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General Info:
🚌 Driving Distance: 220 km one way, about 3.5 hours drive
👣 Hiking Distance: 4 km Return
🥾 Road Type: Mud Road and Meadow Trek
⛰️ Highest Altitude: 3720 m
🔝 Climb Distance: 420 m
🏁 Difficulty: ★★
Warm Reminder: The highest altitude of this trip can be up to 3720 m, thus please carefully consider your own physical conditions before sign-up and take precautionary measures to prevent altitude sickness ahead of the tour.
Introduction
Erguxi is located next to the National Highway 317 in Jiabi Township, Li County, it belongs to the heart of Miyaluo Scenic Area, which is 230 kilometers away from Chengdu and 50 kilometers away from Li County. As an unexploited hidden gem with an altitude of 2700-4100 m, it integrates most of the scenery of Li County such as high mountains, meadows, snow peaks, sea of clouds, Tibetan villages, red leaves, forests, and so on. There are green grass in spring, sea of flowers in summer, red leaves in autumn, snow-capped mountains in winter, with breathtaking scenery in all seasons. The sea of clouds here is floating all year round, and the starry sky is always shining at night.
Itinerary
DAY 1 成都-绵虒-古尔沟-二古溪村 (220km)
Chengdu-Miansi-Guergou Town-Erguxi Village
07:50 Meet at Exit C, Metro Line 2, Baiguolin and the bus will leave at 08:30 on dot. We will drive on Dujiangyan thru Wenchuan Expressway along with the Minjiang River scenery and we will pass Dujiangyan, Zipingpu Water Conservancy Project, Dayu’s Hometown, Moutuo Qiang Village, enjoying the good view of Qiang Village, several watchtowers and residential buildings from afar. The whole distance is about 220 km, normally about 3.5 hours drive.
11:00-11:30 Lunchtime! We’ll have lunch together at Guergou Town.
11:30-13:00 After lunch, we’ll continue to take the bus for 30 minutes to reach Erguxi Village and from there we have to take a local transfer van (50 RMB/pp at your own expense) to our final destination. The ride should take about 30 minutes.
13:00-16:00 Hike for about 1-1.5 hours to reach the campsite and then we’ll pitch tents on our own.
16:00-18:00 Free activities. You can take a leisure walk around the campsite where there are swings and bird nests for you to take wonderful photos. Spend some time around this 360-degree unobstructed viewing platform.
18:00-21:00 Dinner Time! We’ll enjoy the delicious Tibetan hot pot while watching the beautiful sunset and then we can feel free to play some games, sing and dance, chat freely, count the stars, view the Milky Way if possible…To see the falling night, concluding a well-lived day.
DAY 2 二古溪营地-古尔沟-绵虒-成都 (220km)
Erguxi Valley-Guergou Town-Miansi-Chengdu
08:00-08:30 Breakfast Time!
08:30-10:30 Capture the wonderful sunrise moment and cloud seas. There is a hillside behind the campsite with the highest altitude of 4100 m. You can either choose to hike for another 1 hour to reach there, which is more physically demanding due to the high altitude. Adhere to according to your own capability. Then pack your luggage, dismantle your camp and get ready to leave.
10:30-12:30 Take a group photo on the mountain top to mark this moment and start to go downhill at 10 am on dot.
12:30-13:30 Lunch Time! You can make your own lunch choice at your own cost at any of the local restaurants.
13:30-17:00 Get back to Chengdu.
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