Panoramic Qinghai Gansu Tour: Golmud, Hexi Corridor, Gannan Tibetan

Arrive Xining

Today your flight will touch down in Xining. Upon arrival, be met and bring you to the hotel check in.

Traffic:
Car

Hotel:
Overnight in Xining

Altitude:
2200m

Xining

Xining

Visit Qinghai Lake and Chaka Salt Lake

With the early start drive to 
Qinghai Lake
 to see it as vast as sea. The best time of touring the lake is in August, when rape flowers around are in full blossom. Light yellow flowers and blue water fitting in each other, seen most beautifully and peacefully. The lake is also unique for sunlight falling on it with sky in one at the horizon. The other side for tourists to explore is Tibetan cultu

Enjoy a view of Emerald Lake, then drive to Golmud

Enjoy the delicious breakfast, drive to 
Emerald Lake
, located in the northeast of Yike Qaidam lake and ten kilometers northwest of Dachaidan town. The lake water is rich in minerals. It combines with the surrounding salt beaches to form a unique landscape. The lake water with emerald color reflects blue sky and white clouds. The lake water with Jasper color, pure salt and the snow capped peak of

Visit the most beautiful Dongtai Jinai Lake, then travel to Dunhuang

Today we will drive along the National Highway 315 and take you to visit the 
Dongtai Jinaier lake
, located in Golmud City. Due to its high copper content, the lake water presents a bright green color, which is known as China’s plateau Maldives. It’s like holy water in heaven so that it becomes a top attraction to many tourists. After visiting the lake, head to 
Water Yadan
 to explore the only o

Mogao Grottoes and Echoing Sand Mountain

Full day sightseeing in Dunhuang, We will head to visit the 
Mogao Grottoes
, this UNESCO World Heritage site is one of the great artistic and religious wonders of the world and it is famous for its exquisite murals and various sculptures inside the caves, which was built in different dynasties, spanning 1,000 years of Buddhist art.And then we will visit the 
Echoing Sand Mountaion&Crescent Lake
.

Jiayuguan Great Wall Exploration

In the morning enjoy your breakfast, will drive to
Jiayuguan
for its well-known pass. It is also called 
Jiayuguan Pass
, which is a great militarily self-defence complex in Chinese ancient time. Chairmen Mao once visited it and shocked by its solid defend function and wrote a poem to express his ambition. It goes“Idle boast the strong pass is a wall of iron. With firm strides we are crossing it

Drive to Zhangye for the colorful Danxia Landform

Early morning drive half an hour to
Zhangye
. Upon arrival, we will head to visit the 
Rainbow Mountain
, for its ribbons of red, orange and yellow through the rock to create a rainbow vista contained only by the contours of the jagged mountain peaks. So many people also call it “Rainbow Mountain” for taking photos and hiking around.This is a stunning world, in the vast hills where almost no gras

Hiking in Pingshan Lake Valley, mysterious Mati Temple

Enjoy your breakfast then to visit 
Pingshan Lake Valley
. It is so far the closest compound tourist attraction to the city in China, which integrates natural wonders, canyon exploration, geological scientific research, ethnic customs, and self-driving cross-country. It is one of the most beautiful landscapes in the Zhangye Geomorphological Landscape Grand View Garden. And then, we will go to 
Mat

Visit Arou Monastery, enjoy the Qilian Mountain enroute

Morning drive to Xining and Visit 
Arou Monastery
. From a distance, Arou Great Temple is located on the hilly grassland in Qilian County. August is the most beautiful season in Qilian Mountains. Due to the cold climate on the plateau, it was only in August that her spring began. Large tracts of highland barley are as green as a carpet, and the flowers are as bright as brocade, covering the fields

Drive to Tongren, Visit Wu Tun Monastery and Longwu Monastery

Today we will drive to Tongren to pay a visit to 
Wu Tun Monastery
, which has the collected many Rebkong fine artworks. The murals, embroideries, paintings and sculptures are lively, colorful and exquisite, which well present the fluency and rhythm of the painting lines.

Long Wu Monastery
 is one of the major monasteries in Amdo Tibet, “Longwu” bears the Tibetan meaning of “place of farming”. F

Enjoy the Grassland view of Ganjia

The journey will begin from driving to Luqu and visit 
Ganjia Grassland
. The Ganjia Grassland is located 20 kilometers northwest of Xiahe County. It is not only as beautiful as the Sangke Grassland, but also more peaceful. The grassland is surrounded by mountains and is a typical plateau grassland, an ideal pasture. In summer, the entire grassland is verdant and green, like a large green carpet,

Take your leisure time in Zhagana Village

Hiking in the Natural Wonders of 
Zhagana
, located in Diebu County of Gannan, known for green mountains, clear water, layers of ridge stacked chapter, flying springs, waterfall, holy lake, slope peaks, and grand passes. There are four villages in Zhagarna. Villages are full of forests, minerals, water energy, grassland, rare animals and plants. Zhagarna is a rare treasure house of green resources

Continue to explore the beautiful Zhagana

One more exciting day to experience the scenery, culture and lifestyle of locals. Stroll around the village and climb the surrounding mountains for a different view of the village.If Tibet represents holiness and Xinjiang represents paradise, then Gannan Zhagana can make you feel the beauty of Xinjiang as well as the sacredness of Tibet.The beauty of Tibet needs to be worshipped, the beauty of Xin

Sightseeing of Langmusi, then drive to Xiahe

Today we will drive to 
Langmusi
 for sightseeing. Langmusi is a small town at the junction of Sichuan and Gansu provinces, surrounded by grasslands, woods, hills, and red stone cliffs. It has a beautiful environment and is known as the “Little Switzerland of the East”.Afterwards, transfer to Xiahe county and rest.

Traffic:
Car (254kms)

Hotel:
Overnight in Xiahe

Meals:
Breakfast

Altit

Labrang Monastery and Sangke Grassland

Today we will arrange the
English Speaking Lama guide
you through the
Labrang monastery
, the most populous monks outside of Tibet. You will stay at Thangka Sunning Terrace that is one of a good place to view the monastery and surrounding scenery. Inside the monastery, apart from magnificent Buddha stupas and wall paintings, prayer wheels are also the must-see spot. The whole monastery is surro