Day 1 Kashgar
Meet you at the hotel in Kashgar, brief meeting before the hiking to know all the members, tour leader and give information and what to note while trekking on the way, recheck what is missing from the preparation list. Stay in Qinibake Hotel or Seman Hotel
Day 2 Kashgar/Yecheng(about 260km, by jeep)
Today we will drive across some small Ugur counties and along the southwest border of Takelamagan Desert to Yecheng, a small but very important border county and starting point of Xinjiang-Tibet highway(the so-called highway is the highest altitude, the worst conditioned and dangerous road in the world. The altitude of the highest pass on the way is Jieshan pass 6730m). Stay in the simple hostel in the county.
Day 3 Yecheng/Yilik(about 290km, by jeep)
Today we will drive over Akarz pass (3700m)and Maza Pass (4500m) along the Xinjiang-Tibet highway to Yilik, from where no road for the vehicles and our trekking begins. Our local porters and the camels will meet us here. Camping at Yilik Valley tonight. If we arrive early enough we could drive to a small nomadic village 8km away for a short visit.
Day 4 Yilik/River-joint Camping site(about 12km, hiking about 4-6hours)
Today we will hike southwest along the Valley towards K2. The valley is wide and with some Kerkz minority stone houses dotted along. Camping at the two rivers joint camping site.
Day 5 River-joint Camping site/No.1 Sheepfold Camping Site(about 10km, hiking about 6-8 hours)
Day 6 No.1 Sheepfold Site/Agil pass (4870m)/No.1 Red-willow Site(about 15km, hiking about7-9hours)
It is the hardest day of hiking, we will hike straight up for a little less than 1000m in height to the Agil pass, the small crystal lake, highland grassland and snow mountain afar will make the hardship worth. Another difficult task we will face today is crossing the Keleqing River, which is too wide and torrential to pass even for camel in Summer. Camping at No.1 Red-willow Site.
Day 7 No.1 Red-willow Site/ No.3 Red-willow Site(about 18km, hiking about 8-12 hours)
Day 8 No.3 Red-willow Site/BC of K2(about 12km, hiking about 6-8 hours)
From No.3 Red-willow site hike southwest for about 3km, we could see K2 standing far away in front of us-an exciting moment. Further ahead for less than10 km, we will arrive at the Base Camp of K2(altitude 3900m). We couldn’t see K2 from BC, but it is a good site for camping.
Day 9-13 BC of K2 / ABC(altitude 5160m)
After one-day rest and acclimatization at BC we will hike with porters and camels to carry equipment from base camp to advance base camp along K2 glacier from the altitude 3900m to 5160m. ABC is one of the best points to see the K2 and take pictures of it. We are supposed to Camp everyday.
Day 14-18: BC/Yilik
Trek back to Yilik for 5 days with camels to carry equipment. Camping everyday .
Day 19 Yilik/Yecheng(drive back to Yecheng)
Day 20 Yecheng/Kashgar
Drive back to Kashgar, stay in Kashgar Hotel. Have a good shower and rest after the long expedition. Stay in Qinibake or Seman Hotel.
Day 21 Kashgar
(the end of the service)
