Golmud is situated in the center of the Tibet Plateau, south of the Qaidam Basin. It is an emerging city and established a government in 1954, which has 90,000 populations now. There are many good restaurants in Golmud, but we recommend the 2 star Golmud Hotel (Address: No. 157 Kunlun Road, Golmud city; Tel: 0979-412066) to you, which has a good location. This hotel has two buildings, No. 1 building is a better one and the price is also higher, No. 2 building is a rest house, so the price will be relatively lower. You are suggested to take a minibus from the railway station, the ticket is CNY1.00 net per person. If you like, you can take a taxi as well, which will cost you CNY5.00 net - CNY10.00 net. Stay overnight.

Your tour will start at around 6:30 in the morning, before this, please rent a car in advance, which is more convenient and economical. Drive to south along the Qinghai-Tibet Highway, the vast boundless Gobi is around you on the way. In the elevation 4767 meter Kunlun mountain pass, all multicolored sutra streamer is surrounding the Sanandaj Natural Protection Station. Sanandaj was sacrificed when they had a gun battle with the criminals who steals he Tibet antelope in Hoh Xil, and the stele is recording this environmental protection martyr's biography.

From the Mountain Kunlun to Tanghla Mountain, you will pass the Not Frozen Spring, Five Liang, Mountain Fenghuo pass. The average elevation along the route above 4500 meters, though the oxygen here is insufficient, the scenery is fantastic. The plateau sky is changing fast, sometimes the blue sky like washes, sometimes the dark cloud is densely covered.

When you travel through the unpopulated area in Hoh Xil, you may see in groups of Tibet antelope runs freely. Hoh Xil is the biggest unpopulated area at the foot of the Mountain Kunlun in China, which means the 'beautiful young girl' in sinology. Hoh Xil is located in the center of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, the average elevation for the whole protection zone is above 4600 meters, which is called 'the third extreme in the world'. It is still the biggest unpopulated area in China until now.

Going to south for hundred kilometers, it's the Tuotuo River. Tuotuo River is the source of the Yangtze River. The best place to overlook the Nyainqentanglha Range is from the Tanglha Mountain Pass, the snows on the mountain peak are not thawed perennial. But the altitude of this mountain is very high, most of the people will have the altitude sickness on the mountain, plus the weather there are changing fast, the road condition are not very good, so you are suggested to make the full preparation beforehand.

Cross over the Nyainqentanglha Range, you will enter into the Qiangtang plateau in the Tibet area. Nagqu means 'Heihe' in Tibetan, and it's situated in the north of the Tibet Autonomous Region, the average elevation is above 4500 meters and the maximum altitude is 6500 meters. The famous festival in Nagqu is the annual Naqu horse racing festival, which is also called the Qiangtang horse racing festival. Nagqu hotel is the best hotel in this area, the suite room rate is CNY480.00 net per room per night, and the deluxe twin room rate is CNY220.00 net per room per night

Driving from Nagqu for about 100 kilometers is the Gulu village, there are still 70 kilometers from Gulu to Damxung, you may visit the famous Eight Pagodas of North Tibet, which commemorate a senior general who was died in a battle.

From Damxung you may go to the highest salt water lake in the world - Nam Co, in the south of the lake is the magnificent Nyainqentanglha Range, in the north of the lake is the Qiangtang protected areas of northern Tibet. The lake is 70 kilometers length from east to west, 30 kilometers wide from north to south, the area is about 1940 square kilometers, and the altitude is about 4718 meters.  

Then the next stop is the famous geothermal energy Yangpanchen, which is not far from the Tanglha Mountain, you may have a relax by taking a hot spring bath, the charge is from CNY40.00 net to CNY100.00 net. But please remember that do not over-fatigue when you take this bath in such a plateau, and the time can not be too long either. Drive back to Lhasa for about 90 kilometers. Your tour will be end.