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5 Days Gannan Tibetan Buddhist Monastery Tour in Spring Festival
5 Days Gannan Tibetan Buddhist Monastery Tour in Spring Festival
5 Days Gannan Tibetan Buddhist Monastery Tour in Spring Festival
5 Days Gannan Tibetan Buddhist Monastery Tour in Spring Festival
5 Days Gannan Tibetan Buddhist Monastery Tour in Spring Festival

5 Days Gannan Tibetan Buddhist Monastery Tour in Spring Festival

By China Silk Road Travel
Free cancellation available
Price is £1,851 per adult* *Get a lower price by selecting multiple adult tickets
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  • Free cancellation available
  • 5d
  • Mobile voucher
  • Instant confirmation
  • Selective hotel pickup
Overview

Let's discover the Gannan Tibetan Area's mysteries, Explore the Buddhism Art in Bingling Temple through the scenic Liujiaxia Reservoir, and follow the English-speaking Lama guide to learn about the most famous Tibetan Institute in the world. Come to Gannan during the Spring Festival; you can also join the most lively traditional festival in Tongren and see various religious activities.

  • Private Vehicle with good AC
  • Professional and Friendly English Speaking Guide
  • Bottled water and paper napkins
  • 7/24 English Service online.

Activity location

  • Bingling Temple
    • 316 National Highway
    • 741000, Tianshui Shi, Gan Su Sheng, China

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • Bingling Temple
    • 316 National Highway
    • 741000, Tianshui Shi, Gan Su Sheng, China

Check availability

5 Days Lanzhou to Xining
  • Activity duration is 5 days5d5d
  • English

Pickup included

Language options: English
Starting time: 08:30
Price details
£1,850.90 x 1 Adult£1,850.90
Total
Price is £1,850.90
Until Fri, 3 May

What's included, what's not

  • What's includedWhat's includedPrivate transport
  • What's includedWhat's includedEntrance fee listed in the itinerary
  • What's includedWhat's includedBottled water and paper napkins
  • What's includedWhat's included4 nights 4star Hotel with breakfast (2persons shared one room)
  • What's includedWhat's includedProfessional English Speaking Guide Service
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedAccommodation in Lanzhou and Xining
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedLunch and dinner throughout the itinerary
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedPersonal expenses, Tips for the guide and driver

Know before you book

  • Wheelchair accessible
  • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
  • Public transport options are available nearby
  • Specialised infant seats are available
  • Not recommended for travellers with poor cardiovascular health
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
  • In accordance with UK consumer law, activities services are not subject to the right of withdrawal. Supplier cancellation policy will apply.
  • This activity is provided by a professional trader (a party acting within their trade, business or profession).

Activity itinerary

Day 1: Hotel pick up & visit Bingling Temple, then drive to Xiahe (240kms/3-4hrs)
  • 1 stop
  • Meals: Not included
  • Accommodation: Overnight in Xiahe
Bingling Temple
  • 5h
  • Admission ticket included
Let's start our Lanzhou in-depth tours today. As one of the important cities along the ancient Silk Road, Lanzhou has preserved many cultural heritages. With an early start today, we will visit the Binglings Temple. You will be driven to the Liujiaxia Dam and then you will take a fast boat to cross the gorge where you will enter the Bingling Temple Grottoes, enjoy the variety of artworks in different styles and observe the social situations and customs in ancient times when seeing the stone sculptures and appreciate the miracle of Buddha caves. These caves, which stretch for 200 metres, were built during the 3rd and 18th centuries. They are highly valued for their contribution to research into the history of Chinese paintings and the spread of Buddhism during that time.
Day 2: Visit Labrang Monastery & Sangke Grassland, Travel to Langmusi (190kms/3hrs)
  • 2 stops
  • Meals: breakfast
  • Accommodation: Overnight in Langmusi
Labrang Monastery (Labuleng Si)
  • 3h
  • Admission ticket included
Today we will arrange the English Speaking Lama guide you through the Labrang monastery, the most populous monks outside of Tibet. You will stay at Thangka Sunning Terrace that is one of a good place to view the monastery and surrounding scenery. Inside the monastery, apart from magnificent Buddha stupas and wall paintings, prayer wheels are also the must-see spot. The whole monastery is surrounded by wheels, walk along the corridor, rotate the wheels and pray for chasing away the troubles.
Sangke Grassland
  • 2h
  • Admission ticket included
The view of yaks roaming in the Sangke Grasslands amid green pastures is something to behold. In this area, nomadic people can still be found singing their traditional songs and this is often one of the highlights of any visit to Tibet. Then visit the Tibetan family and wear Tibetan cloth, drink milk tea and sample hand-grabbed mutton. After the visiting, we will drive all the way to Langmusi and have a good rest.
Day 3: Langmusi Sightseeing, then transfer to Tongren (290kms/5hrs)
  • 1 stop
  • Meals: breakfast
  • Accommodation: Overnight in Tongren
Langmu Temple
  • 3h
  • Admission ticket included
The tour today will begin from the Langmu Temple, Langmu Temple belongs to Tibetan Buddhism. One of the main pagodas of the temple lays the human body of the fifth Living Buddha, which is the best preserved one with longest time, though after more than two hundred years the skin of the Living Buddha is still elastic. Then we will travel to Tongren for an overnight stay.
Day 4: Full day Traditional Festival Exploration in Tongren
  • 2 stops
  • Meals: breakfast
  • Accommodation: Overnight in Tongren
Tongren
  • 3h
Today pay a visit to Wu Tun Si Monastery, which has the collected many Rebkong fine artworks. The murals, embroideries, paintings and sculptures are lively, colourful and exquisite, which well present the fluency and rhythm of the painting lines. In Tongren, each village will also have some folk and religious activities from the fifth day of the lunar month such as drying the Buddha, dancing the Vajra dance, and transferring to Maitreya Buddha.
Longwu Temple
  • 3h
  • Admission ticket included
Long Wu Si Monastery is one of the major monasteries in Amdo Tibet, "Longwu" bears the Tibetan meaning of "place of farming". First funded as a Sakya Monastery at the beginning of 14th Century and later in 17th century it became a Gelugpa monastery.
Day 5: Drive to Xining, Visit Ta'er Monastery (170kms/2-3hrs)
  • 1 stop
  • Meals: breakfast
  • Accommodation: Not included
Ta'er Monastery
  • 3h
  • Admission ticket included
Enjoy your breakfast at the hotel, then we will depart from Tongren and head to Xining, the capital city of Qinghai Province. You will visit the Ta'er monastery (Kumbum Monastery), the most populous monks outside of Tibet. You will stay at Thangka Sunning Terrace that is one of a good place to view the monastery and surrounding scenery. Inside the monastery, apart from magnificent Buddha stupas and wall paintings, prayer wheels are also the must-see spot. The whole monastery is surrounded by wheels, walk along the corridor, rotate the wheels and pray for chasing away the troubles.

Location

Activity location

  • LOB_ACTIVITIESLOB_ACTIVITIESBingling Temple
    • 316 National Highway
    • 741000, Tianshui Shi, Gan Su Sheng, China

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • PEOPLEPEOPLEBingling Temple
    • 316 National Highway
    • 741000, Tianshui Shi, Gan Su Sheng, China

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