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3-Day Extension Tour for Shangri-La Highlights Tour

Tour Code:TE-YNS-0301
Start in:Xianggelila
End in: Xianggelila
Destinations:Shangri → La → Deqin
Day 1  Shangri-La- Deqin
In the morning, drive 5 to 7 hours to Deqin County(3400m altitude) which is 187km away from Shangri-La through Baimang Snow Mountain Nature Reserve, you will be able to view Baimang Snow Mountain if the weather is clear, pass the toppest part of today at 4292m altitude at 156km. The view along the way is fantastic with different kinds of trees, streams down the valley, prayer flags and stupas, and Tibetan villages.
Baimang Snow Mountain Nature Reserve: one of four National Nature Reserves and the biggest reserve with the highest altitude in Yunnan. The difference between its highest peak and lowest place is 3380m, thus it features with different climate, animals and vegetations depending on the altitude. With stretching ranges, BaimangSnowMountain is taken as the holy symbol by Tibetans.
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Day 2  Deqin-Mingyong village-Deqin
Try to get up early in the morning, drive 10km to Feilai Monastery to view the magic sunrise of Meili Snow Mountain. Then drive another 1.5-hour to Mingyong village, where you will walk on the trails for about 4km to the bottom of Mingyong Glaciers, walk another one hour or so, you will get to Tibetan Taizi Monastery-another good spot to view the magnificent Mingyong Glaciers. (You can choose to hire a horse to go up to the glacier on your own expense in order to save your energy.) After the tour, get back to DeqinCounty.
-Feilai Monastery: builit in Ming Dynasty, located 10km away from DeqinCounty, it is one of the best spots to view MeiliSnowMountain.

* Meili Snow Mountain: located on the border of Yunnan and Tibet, one of the eight holy Tibetan Buddhist mountains, legend says that the snow mountain is a god guarding Tibetan Buddhism, every year, thousands upon thousands of pilgrims from Tibet, Qinghai, Sichuan and Gansu come here to pay homage to the mountain. MeiliSnowMountain consists of 13 peaks, of which the sharp KawaKarpoPeak is the main peak with an altitude of 6740 meters. In Tibetan language, Kawa Karpo means "white snow mountain". KawaKarpoPeak is the highest peak in Yunnan, and famed as "the most beautiful peak in the world", due to its precipitous cliffs, frequent avalanches, thick fog and cloud, heavy rain and storms, the peak remains a "virgin peak".

* Mingyong Glaciers: one 12km-long glacier of Kawa Karpo Peak snaking from 5500m high down to an altitude of 2700m into the forest in winter, a glacier of this size is rarely seen at such low altitude. For thousands of years, the mountain and glacier has been a pilgrimage site for Tibetan Buddhists.
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Day 3  departure from Shangri-La
After breakfast, head back to Shangri-La. see off.
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Private Tour Prices ( Based on per person and shown in US dollars ) 

Group size
Season
2-4 Travelers 5-9 Travelers 10 Travelers &above Children price Single supplyment
 Mar.2008-Jun.2008 332 272 215 -- 47
 Jul.2008-Oct.2008 341 282 222 -- 51
 Nov.2008-Feb.2009 324 261 210 -- 44
Remark : The above prices will daily float with the USD-RMB exchange rate, all the prices will be confirmed by the exchange rate on the day when you book this tour.
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