5 days
Duration
Amdo, Xining, Qinghai
Location
4/10
Physicality
Amdo & Kham
Destination

Tibetan family homestay is a five-day trip adventuring in the eastern Tibet, Amdo region, an intensive Tibetan cultural area in Qinghai province. Get ready to experience homestay in both farmer and nomad families that allows you to understand real livelihood on the Tibetan plateau. Cooking with the family and milk-down yaks in Tibetan families to fully immerse in Tibetan culture. This unique experience is rarely available in the market. This trip route takes to will visit Qinghai lake, Chabcha town, Mangzong County, Sogwo Grassland, and finally to Rebkong with Tibetan traditional Thangka painting. Book this family friendly tour with a quality Amdo Tibetan family homestay tour to create a precious memory in your life story. Check into The Washington Post depicting that Amdo is the place to go. You might also be interested in our Xining to Lanzhou tour covering Labrang monastery.

More about Amdo Tibetan Family Homestay

TOUR STARTS FROMXining, Qinghai Province
TOUR ENDS INXining, Qinghai Province
HIGHTLIGHTS
  • The beautiful Qinghai lake
  • Yellow river
  • Experience Tibetan nomad and farmer families homestay
  • Explore Tibetan traditional Thangka painting in Rebgong
  • Horseback riding experience
  • Rongwu monastery in Rebgong
INCLUDED
TransportationAccommodations
MealEntrance fee
Pick-up & drop-offExpenses of driver and guide
NOT INCLUDED
Travel insurance
Train/flight fare
Personal expenses
Driver gratuity

Just send us information about your travel plan and we will do the rest by creating your dream home-stay beyond your expectation in Amdo. Adventures In Tibet Travel Tour is the best local travel agency on the Tibetan plateau. You can also check things to do in Qinghai get more insight for travelling areas Amdo.

Additional information

DatesMay-Nov
MonthAugust, July, June, May, November, October, September
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Day 1: Qinghai Lake - Chabcha Town (Gong'he) 228km

In the morning, you will drive from Xining to Lake Kokonor, also known as Qinghai Lake, the largest salt water source in Asia at 10,499 feet (3200 meters) above sea level. En-route, you will pass through Sun & Moon mountain where the princess Wenchen took the road to Tibet autonomous region in 7th century. At arrival to 151 settlement, we will enter Er’Lang’Jian scenic spot to explore the Qinghai Lake (Boat and other activities at your own expenses). We will have lunch at Qinghai lake and then drive to Chabcha Town through Shala Pass, where you will see panoramic and stunning view of the lake. You can also hike around 1 hour up the Shala pass (12,467 ft./3800m above sea level). Local nomads are herding their animals on the grassland here in summer where flowers are blossoming in this peaceful place. You will be able to get fresh yak-yogurt from local nomads. Overnight: at a clean local hotel
2

Day 2: Chabcha - Visit Drakar Monastery - Xin’hai - Bazong County 230km

After breakfast, we will drive to Bazong. (Highlight: The very unique and remote Drakar monastery, Bakuk Valley, Yellow river and the place is heart of the Zongri Antique Culture. Overnight: Home-stay in a farm village.
3

Day 3: Bazong - Sogwo Grassland 220km

After breakfast with the Tibetan farmer family, you will drive to Sogwo through amazing grasslands of Tsekog. Explore the livelihood of a Tibetan-Mongolian nomad family where you can learn how to herd and milking yaks, a hands-on experience of Amdo nomad lifestyle. Sogwo is a big grassland and it is good to experience horseback riding by asking the local nomad (own expense). Overnight: Tibetan nomad family Homestay
4

Day 4: Sogwo - Rebgong 126km

In the morning, have breakfast with the nomad family and then drive to Repkong.  Repkong is the capital city of  is Huangnan Tibetan Autonomous prefecture. This place is rich in Tibetan culture and traditional arts, and it hosts a special Mountain God Festivals called ‘lurol’ in summer. Some of the villages and monasteries in this region are famous for Tibetan Thangka painting skill throughout Tibet. You will visit upper and lower Sengeshong Monasteries to explore the arts of the Tibetan Thangka painting. Overnight: A modern Home-stay
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Day 5: Drive to Xining 165km

In the morning, we will visit Rongwu Gonchen monastery, the mother monastery of 35 others in the region. This monastery is large enough and it take around 3 hours complete. After touring in the monastery, we will have lunch in Repkong and then driver to Xining. Transfer to hotel in Xining.
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Tour Reviews

5.00 based on 5 reviews
November 13, 2015

Our magical journey traveling nomadic territories was unforgettable!. Norbu is an excellent guide!; He is friendly, gentle and very patient. We met beautiful natural places and camped with native people. If you want a cultural and spiritual experience out of the ordinary, this tour is highly recommendable!!. We are very happy, thanks a lot!! ^.^

September 3, 2018

During our visit in China in October / November 2016 we had included a 4-day trip to Tibet. We had selected Adventures in Tibet for the organisation of this tour. Norbu, the manger of this organisation is highly professional and his responsiveness was always excellent. When we realized that our travel permit for our visit had been lost in our Hotel in Xi’an, we contacted Norbu immediately. Norbu successfully managed with the hotel staff a new permit for us within a few days and thus made this impressive trip possible. The commitment and engagement of Norbu was outstanding. During our stay in Tibet we visited Samye Monastery, Drepung Monastery, Jokhang Temple, Ramoche Temple, Potala Palace and Drak Yerpa. The entire tour was perfectly organized and we were accompanied by a highly knowledgeable guide and very friendly driver. They were an excellent team and we appreciated their hospitality and their friendlyness. Even though we only had a few days in Tibet, the experience was overwhelming. Samye Monastery is very impressive and should be included in a trip to Lhasa if the culture and history of Tibet is of particular interest. Besides that we were very glad to visit Drak Yerpa, a really amazing site of small temples and caves located within a wonderful landscape. The other sites in Lhasa are also highly interesting and are within the standard itinerary for a visit to Lhasa. All in all, we were extremely delighted with the organization of our tour by Norbu and Adventures in Tibet. We hope to come back to Tibet one day and have more time to visit this beautiful country. If so, we will definitely organize the tour again with Norbu and his professional team.

September 3, 2018

I booked a private tour of the Amdo region in Qinghai with this company, visiting both Tibetan and Mongolian areas. The owner, Norbu, was very quick to reply to my emails and give me all the information I required, including making changes to the itinerary at my request. For the tour itself I was traveling solo with my guide and driver, Dhondup. I was a little nervous about traveling in an unfamiliar region as a solo traveler, but Dhondup was an amazing guide and driver – he was friendly, professional and a very honest and experienced guide and I felt very comfortable traveling with him for the week. One thing I really appreciated about Dhondup was that as a local he knows the area, culture and language in the Amdo region very well and he was very willing to explain things to me. He was also an expert at spotting good views for photographs and interesting things happening along the journey, and would always offer to pull over his car so we could take a look and get some pictures. We were lucky to see many local festivals and events along the way, such as Nomad families horse racing and doing archery, and monks walking on a 4 month pilgrimage between monasteries in the mountains, and Dhondup would happily drive the car into the fields and ask the people what they were doing and translate any questions I had. The people were always friendly (and often a bit surprised to see a Westerner!) and these experiences were really special. The tour itself involved a lot of driving as the region is large and we drove to a new place each day. The countryside is very varied, with grass lands, mountains, areas that looked like deserts, wooded areas, and nomad families living almost everywhere we drove. We visited a variety of monasteries and also saw different towns and holy areas. One highlight was staying with a Nomadic family, who welcomed me into their (80-year-old) yak hair tent, fed me homemade yak dumplings and yoghurt, and were very kind and friendly. (I should note that I slept in a separate place, their lovely winter room, decorated in a traditional Mongolian way and heated with a stove, rather than trying to squeeze into their small tent with them!) Overall I had a very memorable experience and I would recommend traveling with this company to Amdo region to travellers who want to see something different and ‘off the beaten track.’ I would recommend Adventures In Tibet for their efficient organisation, and Dhondup for his excellent driving and guiding, which made my trip so enjoyable and memorable.

July 15, 2020

Great tour and great travel agency! Always satisfied with your special arrangements! Hope to get there soon or after! 🙂

August 22, 2020

Yep~we had a great time with Dhondup! You guys planned an awesome trip lol. I didn’t have any idea about Tibetan culture before, but now I find it really great to know more about the amazing Tibetan culture and the people, and also the scenery in Qinghai. We really appreciate it. Cheers!

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