Private Day Tour In Qinghai

Kunbula National Forest Park is an ideal place for traveling, sightseeing, vacation, camping and scientific expeditions. Kanbula is a spectacular area of weathered red sandstone, overlooking a reservoir on the headwaters of the Yellow River. 

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Kanbula National Park

Located in Huangnan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, 131 kilometers (81.4 miles) from Qinghai’s capital city Xining, the Kanbula National Forest Park is an ideal place for traveling, sightseeing, vacation, camping and scientific expeditions.

Covering an area of 152 square kilometers (15,200 hectares), the park is famous for its unique landform of red gravel rocks, and features forest vegetation, lofty mountains, soaring peaks crystal water and Tibetan culture. With an altitude of 2,100 to 4,000 meters above sea level, it borders on the Yellow River in the north and is close to Lijiaxia Hydropower Station.

The weather amid the mountains can change very frequently.

Drive to Kanbula National Forest Park, in Tibetan its called Kamra. Located in west of Chentsa county in Huangnan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, 131km from the provincial capital city of  Xining, covering an area of 152 sq km and the park is famous for its unique land formation, red rocks, forest, vegetation, soaring peaks, and Tibetan temples are the main feature of the park.Kanbula or Kamra national park is connected to the yellow river from the north and the yellow river also created one of the largest hydroelectric construction project on the Tibetan plateau. Approximately 60% of the Kanbula park is virgin forest, there are 276 species of plants and trees, including pine tree, cypress, and birch.The park is characterized by its spectacular mountain peaks, the center peak called Namdzong 2000m high from sea level, around of Namdzong, there are 18 identifiable peaks, among these, the highest group of six are revered as snow white abodes of gods. Gopodzong, Nepodzong, Bashingdzong, Trichdzong, Jomodzong, and Ngadzong.
 

Next we go to the Lijia Gorge, an important energy base in the upper reaches of the Yellow River in Qinghai, is also arranged for you.

 

 

Kanbula National Forest Park is located in the north-west of Jianzha County in Huangnan State, Qinghai. It is closely linked with the national key project Lijiaxia Hydropower Station.It is about 131 kilometers from Qinghai's provincial capital Xining.

 

Plant Landscape

The Kanbula area is famous for its unique Danxia landform. Here, the mountain is tall and straight, forceful and magnificent, full of the masculinity, giving out a strong natural scenery charm; which is believed to be the national most. This area is also the birthplace of the Houhong period of Tibetan Buddhism with rich cultural connotation.

This scenic area has abundant rainfall, cool and moist climate. Its forest coverage rate is about 28%; its plant resources are extremely rich. It has trees like Qinghai spruce, Chinese pine, white birch, Ulmus glaucescens, Prunus sibirica, etc...shrub plants like azalea, salix oritepha, Spiraea alpina, honeysuckle, etc...rare birds and beasts like blue sheep, argali, lark, blackbird, cuckoo and so on. Among them, the amount of flowers and plants which have high ornamental value is more than 80 kinds.
 

National Custom

The Kanbula area also has simple and unsophisticated folk customs. Since ancient times, Tibetan people who had rich ethnic customs had lived here. In the existing scenic area, there are seven Tibetan villages. The Tibetan people farm and propagate here from generations, forming their unique habits of life and production.

Religious Landscape

Kanbula region Buddhism has a long history and is known as the Tibetan Buddhism revitalization place after period Phyi dar. Aqiong Nanzong Temple, Nuns temple, Nanzongzha temple successively built here. Within the scenic area of the Nanzong temple which has a long history of more than 1000 years, is the birthplace of Tibetan Buddhism after period Phyi dar. Existing Nanzongzha temple, Benbenzi temple and Nanzong Nus temple is the only scarified place combined with Esoteric Buddhism, Exotoric Buddhism, monks and nuns. In the monastery, Regong buddhist painting is superb and sparkling. The famous provincial Xiaqiong temple, Heri temple, and Deqian temple near the scenic area, may be tourists can consider here as the main part of viewing the scenic spot of religious tourism.
 

Tips

1. The citizens of this region are mainly Tibetans, so please respect the national belief here.
2. This scenic area is mountainous area, pay attention to climate.
3. This scenic area is filled with forest, keep your eyes on fire.
4. Lijia Gorge near here is Military Forbidden Zone, do not take picture under the dam in case of unnecessary troubles.
5. The ultraviolet ray is strong in plateau, pay attention to put sun block.
6. Traveling to plateau, pay attentions to altitude stress.
7. Due to development, the road, traffic, accommodation condition is poor. If meet with rainy day, most of vehicle can not go up the mountain.
 

Best Travel Time: Best from April to October. p.s. June and August will be the best months for a tour to Qinghai Lake.

 
Notice:
Due to the uncertainties of this tour, such as special local conditions , the changes of accommodation rate, etc, the tour has to be tailor-made and its price is on request. Please tell us in advance your group information inclusive of departure date, number of pax, and other individual needs, which will be helpful to work out a fit program and the right price.

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