This is China’s first long-distance, low-altitude civil sightseeing route and the only way to get a bird’s eye view of the currents of the Three Rivers at a low altitude. You will enjoy spectacular views whilst soaring over hundreds of snowy mountains and thousands of glaciers.
What we know and feel about this world is based on the perspective and vision gained by this way of travelling. To fly at an altitude of 4000-6000 meters through white clouds and observe the most sacred peaks in the Himalayas face-to-face eliminates the barrier of time and space, giving one the rare experience of ever-present momentum, like an eagle’s flight.
It is possibly the BEST new luxury program of since 2020 and surely one of the most intriguing low-altitude flights in the world. Remote luxury lodges settled in pristine landscapes form the logistical backbone of this breathtaking flying experience along the Yi-Tibetan corridor.
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Travel is an emotional experience, cherishing new corners and venture into unknown landscapes. Respecting this and giving back to society has taken an important role in our endeavours in leaving only footprints and taking only memories. ATRAILS committed to improving the conditions of communities we encounter on our journeys whilst safeguarding and protecting nature and wildlife
Tibet,Yunan, China
Day 1
Lijiang - Shangri-La
From Lijiang to Shangrila, over flying the Tiger Leaping Gorge and performing an Air–Pilgrimage to the Three Gods Mountain of Aden.
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Accommodation
Songtsam Linka Shangri-la
Day 2
Shangri-La - Meilli
From Shangrila to Meilli/Kawagebo sacred peak, passing over Lancang River Canyon.
Food
B/L/D
Accommodation
Songtsam Lodge Meili
Day 3
Meilli
Traveling inside the Tibetan Plateau among sacred giant mountains, up to Menzum “the Goddess of Seas” and Mingyong Glacier. The Nigo Temple and its herds of wild animals will close the day.
Food
B/L/D
Accommodation
Songtsam Lodge Meili
Day 4
Meilli - Laigu
Today, we are about to escape from the shelter of the valley and fly straight over hundreds of glaciers and snow peaks. Previously, no humans had passed above the silvery glittering land except for the migrating birds, Will be unforgettable once in a lifetime Flight journey. see Ranwu Lake and the super-glaciers around Laigu close the day.
Food
B/L/D
Accommodation
Songtsam Laigu
Day 5
Laigu - Bome
Bomi Snow Mountains, the Grand Canyon of Parom Tsangpo, and Bawa Peak (7,782mt) – covered 300 days per year, but not if you fly over the clouds.
Food
B/L/D
Accommodation
Songtsam Linka Bome
Day 6
Bome
Yarlung Zangbo River Grand Canyon and arrive at the site of Darin Mountain, up to Yarlung Tsangpo River’s gorge, the deepest gorge in the world. You will be one of the few people in the world who can see the Yarlung Tsangpo Grand Canyon in person – and its Zadam waterfall
Food
B/L/D
Accommodation
Songtsam Linka Bome
Day 7
Bome - Nyingchi
Nala Cuo, "tears of the mountain", the local god lake, will be your last memory before Nyingchi Airport.
Food
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Songtsam Linka Shangri-la, Kena Village, Shangri-La, Diqing, Yunnan Province
Songtsam Linka Shangri-la
Hidden in the city’s peaceful and green valleys between Tibetan villages and Himalayan barley fields,our retreat faces the back of Songzanlin Monastery which can be seen across the meadow and is located only a short distance away. According to the mountain, the retreat uses the Tibetan stone-house buildings with Kham style, and all of them are well arranged among each other with flowers and trees. There are monks, local people and horses passing by the path of pine forest beside the retreat, which are natural harmony and full of Zen.
Gujinong Village, Deqin County, Diqing Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan province, China.
Songtsam Lodge Meili
Songtsam Lodge Meili locates in a small Tibetan village called Gujiunong, which is opposite to Mt. Kawagarbo, the main peak of Meili Snow Mountain range. The true face of the whole thirteen peaks of Meili Snow Mountain flickers in the clouds. Surrounded by mountains, every window facing to the holy snow mountain. Clouds floating in the sky, the clear stream winds its way through the valley. From time to time, we can see the national second-class protected animal white horse chicken in the forest around the mountain. Songtsam cooperates with Baima Snow Mountain Nature Reserve to establish Baima chicken incubation base, so that this once endangered creature can continue to sing in the forest.
Laigu Village, Rawu Town, Baxoi County, Chamdo Prefecture, Tibet, China.
Songtsam Laigu
Facing Laigu glaciers, Songtsam Lodge Laigu locates between snow mountains, glaciers and lakes under the sky, this a mystery place beyond the world. As the highest property and the most difficult construction miracle of Songtsam, Laigu lodge was awarded as Winner for best Architectural Design / Heritage Architecture by The Architecture MasterPrize 2019. With the prime consideration given to the preservation of natural and Tibetan cultural heritage, the building was designed with modular prefabrication and embedded under a high cliff hidden from sight. The project keep a very harmonious relationship with the texture of the original village.
Guxiang Village, Bome town, Nyingchi city, Tibet, China.
Songtsam Linka Bome
Located at the centre of the Songtsam Tea Horse Road Expedition in Tibet, Songtsam Linka Bome is surrounded by the Parlung Tsangpo River, snow-capped mountains, and dense forest. The hotel was built in relationship to the terrain and the design of the building complex reflects a small village that is integrated into the mountain forest. Bome lies in the neighbouring area between the Himalaya and Nyenchen Tanglha mountain range. Also known as the “Switzerland of Tibet”, Bome is a paradise with its weather being warm in the winter and cool in summer. The area features snow-capped mountain ranges, primeval forests, stunning rivers, holy lakes and splendid glaciers.
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Make your own trailIncluded
- Private van with driver (including pick up/ drop off)
- English speaking local tour guide
- Accommodations with daily breakfast (shared room)
- Meals during trekking and travel
- Homestay fee
Not Included
- Ticket(s) for international and domestic flights
- Tips for services of local guides and drivers
- Entry fees and festival visiting fee
- Porterage at the airports and at hotels (in and out)
- Visa fee for China (if guests enter China twice, then a double-entry visa is required)
- Excess luggage surcharge
- Any personal expenses.
Payment and Cancellations
- Full payment is due 4 weeks prior to arrival. We reserve the right to release all services in case of payment default.
- Intermediate bank charges and fees are the responsibility of clients.
- CANCELLATION POLICY:Between 30 and 21 days prior to arrival : 20% of total amount/Between 20 and 7 days prior to arrival : 50% of total amount/Less than 7 days: 100% of total amount.
Important notes
Few important details to frame the experience:
- Airport taxes and fuel surcharges: in case of increase decided by the Chinese government, we reserve the right to revise the supplement with immediate effect.
- Flight and train details if mentioned above are for indicative purposes only.
- The order of the visits is subject to modifications due to local conditions
- No reservations have been effected at the time of quotation
- As of 2020 Asian Trails has introduced a voluntary carbon offsetting initiative for our travellers to compensate for unavoidable emissions during their tours with us. Emissions during multi-day package tours (not including international flights to our destinations) are pegged at a cost of $1.50 per traveller per day. This amount is based on average daily emissions of travellers across our eight destinations. Contributions from clients to our carbon offsetting initiative will go into a destination-specific fund to support climate protection projects certified to Gold Standard in that country. Certification to Gold Standard assures that the projects supported through our carbon offsetting initiative not only reduce harmful emissions but also positively contribute to sustainable development. Our contributions to projects in a country will be relative to the CO2 emitted by our travelers in that destination. To know more about this project: https://marketplace.goldstandard.org/collections/projects/products/more-efficient-cooking-and-heating-china
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Eagle Trek – Yunnan-Tibet Discovery by Helicopter
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RESERVATIONS
All tours and services can be booked directly with our office in China
A TRAILS CHINA / DAOCHENG
Beijing Office
Suite 810, SunFlower Tower
#37 Maizidian Street Chaoyang District, Chaoyang District
Beijing 100022, P.R. China
Tel: (86-10) 6515 9259
Fax: (86-10) 6515 9293
Email: info@atrails.cn
CONFIRMATIONS
All reservations are confirmed by return with the up-dated booking status within 2 working days. Due to occasional delays in communication with more remote destinations, it may take a few days longer to get confirmation.
RATES AND AVAILABILITY
All rates are quoted in RMB and are subject to change without prior notice. Inclusions and exclusions in the tour packages are indicated at the end of each itinerary. Commonly our package tour rates include accommodation, transfers, certain meals, and other tour related services. Domestic or international airfares are included where mentioned. Our tour itineraries do not include visa fees and expenses of a personal nature. The validity of our rates is November 01, 2018, until October 31, 2019, unless otherwise specified.
SERVICES
Local English speaking guides are accompanying tours and transfers in each destination. German, French, Italian, Spanish and Russian and Chinese speaking guides are available on request in major cities and subject to confirmation.
DELIVERY FEES
A delivery fee will be charged according to the distance traveled, if any train tickets are required to be delivered to clients’ hotel.
PAYMENT
Full pre-payment by bank transfer is required 30 days before the commencement of services.
Our bank account details are:
Bank Name: Bank of China Beijing JianGuoMen Wai Sub-Branch
开 户 行：中国银行北京建国门外支行
Account Name：ATC TRAVEL SERVICES (BEIJING) LTD.
账 户 名：北京道成国际旅行社有限公司
Account No.：3259 6908 9747
账 号：3259 6908 9747
Swiftcode : BKCH CN BJ 110
For itineraries operated outside China
Account Name：BEIJING GLORY INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL SERVICE CO, LTD.
账 户 名：北京千乘假期国际旅行社有限公司
Account No.：3211 6010 0100 1577 67
账号：3211 6010 0100 1577 67
Bank Name: Industrial Bank Co., Ltd Sanyuanqiao Sub-Branch
开 户 行：兴业银行三元桥支行
CHILD POLICY
For children aged between 2 and 11 years following rates will apply:
- Child in shared adults’ room with extra bed will pay 80% of the total package price
A maximum of two children per party is granted such a discount. Besides this general policy, specific conditions may apply case by case.
CANCELLATIONS
For cancellation of confirmed reservations, following general cancellation charges apply :
- Between 30 and 15 days prior to arrival : 20% of the total amount
- Between 15 and 7 days prior to arrival : 50% of the total amount
- Less than 7 days prior to arrival : 100% of the total amount.
Special conditions apply for cruises, beach resorts as well as for some of the boutique and landmark hotels. Expeditions and specific products may have different conditions.
Domestic and international air tickets are non-refundable once issued. You are obliged to pay full airfare (inclusive of any tax and fuel surcharge) of any cancelled tickets based on the contract rate.
PROGRAM CHANGES
We reserve the right to re-arrange the order of any tour program, to cancel or substitute elements of any tour itinerary without notice, when local conditions require such changes. All itineraries depending on domestic flight confirmations are subject to changes.
Any increase in taxes or fuel surcharges imposed by the authorities will be advised as soon as we are informed of them, and they will be added to the invoice.
Flight and train details mentioned in our itineraries are for indicative purposes only.
CONFIDENTIALITY
This agreement, its contents and all related documentation sent over to the customer/tour operator are strictly confidential and must not be disclosed to any third parties.
COMPLAINTS AND IRREGULARITIES
We consider complaints as valuable feedback to improve service delivery levels. We request that service delivery failures or customer concerns, be reported during the customer’s stay, to one of our representatives. It is the aim of the company to solve any irregularity on the spot. The company reserves the right to refuse to take action on perceived irregularities submitted to the company 14 days after the customer returns back home.
FORCE MAJEURE
During the term of this agreement, neither party shall be in default of its obligations to the extent that its performance is delayed or prevented by causes beyond its reasonable control, including but not limited to, acts of God, natural disasters, bankruptcy of a vendor, strikes and other labor disturbances, acts of war, or civil disturbances, or other equivalent or comparable events.
INDEMNITY
The client agrees to indemnify and to save A Trails – Daocheng from harm and against all damage or injury (including death) to property or person(s) resulting from intentional or negligent acts or omissions from their respective officers, employees, agents, contractor or subcontractor in connection with the performance of this agreement.
LEGAL NOTE
This agreement is governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of China (and/or applicable in relation to the country it is legally represented) for the time being in force and the parties agree to submit any dispute arising between the parties under this agreement to arbitration in accordance with the Arbitration Rules of the respectable Arbitration Institute, Office of the Judiciary applicable at the time of submission of the dispute to arbitration and the conduct of the arbitration thereof shall be under the auspices of the specific Arbitration Institute accordingly.
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LIABILITY
We act as an intermediary between the concerned airlines, hotels, all transport operators and local tourist offices providing the services. The Company is therefore not responsible for any loss, injury or damage sustained by the tourists, including those occurring outside the touring programs. Additional expenses incurred due to delay, accidents, natural and disaster, political actions and unrest must be borne by the tourists. Programs and prices, services and conditions are based on those valid at the time of printing and are therefore subject to change without advance notice before or during the tour. Acknowledgment and confirmation of the above-mentioned conditions is active, once clients participate in one of the provided services via us. The itinerary of the excursion, package and/or tour cannot be altered or changed without prior permission from us. We cannot be held liable if you amend the excursion and its content in your brochures or give wrong descriptions to clients that are travelling.
IMPORTANT NOTE REGARDING AUTONOMOUS REGIONS IN CHINA
The Company is not responsible for any last-minute closure of specific regions or tourism sites caused by decisions taken by local or national authorities to restrict access hereto. We will provide alternative itineraries where necessary and reduce cancellation fees to a minimum, however, such imposed closures are beyond our control and constitute a case of force majeure.
The areas concerned include but are not restricted to : The Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, Tibet Autonomous Region, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, minority regions in Qinghai and Gansu provinces.
CORPORATE RESPONSIBILITY
Travel breaks down borders and brings people together: The nearly 900 million people who travel every year make the sector one of the biggest in the world, a major employer and a key element in the global economy. But this has its downside, too: increasing pollutant emissions from the tourist traffic, loss of coastlines and other landscapes through excessive building development and sexual exploitation of children are just some of the negative consequences of the growth in global tourist travel. In order to minimize the negative impacts and enhance the positive ones, our Corporate Responsibility Strategy focuses on four prime issues:
- We increase efforts to ensure that children and adolescents in tourist areas are protected against sexual exploitation, one of the worst forms of abuse of young people today.
- We promote fair working conditions and sensibly service provider partners to social and environmental concerns.
- The supply and saving of clean water is a further key issue.
- We develop our own projects to meet the growing threat posed by climate change. Indeed, helping counter the adverse effects of global warming is one of the biggest challenges faced by the world tourist.