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| ﹛ | Qinghai-Tibet Adventure Tour by Tibet Railway (10 days) Overview
This unusual journey leads you from Qinghai province to Tibet . You visit some very important monasteries of Gelukpa-sect in Tibet Buddhism like Kumbum, Jokhang, Drepung, Sera, Barkhor and Tashilunpo as well as the Potala Palace , experience exotic local conditions and customs, and enjoy the natural landscapes: snow-covered mountains, crystal clear highland lakes, broad meadows, emerald-green forests, peculiar plants and rare wild animals in the Qinghai-Tibet plateau. The highlight is that to experience traveling to Lhasa by the newly built Qinghai-Tibet Railway. An Brief Introduction to Qinghai-Tibet Railway
Travelers can enjoy the world-class tourist sites along the newly-built line during the trip. Train Schedule:
NOTE: From the 1st July 2006, the train no: T27/28,T22/3 /T21/24, K917/918 will be starting . As the sharp demand of the train tickets, all the tickets agency require RMB100/ticket as commission fee. Quotation without China domestic flight tickets Day by day Itinerary Day 01 Beijing / Shanghai - Xining 350 km 1N in 4* Qinghai Hotel Arrive in Xining City . Xining , 2300 m above sea level, is the capital of the Qinghai Province, Qinghai is the former Tibetan east province Amdo. Xining was an important transfer station to the caravan roads to Tibet . Day 02 Xining - Kumbum - Koko Nor 190 km 1N in 3* Qinghai Lake Hotel
Day 03 Koko Nor Lake - Bird Island-Xining 320 km 1N in 3 * Xining Hotel In the morning drive to the Bird Island . Birding on the Bird Island .The small island known as "the heaven of the birds" lies in the northwestern tip of the lake. Thousands of migrating birds stay on the island from Aprila to July each year. Late afternoon dirve back to Xining . Day 04/05 Xining 每 Golmud 每 Lhasa 2040 km 2N in soft sleeping bert
Enjoy the beautiful scenery of the Tibet plateau. Day 06 Lhasa If Tibet is the "roof of the world," then its capital, Lhasa , is certainly the ※city of the sun. § Standing on a plain over 13,000 feet above sea level, surrounded by towering mountains, Lhasa is a town bathed in sunlight.
Day 07 Lhasa In the morning visit Potala, which was constructed in 637 by Songtsen Gampo, the first king of the united Tibet and later served as the winter residence of the Dalai Lamas Then drive to Drepung monastery the sacred land of Gelukpa sect., which was created in 1416 and the second, third and fourth Dalai Lama once resided in. After that visit Sera monastery, which was created in 1419 and has always been an important Buddhist seminary. As rose are planted everywhere in the monastery, it is also called "the court of wild rose". Today still 200 lamas live in there. Sometimes, we may see the lamas do Scripture Debating in Sera Monastery. Day 08 Lhasa - Gyantse - Shigatse 260 + 90 km 1N in 3* Shigatse Hotel Today leaving for Shigatse .Pass by the Yamdrok-Tso Lake, the third-biggest holy lake in Tibet and a good place for taking photos. Then cross over Kangpa-La Pass ( 5000 m ) to arrive in Gyantse in the afternoon where visit Kumbum Pagoda also called 100-thousand-Bouddha's-pagoda as well as Pelkor Monastery famed with its splendid Buddhist Tibetan art, both of them were built in the 15th century. Afterwards drive to Shigatse, the second largest city with 40,000 inhabitants in Tibet . Day 09 Shigatse - Lhasa 290 km 1N in 3* Shambala Hotel In the morning visit Tashilunpo monastery of Gelukpa sect, the seat of the Panchan Lamas and one of the six grand monasteries in Tibet region. In the monastery the biggest gilded statue of Maitreya (Bouddha of the future) in China is enshrined. In Tibet Buddism, Panchen Lama is just the embodiment of Maitreya Buddha. After this sightseeing return to Lhasa . Day 10 Lhasa 每 Beijing / Shanghai Transfer to Gongga Airport and departure. All-around service -All transfer with private vehicle |
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Qinghai-Tibet section of the railway is the world's highest railway , and some 960 kilometers of the tracks were laid at 4,000 meters above sea level, with the highest parts reaching 5,072 meters. 
according to the Qinghai-Tibet Corporation. As oxygen is thin in the region, trains, including sleeping cars, dining car and sightseeing cars, will be equipped with oxygen system for those who need. The 1,142-km-long section of Qinghai-Tibet Railway from Golmud to Lhasa has been completed on Oct. 12, 2005 and is scheduled to open to traffic on July 1, 2006. In addition to Beijing , some other Chinese cities, including Shanghai , Guangzhou and Chengdu , will also launch direct railway passenger transportation to Lhasa as of July 1 2006.
While traveling, visit Kumbum monastery (Ta'er Si) of Gelukpa-sect which was built in 1560 and also one of the six grand Gelukpa monasteries in Tibet . Both Tsongkhapa, the founder of the Lamaistic "yellow hat sect" and the 14th Dalai lama were born here. Then cross over Sun-Moon-Mountain (Ri Yue Shan). In 641 Princess Wencheng of Tang Dynasty passed by this mountain where today a sun-pavilion and a moon-pavilion are built on the summit. The Sun-Moon mountain has always been a distinguish line between meadow and agriculture area. Arrive at Koko Nor Lake in the late afternoon and accommodate by the lake. 
Take the evening train to Lhasa via Golmud.along Qinghai-Tibet Railway. Qinghai-Tibet section of the railway is the world's highest and longest railway, 
In the morning arrive in the "holy city" Lhasa . Transfer to hotel to have an acclimatization rest in the hotel. In the afternoon visit Norbulingka, which means the garden of treasures in Tibetan language. Located in the west suburbs of Lhasa , this palace complex was built in the 18th century and served as the summer residence of the Dalai Lamas. Then visit Jokhang monastery, the center of the Tibetan Buddhism and the sacred land of Buddhist followers where innumerable pilgrims come for worship everyday. The temple, built in 647, is the earliest wood-and-masonry structure still existing in Tibet . Walk on the Barkhor street nearby Jokhang, a big free market with its prolific stalls for selling local specialties.