8 Days Scenic Tour to Gannan with Tibetan Culture Experience

Day 1:  Lanzhou Arrival

Arrive in Lanzhou by train/flight. Please go to the hotel on your own. You can tell the reception your name and get check-in. Afterwards, the rest time is for you to enjoy the city yourself. Time permitting, you can also try the famous Lanzhou Lamen. The departure time for tomorrow will be informed this afternoon.

Meal: No

Hotel: 4-star standard hotel

Day 2:  Lanzhou-Milariba Buddhist Pavillion-Gahai Lake-Zhagana Tibetan Village

Distance: 476KM

Height: 2900M

After breakfast, we will head for Milariba Bhuddist Pavillion. It's a library built to commemorate the Bhuddist master Milariba. After lunch, continue to proceed to Gahai Lake, which is also regarded as highland holy lake by local people. Later, drive to the famous Zhagana Ancient Village to spend the night.

Meal: B

Hotel: Zhagana Tibetan Guesthouse

Day 3: Zhagana Ancient Village In-depth Tour

Height: 2900M

Zhagana Ancient Village is regarded as the "Garden of Eden". The whole Tibetan village is built along the mountain by wood. You can see the local villagers doing farmwork in this quiet but lively place. If you want to, renting a horse is also available (horse fee not included). Travelers who are not willing to do some leisure trekking, are welcome to pay a visit to the local family and experience their daily life. 

Meal: B

Hotel: Zhagana Tibetan Guesthouse

Day 4: Zhagana-Huahu Lake-Huanghe River-Tangke

Distance: 178KM

Height: 3400M

After the breakfast, we will proceed to Huahu Lake, located in the middle of Ruoergai Grassland in Sichuan and the Langmusi Monastery in Gansu. Seeing the reflections of the lights on the lake gives you the illusion that time has almost stopped for Huahu Lake's beauty. We will have yak soup pot as lunch. It's a special cuisine that we definitely recommend you to have a try. Later, we will continue to visit Huanghe River before dawn. Weather permitting, we will be able to capture the perfect moment when the sunset, river and the moon are in the same picutre. 

Meal: B L

Hotel: Tangke Hotel

Day 5: Tangke-Niangma Monastery-Awancang Wetland-Langmusi

Distance: 337KM

Height: 3400M

Depart from Tangke and head to Niangma Monastery. The prayer wheel in the monastery is about 50 meters high, bearing 300 tons' weight. Inside the monastery, there are about 110,000 Buddhist texts. Awancang Wetland is our next destination, waiting for your exploration. Watching the curvy river flowing endlessly and the sheep grazing on the pasture is a special enjoyment for your busy life. 

Meal: B

Hotel: Langmusi Hotel

Day 6: Langmusi-Sangke Grassland-Labrang Monastery-Linxia

Distance: 255KM

Langmusi Monastery is located between Sichuan and Gansu. There are actually  Langmusi Monastery in both Sichuan and Gansu respectively. Though sharing the same name, their construction style is quite different. Continue to visit the Sangke Grassland. You will get lost in the boundless grassland. Every year between July and September, local nomad will set up Tibetan tents and prepare fresh yogurt, Tsangba, lamb for tourists. You can also experience the most authentic Tibetan lifestyle by participating some local activities (horse riding, archery, etc.). Later, we will proceed to Labrang Monastery, located at the foot of the Phoenix Mountain northwest of Xiahe County. The architectural layout of the Labrang Monastery belongs to the Tibetan style and the construction patterns are mostly Tibetan, Han's mode and a compound style of both Han's and Tibetan. The symbols of the whole construction are the White Towers both in the northeast and northwest.

Meal: B

Hotel: Linxia local 4-star standard hotel

Day 7: Linxia-Liujia Gorge-Bingling Monastery-Lanzhou

Distance: 150KM

In the morning we will visit the Liujia Gorge, where we will take a boat to the Bingling Cave. Bingling Cave Temple was a vibrant way station on the Old Silk Road. As a pivotal points of mountain and water along the great trade route, the five main branches of route concentrated here on the eastern end of the Silk Road: the Southern road of Qinlong Route, the mid of Qiang Clan Road, the ancient road of the Tang and Tibetan, the Datouba Valley route, Hongchiling Route. By a carful study of inscriptions written by donors in Bingling Cave Temple and other relative historical records, this article tries to prove surely that the important role Bingling Cave Temple had played on the ancient trade route and gives a new evidences for the site to be on the list of World Heritage.

Hotel: Lanzhou 4-star Hotel

Day 8 Lanzhou exit

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