Tibet Horse Festival Tour
A Journey Through Kham, Amdo regions of Tibet with Horse Racing Festival Highlights.
This trip begins in Chengdu-the capital of Sichuan Province of China and traverses through Kham and Amdo regions of Traditional Tibet, including the two famous horse racing festivals of Tibet at Litang in eastern Tibet and Nagchu at Northern Tibet. Kham and Amdo are new frontiers for adventure travelers, a place where one can find unclimbed summits, galloping horsemen, old-growth forest, and villages and monasteries where no foreigner has set foot in fifty years.
The Annual Litang Horse Race, held at the high altitude Tibetan town of Litang (4200m) in Kham from August 01 to 7th, is the most celebrated holiday in the Tibetan cultural area. Thousands of Tibetan Khampas will come from all over the plateau, from Qinghai, Sichuan and central Tibet to set tents for a week of horsemanship displays, trading and the local version of fiesta. After the wonderful ceremony with traditional Tibetan dancing and songs, the most exciting event is the horse racing. The brave riders will take to their pretty decorated horses to participate in the races and showcase their excellent horse riding skills. The women are all in their beautiful best with magnificent jewelry as they shower their applauses on their heroes. The festival is also a good time for trade and various Tibetan-style goods are exchanged here amongst the visitors from all magnificent jewelry as they shower their applauses on their heroes. Our trip is a special departure to coincide with this festival and we will spent 3 days at Litang to watch the horse races, and hopefully able to capture some of the most thrilling moments on film. There are opportunities to make friend with the friendly Tibetan people and of course, also visit the Tibetan monastery in our free time.
Nagchu Horse Racing Festival falls on 10th August each year officially, the golden time of Northern Tibet grassland. Thousands of nomads ride to Nagchu town from all directions with different kinds of local products. A temporary tent city appears to the north of Nagchu town, the festival includes programs: horse racing, archery, sports, the world-famous Gesar Epic ballad recitation and so on. The Damxung Horse Racing is held in every August, being a tradition on Changthang grassland as well. During the festival. tourists can appreciate traditional programs such as horse race, archery and horsemanship. Besides stone lifting, tug-of-war and other activities are performed. The large-scale goods exchange is held, too.
Itinerary
Day 01: Arrival in Chengdu :
Day 02: Chengdu sightseeing:
Day 03: Chengdu-Leshan Giant Bhudda-Chengdu:
Day 04: Chengdu-Kangding ( 256km, 7 hrs):
Day 05: Kangding-Xinduqiao-Litang (4200m, 295km, 6 hrs):
Day 06: Litang Sightseeing: Sightseeing in Litang:
Day 07-08: Litang Horse Racing festival: Join the great Litang Horse Racing Festival, overnight in Litang guest house Litang horse racing festival begins on August 1 officially.
Day 09: Litang-Xinlong-Gantse:
Day 10: Gantse to Derge:
Day 11: Derge Sightseeing:
Day 12: Derge to Chamdo:
Day 13: Chamdo Sightseeing:
Day 14: Drive to Dengchen (4200m):
Day 15: To Nakchu (4500m):
Day 16-17: Nakchu Horse racing festival:
Day 18: Nakchu-Damxung-Namtso Lake:
Day 19:Namtso-Damxung-Yangpacheng-Lhasa :
Day 20-21: Lhasa sightseeing:
Day 22: Depart Lhasa.: Trip ends!
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