Xinlong - Litang

We leave Xinlong in direction of Litang and drive through the Yajiang Valley and across the Litang Grassland. Litang is a county in the southwest of the Garze Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture. It is located at an altitude of 4014 meters. Several famous Buddhist figures were born here, including the 7th Dalai Lama and the 5th Jamyang Xeba of Labrang.

Nomads graze yaks, goats, sheep and horses on Litang's high plateau grasslands, as they have done for generations. Litang is also host to a major horse racing festival, attracting thousands of Tibetans from all over the plateau, Qinghai, Sichuan and Tibet.

You stay overnight at the "Genie Hotel".