Lanzhou Langmusi Labrang 5 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 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, you start on the 488km drive trip to Langmusi. The road trip is composed of two sections - Lanzhou Xiahe Road Trip and Xiahe Langmusi Trip. You will pass by Hezheng County, Linxia City, Xiahe, Hezuo, Luqu and lastly to our destination today - Langmusi. The 488km trip gradually goes from the loess plateau slowly to Tibet-Qinghai Plateau with sea leavel increasingly higher and higher and the Muslim culture gives away to Tibetan culture. It is an intersting drive.

Arriving at Langmusi in the afternoon. After lunch, visit one of the two monasteries - Kirti Monastery. The temple is on the southern hill (Sichuan side ) in Langmusi. Stay overnight at Langmusi Hotel.

With a population of over 3,000, the town is now mainly inhabited by Tibetans, Han and hui. The town of Langmusi is only composed of one main street with a streem known as “White Dragon River” passing by the street. The area of north of the streem belongs to Gansu Province while the south to Sichuan.

Langmusi has two Tibetan Temples. After breakfast, you are arranged to visit another temple - Sertri Gompa. The temple is located on northern hill ( on Gansu side ).

After lunch, you are transferred along the Natiional Highway No.213 back to Xiahe. Stay overnight at our designated hotel in Xiahe.

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 Langmusi 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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