Day01 Enter China via Zhangmu (2205M) border, after custom formalities drive to Zhangmu. 1N at 2*Caiyuan Hotel Day02 Zhangmu – Shegar (4329M): 247km. 2N at 2*Qomolangma Shanghai Hotel Day03 Shegar – Lhatse – Shigatse (3868M): 290km. visit Tashilhunpo monastery in Shigatse. 1N in Shigatse Day04 Shigatse – Gyantse (Pelkor Monastery with Kumbum Stupa) – Yamdrok Lake – Lhasa (3649M): 360km. 3N at 3*Thangka Hotel Day05 Lhasa: visit Potala Palace, Jokhang Monastery and Barkhor Street. Day06 Lhasa: visit Drepung Monastery, Norbulingka, and Sera Monastery. Day07 Lhasa – Yangbajing – Damxung - Nam Tso Lake (4718m), 230km. 1N at simple tent guesthouse Day08 Namtso Lake – Damxung - Naqu – Tuotuoheyan (563km). 1N at simple Tuotuohe Guesthouse Day09 Tuotuoheyan - Golmud (2808m), 377km. 1N at 4*Salt Lake Hotel Day10 Golmud – Koko Nor Lake (Qinghai Hu) - Xining. 1N at 4*Dynasty Holiday Hotel Day11 Xining – Zhangye: visit Kumbum Monastery (Ta’er Si). Drive to Zhangye. 1N at 4*Huachen International Hotel Day12 Zhangye (Giant-Buddha-Temple) – Shandan – Alashan Youqi (342km). 1N at 2*Alashan Youqi Hotel Day13 Alanshan Youqi - Badain Jaran Desert - Alanshan Zouqi (512km). 1N at 3*Longxin Hotel Day14 Alanshan Zuoqi – Yinchuan (111km): visit petrograms of Helan Mountain, Western Xia Imperial Tombs, and the twin pagodas of Baisikou.1N at 4*Haiyue Jianguo Hotel Day15 Yinchuan - Erdos (554km): drive to Erdos, visit Genghis Khan's Mausoleum. 1N im 4*Erdos Holiday Hotel Day16 Erdos – Baotou - Hohhot (297km): on the way visit Resonant Sand Gorge, Wudangzhao Temple, Jokhang Temple (Dazhao Si). 1N at 4*Binyue Hotel Day17 Hohhot – Erlianhaote (=Ehrenhot), 374km. 1N at Beidouxin Hotel Day18 Exit from Erlianhaote pass into Mongolia. Service ended in China.
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