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May 1–4 (Fri–Mon)Tengger Desert Lakes, Inner Mongolia (4 days)
A four-day trip that includes a night in tents deep in the Tengger desert, with side trips to the Western Xia Imperial Tombs, Guangzong Temple, and some of the Ming Dynasty-era Great Wall in the area.
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August 5–9 (Wed–Sun)Tongren’s Festival of the Sixth Month, Qinghai Province (5 days)
Visit Tongren to mingle with performers and pilgrims during the festival, seeing ceremonial rituals and dances, crowds of pilgrims and onlookers, and (maybe) skin-piercing with skewers and hooks. We’ll escape the crowds to refresh with hikes in the nearby grasslands before getting back in the middle of things as the festival finishes.
Bookings and more info for Tongren’s Festival of the Sixth Month, Qinghai Province (5 days)