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Cycling
tour level: Moderately
Challenging |
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Total
Cycling Distance: Approximately
1,500 miles (2,430 km): Average
distance per travel day: 50 miles
(80 km) Cycling may be supplemented
on occasion with vehicle transport
when necessary to reach the next
destination. |
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Tour
type: Vehicle supported
- riders carry only their day
packs on their bikes. |
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Day 1: Chongqing/Dazu
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Pick
up from the Chongqing airport
and transfer to your hotel. |
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Day 2: Chongqing/Dazu
(130km cycling) |
Meet
in Chongqing in the morning. Cycle
to the cable car for an aerial
view of Chongqing. Take transport
part way to Dazu and cycle the
rest. |
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Day 3: Dazu (40km cycling) |
Visit
a number of Confucian, Taoist
and Buddhist mountain grotto sculptures
and a Christian church. |
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Day 4: Zigong (139km cycling) |
Take
transport part way to Zigong,
then visit dinosaur museum and
a working salt museum. |
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Day 5: Rongxian (50km
cycling) |
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China's second largest Buddha
statue (193 ft, 58.7 m). |
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Day 6: Leshan (89km cycling) |
Explore
an abandoned tower in Sanjiang,
see some thermal activity along
the road and in Leshan, visit
the world's largest sitting Buddha
statue (232 ft, 71 m). |
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Day 7: Emei (90km cycling) |
Cycle
or take transport to the top of
Emei Mountain (10,160 ft., 3,099
m), one of China's five sacred
Buddhist mountains. |
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Day 8: Emei |
View
the morning sunrise and walk some
of the trails. |
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Day 9: Dayi-Anren (171km
cycling) |
Take
transport part way. Li Landlord
Manor Rent Collection Courtyard
Sculpture |
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Day 10: Dujiangyan (85km
cycling) |
2,500
year-old Irrigation System |
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Day 11: Wolong (84km cycling) |
Take
transport part way. Visit the
Wolong Panda Nature Reserve |
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Day 12: Rilongguan (98km
cycling) |
Take
transport part way and/or cycle
to the Balangshan Pass (4,550
meters, 14,950 feet). Cycle 31
km down to Rilongguan at the base
of Four Sisters Mountains. |
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Day 13: Xiaojin Xian (60km
cycling) |
Visit
Buddhist Temple, an Islamic Mosque
and a Catholic Church. |
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Day 14: Danba (60km cycling) |
Visit
Wori Defense Tower, a Lamasery
and a Tibetan Buddhist Temple. |
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Day 15: Danba (20km cycling) |
Break
day. Visit surrounding defense
towers. |
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Day 16: Kangding (139km
cycling) |
Take
transport part way. Visit the
Long March Museum. |
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Day 17: Moxi (75km cycling) |
Hailuogou
Glacier Park. |
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Day 18: Shimian (69km
cycling) |
Small
town life. |
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Day 19: Mianning (108km
cycling) |
Small
town life |
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Day 20: Xichang (88km
cycling) |
Heart
of the Yi minority |
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Day 21: Pingchuan (86km
cycling) |
Small
town life |
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Day 22: Yanyuan (56km
cycling) |
Small
town life |
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Day 23: Lugu Lake (133km
cycling) |
Take
transport part way. Matriarchal
Mosu Culture on a picturesque
lake |
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Day 24: Lugu Lake (31km
cycling) |
Liwubi
Island and Yongning Monastery |
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Day 25: Ninglang (81km
cycling) |
Small
town life |
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Day 26: Lijiang (120km
cycling) |
Take
transport part way. Naxi Minority
- Naxi Orchestra using unique
traditional instruments. |
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Day 27: Lijiang |
Rest
day - Visit Black Dragon Pool
Park, Baisha 15th century frescoes,
the Yufeng Monastery |
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Day 28: Daju (90km cycling) |
Take
transport part way. North Gateway
to Tiger Leaping Gorge. |
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Day 29: Walnut Grove (31km
cycling) |
Cross
the Yangtze on a ferry and visit
the narrow portion of the Gorge. |
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Day 30: Jianchuan (95km
cycling) |
View
the first bend of the Yangtze,
visit Jinhuashan Precipice Bas-relief
Grottos |
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Day 31: Dali (110km cycling) |
Three
Pagodas and Chongsheng. |
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Day 32: Dali (35km cycling) |
Cycle
half way around Erhai Lake and
return by boat |
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Day 33: Kunming |
Fly
to Kunming. Visit Yuantong
Temple, Cuihu (Green Lake)
Park and the East/West Pagodas. |
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Day 34: Tour End |
Escort
to airport |
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For
more information about our China
Tour "The
Grand Bike Tour of Sichuan and
Yunnan",
contact us at info@china-roads.com
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