Gannan · Route
Gannan 6-Day Plateau Loop
Lanzhou to Xiahe, Langmusi, Hezuo and beyond - the classic monastery circuit.
Gannan · Route
Lanzhou to Xiahe, Langmusi, Hezuo and beyond - the classic monastery circuit.
Lanzhou to Xiahe - the 258-km, 4-hour coach; evening at the foot of Labrang as the prayer wheels turn.
Morning in Labrang - the great halls, the debating courtyard and the 3.5-km prayer-wheel arcade; afternoon on the Sangke grassland.
Xiahe to Langmusi by coach (4 hours) - the two monasteries of the Bailong River and the sky-burial platform.
The Gahai lake at dawn, then on to Hezuo (3 hours) and the nine-storey Milarepa Tower.
Hezuo to Lanzhou or west to Xining - the Ganjia octagonal town and the grasslands on the way.
Optional extension - the Ruoergai wetlands and the first bend of the Yellow River, or the Ta'er and Qinghai Lake loop from Xining.
