This day trip takes you to a rural Tibetan villages to explore Tibetan families and their lives. You will provide you the opportunity stay some hours and roume through villages and talk to village people with our guide.
Lunch is provided in the village so you can enjoy local, tipcall Tibetan food and drinks. Butter tea is can be tasted. After having lunch, you will hike through the villages or climb the mountains and hills around.
Itinerary
8:30 am
Xining- our servicemen; driver and guide pick you up at your hotel , office, or home or airport or train station and drive to Karothang village, in the south-east, of Xining. Distance: 100km.
The drive time is about 1hr and a half.
6:30 pm Drive back to Xining or directly to your hotel, home, office, airport, or Train station.
What's included in the price?
- Private professional English-speaking tour guide.
- Private vehicle and Luggage Transfers.
- Lunch
- Service Charge (the planning, handling, operational, and communication charges) & government taxes.
- China visa, all air tickets.train tickets.
- Sightseeing is not listed in the itinerary.
- Meals are not listed in the itinerary.
- Personal expenses such as laundry, drink, fax, telephone call, optional tour activities, etc.
- Gratuities, tips to guides, drivers, bellboys, etc.
- Excess Baggage Charges
Tour info Destination: Amdo, central Qinghai province Main attractions: Shakhung Season: from May-October Trip length: 1-day trip Group size 2-6 |
Just a day trip
While you are in Xining; the capital city of Qinghai province, and thinking of a one or two days trip outside of the city, this place would be the perfect option for you. |
Shyakhung (Bya khyung dGon) is situated on the shoulder of the mountain Drak Chung with a sharp cliff facing towards the west and offers visitors a breathtaking view over the Machu river also known as the Yellow River. The Monastery was founded in 1349 by The great master or teacher named Chogyal Dondup Ringchen: the former teacher of Tsongkhapa. There are several colleges on the monastery campus; colleges of Kalachakara, medical, and philosophy. There are temples built on the upper part of the monastery and the main temples are Sutra hall, Golden roof temple(known also as Serdong contains the reliquary of Chogyal Dondup Rinchen), Arapatsa temple(Manjushuri temple), print house, and so on. There used to be 1500 monks in the monastery and it was once one of the major monasteries still it is. it's located in a remote area with a peaceful environment and therefore it is not known for mass tourists. It’s really worth seeing the sight.
1-Day trip
The trip starts from Xining and ends in Xining.
About 9:00 am our services man or woman comes to your Hotel/ trains station/airport to pick you up and then drive to Shakhyung monastery. (100km)
Some stops on the mountain pass 'Lammar Nyaka' (3500m) and some visits to the villages on the way to Shakhyung.
Visit the monastery.
About 6 pm return to Xining and end the trip.
- Private professional English-speaking tour guide.
- Private vehicle and Luggage Transfers.
- Admission fees.
- Service Charge (the planning, handling, operational, and communication charges) & government taxes
What's excluded from this price?
- China visa, all air tickets.train tickets.
- Sightseeing is not listed in the itinerary..
- Gratuities, tips to guides, drivers, bellboys, etc {/xtypo_list}
Day trip to Qinghai lake (Kokonor).
Lake Kokonor: (Mongolian : Хөх нуур)(Qinghai Lake) (Chinese: 青海湖), or Tsongon Po(Tibetan: མཚོ་སྔོན་པོ།) is the second largest lake in Asia. Located in Qinghai province on an endorheic basin, Kokonor Lake is classified as a saline andalkaline lake. It has a surface area of 4,317 square km; an average depth of 21m, and a maximum depth of 25.5m as measured in 2008.[2] The current Chinese name "Qinghai," the older Mongolian name Kokonor, and the Tibetan name "Trishor Gyalmo" (meaning 10,000 people were lost their lives as they submerged according to the local legend), respectively. The Lake is located about 160 kilometers west of the provincial capital of Xining (Tib: Ziling ཟི་ལིང་།) at 3,205 m (10,515 feet) above sea level in a depression of the Tibetan plateau.[3] Twenty-three rivers and streams empty into Qinghai Lake, most of them seasonal. Five permanent streams provide 80% of the total influx.[4] The lake has fluctuated in size, shrinking over much of the 20th century, but has increased since 2004. Despite its salinity, it has an abundance of fish, such as the edible naked carp (Gymnocypris przewalskii, huángyú .
Geography
Qinghai Lake is sandwiched between Hainan and Haibei Tibetan Autonomous Prefectures in northeastern Qinghai. The lake is located at the crossroads of several bird migration routes across Asia. Many species use Qinghai as an intermediate stop during migration. At the tip of the peninsula on the western side of the lake are the "Bird Islands" (Cormorant Island and Egg Island), which have been bird sanctuaries of the Qinghai Lake Natural Protection Zone since 1997. The lake often remains frozen for three months continuously in winter. There is an island in the western part of the lake with a temple and a few hermitages called "Mahādeva, the Heart of the Lake" (mTsho snying Ma hā de wa) which historically was home to a Buddhist monastery.No boat was used during summer, so monks and pilgrims traveled to and fro only when the lake froze over in winter. A nomad described the size of the island by saying that: "if in the morning a she-goat starts to browse the grass around it clockwise and its kid anti-clockwise, they will meet only in the night, which shows how big the island is. It is also known as the place where Gushri Khan and other Khoshut Mongols migrated to during the 1620s. The lake is circumambulated by pilgrims, mainly Tibetan Buddhists, especially every Horse Year of the 12-year cycle. Przhevalsky estimated it would take about 8 days by horse or 15 walking to circumambulate the lake, but pilgrims report it takes about 18 days on horseback, and one took 23 days walking to complete the circuit