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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 [...]
Litang Horse Festival
This horse racing festival, held in remote Litang on the grass plains of Tibet, draws a huge crowd each August. Locals from the region as well as more and more international guests come to compete or watch the races and accompanying ceremonies. Camp sites are set up around the town’s outskirts and traditional Tibetan songs [...]
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 [...]
Magical & Mysterious Shamanism, Qinghai-China
Tongren Shaman Festival is celebrated by the Tibetan and Tu ethnic minorities in the villages of Tongren County in western China’s Qinghai Province, located about two hours’ drive from Xining, the capital of the province. It is a grand and festive occasion for local people to show their devotion and gratitude to the Mountain God. [...]
Monlam Festival, Gansu-China
In Tibet, there are many festivals throughout the year that attract the faithful as well as curious onlookers. Most important are Monlam Prayer Festivals which are colourful, traditional and exotic for everyone – whether you’ve been to Tibet before or are visiting for the first time. Hundreds of people from the outlying villages and grasslands [...]
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”. [...]
Saga Dawa Festival (Kailash, Tibet)
Reach Mt Kailas at the time of the Saga Dawa festival when many thousands of pilgrims from all over Tibet gather to pay homage to the mountain. Following the path of pilgrims on their quest for spiritual enlightenment, before returning to Kathmandu.
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