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10 Days Tibet Nomadic Trekking – Tibet Tour Itinerary

Trekking in Tibet Tibet trekking is one of the utmost parts of your trip to the roof of the world. Still, in its untouched and isolated beauty of wildernesses, your trekking on the plateau will mesmerize you in ways you never thought existed before. Among the many treks around here, one of the top recommended treks would be the Tsurphu to Yangchen trek. The trip mainly highlights the Tsurphu…

Explore Tibet Group Tours, the best way to tour Tibet

For anyone planning to visit Tibet, a Tibet group tour is often the best way to see the major highlights of the Tibetan plateau. Here at Explore Tibet, we specialize in providing the best group tours for our clients and have a wide range of itineraries that include such spectacular places as Everest Base Camp, Mount Kailash, and Lake Manasarovar, Rongbuk Monastery, Shigatse’s Tashilhunpo…

How to Get to Mount Kailash and Lake Manasarovar?

Mount Kailash is a massive pyramid of black rock covered with snow. It is considered the center of the universe, known as the legendary Mount Meru in Buddhism and Jainism, and the home of Lord Shiva in Hinduism. A unique mountain in the range, it stands tall above its counterparts at an altitude of 6,638 meters above sea level. In comparison, this is not one of the highest mountains in the…

FAQs About Mt. Kailash Tour

Wild Canyons in Ngari Prefecture, Tibet To enlighten you a few bits about Mt. Kailash, not only the peak is the holiest pilgrimage site for Buddhists, Hindus, Jains and Bons, but it also attracts quite a crowd of tourists of others beliefs on non-religious purposes. It is the prime site in the west Tibet, but most of our clients don’t take the Kailash tours just to see the all-year-round…

Tibetan Cultural Area The Kham regions are located in the three major provinces of China such as Qinghai province, Sichuan province, and Yunnan Province. There are 3 Tibetan Autonomous Prefectures in those 3 major Provinces of China. The Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Garze Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, and Dechen Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture are located in Qinghai Province, Sichuan…

3 Days Kailash Kora – Tibet Trekking 2021

3 Days  Tibet trekking is the easiest and the shortest trekking from Zutulpuk back to Darchen, the journey extends only 14km (but most of Explore Tibet’s Kailash trekking itineraries have shortened the journey by 2km). The only effort of the day would be the 200m descent. Tibet trekking 2021 The last day trek is most important for Milarepa followers because it goes passing some of the holiest…

Tibetan Architecture – Wondrous Tibetan Tradition

The hind side of Potala Palace on a bitterly cold winter, as the photo shows a frozen Lukhang Pond. As your Tibet tour is going on, one of the most interesting thing you might notice anywhere in Tibet is the architecture, the earliest recorded religious architecture – the Jokhang temple in Lhasa (7th century) owes a lot of its influences from Newari (Nepal) and Pala (Indian) styles. Still, Tibet…

Gyantse: Ancient Commercial Street For Tibetan

GYANTSE  Between the 14th and 15th centuries, Gyantse emerged as the center of a fiefdom with powerful connections to the Sakyapa order. By 1440 Gyantse’s most impressive architectural achievements- The Kumbum and the Dzong had been completed. Pelkor Chode Monastery also dates from this period. Gyantse’s historical importance declined from the end of the 15th century, although the town continued…