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WESTERN CHINA EXPLORATION

The Taklimakan Deserts Crossing Tour

D1  Arrive Urumqi

D2  Urumqi\Korla (470 km)

D3  Korla\ Aksu (530 km) Prepare for Entering the Deserts

D4  Aksu\Taklimakan Deserts Jeep Riding 150 km to the Inner Deserts, Camping and Picnic

D5  Further 100 km to the Inner Deserts, Camping and Picnic

D6  Mazhatageshan\Hotan (230 km)

D7  Hotan\Urumqi (by Air)

D8  Exit

Departure Dates: 4/29,  5/8,  5/29,  6/12,  6/24,  7/10,  7/31,  8/7,   8/28,  9/11,  9/18,  10/2

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EXPLORATION IN WESTERN CHINA

D 1  Arrive Beijing

D 2  Beijing -- Xining (air)  Dongguan Mosque Visit Hui families

D 3  Xining -- Tuzhu (coach)  Tu Nationality

D 4  Xining -- Huanzhong (coach)  Taer Lamasery

D 5  Xining -- Qinghai Lake (coach)  Birds Islet Tibetan Nationality Taste Tibetan style food

D 6  Qinghai Lake -- Xining (coach)

D 7  Xining -- Xunhua (coach)  Salar Nationality

D 8  Xuanhua -- Xiahe (coach)  Labuleng Lamasery

D 9  Xiahe -- Zoige (coach)  Prairie landscape15.tif (64320 bytes)

D10  Zoige -- Songpan -- Huanglong (coach)

D11  Huanlong -- Jiuzhaigou (coach)

D12  Jiuzhaigou

D13  Jiuzhaigou -- Pinwu (coach)

D14  Pinwu -- Chendu (coach)

D15  Chendu

D16  Chendu -- Lhasa (air)

D17  Lhasa

D18  Exit

Departure Dates: 5/3,  5/26,  6/14,  6/23,  7/3,  7/26,  8/2,  8/26,   9/2,  9/20,  10/4

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EXPLORE THE WESTERN CHINA

D 1  Arrive Lanzhou   Zhongshan Bridge waterwheel Night view at Lanshan Mountain

D 2  Lanzhou -- Xining    Taer Lamasery0927.tif (2470586 bytes)

D 3  Xining -- Qinhai Lake   Qinhai Lake Birds Islet

D 4  Qinhai Lake -- Golmud   Caka Salt Lake

D 5  Golmud -- Tuotuo River   Origin of Yangtsi River

D 6  Tuotuo River -- Lhasa   Potala Palace

D 7  Lhasa    Potala Palace, Jokhang Temple

D 8  Lhasa -- Gyantse -- Xigatse   Yangdok Lake, Snow Mountains, Kumbum Monastery

D 9  Xigatse   Tashilunbu Monastery, Sakya Monastery, Free Market

D10  Xigatse -- Lhasa   City Tour

D11  Lhasa   Drepung Monastery, Sera Monastery, Summer Palace, Bharkor Street

D12  Exit

Departure Dates: 5/4,  5/25,  6/8,  6/29,  7/6,  7/27,  8/9,  8/24,   9/7,  9/21,  10/3

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Exploration: XinZang Highway, Deserts, Gobi, Sacred Mountain & Lake

D 1  Arrive Urmqi

D 2  Sightseeing

D 3  Fly KashiMy5-140.bmp (305080 bytes)

D 4  Sightseeing

D 5  Coach to Yecheng

D 6  Coach to Mazar

D 7  Coach to Dahongliutan

D 8  Coach to Doma

D 9  Coach to Shiquanhe

D10  Coach to Zanda

D11  Coach to Guge Kingdom

D12  Coach to Mt. Kangriboqe & Lake Mapam Yumco

D13 -15  Walk at the Sacred Mountain & Lake0921.tif (2448532 bytes)

D16  Coach to Paryang

D17  Coach to Saga

D18  Coach to Lhaze

D19  Coach to Xigatse Visit Sakya Monastery

D20  Visit Tashilunbu Monastery Arrive Gyangze

D21  Visit Kumbum Monastery, Ten-thousand Buddha Temple Coach past Yangdok Lake to Lhasa

D22  Visit Potola Palace, Summer Palace, Sera Monastery

D23  Visit Drepung, Monastery, Bharkor Street, Jokhang Temple

D24  Leave Tibet

Departure Dates: 5/2,  5/23,  6/6,  6/27,  7/4,  7/18,  8/1,  8/22,   9/5,  9/26,  10/3

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Explore the Gurbantunggut & Karamay Devil's Town

D 1  Arrive Urmqi

D 2  Urmqi\ Shihezhi

D 3  Sightseeing in the Morning Drive to Xigucheng in the Afternoon (95 km)

D4-7  Walk through the Gurbantunggut Deserts (100 km)desert.gif (37357 bytes)

D 8  Coach to the Devil's Town, then to Karamay (186 km)

D 9  Karamay\Shihezhi\Urumqi

D10  Exit

Departure Dates: 5th and 25th of every month

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