| SSEA No.P242 |
Botanical Professional Expedition |
Two Weeks
Inclusive Package Fee. USD $2,912. per person.
Field Trip Line:
Chengdu - Wolong - Mt. 4 Sisters - Xiaojin - Markang - Hongyuan -Songpan - Ninegap -
Yellow Dragon - - Maoxian - Dujiangyan - Chengdu
Who is Ernest Wilson?
Ernest H. Wilson, a famous British Botanist, born in 1876. As a member of the Royal
Academy, during 1899 - 1912, he visited China for 4 times / 8 years. He worked along this
way and collected >6,500 plants, about 20,000 specimens, >1,000 plants' seeds and
>100 root cuts. He discovered >100 new plants in this area and published several
books.
Itinerary:
| Day 1 (Sun.) | Arrive Chengdu | Expedition Guide will meet you at Cheengdu
Airport. Reception will be chaired by the host institutions. |
| Chengdu City Tour | ||
| Evening- Reception | ||
| Stay at Royal Silver River Hotel | ||
| Day 2 (Mon.) | Chengdu - Wolong
Natural Reserve (By Coach) |
Wolong Narural Reserve (200,000 hectares) -About 100 pandas are survived here. Beaytiful mountains, deep valleys, waterfalls, springs, primitive forests, mild climate and fresh air provide the pandas a happy home. |
| Visit Wolong Natural Reserve. | The Reserve
has:: (1) Exhibition Hallof wildlife specimens. (2) Giant Panda Research Centre. (3) A brooding Site of rare animals. (4) Open-field Ecological Monitoring Station for the Giant Panda. |
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| Stay at Wolong Natural Reserve Guest House. | ||
| Day 3 (Tues.) | Wolong - Mt. 4 Sisters Natural Reserve (By Coach) | Mt. 4 Sisters is the "Queen of Sichuan Mountains", the second highest mountain (6250 m) in Sichuan. |
| Visit Double-Bridge Valley, Zhangpin Valley etc. | With an elevation of 2000m to 6250m, Mt. 4 Sisters is a botanical neaven. - Primul, Gentiana, Paeoia sgechuanica etc. | |
| Stay at Mt. 4 Sisters Natural Reserve Guest House. | ||
| Day 4 (Wed.) | Botanical expedition in Mt. 4 Sisters | Wilson discovered a famous tree here, the Cupressus chengiana. He was surprised for the well growing of this tree in the dried valley area. |
| Stay at Mt. 4 Sisters Natural Reserve Guest House. | ||
| Day 5 (Thurs.) | Mt. 4 Sisters - Xiaojin (By Coach) | Travel along the MingRiver valley; over riding the Mt. Balong; arrived Xiaojin County. |
| Visit 19 Century Cathedral. | Xianjin is a famous County on China's war history. | |
| Xiaojin - Markang (By Coach). | Markang is the
Capital of Aba Autonomous Prefecture (Tibetan & Qiang Nations). On the 4200m Mt. Dream Pan, along the way, you will see ,Large areas of primitive forests with Pinus tabulaeformis, Abies faxcniana, Picea purpurea etc. |
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| Stay at Markang Hotel. | ||
| Day 6 (Fri.) | Markang - Hongyuan (By Coach) | |
| Enjoy the charming scenes of the large grassy plain and Minority traditional Festivals. | Hongyuan is a famous glassy plain city. Numerous wild flowers blooming in June - August. Many horse racing Festivals are held here. | |
| Stay at Hongyuan Hotel. | ||
| Day 7 (Sat.) | Visit Lama
Temple. Botanical & Ecological expedition on the large glassy plain. |
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| Stay at Hongyuan Hotel. | ||
| Day 8 (Sun.) | Hongyuan - Songpan (By Coach) | |
| Songpan Old City Tour. | Wilson visited Songpan in 1906. He took a short rest here. He praised the Tibetan style buildings and the honest and friendly Tibetan people here. | |
| Stay at Songpan Hotel. | ||
| Day 9 (Mon.) | Songpan - Ninegap (By Coach) | |
| Visit Ninegap Natural Reserve (Chagua Valley, Rize Valley, Shuzheng Sea, Ruorilang Waterfall, Dragon Sea, Peacock Sea, Panda Sea etc) | Ninegap (Jiuzhaigon) Natural Reserve is a World Natural Heritage (72,000 hectares, plus a buffer zone 60,000 hectares) With its beautiful scenes, un-disturbed primitive forest, many rare plants & animals.it is known as one of the "Panda Fairyland". | |
| Stay at Jiuzhai Hotel | ||
| Day 10 (Tues.) | Botanical & Ecological expedition in Ninegao Natural Reserve. | |
| Evening - Enjoy the Folk Dance Show. | ||
| Stay at Jiuzhai Hotel. | ||
| Day 11 (Wed.) | Ninegap - Yellow Dragon (By Coach) | |
| Visit Yellow-Dragon Natural Reserve (Golden Sand-Beach, Huanglong Temple, Five color Pool etc). | Yellow-Dragon (Huanglong) Natural Reserve is a World
Natural Heritage. (70,000 hectares). Another famous "Panda fairyland". |
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| Stay at Maoxian Hotel | ||
| Day 12 (Thurs.) | Visit Maoxian Qiang Style Castle House and Earthquake Museum. | Maoxian is the only Qiang Autonomous County in China. A heavy earthquake happened here in 1937 - the Ming River was blocked by the rocks and formed several large lakes. |
| Maoxian - Dujiangyan (By Coach) | ||
| Stay at Golden Leaf Hotel. | ||
| Day 13 (Fri.) | Visit Dujiangyan Irrigation System | Dujiangyan Irrigation System was built 2700 years ago and it works until today. It made the West-Sichuan Plain became the richest agriculture area. It is applying for the World Heritage. |
| Botanical Expedition in Dujiangyan Forest Park etc. | Wilson visited Dujiangyan in 1908. He discovered Larix mastersiana, mahnolia sinensis and Magnolia biloba here. Wilson also discovered the beautiful Lilium regale and brought it back to Britain.. Wilson spent 7 days in Ming Ruver Valley to record the growing positions of 7,000 Lilium regale plants. | |
| Stay at Golden Leaf Hotel. | ||
| Day 14 (Sat.) | Ecosystem and Botanical expedition in Mt. Cattle Head, Longchi Botanical Garden, Hongkou Natural Reserve, Mt. Qingcheng. | |
| Dujiangyan - Chengdu (By Coach) | ||
| Long Life Dinner at Donlen Hall | ||
| Stay at Royal Silver River Hotel. | ||
| Day 15 (Sun.) | Flight back to home |
Package Fees: USD $2,912. per pserson.
Include: Hotel 14 Nights, Meals 14 Days; Domestic Flights, Transportation, Special
permission fees, Filed trip equipments, Guide and Sightseeing.
Not included: International Airtickets for Chengdu and
Travel Insurrance.
The organize fee for this expedition of your Organization.
Online Reservation To reserve your Scientific Expedition online
Background information Online:
--- The
Fairyland in this Expedition
( Description of World Heritages from UNESCO: )
--- Ninegap (Jiuzhaigou).
--- Yellow-Dragon (Huanglong).
--- Emei Mopuntain & Lesha Big Buddha.
--- Everything about Panda
--- Beautiful Girls' Kingdom
---- Splendid Tibetan (Komba)
Customs
--- "The State of Heaven"
- Sichuan, it is larger than France.
--- Chengdu - A City of 2,300 Years History & Culture
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