Self-drive Tour of the Qinghai-Tibet Ali Grand Loop

Itinerary Details

1: Meetup in Xining

2: Xining — Qinghai Lake — Delingha

3: Delingha — U-shaped Highway — Yardang Landform — Dongtai Jinai'er Lake — Water Yardang

4: Water Yardang — Two-colored Lake — Huangguailiang — Emerald Lake — Aiken Spring

5: Mangya — Wutumeiren Township — Qarhan Salt Lake — Golmud

6: Golmud — Kunlun Mountains — Sonam Dargye Protection Station — Tongtian River — Tuotuo River — Yanshiping Town — Tanggula Pass — Amdo

7: Amdo — Namtso Lake (Shengxiang Tianmen) — Baingoin County

8: Baingoin County — Siling Co — Daze Co — Nyima County — Jiangtang Nature Reserve — Gerze County

9: Gerze County — Xiaga Co — Wuma Co — Dala Bucuo — Bieruozecuo — Nie'er Co — Gegyai County — Shiquan River

10: Ali — Kunsha Airport — Zanda Earth Forest — Guge Kingdom Ruins — Zanda County

11: Zanda — Mount Kailash — Lake Mapam Yumco — Lake Rakshastal — Gongzhu Co — Dangque Zangbu — Zhongba County

12: Zhongba County — Saga County — Peiku Co — Everest Base Camp

13: Everest Base Camp — Everest View Platform — Gyatsola Pass — Lhatse County — Shigatse

14: Shigatse — Gyantse County — Karo La Glacier — Yamdrok Lake — Lhasa

15: Lhasa One-day Tour

16: Lhasa — Nagqu — Suxian — Baqing County — Dingqing County

17: Dingqing — Zhizhu Temple — Riwoqê County — Nangqên County

18: Nangqên — Princess Wencheng Temple — Yushu City — Xingxing Hai — Madoi County

19: Madoi County — Source of the Yellow River — Ox Head Stele — Gonghe County

20: Gonghe County — Sun and Moon Mountain — End in Xining