A Xining agency, not a booking platform
QHTOUR is the international-facing service of a licensed travel company based in Xining, Qinghai. Our drivers, vehicles and itinerary planners are here on the ground, on the road we sell.
Xining, Qinghai. Every classic loop starts and ends here.
QHTOUR is operated by 青海优选文旅有限公司 (Qinghai Youxuan Culture & Tourism Co., Ltd.), a travel agency founded in Xining in 2015 and licensed under L-QH-100310. We run private, vehicle-based itineraries across Qinghai and Gansu with our own local drivers and a team of around 30 itinerary planners. The English-language service exists because international travellers need different answers from domestic ones.
What that means in practice
When you contact us, you reach the team that will actually book your hotels, reserve your Mogao Caves tickets and dispatch your car. There is no overseas reseller and no call centre between you and the driver. If a road closes or the weather turns at a 3,800 m pass, the decision is made by people who know that road.
Why we changed the structure for this site
Our Chinese site is organised around price comparisons, chartered cars and school study tours — all useful to domestic travellers. International visitors ask about visas, altitude, English-speaking support, payment methods and whether attractions can be booked on a foreign passport. This English site is deliberately smaller: seven pages, each answering one of those questions properly.
What we do, and what we will not do
Private, never a shopping group
One booking, one vehicle, your party only. We do not add commission shops, "cultural experience" stops or forced group activities to a day.
The itinerary is a document
Every day, hotel standard, entrance ticket and exclusion is written down before you pay. Changes are confirmed in writing, not over a phone call you cannot refer back to.
One English-speaking contact
A named person handles your file from the first message to the final transfer. Your driver may speak limited English; your trip contact does not.
Passport logistics handled
We make real-name reservations that require Chinese-language channels and local payment, including the Mogao Caves, and reconfirm them against your passport before travel.
No invented numbers
We do not publish review scores, "travellers served" counters or awards we cannot document. If we cannot evidence a claim, we leave it off the page.
Honest about limits
Visa rules, altitude and site opening hours change. We date-stamp our information and tell you what to verify with an embassy, a doctor or the Dunhuang Academy.
Check before you book
We would rather you verify us than trust a marketing page. Ask for the business licence number, the written supervised travel contract, the company's registered address and a full itemised quote — then check them independently before sending any money.
Company details
- Legal entity: 青海优选文旅有限公司 — Qinghai Youxuan Culture & Tourism Co., Ltd.
- Trading as: QHTOUR / QHTOUR.NET
- Travel agency business licence: L-QH-100310
- Founded: 2015, in Xining, Qinghai
- Registered address: 2/F, No. 5 Kaiyuan Road, Chengdong District, Xining, Qinghai, China
- Service hours: 08:00–22:00 China Standard Time (UTC+8)
We also suggest a short video call before you commit: it is the fastest way to judge whether a person, and an office, actually exists.
Qilian Mountains, Qinghai — photographed on one of our own itineraries.
Start with a conversation, not a deposit
Tell us your dates and we will send a written itinerary and an itemised quote. Planning is free and there is no obligation.