Badain Jaran Desert / Qinghai Lake
« My Trips | Posted on 02/05/2009 10:15 pm by CeDQinghai Lake – Badain Jaran Desert
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| DAY 00 | Evening : TRAIN SHANGHAI -> XINING |
| DAY 01 | EVENING : ARRIVAL IN XINING |
| DAY 02 | Meet car and driver, departure for Qinghai Lake. Camping |
| DAY 03 | Head North toward Qilian. Camping in Qilian |
| DAY 04 | Head to AlashanYouqi, via Shanba. Night in Hotel in AlashanYouqi |
| DAY 05 | Jeep to Desert entrance. Ride camels, enter Desert. Camping |
| DAY 06 | Desert. Camping |
| DAY 07 | Desert. Camping |
| DAY 08 | Jeep ride to exit the Desert. Noon at Alashan Youqi. Then head to ZhangYe to spend night in Hotel |
| DAY 09 | Head to Sunan. Vist Yadan Geological Formation. then U-Turn. Back To ZhangYe and head south. Night in Minle (awful city) |
| DAY 10 | Head South, lunch in MenYuan. Evening in Xining. Hotel |
| DAY 11 | Visit Xining |
| DAY 12 | Early morning : plane back to Shanghai |
PRICE for 4 Days Desert Trip :around CNY 2000 / person. incl. food/drinks/guides and camel and jeep link.
We used our own tents.
DESERT TREK TRAVEL AGENCY : http://www.badanjilin.net/
or this one http://www.badanjilin.com/BAN/index.html (this one does have an english speaker)
CAR RENTAL (negociated with Travel Agency)
car came to Xining and brought us to Alashan Youqi in 3 days.
car+driver = CNY 300/day. Need pay petrol and lodging for driver additionally.
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