Top Xining Hiking Tours

Explore dramatic red sandstone formations and visit important Tibetan monasteries on this guided 5-day sightseeing tour from Xining. Hike and camp overnight on Laji Shan mountain. Explore the red rock canyons of Lanbula National Park. Visit small rural Tibetan villages, Namzong Nunnery and Rebkong Longwu Monastery. This all-inclusive tour includes all accommodation, meals and transport for a hassle-free experience.

Explore Tibetan Buddhism, nomadic culture and vast grasslands on this 9-day overland tour from Xining to Chengdu that takes you off the beaten path. Travel through Qinghai, the Tibet Autonomous Prefecture, Gansu and Sichuan, including stops at Rebkong, Labrang, Takstan Lhamo, Zoige and Barkham. Visit remote Tibetan villages and monasteries, nomadic families, vast grasslands and plateaus and end the trip in Chengdu.

Adventure awaits as we explore the glacier of one of Tibet’s holiest mountains, Amnye Machen, and the headwaters of the Yellow River, China’s second longest river. The Golok Tibetan people live in some of the wildest and most magnificent lands in all the Tibetan Plateau. In this in-depth overland tour we start and finish in Xining, the gateway to the Tibetan Plateau. On this tour you will stand at the bottom of the glaciers of Amnye Machen, experience the richness of authentic Tibetan culture, and view China’s largest salt lake at 3,200 meters.  We will also see the bright turquoise waters of Kyaring Lake and Nyoring Lakes, thought to be the source of the Yellow River, the cradle of Chinese civilization and the seventh longest river in the world.

Welcome to experience nomadic Tibet in summer, when the grassland is carpeted with wild flowers, unleashing pleasant scent. Be prepared to be mesmerized by the natural beauty of the plateau. We will set up tent camps on the private pastures running along the shore of Qinghai Lake, and you will be able to walk to the lake side. Seeing the blue lake water seemingly touching the sky in the far distance, you will be simply amazed. From your tent you can watch the sunrise and sunset, or stargaze under a chandelier of stars. Our local Tibetan friends will walk with you to the summer pasture in the higher mountains. You can fill your canteen with butter tea from the freshest, most flavorful milk you will ever taste, or with salty black tea. We will prepare feasts with parched barley and succulent mutton in a yak-hair nomad tent. You will take on a hike to a mountain, 4,200-meter-high, to see a panoramic view of the blue lake and the majestic surrounding mountains.