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17 days Jyekundo (Yushu) horse race festival tour 2008
July 25th - July 30th
July 22nd - Day01: Arriving in Xining ----- ///// ----- 4* Xining hotel
Arriving in Xining, meet and send you to the booked hotel
July 23rd - Day02: Xining to Maduo ------ B/LD ------ Maduo government guesthouse
Drive 400 kilometers to Maduo
July 24th - Day03: Maduo to Yushu ----------- B/LD ------ Yushu Xibeiniu hotel
Drive 370 kilometers to reach Yushu (Gyegu town)
July 25th - Day04: Yushu horse race festival ----- B/LD --- Yushu Xibeiniu hotel
At Yushu for this grand festival celebration
July 26th - Day05: Yushu horse race festival ----- B/LD --- Yushu Xibeiniu hotel
At Yushu for this grand festival celebration
July 27th - Day06: Yushu horse race festival -------B/LD --- Yushu Xibeiniu hotel
At Yushu for this grand festival celebration
July 28th - Day07: Yushu to Shiqu ----- B/L/D ------- Seshuel monastery guesthouse
Drive into Sichuan province and stay overnight at guesthouse by Seshuel monastery
July 29th - Day08: Shiqu to Xinlu lake/or Manigange ----- B/L/D ------ Local hotel (basic)
Drive southward to Manigange, visit Dzochen monastery and lake Yulongtsola (Xinluhai lake); stay overnight in baisc guesthouse by the lake or stay at Manigange
July 30th - Day09: Lake Xinluhai to Dege ------ B/L/D ----- Dege Tsola hotel
Drive 110 kilometers to Dege, on the way, climb over Tsola mountain; at Derge, visit Dege printing house
July 31st - Day10: Dege to Baiyu ------ B/L/D ----- Baiyu hotel or at the same level
Drive to Baiyu from Dege by taking the road by Jinshajiang river (upper reach of Yangtze river), visit Baiyu hotel
Aug. 1st - Day11: Baiyu to Ganzi -------- B/L/D ----- Ganzi Jin Maoniu hotel
Drive to Ganzi town, visit Ganzi monastery
Aug. 2nd -- Day12: Ganzi to Litang ------- B/L/D ----- Litang hotel or Litang Genie hotel
Drive 245 kilometers to Litang from Ganzi via Xinlong county
Aug. 3rd -- Day13: Ganzi touring ---------B/L/D ----- Litang hotel or Litang Genie hotel
Litang horse race festival begins on Aug. 1st and will end at Aug. 6th
Visit Litang monastery and participate in the celebration of Litang horse race festival
Aug. 4th -- Day14: Litang to Kangding -- B/L/D -- Kangding hotel or Kangding Gesar hotel
Drive about 300 kilometers eastward to Kangding
Aug. 5th -- Day15: Kangding to Chengdu ---- B/L/D ---- Chengdu Shufeng Garden hotel
Drive about 370 kilometers to Chengdu.
Aug. 6th -- Day16: Chengdu touring ------ B/L/D --- Chengdu Shufeng Garden hotel
In the morning, start the tour at 0830AM, go and visit Jinsha museum, the museum to 'Old-Shu' civilization; the exhibits inside the Jinsha museum presents the arts and technology about 5000 years ago of ancient people dwelling in the present land of Chengdu plain. we suggest to have lunch in Longchaoshou snacks restaurant, which is one of the famous brands in Chengdu for its snacks
In the afternoon, first visit is to local arts and crafts market - Songxianqiao market; after here, do visit to Qingyanggong palace, a Daoist temple wish a history over 1300 years; and in the end of the day, finish the tour sightseeing at Wenshu temple, located in the northeast corner of the city inside the 1st ring road of Chengdu city (Chengdu city has 3 ring roads).
---- ATTENTION: if you want to see lovely panda bears while in Chengdu, we can use this afternoon to do that tour (to Chengdu panda research and Breeding center) instead
Aug. 7th -- Day17: Leaving Chengdu ------- B only
At the agreed time, send you to Chengdu Shuangliu international airport for you connect flight or send you to Chengdu railway station or Wuguiqiao Bus Terminal to Chongqing for your booked Yangtze cruise tour