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About Snow leopard
Tour Code: WLPH-106
In this trip, to photograph, track, trace wild animals in
major area of Snow Leopard living area in Xinjinag, Taxkorgan Pamir land
and Aksu Tomur nature reserve. In this trip
includes 2 sessions, according to your time and interesting, you can
take both them or take any one of them. It is possbile
that you may watch the snow leopard if luck, or get some trace under the
assistant service of local experienced guide or experts. In this area, a
lot of rare animals as: Marco Polo sheep, wolf, brown bear, ibex goat, wolf dog, Tibetan wild Ass, wooly hare
etc. In this trip we can't
gurantee that the Snow Leopard into your sight. Of course we will
arrange other similar local site instead of below marked site for your
tracking wild snow leopard if necessary according to the activity of
snow leopard in recent days.
Anyway, this is expenditure adventure trip, either your body, or your
time, or your money. 1st your body must get ready to the high altitude
(over 5000 meters) area with low oxygen.
Day01, Arrive in Urumqi, take taxi by yourself to check in local 3*
hotel.
Day02, Take taxi by yourself to Urumqi A'port for morning flight to
Kashigar, pick you up at Kashigar A'port and transfer to Taxkorgan
county for night in 2* Pamir hotel or Huangguan hotel or Stone hotel.(D)
Day03, Have a rest or local sightseeing to make your body to the high
altitude area, overnight in Taxkougan.(B)
Day04, Drive to Maryang (township) Base Camp (Maeryang Dabenying,
altitude about 5000m, Taxkorgan Nature reserve ) for night in local
house or tent.(B/L/D)
Day05-Day14, Full day hikking / tracking (horse if necessary) the footprint or trace any signs of wild
snow leopard, watch Tibetan antelope chiru and other rare animals in
Maryang area and other villages or township surrounding, special trace
in Pishiling area where snow leopard breeding area. In
general with the experienced local assistant service, we can find the
snow leopard's scrapes, footprints, feces, even scent spray and hair or claw rake, overnight in
local house or camp.(B/L/D)
Day15, Drive back to Tashkogan for night.(B/L/D)
Day16, Drive to Kashigar for night.(B/L/D)
Day17, Drive to Aksu, in the afternoon get ready for next day tracking
trip, if possible visit the local Zoo which raising captive (rescued)
snow leopard, overnight in 3* Aksu Jinlan Grand hotel or similar.(B/L/D)
(Or if take 1st session only, then
Day17, Drive to Kashigar A'port for flight back to Urumqi, take taxi by
yourself to check in hotel for night.
Day18, Service ends.)
( Or if take 2nd session only, then
Day16, Arrive Urmuqi.
Day17, Urmuqi - Aksu by morning flight )
Day18, Drive to Tomur Nature Reserve of Wensu county, getting ready
to track wild animals in Tomur nature reserve, overnight in Wensu
hotel.(B/L/D)
Day19-Day38, Full day driving, hikking, horse riding (if necessary) for
wild animals such as wild snow leopards in Tomur nature reserve, special
trace or to track wild snow leopards or other rare wild animals in
Yingyan area, Keqiketailan area, Murzhate old road or Murzhate Ice
Glacier area etc. To tracking for snow leopard's scrapes, footprints,
feces, even scent spray and hair or claw rake. In this area many local
herdzman met snow leopard, and grazing animals killed by snow leopard,
overnight in local house or camp.(B/L/D)
Day39, Drive back to Aksu for night.(B/L/D)
Day40, Free day in Aksu.(B)
Day41, Drive to Aksu A'port for flight to Urumqi, and take taxi by
yourself to check in local 3* hotel.(B)
Day42, Service end.(B)
Quotation (per person in USD, settlement in RMB at fixed rate of
6.50):
1st session (Day01-Day18): 7500USD/p.p. single supplement 500USD (for
city hotel only)
2nd session (Day16-Day42): 16500USD/p.p. single supplement 500USD (for
city hotel only)
2 sessions (Day01-Day42): 22500USD/p.p. single supplement 800USD.(for
city hotel only)
Minimum: 2 tourists.
Time: better Mar-Nov, best 10Mar-10May and
20Aug-20Oct.
Included: local style meals marked, accommodation in marked local hotel
or hostel even local house, transfer and transportation by private car, private English speaking guide service, entreance fee for
sightseeing, permit if necessary, local ranger or local assistant
(or local expert) service while tracking / hikking wild animals in
nature reserve, economic cabin air ticket of
Urumqi-Kashigar or and Aksu-Urumqi with its a'port construction fee and fuel surcharge, tour body insurance.
Excluded: tip to guide and driver and local assistant, sleeping bag, taxi fee, service
in Urumqi, international air
ticket, any other service not included above.
All above subject to
our confirmaiton.
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