Daocheng / Yading village ( 111km, 3-4hours )
Morning drive to Yading Nature Reserve, the countryside scenery en route is very charming and the road is perfect, it drives approximately 2 hours to Shangrila town, here you will buy the entrance tickes and take the local sightseeing bus to LongLong Ba (about 1.5-2hours), then hike or ride horse to Chonggu Temple(hike about 1 hour, horse ride about 20-30minutes, costs 40RMB up and 30RMB down) , see the scenery of Chonggu Temple and holy peak Xiannairi. From Chonggu Temple trekking up to Drolma-la tso ( Pearl Lake ) about 30-40minutes. Pearl Lake is the best place to view the holy peak Xiannairi. Afterwards walk back to Longlong ba, it takes about 1-1.5hours. Overnight at Yading village local guest house.
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