Across Hoh Xil No-Man Land 14 Days Hiking and Photography Tour

Tour Code: CTA-CD-CZ-05

Duration: 14 Days

Visit: Chengdu,Garze,Aba Prefecture,Yushu,Geermu,Lhasa

Note: If there is any place that worth a photographer to travel, Hoh Xil is the best choice. In the 14-day tour, you will explore the birthplace of the Yangtze River, leave your footprints in restricted area of life-Hoh Xil, and meet many mountainee fro ...

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If there is any place that worth a photographer to travel, Hoh Xil is the best choice. In the 14-day tour, you will explore the birthplace of the Yangtze River, leave your footprints in restricted area of life-Hoh Xil, and meet many mountaineers from different countries. Besides, take fantastic photos of the dream place.

  • Entrance tickets fees to scenic spots as listed in the itinerary.
  • Meals: meals listed on the itinerary.
  • Group transfers between airports, hotels and scenic spots
  • Guide service: English speaking tour guide.
  • Hotel accommodation based on twin share.
  • Tibet Travel Permit
  • Travel Insurance
 
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Child (3-11yrs):

1.Child 3-11 with bed 90% as adult price

2.Child under 2 without bed free

 

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  • Day

    01

    Arrival in Chengdu

    Arrival in Chengdu

    Attraction & Activities:

    Jinli Street,Kuan Zhai Alley

    Meals:

    Dinner

    Accommodation: Tourist ★★★Enjoyable Hotel South Department

    Welcome to Chengdu! Your guide will meet you at airport, and then transfer to Jinli Street and Kuan & Zhai. After dinner, you will be transferred to hotel for check-in.

    Jinli Street: Jinli Cultural Street is a famous winding cobblestone lane where the stores sell local tea, books, souvenirs, musical instruments and caricatures.

    Kuan Zhai Alley: famous ancient buildings in Chengdu, consisting of three parallel Chinese old-style alleys (Kuan Alley, Zhai Alley and Jing Alley), the Kuan Alley and Zhai Alley are two of the three conservation districts of historic sites of Chengdu City.

  • Day

    02

    Chengdu to Danba (347 km)

    Chengdu to Danba (347 km)

    Attraction & Activities:

    Wenchuan Earthquake Sites,Balang Mountain,Four Girls Mountain,Suopo Millennium Ancient Stone Towers

    Meals:

    Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner

    Accommodation: Tourist ★★★Honghao Hotel

    Today you will go to Danba city. You will visit Wenchuan Earthquake Site and pass the Wolong Nature Reserve which has been damaged by the earthquake. Next you will climb Mt.Balang where on the top you can enjoy the grand view of a sea of clouds. Around the mountain, the endemic specie--yak group can be seen. Then you will go to best photographic place--Cats Nose Ridge. After that, you will proceed to Danba. Suopo Millennium Ancient Stone Towers is the key attraction that has a history of over one thousand years. It even is the largest concentration of ancient tower in the world. Besides, you can visit the unique five corner towers there.
  • Day

    03

    Danba to Bamei to Daofu to Garze (325 km)

    Danba to Bamei to Daofu to Garze (325 km)

    Attraction & Activities:

    Jiaju Tibetan Village,Natural Bonsai of Danba East Valley,Huiyuan Temple,Bamei Stoneforest,Longdeng Grassland,Daofu Tibetan House

    Meals:

    Breakfast Lunch and Dinner

    Accommodation: Deluxe ★★★★Tanggula Grand Hotel

    Today’s plan is to visit Jiaju Tibetan village first. After lunch, the definitions are Natural Bonsai of Danba East Valley where you can take beautiful photos, snow-Covered Yala Mountain, and Red Rock Shoal. Following is Huiyuan Temple, the temporary palace of Dalai VII. After that you will visit Beimei Stone Forests and local Tibetan House. Then transfer to Longdeng Grassland. By your own expense you can visit Daofu Tibetan House if there is some spare time. Finally, reach at Garze county.

  • Day

    04

    Garze to Yushu (447KM)

    Garze to Yushu (447KM)

    Attraction & Activities:

    Manigango,The Origin of Three Rivers,Jieshi Town

    Meals:

    Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner

    Accommodation: Tourist ★★★Yushu Hotel

    Today your first station is the typical romantic Tibetan town Manigango, which a thousand year ago was a courier station. The Buddha road is marked with the piled Ma Ni stones and waving prayer flags. Next is Shiqu country which is located in the northwestern of Garze. It is the highest county of Sichuan with an average altitude of 4250 meters. On the way, you will pass the environmental protection monument--the Source of Three River Protection Monument, the source of Yangtze River, Yellow River, and Lancang River. The unique scenery of the Origin of Three Rivers is so beautiful that make you forget everything. Via Tongtian River Bridge you will arrive at Yushu, the only gathered place of kangba Tibetan. Dangka Temple and the natural scenery of Jieshi Town are worth to see.
  • Day

    05

    Yushu Full Day Tour

    Yushu Full Day Tour

    Attraction & Activities:

    Vairocana Temple (Temple of Princess Wencheng),Lebagou Rock Painting

    Meals:

    Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner

    Accommodation: Deluxe ★★★★Yushu Hotel

    After breakfast, you will visit Vairocana Temple (Temple of Princess Wencheng). This temple is the family hall for worshipping the Da Ri Ru Lai Buddha. As an ancient architecture with the artistic style of Tang Dynasty and Tibetan flat architectural features, Vairocana Temple has a very high research value. Around all over the cliff and large stone, there were engraved countless tripitaka. Lebagou Rock Painting is the followed station. The mysterious cliff printing and countless Mani stones show you the glorious history of the whole Tibetan Buddhist sculpture. Besides, the magnificent scenery of Tongtian River that written in The Pilgrimage to the West is grand and impressive. After that, you will return to Yushu.
  • Day

    06

    Yushu to Qumai Lai (250KM)

    Yushu to Qumai Lai (250KM)

    Attraction & Activities:

    Master Tsongkhapa Frescoes

    Meals:

    Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner

    Accommodation: Tourist ★★★Sanjiangyuan Hotel

    Today’s plan is first to the first county of Yangtze River and yak kingdom—Zhiduo, which is also the Tang-Faang ancient road and the source of Yangze River. Then you will go to visit Gold-plating Statue of Master Tsongkhapa and Master Tsongkhapa Frescoes. After that, you will go to Qu Malai, the first Tibetan habitation in the source of Yellow River and one of the main conservation areas in China. 
  • Day

    07

    Quma Lai to No-freezing Spring ( no-man area of Hoh Xil)

    Quma Lai to No-freezing Spring ( no-man area of Hoh Xil)

    Attraction & Activities:

    Hoh Xil,Kunlun Spring

    Meals:

    Hotel Buffet Breakfast,Chinese Lunch,Dinner

    Accommodation: Tourist ★★★Hostel

    After breakfast, you will go to the east area of Hoh Xil, which is one of the best preserved areas of the original ecological environment and the natural reserve of the most abundant wild animal resources in the world. This place has a good condition for many wild animals and therefore becomes a wildlife park. After passing Mani Carved Stone, you will see the Kunlun Spring (No-freezing Spring), also called Kunlun Holy Spring, which is the largest no-freezing spring in Mt.Kunlun. its water temperature is about 20 ℃ all the year round. The spilling water round the clock looks like a lotus flower in full bloom. Therefore, it is regarded as Kunlun Wonder, called holy spring.
  • Day

    08

    No-freezing Spring to Yanshi Ping

    No-freezing Spring to Yanshi Ping

    Attraction & Activities:

    Yuzhu Peak

    Meals:

    Breakfast, lunch and dinner

    Accommodation: Tourist ★★★Hostel

    Today you will visit a pure place. Mt.Yunzhu is 6178 meters above sea level and located in the east of Mt. Kunlun. It is the highest peak of east section of Mt.Kunlun with ice and snow covered on the top all the year round. For the gentle snow slope it becomes Chinese mountain climbing training base. Qinghai Mount Yuzhu Mountaineering Festival will be held every year, and you can meet many mountaineers from different countries. Then you will proceed to Yanshi Ping (4750 meters), which is the first town from Qinghai to Tibet in Qinghai-Tibet highway.
  • Day

    09

    Yanshi Ping to Anduo (360 km)

    Yanshi Ping to Anduo (360 km)

    Attraction & Activities:

    Ge La Dan Dong Snow-capped Mountain

    Meals:

    Breakfast,Chinese Lunch,Dinner

    Accommodation: Tourist ★★★Anduo Hotel

    After breakfast, you will go to visit Ge La Dan Dong Snow-capped Mountain. It is a 6621-meter mount, which is the birthplace of Yangtze River and the most characteristic glacier in china. At the foot of the mountain, there is a serac group with an area of about eight hundred square kilometers in the east. You will see a very fantastic rainbow ice forest when the sun shines on the top of serac. After appreciating the dream scenery, you will go to Anduo, a country located in the north of Tibet. There, you can also enjoy different customs and scenery. 

     

  • Day

    10

    Anduo to Bange

    Anduo to Bange

    Attraction & Activities:

    Bange, Pubao Alley

    Meals:

    Breakfast,Chinese Lunch,Dinner

    Accommodation: Tourist ★★★Namtso

    After breakfast, you will go to Bange to see the famous Bange Lake as well as other interesting places. In Tibetan language, Bange means auspicious god. Bange country is in the area of Qingtang plateau lake basin. For the plenty of water and lush grass and dry climate, it is treat as a native pasture for the yak and Tibetan sheep because. On the way, there is much pleasant scenery you can enjoy, such as scenery of Pubao Alley.

  • Day

    11

    Bange to Namtso Lake

    Bange to Namtso Lake

    Attraction & Activities:

    Lake Namtso

    Meals:

    Breakfast,Chinese Lunch,Dinner

    Accommodation: Tourist ★★★Lhasa Cao Hotel

    Today is going to visit Lake Namtso. Lake Namtso is located in the middle of Tibet. It is the highest large lake in the world and the Chinese second salt lake. Around it, there are four temples which represent anger, power, and status in Buddhist. Many natural Buddha statues are depicted on the wall of the four temples. People treat the Namtso Lake as the road toward holy land. 

  • Day

    12

    Lake Namtso to Lhasa

    Lake Namtso to Lhasa

    Attraction & Activities:

    North Tibet Grassland,Yangbajain Geothermal Hot Spring

    Meals:

    Breakfast,Chinese Lunch,Dinner

    Accommodation: Deluxe ★★★★XingDongfang Hotel

    After breakfast, you will head for the North Tibet Grassland for the charming scenery and appreciate the snow-topped peaks of Nyainqntanglha Mountains. Then you will go to Yangbajain Geothermal Hot Spring, the unique geothermal energy city in world. After arrival at Lhasa, end the tour. You can enjoy the night views of Potala Palace Square by yourself.
  • Day

    13

    Lhasa Full Day Tour

    Lhasa Full Day Tour

    Attraction & Activities:

    Potala Palace,Jokhang Temple

    Meals:

    Hotel Buffet Breakfast,Chinese Lunch,Dinner

    Accommodation: Deluxe ★★★★Xindongfang Hotel

    Today you will visit The Potala Palace and Jokhang Temple. After that, it is free for your own arrangement. You can choose to have a local Tibetan dinner.

    Potala Palace: the symbol of Tibet and the most widely known place of Tibet. Named after Mount Potalaka, Potala Palace can be said is the spirit of Buddhism in the heart of Tibetans. In 1994, the Potala Palace was declared a UNESCO World Cultural Heritage Site.

    Jokhang Temple: Jokhang Temple is the most sacred and important temple in Tibet for most of the Tibetans

  • Day

    14

    Depart From Lhasa

    Depart From Lhasa

    Attraction & Activities:

    Meals:

    Hotel Buffet Breakfast

    After breakfast, transfer to airport and depart from Lhasa.
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Remarks

* Prices may vary according to your travel time and are higher in the high season, e.g. Labor’s Day (Apr 29-May 5, 2015), China National Day Holiday (Sep 29-Oct 8, 2015),  and western China International Fair(Oct.20-30,2015).
* If only one person is traveling then the single room supplement is not required. If, for example, three people book a hotel, with two in one room and one in another room, the single room supplement must be paid. 
* Tour price is indicative only; please enquire for a detailed quotation.

Important Note:
* If you are sick especially for heart, lung, brain, liver and kidney lesions significantly, organic disease, and severe anemia or high blood pressure patients, you can’t take part in the tour because most of spots located in Western Plateau and the tour will be hard for you.
* You must take more warm clothes to protect you against the cold because large temperature difference between days in plateau. Besides, you need keep the body dry.
*You need take some medicine against acute mountain sickness, and you also need take coldrex, antibiotics, and vitamin.
*You need take sunbonnet, sunglasses, sunscreen cream, Nasal ointment, and throat lozenge because the weather is drier and ultraviolet rays is strong in plateau.
* Don’t riding horse alone. You need walk when you pass dangerous road and downhill path.
* You’d better take some high calorie food such as chocolate, beef jerky, biscuit because of personal eating habits and traffic jam. Besides, you can take some chewing gums to ease tinnitus and headache, but you can’t eat too much.
*It is special tour, the spots are scattered, the road condition and hotel accommodation is relatively poor, and the meal time may be changed with arrival time, you’d better prepare for them.
* Please respect local people’s religious belief and custom. When you pass by camilleliu, you can’t touch and take agates.
* Please check your belongings and baggage every day, the phone signal is often influenced by weather. Please protect the environment and don’t hurt the wild animals and plants when you travel.

PRICE INCLUSIONS

  • Entrance tickets fees to scenic spots as listed in the itinerary.
  • Meals: meals listed on the itinerary.
  • Group transfers between airports, hotels and scenic spots while sightseeing by airconditioned vehicle with a driver and English-speaking guide.
  • Guide service: English speaking tour guide.
  • Hotel accommodation based on twin share.
  • Tibet Travel Permit
  • Travel Insurance

PRICE EXCLUSION

  • International airfare or train tickets to enter or leave China
  • China entry visa fees
  • Personal expenses: such as laundry, drinks, fax, telephone calls, optional activities, sightseeing or meals which are not included in the tour itinerary.
  • Single room supplement
  • Tips to guide and driver.