5 Days Qinghai Hiking Trip with Tangka Painting Experience

On arrival in Xining airport, you will be meet by your guide and driver,  and then you will be transfered to the hotel. Your guide will assist you with hotel check in.

In the afternoon, drive to visit Ta'er Monastery, which is the activity center of Tibetan Buddhism in northwest China and enjoys a high reputation in China and Southeast Asia. The central government of all dynasties has highly respected the religious status of Ta'er Temple.

After breakfast, drive to visit the La Ji Shan Mountain (single cable car incl., hike around 1.5 hours), which is called "Gongmula" in Tibetan, meaning the place where Gala chicken (stone chicken) lives. The highest peak on the mountain is 4524 meters above sea level. Laji Mountain is the boundary between Huangzhong and Guide, and also the boundary between the Loess Plateau and the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau.

Hike to a tall mountain past red rock formations for a great view of the valley. After hiking, drive to Guide, a Tibetan town on the Yellow River, then check into hotel.

After enjoying your breakfast, drive to the Kanbula National Park (eco-bus incl.). It is composed of Danxia landform, forest vegetation, religious culture, power station dam, canyon reservoir area and Tibetan customs, integrating natural landscape and cultural landscape.Go see Namzong Nunnery inside the park. Do short day hikes to viewpoints and pagodas and see a small Tibetan farmer village.

After Brealfast, drive to Longwu Monastery. It is built on the mountain, and has a well-arranged layout and magnificent decoration. Take a short hike to experience Tibetan Buddhism culture.

Then, we are going to try to make a Tang-ga painting. Tang-ga is a unique painting art form in Tibetan culture. It has distinctive national characteristics, strong religious color and unique artistic style, and depicts the holy Buddha's world with bright colors.

Breakfast, Then transfer to the Xining airport to catch your flight back to your sweet home.It has been a great Tibet holiday and we look forward to seeing you in another China trip!