Private Full-day Xining City Tour with Lunch
- 8 hours
- Free cancellation up to 24h before
- Guided in English
- Instant confirmation
Highlights
Xining is the capital of Qinghai Province where you catch train to Lhasa. This day tour offers you an opportunity to visit the Kumbum Monastery, an establishment of Tibetan Buddhism in Qinghai, the Dongguan Mosque with the local market, and Tibetan Medicine Culture Museum etc.
Inclusions
What's included
- Hotel pickup and drop-off
- Local guide
- Lunch
- Entrance admission
- Transport by private vehicle
What's not
- Gratuities
Itinerary
At 9:00am, your guide will meet you at your hotel lobby. Then, you will be driven to Kumbum Monastery which is 16 miles (25 kilometers) from Xining. Kumbum is one of the six biggest Tibetan Monasteries. The founder of Yellow Hat Sect, Tsongkhapa, was born and grew up here before he went to Lhasa. You will view the Stupas, Teaching Hall...etc. The amazing Butter sculpture exhibition in the monastery will definitely impress you. Afterwards you will be transferred to a local restaurant for lunch.
You will be transferred to Dongguan Mosque in Xining that is the biggest mosque in Xining with traditional Chinese architecture and very different from Arabic style. Your guide will take you for a visit at a local market near the mosque where you can see farmers selling all kinds of veggies, fruits, meat, etc.
Visit the fatastic museum to learn the Tibetan medicine culure playing very important role on the plateau.
Cancellation
Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the experience starts, for a full refund.
Reviews
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Know before you go
- Pickup
- Pickup is included for everyone.
- Ticket type
- Mobile or paper ticket accepted
- Operated by
- SilkRoadTrips
- Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
How it compares in Xining
- Its from-price is 116% above the median of the 20 experiences we list in Xining.
- It is longer than most of them.
- By number of reviews it ranks 1 of 20.
- The operator lists free cancellation on it.
About Xining
Xining, capital of Qinghai province, sits at the edge of the Tibetan Plateau, a mountain-ringed city of monasteries and mosques near Qinghai Lake.
Xining lies in the valley of the Huangshui River at more than 2,200 metres, where the farmland of north-west China meets the Tibetan Plateau. It was a staging post on the southern branch of the Silk Road, and Tibetan, Hui Muslim and Han communities share its streets. The large Dongguan Mosque, the Qinghai Provincial Museum with its Tibetan art and Beishan Temple, whose cave shrines and pavilions cling to the cliff above the city, are the main sights.
Top-ranked sights in Xining: Qinghai Lake (Lake Kokonor).
