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As one of the largest branches of Tibetan, Kham Tibetan is famous for their generosity to friends, bravery in wars, and sincerity in Buddhism. They mainly lived in East Tibet Plateau with Snow Mountains and grassland surrounded, and Yangtze and Yellow River also originated or crossed from here.  Originally descended from Genghis Kehan’s powerful Mongolian troupe, ancient Qiang people and Tibetan, Kham Tibetan are typically different with other Tibetan in their clothing, behaviors, and culture. And in this wide and free land, each Buddhist school founded its soil and disciples. Monastery, monks, Buddhist printing school and Buddhism study institution all make here a land of holy.

Highlights: Tibetan Monastery / Snow Mountains / Yellow Rivers

Itinerary 1:
D1 Chengdu
Arrive in Chengdu. Prepare for our overland expedition.
D2 Chengdu / Rilong
Head for Wolong firstly, where we will visit Giant Panda Nature Reserve. Then we will climb over Mt Balang ( 4600m ) and arrive in Rilong town. We will drop a visit in the oriental Alps,  Siguniangshan Mountain .
D3 Rilong / Danba / Daowu
Drive to Danba in the morning, visit the castle of Wori Tusi ( local Tibetan king), then the tower castles of Suopo village. Continue to Daowu via Mt Yala. And we will also visit Huiyun Monastery in Bamei.
D4 Daowu / Garze
All the day drive to Garze, enjoy the beautiful plateau and Tibetan house en route.
D5 Gartze / Baiyu
Visit the Gartze monastery ( Gelu section), then drive to Baiyu. And also visit the Baiyu monastery (Ninma section).  
D6 Baiyu / Babang
Drive to Babang in the morning, but we will visit Babang village, where the Babang Monastery is well known in Tibet. And the Gartok Monastery in Hepo village is also worth of visit.
D7 Babang / Dege
In the morning drive to Dege county, visit the Buddhism Scripture Printing school. Then the Dege Monastery.
D8 Dege / Shiqu
Drive across the Quer Mountain then arrive in Manigange, then head for Zuqin Monastery. In the afternoon, continue to Shiqu town .    
D9 Shiqu / Yushu/ Maduo  
Today we will head for Maduo, but we will explore the Mani wall in the wide grassland of Shiqu. Arrive in Yushu in the late afternoon.
D10 Maduo/ Zalin Lake  
Today we will head for the origin lake of Yellow River, Zalin lake and Elin Lake.
D11 Maduo /Gonghe / Qinghai Lake
Drive to Qinghai Lake in the morning. Relax us in the beautiful lake in the afternoon.
D12 Qinghai Lake / Xining
Taer monastery is one of the largest Gelupa monastery in Tibet, so we will head for it in the morning. In the afternoon drive to Xining, the capital of Qinhai province.
D13 Xining Departure
Depart Xining.

Seasons: May, June, July, August, September, October.

Itinerary 2 :
D1 Chengdu
Arrive in Chengdu. Prepare for our overland expedition.
D2 Chengdu / Rilong
Head for Wolong firstly, where we will visit Giant Panda Nature Reserve. Then we will climb over Mt Balang ( 4600m ) and arrive in Rilong town. We will drop a visit in the oriental Alps,  Siguniangshan Mountain .
D3 Rilong / Danba / Daowu
Drive to Danba in the morning, visit the castle of Wori Tusi ( local Tibetan king), then the tower castles of Suopo village. Continue to Daowu via Mt Yala. And we will also visit Huiyun Monastery in Bamei.
D4 Daowu / Luoho / Seda
All the day drive to Seda, enjoy the beautiful plateau and Tibetan house en route.
D5 Seda / Markam
We will visit the Wuming Buddhism Study institute, then drive to Markam. Drop a visit in Zuokeji Tusi Castle.
D6 Markam/ Hongyuan
Drive to Hongyuan in the morning, then we will continue to the Big Bend of Yellow River, Tangke.
D7 Hongyuan / Roergai / Jiuzhaigou Valley
Enjoy the beautiful view of bending Yellow river crossing grassland, then we will cross the wide Roergai grassland to Jiuzhaigou valley.
D8 Jiuzhaigou Valley
The whole day we will visit the national park, the lakes, virgin forest, waterfall , etc.
D9 Jiuzhaigou Valley / Huanglong / Songpan 
Drive to Huanglong National Park to visit the alpine park, then continue to Songpan. Visit the old town of Songpan.
D10 Songpan / Chengdu  
We will drive back to Chengdu all the day.
D11 Chengdu Departure
Depart Chengdu.

kham tibetan region
Kham tibetan area gallery

Testimonial:
Time: September 11th -23th, 2010
Mr Siege Ficher from Australia succeeded his trip to Kham and Amdo area, trails covered Danba, Jinchuan, Rangtang, Markam, Aba, Hongyuan, Jiuzhaigou.