Three Rivers of East Tibet : The Salween, The Mekong, and The Yangtze

Location: NW Yunnan
Offered: Spring(April,May,June)  Autumn(Sept.Oct.)
Duration: 28 days. Land costs: from $5,300

As the Yangtze, Salween and Mekong rivers descend south from their headwaters in Qinghai and northern Tibet they reach a point at the border intersection of Tibet, Yunnan and Sichuan provinces, where they flow parallel to each other through a stretch of land not more than 50 km wide. Close proximity of such mighty rivers has created a geography like nowhere else on the planet. Separating the rivers are the Salween/Mekong, and Mekong/Yangtze watersheds. These watersheds form the southern extreme of the Hengduan mountains, which reach a high point in the area on the 6,740 meter summit of sacred Mt. Kang Karpo. High Asia has designed a unique rafting expedition which give rafters the opportunity to raft all three rivers in one expedition. We have chosen sections of each river in the vicinity of the Tibetan town of Deqen in extreme NW Yunnan. Along the sections we have chosen, are small dirt roads which access our put in/take out locations. At the end of each section our landcruisers will be waiting to take us and our rafts to our put in spots on our next river of choice. We begin on the Salween, then move to the Mekong, and end up on the Yangtze. Depending on interest, particular sections on any river can be extended or eliminated.