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A
century since, the churches in
these regions are still thriving.
French missionaries ventured into
landlocked valleys in western
Sichuan and Yunnan province,
spreading their religion a hundred
years ago. This hike, the original
route taken by the French
missionaries in the 1900s, will
take you to meet the Catholic
Tibetan, Nu and Lisu communities
along the Salween and Mekong
rivers. The trip offers you
opportunities to attend the Sunday
churches hidden the isolated
mountains of Mt. Biluoxue as well
as the great rivers trenches of
Salween and Mekong which divided
by those awesome mountains that
have never been tramped upon by
outsiders.
Day by Day
itinerary
Day 1
Kunming
Day 2
Kunming/Dali
Days 3-4
Dali/Liuku/Gongshan
Days 5-8 Mt.
Biluoxue
Trekking
Day 9
Cizhong/Deqen
Day 10 Deqen/Yanjin
Day 11 Deqen/Zhongdian
Members of our October spend one
and a half day witnessing an
authentic annual Tibetan Buddhisit
Mask Dance Drama performed out
doors by the monks at Dongzhulin
Monastery.
Day 12-13
Zhongdian/Shudu Lake
Members of our June Departure will
attend the once a year Gyalthang
Horse-racing festival at Wufeng
Shan, a huge field just outside of
town is host to a huge
horse-racing festival, bringing
together Tibetans from as far as
Qinghai and Sichuan province.
Day 14
Zhongdian/Kunming
Day 15
Kunming/Onwards
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15
days, 5 days trek,
hotel and guesthouse
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Altitude
Physical
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When
to go?
Good
for April and October |
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Cost
& Group Size:
From
?860USD pp,
4-12 Participants |
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Highlights
Dali
Salween
Songzanlin
Lamasery
Catholic
churches
Catholic
communities of Liso and
Tibetans
Deqin
Kawa
Karpo
Upper
Mekong
Sila
Pass
Yerkarlo
Tibetan
nomads
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