Back Road to Tibet -
Trek from Cawarong to Zayul
Info 2006. Itineraries, Trek, Destionations, Yunnan
I have followed your road book 2 weeks ago, about
the nujiang gorge and the back road to Tibet. Thank you for
all the informations you have provided in the road book. From
Tsavarong (Cawarong), we walked to Zayul with 2 horses and 1
guide.
Zayul is a military restrited area and that
foreigners are not supposed to reach this city. You need a
special military permit delivered by the military office in
Chengdu. So when we arrived in Zayul, we have been controlled
during about 6 hours by the military, and then the police. We
did not have any trouble and they even did not ask for the
tourist permit for Tibet, but we had to leave the city the
next day by bus to Rawok. I can also say that the trekking is
nice but that Zayul is just a chinese city, nothing to do with
Tibet. I don't have any picture of the city as it was
forbidden for us to take picture... We had to stay in the main
street, that is all.
Walking time: 7 days.
Access: Tsavarong (Cawarong).
Description: Location Map ,
|
Day |
Place |
Hour |
Altitude (m) |
Comment |
|
1 |
Tsavarong |
0 |
2000 |
Departure with 2 horses et 1
guide |
|
Mikong |
4 |
2200 |
Lunch |
|
Nala |
8 |
3000 |
Camp site in the forest, no village
|
|
2 |
1st Pass |
12.5 |
4200 |
? |
|
Jaha |
14.5 |
3400 |
We slept in camp site but village 500
meters away |
|
3 |
2nd Pass |
18.5 |
4660 |
beautifull view from the top |
|
|
22 |
3400 |
? |
|
Tcheume |
23.5 |
3500 |
We slept in a house in the village, you
feel you are in switzerland |
|
4 |
Lazeu |
30 |
3800 |
Camp site (no village), possible to catch
a truck to next destination or Zayul, but very few
vehicules on this dirt road |
|
5 |
|
33 |
4100 |
Begining of the Pass |
|
3rd Pass |
34 |
4380 |
? |
|
|
35 |
3900 |
? |
|
Dzahou |
37 |
3900 |
We slept in a camp site, no village
|
|
6 |
|
39.5 |
4200 |
Begining of the Pass |
|
|
40.5 |
4560 |
? |
|
Dokong |
45 |
3500 |
? |
|
7 |
Zayul |
51 |
2300 |
This city is forbbiden to foreigners and
maybe to chinese who don' have permit. You need a
special military permit to get in.
|
Trekking information
contributed by Anne-Laure et Pierre-Antoine. Their website
(French): http://unptittour.blogs-de-voyage.fr/ CBP's
Cawarong Travel Guide: Click
here.
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