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⛰️ Driving Distance: 77km, About 1.5 hours drive
⛰️ Hiking Distance: 13km, Non-Return Route
⛰️ Tour Type: Adventurous
⛰️ Road Type: Country road and Natural Forest Trail
⛰️ Highest Altitude: 1744m
⛰️ Climb Distance: 720m
⛰️ Difficulty: ★★★
Group Size: 14-30pp
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Xiaoyudong through Hongkou is a classic entry-level crossing route around Chengdu. The whole journey is about 13 kilometers, and the accumulative altitude climb is about 700 meters. It travels through the uninhabited virgin forest for 6 hours, which is challenging but refreshing.
There are lofty mountains and ridges, flourishing forests and bamboos, clear currents and turbulences. Here, nature is the cradle of all life: blue sky and white clouds, green mountains and green waters, huge boulders and deep caves, quiet valleys and different birdsong… Everything is so ordinary, but everything is so authentic, which always makes you feel unrefined. Hiking in this kind of scenery, although there is no music or booze, looking up at the grand universe, looking down at the prosperity of living beings, it also engages both the mind and the eye.
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Itinerary
07:50 Meet at Exit F, Metro Line 2, East Shuhan Road.
08:00-10:00 Take a chartered mini-van to Xiaoyudong, Pengzhou and get ready to hike.
10:00-12:00 Start hiking after a simple warm-up. We’ll walk along the country road first before entering the forest so that your body gets used to the hike easier.
12:00-12:30 Lunchtime. Please prepare your own packed lunchbox and snacks.
12:30-17:00 After lunch, we’ll continue the hike in the forest trek and finally get to Hongkou, Dujiangyan.
17:00-19:00 Get back to Chengdu.
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