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Although this itinerary represents the tour’s planned route, due to the nature of travel on the Tibetan Plateau it is subject to change at the discretion of the tour leaders.

July 19: Arrive in Xining
July 20: Xining-orientation and walking tour
July 21: Xining-Drakar Tredzong Monastery: explore the monastery and Tibetan pilgrims
July 22: Drakar Tredzong Monastery-Tsogyenrawa: Tibetan nomads and grasslands
July 23: Tsogyenrawa-Amnye Machen-Tsogyenrawa: glaciers, mountains and nomads
July 24: Tsogyenrawa-Jyekundo
July 25: Jyekundo: horse festival
July 26: Jyekund: horse festival
July 27: Jyekundo: horse festival
July 28: Jyekundo-Domda: visit Tibetan nomad yak herders
July 29: Domda-Mado: visit Tibetan nomad yak herders
July 30: Mado-Xining, tour ends in the evening

What the itinerary doesn’t tell you is the time you will spend together as a team. What makes Lumen Dei distinct from other tours is our small group size and emphasis on relationships. Everyone comes to a tour like this with different experiences, different needs, and different learning styles. There is no formal teaching, no lectures, or classrooms. Teaching is done organically through one on one time, conversations at lunch, and during image reviews throughout the trip. David duChemin travels with you, shoots with you, and remains accessible the entire time you’re together to answer questions and meet your specific needs as you learn your craft.

For the tour, we will use full sized Toyota Land Cruisers and Nissan X-Terra’s. These type of vehicles are suitable for the road conditions of the Tibetan Plateau.

Click here for a more detailed copy of the workshop itinerary.

You can also learn more about Tibet from this website which the guys at Plateau Photo Tours have been maintaining for quite a while.