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| Minority Ethnic Customs Tour 14 days |
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Brief: Beijing – Lanzhou – Xiahe – Xunhua (Gaizi Mosque, Camel Spring) – Xining – Huzhu – Qinghai Lake – Gonghe – Maduo – Yushu (Horse Racing Festival…) – Maduo – Xining – Beijing
A tour designed for the cultural enthusiast. Its a taste of the variety of ethnic nationalities that exist on the Tibetan Plateau. Through Qinghai experience Amdo culture, and a visit to the Yushu Horse Racing Festival is Kham Tibetan culture at its best. At the festival see horse racing, dancing and a traditional dress fashion show along with food, art, and music. You will visit with the Hui Muslims in Linxia, the Salar Muslims in Xunhua, and the Tu people of Huzhu, all with unique customs and traditions. If you are interested in cultural variety then this is the tour for you.
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| Overland Tour on the Roof of the World 13 days |
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Brief: Beijing – Lanzhou – Xiahe – Tongren – Xining – Qinghai Lake – Bird Island – Chaka – Qaidam Basin – Kekexili Reserve – Golmud – Tuotuohe – Nakchu – Lhasa (Potala Palace…) Beijing
This Trans-Tibet adventure takes you to a wide variety of landscapes including two of the largest salt lakes in China (Qinghai Lake and Chaka Lake), vast deserts, deep river gorges, the highest mountain peaks in the world, and the endless rolling grasslands of the Tibetan Plateau. You will also go through Kekexili National Natural Reserve and Bird Island, a plethora of unusual animals and migrating birds. See traditional Tibetan nomads in their yak-hair tents riding herd on their yaks and sheep, as well as nomadic Mongolians in their yurts. You will visit many monasteries, temples and other historical sites, including the Jokhang Temple, the Potala Palace, and the Norbulingka in Lhasa. Start in Beijing, cross through Amdo into Xizang to Lhasa, and ending in Kathmandu, From low desert to high peaks, this is an excellent trek across the length of the Tibetan Plateau giving a broad sample of its culture and wild places.
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| Yushu Festival Lhasa Overland Tour 21 days |
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Brief: Beijing – Lhasa (Potala Palace, Jokhang…) – Namtso Lake – Nakchu – Tuotuohe – Golmud – Chaka – Qinghai Lake – Maduo – Yushu (Horse Racing Festival) – Maqen – Guide – Xining – Beijing
This tour combines all the excitement and cultural experience of the Yushu Horse Racing Festival with the glorious scenic experience of a trans-Tibet overland excursion from Xizang into Amdo, including a visit to the holy city, Lhasa, the cultural and spiritual capital of Tibetan culture. It is a nice mixture for travelers who would like to experience a little of everything.
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| Kham Overland Photo Tour 22 days |
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Brief: Beijing – Chengdu – Dartsedo – Dawu – Kandze – Manigango – Yilhun Lhatso Lake – Dege – Chamdo – Riwoche – Tengchen – Sok – Nakchu – Namtso Lake – Lhasa (Potala Palace…) – Beijing
This trans-Tibet tour provides a glimpse into Khampa culture, the Tibetan culture centered more to the south and east of the Tibetan area. It traverses the Plateau from Kham to Lhasa and gives some excellent opportunities to experience the Kham way of life. You will visit monasteries whose traditions vary from those of Amdo or Lhasa areas, as well as stopping in Kandze and Dege, the heart of Khampa culture and interesting cultural and historical sites like the Dege Printing House, the largest printing house in Tibet. You will follow a remote overland route through northern Xizang province that few travelers will ever get to experience. This region is very interesting due to the prominent influence of the Bon tradition (the pre-Buddhist shamanist religion). Furthermore, this route offers exceptional scenery with exquisite mountain views, jewel-like lakes, small quaint villages, The unique architecture of Gyarong-style dwellings of and a wide variety of culture and dress which allows for incredible photo opportunities. All the important sights in the Lhasa area are also visited to give the traveler a taste of the Utsang and Kham together. Though somewhat rugged, this exquisite tour provides a view of Tibet that few will ever experience and memories to last a lifetime!. |
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| Self Driving Tour 11 days |
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Brief: Beijing – Xining – Ledu (Qutan Monastery, LiuwanCemetery)–Ping’an – Lijiaxia – Kangbala National Natural Forest Park -Xunhua (GaiziMosque, Camel Spring) – Tongren – Tongde – Maqen – Xinghai – Qinghai Lake – Bird Island – Xining – Beijing
Here is an adventure designed for those who like to have their hands on the wheel. You drive yourself on this trip to several impressive sites including the miniature “Forbidden City” in Ledu, many monasteries and a nunnery. Drive through Kangbala National Natural Forest Park with its red mountains, green forests, and strange stone pillars edging the Yellow River Valley. In Maqen the snowcapped peaks of the Anyemaqen Range,over 6000 meters high(19000 ft.). Circle Qinghai Lake and enjoy the exquisite lakeside grasslands surrounded by mountains and sand dunes. The days are set at leisurely pace so as not to stress the driver. So, if you are the independent type who likes to be behind the wheel, this tour may be right for you
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| Amdo Tibetan Buddhist Relics Tour 13 days |
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Brief: Beijing – Xining – Qinghai Lake – Ledu (Liuwan Cemetery) – Lijia Gorge (Kangbala National Park) – Tongren – Xunhua (Camel Spring, Gaizi Mosque) – Xiahe – Lanzhou – Xi’an (Qin Terra Cotta Warriors) – Beijing (Forbidden City, Temple of Heaven…)
Enjoy an expedition across the breadth of the Amdo part of the Tibetan cultural area. It samples a variety of ancient monasteries and sites important to Tibetan Buddhism. It also tries to give a taste of ancient relics from Chinese and Islamic culture as well, by visiting such places as an Arabian style mosque from the 13th century, an ancestral spring of the Salar Muslims, the 2000 year-old Qin Terra Cotta Warriors, and Liuwan Cemetery, where anyone can stumble across shards of pottery from 4000 years ago. There is also a variety of scenery from Qinghai Lakes blue expanse, to the sandstone canyons near Xunhua, to the red rock mountains of Kangbala National Park. It is an interesting tour which introduces many new and different flavors to the cultural palette. |
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| Amdo – Xizang Sampler 16 days |
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Brief: Beijing (Great Wall, Forbidden City…) – Lanzhou – Xiahe – Tongren – Xunhua – Xining – Qinghai Lake – Lhasa (Potala Palace…) – Tsethang – Gyangtse – Shigatse – Lhasa – Chengdu – Beijing
This tour provides an over view of both the Amdo region of Tibetan culture and also the Utsang area around Lhasa in Xizang. It highlights the important places in Amdo including Tongren, the center of art, and Xiahe, the center of learning, as well as visiting numerous important and interesting monasteries along the way. It stops at Qinghai Lake,which is not only a natural highlight of Qinghai Province but an important deity itself in Tibetan culture. It then moves into Xizang to explore the highlights of the Utsang region, most especially the famous monasteries and sights around Lhasa, like the Potala Palace, the Norbulingka, and Jokhang Temple. It is an excellent tour for people interested in experiencing a smattering of more than one regions culture and traditions.
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