Now today here\u00a0from Yajiang to Litang, we have to go over Kazila Pass\u00a0(\u5361\u5b50\u62c9\u5c71\u53e3) at the elevation of 4718 meters, the highest pass on our trip so far.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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It is again snowing due to the high elevation as we are driving up higher and higher from the low elevation of Yajiang to the high mountains on route, which all surpass 4000 meters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The golden and yellow meadows and autumn leaves, and green pine trees are covered with white snow. We drive meticulously along the switchback mountain roads and take\u00a0a break if necessary at the service stops run by the local Tibetans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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We take a break at the service stop on the way up to Kazila Pass.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Kazila Pass 4718m<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
At 10:30 am, we get onto the high Kazila Pass at the elevation of 4718 meters. People\u00a0are snapping pictures of the huge rock sign indicating the name of the pass in Chinese\u00a0–\u00a0\u5361\u5b50\u62c9\u5c71\u53e3.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Climbing over the pass, we begin to go down and the highway condition is much better than we expect, wide and flat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On the way down to Litang Town, we also find a motorcyclist couple driving along the National Highway before us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Going over the high Kazila Pass, we soon find the weather is getting better. Snow stops and the mountains passing by turn multi-coloured with beautiful valleys – grazing yaks, limpid streams and yellow meadows.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Litang Town <\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Litang Town (\u7406\u5858) at the elevation of 4014 meters\u00a0is the seat of Litang County, 400 meters higher than Lhasa, one of the highest town in the world. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
“Litang” in Tibet\u00a0literally means “Copper Mirror-like plateau” as it is located on the flat plateau with surrounding mountains.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A cyclist is biking towards Litang Town.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Litang Town is situated on the flat plateau surrounded with mountains. It is under the administration of Ganzi Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, on the west Sichuan Province.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
At Litang, we get off the National Highway G318 and turn south and drive along S217 to get to Daocheng.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Litang Town is an important base either for travelers going from Chengdu to Lhasa or to Daocheng. It is an old, but booming town with the coming of more and more travelers on their way to Daocheng or Lhasa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hotels and restaurants are seen dotted here and there in the town. At 12:15 am, we stop for lunch in Litang before we start for Daocheng along the provincial highway known as S217, which later turns out to be a super highway with beautiful landscapes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Any questions on the way from Yajiang to Litang, just drop a line.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Add-On<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Drive from Hanzhong to Ya\u2019an<\/a> If you don\u2019t want to go the do-it-yourself route and prefer the hassle-free escorted tours, here are some options for Chengdu and Sichuan guided tours:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Chengdu tour<\/a> Top 10 Attractions in Chengdu<\/a> Bipenggou is a fairyland in Autumn<\/a> The low elevation of Yajiang (\u96c5\u6c5f)\u00a0did give us a good sleep last night. Early this morning, 10 October, we continue our self-drive west\u00a0along the National Highway G318 from Yajiang (\u96c5\u6c5f)\u00a0to Litang (\u00a0\u7406\u5858), where we are going to head south to get to our final destination today – Daocheng (\u7a3b\u57ce). Yajiang to Litang Road Trip The…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":38,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[155,3172,1916,3197],"tags":[3202,3204,3203,3201],"class_list":["post-19116","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-chengdu-travel","category-litang","category-sichuan-travel","category-yajiang","tag-highway-from-yajiang-to-litang","tag-kazila-pass-from-yajiang-to-litang","tag-overland-from-yajiang-to-litang","tag-self-drive-from-yajiang-to-litang"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19116"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/38"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19116"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19116\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27751,"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19116\/revisions\/27751"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19116"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19116"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19116"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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