D01
(July 21): Arriving in Xining city from Beijing 4*
Sanwant Hotel
You can take flight to reach Beijing on July 20th and
stay overnight at Beijing airport hotel, then in the morning
of Ju ly 21, you take flight to Xining (capital of Qinghai
province); or you fly t reach Beijing in early morning
of July 21, take a short res t at airport, you change flight
to Xining from Beijing. Upon your arrival in Xining, you
will be met by your guide and transferred to the booked
hotel for rest of the day.
D02 (July 22): Xining to Mardo Mardo
Hotel
Leave Xining city around 7:30AM after breakfasts, visit
Tarer monastery, the Kumbum monastery to Gelupa founder:
Tsongkaba; then having lunch at the monastery; directly
going to Mardo from Huangzhong county after lunch; set
up tripods to shoot pretty pictures at Mardo Yellow
River bridge; the first bridge over Yellow River
D03 (July 23): Mardo to Jyekundo (Yushu city) Yushu Hotel
Drive around 7 hours to reach Jyekundo (Yushu); on the
way, drive over the Bayanka-Lha mountain pass (5249M)
yushu is the political and economic center to Yushu
Tibetan autonomous prefecture. Before going into Yushu
town, visit Gyanha Mani stone piles
D04 (July 24): Yushu sightseeing (Jykundo) Yushu Hotel
Sightseeing in and around Jyekundo. Visit Dangkha monastery
and Litang monastery at Litang village
D05 (July 25): Yushu horse racing festival Yushu Hotel
Join the festival celebration and participate in the
local activities.
D06 (July 26): Yushu horse racing festival Yushu
Hotel
In the morning, go and still join the festival and celebrating
activities.
In the afternoon, festival sightseeing and visit the
Temple of Princess Wencheng
D07 (July 27): Yushu to Seashuel or continue
to Dzochen monastery Seachuel monastery Hotel or Camping
Leaving Yushu early morning, visit Seashuel monastry
before arriving in Seashuel town (Shiqu).
Then go on driving toward Manigange. Before arriving
in Manigange, you go and visit Dzochen monastery and
Dzochen Five sciences Academy of Buddhism Study,
D08 (July 28): Dzochen
monastery to Manigange to Derge Derge Cholha hotel
Drive over Cholha mountains to get to Derge, Derge is
said to be the home of Khambha people and the birth palce
of King Gesar, the legendary hero of Kham people.At
Manigange, visit Xinlu lake (4040M), close to the lake
is the base camp for climbing Cholha mountain
At Derge, visit the famous Derge printing house and Gengqing
monastery; these two visits are close to each other, no
more than 5 minutes walk between
D09 (July 29): Derge to Baiyu Baiyu
hotel or camping
Today, you can leave Derge early, because the most pretty
time for photo taking on this highland is in the morning
and in the late afternoon; in that time period, you
can avoid strong sunshine and hot weather.
On the way to Baiyu, you go and visit Katoc monastry
(Gatuo Si) at Hepo village and Barbang monastery (Ba
Bang Si). In July, the road to these two monasteries
will be very hard.
When you get to Baiyu, if time allowed, you can go and
visit Baiyu monastery for photo taking
Baiyu town is built along the river, the view is marvelous.
On your way down to Baiyu from Derge, you will be driving
along the famous JinshajiangRiver, the upper reach of
Yangtse river.
D10 (July 30): Baiyu to Ganzi Ganzi
Khamba Hotel
In the morning, you go out for photo taking, the driver
can send you to place where you like to take pictures.
Then you drive to Ganzi. On your way to Ganzi, you will
drive over grand rocky mountains and see beautiful small
lakes scattered on the highland. Upon your arrival in
Ganzi, you will be sent to pay a visit to Ganzi monastry
and take photos at Ganzi monastery, which overlooks
the city. Between your hotel and the monastery are huge
stretched villages and house built by old style.
D11 (July 31): Ganzi to Daofu to Tagong Tagong
Hotel or Camping
Leaving Ganzi in the morning, on the way to Tagong,
you pass by Luhuo and Daofu, there is a monastery at
Luhuo town, but it will take about 1 hour to reach it;
at Daofu, you can see white pagodas in the countryside.
Tagong is a very interesting and pretty place, where
you can visit Tagong monastery (Sakyapa order) and watch
snow capped mountains and shining Tajin temple.
D12 (Aug. 01): Tagong to Rilong town 4*
Siguniangshan Hotel
Drive to Rilong, on the way, you can pay a visit to
Local tower-style buildings at Danba.
In the sunset time, we go to Guozhuangpin for picture
shooting; Guozhuangpin is the best place for see the
4 peaks of Mt.Siguniangs
D13 (Aug. 02): Rilong 4* Siguniangshan Hotel
Today, you go and visit Shuangqiaogou valley or select
to visit Haizigou valley.
D14 (Aug. 03): Rilong to Wolong to Chengdu 4* Amaral hotel or 4* Tibet hotel
After taking photos, you drive to Wolong, where you
have the lunch and visit the panda feeding center;
Wolong is the biggest panda feeding and research center
in the wild in China
After Wolong, there is another 160 kilometers drive;
Between Wolong and Chengdu downtown city is Dujiangyan,
where a water project is famous through the world for
its history and its lasting function on irrigating farmland
since its construction in 250 B.C.; till this year,
it has been over 2250 years old. You can decide to visit
this water project or not.
In late afternoon, you get to Chengdu, check into the
booked hotel. Then you are free to arrange your time
or ask for other service in the rest of the day. Generally,
we will get to Chengdu downtown area around 1600PM
We arrange you local famous foods and local snacks.
D15 (Aug. 04):
Chengdu to Beijing or Shanghai
Today you fly to Shanghai or Beijing or Tibet in the
morning, you can connect your flight at Shanghai or
Beijing in late afternoon or at night.
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