Kham Attractions

Mt Khenrab is located in Tagong town, Garze Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan, 113 kilometers northwest of Kangding City. The main peak is 5,305 meters above sea level.

Trotong Lake” or “Cuotong Cui Lake”, is located in Trotong Village near Manigango, Dege County, Garze Prefecture. It is composed of three connected lakes of different sizes and irregular shapes. It is composed of approximately 4,600 meters above sea level. This is a mountain tourist attraction currently under development. It …

Ba Lhakar Dzong or Shangri La Grand Canyon is located in Nixi Township, Shangri La County, Dechen Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province. It is situated in the central hinterland of the Hongshan area, a world natural heritage site with three parallel rivers. The canyon is deep and narrow, with a …

Tsadra Rinchen Drak was the personal hermitage and retreat center of Jamgon Kongtrul, located above Pelpung Monastery in Kham. Kongtrul began to practice on the site in 1843, and formally opened it in 1857 with the assistence of Chokgyur Lingpa and Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo. The first three-year retreat began there …

Pema Shelphuk (also known as Pema Shelpu or Pema Shelphuk Cave) is a highly sacred cave located in Tibet, revered particularly in the Nyingma tradition of Tibetan Buddhism. The cave is closely associated with Padmasambhava, also known as Guru Rinpoche, the revered master who brought Buddhism to Tibet in the …