetans. It is said that they are the descendants of the people of the ancient Xixia Kingdom, who merged with the local people after they fled from Gansu and settled here. Danba has long been acclaimed as the Kingdom of Thousands of Ancient Blockhouses. 1N at Danba.

Day 03: Danba - Bamei (B/L/D)
In the morning visit the ancient block towers in Suopo. They were made of clay and block and look fine from outside with solid thick walls; and then visit the Jiaju Tibetan Residence. Jiaju, 10 kilometers away from the county city, is one of the rare places in China that has preserved complete Tibetan style residences. More than one hundred buildings keep the same architectural style with a complete and unique character of Jiarong (Gyarong) Tibetan residences. Under the blue sky, the Tibetan residences decorated in red, white and black are strewed at random but also in order from the bottom to the middle slope of the valley. Reach Bamei in the afternoon. 1N at Bamei.

Day 04: Bamei - Garze (B/L/D)
Drive to Garze (Ganzi), the real cultural and religious center for the Tibetans living in Sichuan. In Tibetan "Garze" means "white and beauty", named after the famous temple in the county. Upon arrival, visit Garze monastery of yellow sect (Gelug). The temple was built in1552 by Juji Angwengpencuo the disciple of the Fifth Dalai Lama. 1N at Garze.

Day 05: Garze – Manigango - Dege (B/L/D)
In the morning pass by Manigango to visit Xinluhai Lake. Located at the foot of Queer Mountain in Dege County, Xinluhai Lake Scenic Spot is 98 kilometers from Garze County and 100 kilometers from Dege County. It is 4040 meters above the sea level, with an average depth of 10 meters and a maximum depth of 15 meters. There are plateau spruces, firs, Chinese weeping cypresses, azalee trees and meadows around the lake. It is also a preserve for wild animals like white-lipped deer. Afterwards get across the steep Chola Mountain, the highest peak of which is 5,650 meters. In the afternoon reach Dege. 2N at Dege.

Day 06: Dege (B/L/D)
Today visit the Dege Printing House has always been well reputed as the “Cultural Treasury at the Foot of the Snow Mountain.” As the national leading protected entity of cultural relics, it is the biggest printing house in Tibetan area. Another program is Gengqing, meaning big temple in Chinese. In 1445 (the thirteen years of Emperor Zhengtong’s reign in Ming dynasty), Bota.zhaxishenggen, the first tusi of Dege family which had been in a long line of hereditary of Dege rulers, and Tangdongjiebyu the famous monk with great achievement built a Buddhist chapel in Gengqingshigengnon.

Day 07: Dege - Pelyul (B/L/D)
Today drive along the Golden Sand River (Jinsha Jiang) the upper reaches of Yangtse to Pelyul. Upon arrival visit Pelyul Monastery nearby the county seat. This famous Nyingma Sect monastery had played a great role in history and held many subsidiary temples. 1N at Pelyul.

Day 08: Pelyul – Garze - Luhuo (B/L/D)
Leave for Garze via Haizi Shan. On the way appreciate the snow mountains and vast grasslands. In the afternoon reach Luhuo, which was called "Huoer zhanggu" in the past. In Tibetan, "Huoer" means Mongolians and Zhanggu on the mountain rock. 1N at Luhuo.

Day 09: Luhuo – Xinduqiao (B/L/D)
Drive to Xinduqiao, and take a walk tour in and around Xinduqiao. 1N at hotel in Xinduqiao.

Day 10: Xinduqiao – Kangding (B/L/D)
Drive to Kangding and visit some little temples in Kangding. 1N at Kangding.

Day 11: Kangding – Chengdu (B/L/D)
Transfer back Chengdu via Ya’an. 1N at Chengdu.

Day 12: Fly home (B)
Transfer to airport and fly home. End of tour in Sichuan.