Lhasa
From Himalaya to Gobi desert
This trip provides a chance to witness the huge contrast between the high plateau and the Gobi desert. We will start this trip after visiting the most attractive sites of Lhasa, we take the highest train in the world to Golmud, where we switch to vehicle to experience a dramatic change in both culture and [...]
Tibetan Highlands Express
Blow away the cobwebs of everyday life in one of Asia’s great wildernesses – the northern edge of the Tibetan Plateau, a fairytale land of snowy mountains, crystal-clear lakes and vast high-altitude plains… Our Tibetan Highlands Express itinerary is an adventure on an epic scale – in just eight days you will travel from Xining, capital of [...]
Overland Yunnan to Tibet
Adventure travelers have always been fascinated by pristine natural landscape and untouched exotic culture. Tibet has since lured many of them. And now many are looking for land more remote and inaccessible to satisfy their quest for the last frontier! The ‘Old Tea-Horse Road’, the trail taken in ancient time by horses carrying tea traverses some [...]
House of Shambhala, Lhasa-Tibet
House of Shambhala is located in a traditional Tibetan courtyard house the type favored by nobility and high-ranking lamas in days gone by. Located in a quiet alley of the Barkor within the heart of old Lhasa, House of Shambhala is a realm of serenity for travelers to the on “The roof of the world”. [...]
Potala Palace, Lhasa
The Potala Palace is located in Lhasa. It was named after Mount Potala, the abode of Chenresig. The Potala Palace was the chief residence of the Dalai Lama until the 14th Dalai Lama fled to Dharamsala, India after an invasion and failed uprising in 1959. Today the Potala Palace has been converted into a museum [...]
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