Lanzhou Hezheng Linxia Labrang 4 Day Tour

Day By Day Itinerary    ( B-Breakfast, L-Lunch, D-Dinner )

Arrival at Lanzhou airport or Lanzhou Railway Station, you will be met by our tour guide. You will be transferred to your hotel in Lanzhou ( booked by us ). The rest of the day is for you to see and touch the city on your own. No meals included.

After breakfast, start your 258km long march for Labrang Monastery at Xiahe via Hezheng and Linxia. At Hezheng, you will visit Hezheng Museum of Paleontologic Fossils. It has tons of prehistoric animal fossils including giant rhinoceros animals, platybelodon (shovel tusker) animal groups, equus animal groups and popularization activities.

Then move on to the seat of Linxia Hui Autonomous Prefecture, the city of Linxia for a short trip including a visit to the Xiguan Mosque in Linxia. There are in total twenty-two ethnic groups living in Linxia, including Hui, Han, Dongxiang, Bonan, Salar, Tibetan and Tu. The Bonan and Dongxiang are unique to the prefecture and have thire own autonomous counties. Linxia has a population of 1.9 million with ethic groups taking 57%.

Then, get to Xiahe County in the later afternoon. Stay overnight at our designated hotel.

Today's highlight is focused on the Labrang Monastery, the buddhist center of Tibetan Buddhism and culture of the cross borders of Gansu, Qinghai and Sichuan. Labrang Monastery is located on the north of Daxia River in the west of Xiahe County of Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in Gansu Province.

This most important Tibetan monastery outside Tibet was first founded by Ngagong Tsunde, the first generation of Jamyang from nearby Ganjia in 1709. it is an important monastery of the Gelukpa or the Yellow Hat Sect. At its peak there were over 4000 monks. Currently there are over 3000 monks from Qinghai, Gansu, Inner Mongolia and Tibet as well.

You will visit the Institute of Medicine, three temples including the Grand Prayer Hall, Shou’an Temple, Shou’xi Temple and as well as Labrang Monastery Relic Musuem (Yak Butter sculpture).

Then after lunch, you will be transferred back to Lanzhou and check in the hotel. The rest of the time is on your own.

Before transferred to Lanzhou airport or Lanzhou Railway Station to end your tour, you will be arrange to visit the Waterwheel Garden. Having a glimpse of the 20km green belt along the Yellow River is a must for every first time visitor. One of the gems on the green park south of the Yellow River is the Waterwheel Garden in Lanzhou.

Then, you will be returned either to Lanzhou airport or Lanzhou Railway Station for your next destination.

Price List for this tour (Price per person in US dollars)

Price inclusion: 1.All transfers and city transportation in Lanzhou, Hezheng, Linxia and Xiahe 2.Entrance fees and meals as mentioned 3.Private car or van with English speaking guide 4.The prices above are based two persons sharing one standard room with daily breakfast 5.The above private escorted tour is customized for you, your family or your friends exclusively. No other travelers will join in your group.

Price exclusion: Tips to your tour guide and driver

Available: Daily ( choose your own departure date ) Travel Tips: Wear casually with comfortable sports shoes and pay attention to the local climate. Notice from TB 1. All rates on Tour-Beijing.com are subject to reconfirmation from our trip advisors when an actual booking is being made. 2. Tours price are net and non-commissionable. 3. Child definition: from Age 3 to 11 Years. Contact our trip advisors to check if discount rate is available for your kids. Basically, children under 1.2m in height will get child discount rate, except bus tours. 4. All tours & transfers are all based in English Speaking local guides. For other languages, please contact our trip advisors for new quotations.

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