Tour Date : 4/6 – 14/6/2027 (11 days)
Tour Fee : RM 8,500
Booking deadline : 4/4/2027
Travel style : Road trip
Group size : min 11 pax, max 17 pax
Age limit: 16 – 65
This trip covers China’s two provinces, northern Sichuan and Gannan of Gansu, filled with enchanting landscapes, culture, and Tibetan Buddhism sites. The region is nicknamed Shambhala, a Buddhist mythical kingdom akin to paradise on earth. The region is between Tibetan Plateau and Loess Plateau, where the Han, Tibetan, and Hui cultures meet. This road trip is full of amazing landscapes, from grassland, wetland, snow-capped mountains, high-altitude lakes, to forest, and more.
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Fly to Chengdu, Sichuan, on board Air China flight, arrival in late night, transfer to hotel.
Journey to Taoping Village, resided by the Qiang people, where the world’s best preserved inhabited defence-tower-houses could be found. The ancient village has well developed underground water channels and passageways linked to defence-tower-houses. The village’s maze-like architectural style earned the title “mystic castle in the east”. Afternoon arrival in Mengtun Valley and stay in a Tibetan village, enjoy Tibetan hotpot and stone slate barbecue for dinner.
Drive to Shenzuo Village via Chazhenliangzi, the threshold between Yangtze River and Yellow River valleys. Afternoon arrival in the isolated Shenzuo Village (altitude 3100m). In summer, wildflowers carpeted the surroundings. Hike up to a hilltop for panoramic view clearly showing of a river dividing a forest in the east and grassland in the west. Overnight in a village homestay.
Visit Lianbao Yeze Scenic Site (3500m – 4300m), known for oddly shaped mountain ranges. The name means “Respected Jade Stone Peaks”, a holy place for the Tibetans. Explore the scenic site, Zhagaer Lake, and the viewpoint platform. Overnight in Aba (3200m) town centre.
A scenic drive to Manzatang Wetland with photo stops along the way. In summer, the wetland is full of greenery and wildflowers, a pasture ground for herds of cows and sheep. There are also deer roaming in the vast grassland, and eagles swirling in the air above. Noon arrival in Datangke for lunch, later, visit and admire the impressive view of Yellow River bends. Overnight in Langmushi (3500m).
Langmushi is a small town surrounded by snow mountains and grassland, resided by hospitable Tibetan and Muslims who co-existed for generations. Today, take a leisure walk through Namo Grand Canyon, a serene site with interesting rock formations, natural caves, and river flowing by. Later, drive to the secluded Tibetan village of Zagana (2500m), surrounded by rocks.
Zagana means “stone city”. The landscapes here are incredibly diverse, featuring soaring peaks, deep valleys, dense forests, and grasslands. Rows of traditional Tibetan houses blend seamlessly with the mountain scenery. A light trek to explore the surroundings, including the Fairy Beach, Fairy Lake and Runwu Valley.
Set off to Xiahe via Sangke Grassland. Xiahe is known as Little Tibet, it is the Buddhism centre of Gannan prefecture in Gansu province. Visit Labrang Monastery of the Gelug school of Tibetan Buddhism, it houses the largest number of monks outside of Tibet. The monastery has a large collection of Buddha statues, sutras, murals, and holy objects. Overnight in Xiahe (2800m).
Journey to Ganjia Grassland, visit Ganjia Bajiao ancient city, built in the Han Dynasty as a military fortress, in the shape of a hollow cross with eight corners mounted with defence posts, hence the name Bajiao means octagonal. At the far end of the Grassland, there’s a huge cliff running several kilometres long, named White Stone Cliff, which rise like a natural barrier dividing the grassland into two parts with elevation gap of some 1000m. Overnight in Linxia (2200m), China’s largest Hui ethnic autonomous prefecture.
After breakfast, set off to Lanzhou, arrival around noon, time to have a taste of authentic Lanzhou Ramen. Afternoon explore the city’s sites of interest, including Lanzhou Museum and Lanzhou Iron Bridge. After dinner, check-in to a hotel nearby the airport.
Early morning airport transfer, take a flight back to Kuala Lumpur via Beijing. Arrival in late night. End of tour.
A non-refundable deposit (unless tour cancelled by LevArt) of RM 2,500 is payable to secure booking. Balance fee RM 6,000 to be collected upon booking deadline or when the tour is fully booked.
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