Our Tibet travel blog offers comprehensive guides, firsthand experiences, and practical advice for exploring the Great Tibet (Tibetan Autonomous Region. Amdo and Kham). From detailed monastery histories to high-altitude trekking tips, we cover everything you need to know before journeying to the roof of the world. Each article is written by travelers who have navigated Tibet’s winding mountain roads, sat with monks in ancient Gompas, and stood in awe beneath Everest’s towering face.
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Qinghai Lake: The Azure Heart of the Plateau
Qinghai Lake (青海湖 · Kokonor · མཚོ་སྔོན་པོ་ · Tso Ngonpo) is a natural and cultural wonder. Here’s an exhaustive guide to understanding and visiting this…
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Kumbum Monastery: The Sacred Heart of Amdo
Historical & Religious Significanc: The Miraculous Birthplace: The monastery’s origin is not a founding date, but a birth. In 1357, the great master Je Tsongkhapa…
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Xining to Chengdu Overland Trip: An Epic Journey Through Tibet’s Heartland
Embark on an unforgettable Xining to Chengdu overland trip, a 1500-kilometer adventure through the cultural and spiritual heart of Tibet’s Amdo and Kham regions. Discover…
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Yaan / Yaknga གཡག་རྔ
Ya’an (雅安) is a prefecture-level city located in the western part of Sichuan Province, China, near the foothills of the Tibetan Plateau. It is renowned for…
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Jiulong བརྒྱད་ཟུར།
Jiulong County (九龙县), located in the western part of Sichuan Province, China, is a hidden gem known for its stunning landscapes, Tibetan culture, and outdoor adventure…
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Yajiang / Nyakchuka ཉག་ཆུ་ཁ
Yajiang County (雅江县), located in the Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture of Sichuan Province, is a scenic high-altitude destination rich in Tibetan culture, mountainous landscapes, and serene…
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Xinlong / Nyakrong ཉག་རོང་།
Xinlong County (新龙县), located in the Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture of Sichuan Province, China, is a remote and culturally vibrant county known for its stunning landscapes,…
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Daofu / Dawu རྟའུ
Daofu County (道孚县), is situated in the Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in Sichuan Province, China. Known for its distinctive Tibetan culture, traditional architecture, and serene natural…
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Daocheng / Dapba འདབ་པ།
Daocheng (稻城县) is a picturesque county located in the Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in Sichuan Province, China. Known for its stunning alpine scenery, pristine lakes, and…
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Xiangcheng/Chatreng ཕྱག་ཕྲེང་།
Xiangcheng (乡城县) is a scenic county in the southwest part of Sichuan Province, located within the Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture. Known for its beautiful river valleys,…
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Derong སྡེ་རོང་།
Derong County (德荣县), situated in the southwestern part of Sichuan Province within the Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, is a remote yet captivating destination on the border…
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Batang འབའ་ཐང་།
Batang County (巴塘县) is a scenic county in western Sichuan Province within the Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, located near the border with Tibet. Batang is known…
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Baiyu / Palyul དཔལ་ཡུལ།
Baiyu County (白玉县) is located in the Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in Sichuan Province, China. It is a remote and sparsely populated area, known for its Tibetan…
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Dege/Derge སྡེ་དགེ
Dege County (德格县), located in the Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in Sichuan Province, China, is a renowned center for Tibetan culture, religion, and history. Often referred to…
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Luhuo / Drago བྲག་འགོ
Luohuo County (also known as Luhuo County, 炉霍县), situated in the Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in Sichuan Province, China, is a scenic and culturally rich destination within…
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Shiqu / Dzachuka རྫ་ཆུ་ཁ།
Dzachuka (also known as Za Chu Ka or Zhaquka in some transliterations) is a region located in the Sichuan Province of China, specifically in Kangding County within the Ganzi Tibetan…
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Drito Dzong / Zhiduo འབྲི་སྟོད།
Zhiduo County (治多县) is located in the Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in Qinghai Province, China. Known for its rugged natural beauty and position in the Sanjiangyuan National…
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Nangchen ནང་ཆེན།
Nangchen County (囊谦县), also spelled Nangqên, is located in the Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in Qinghai Province, China. This county is part of the traditional Tibetan region…
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Rebkong (Tongren): The Ultimate Guide to Tibet’s Thangka Art Capital
Deep in the Yellow River valley of Amdo, Tibet, lies Rebkong (Tongren)—a town not marked by towering mountains, but by the delicate brushstrokes of its…
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Haixi Mongol & Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture
The Haixi Mongol and Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture is located in western Qinghai Province, stretching across vast high-altitude deserts, salt lakes, and mountain basins on the…
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Haibei Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture
The Haibei Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture is located in northeastern Qinghai Province, north of Qinghai Lake. As part of the Amdo region of Tibet, Haibei is…
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Hainan མཚོ་ལྷོ Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture
The Hainan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture is located in northeastern Qinghai Province, surrounding the southern shores of Qinghai Lake. Despite its name, it is not related…
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Golog མགོ་ལོག Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture
The Golog (Guoluo) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture is located in southeastern Qinghai Province, at the heart of the Amdo region of Tibet. Known for its remote…
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Yushu སྐྱེ་རྒུ་མདོ Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture
The Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture lies in southern Qinghai Province, deep in the heart of the Amdo region of Tibet. Known as one of the…
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Huangnan རྨ་ལྷོ།Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture
The Huangnan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture is located in eastern Qinghai Province, on the northeastern edge of the Tibetan Plateau. As part of the Amdo region…
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Gannan ཀན་ལྷོ། Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture
The Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture is located in southern Gansu Province, on the northeastern edge of the Tibetan Plateau. Often described as a gateway to…
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Ngawa རྔ་བ། Tibetan & Qiang Autonomous Region
The Ngawa (Aba) Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture, located in northwestern Sichuan, is a culturally rich region on the eastern edge of the Tibetan Plateau.…
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The 25 Holy Sacred Pilgrimage Sites in Amdo and Kham
The 25 holy sacred pilgrimage sites in Amdo and Kham are divided as 5 sets of 5 places associated to enlightened body. mind. speech. qualities…
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Shangrila སེམས་ཀྱི་ཉི་ཟླ Diqing Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture
Shangri-La (香格里拉) is a county-level city located in the Diqing Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in Yunnan Province, China. Formerly known as Zhongdian (中甸), it was renamed in 2001…
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Kangding / Dartsedo དར་རྩེ་མདོ། Ganzi Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture
Dartsedo or Kangding in Chinese was on the historical border between Tibet and China, from Kangding to the west lies Tibetan civilization where as to…
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Jiuzhaigou Valley: The “Fairyland on Earth” གཟི་ཚ་སྡེ་དགུ
Jiuzhaigou Valley (九寨沟, “Nine Village Valley”) is a UNESCO World Heritage Site in northern Sichuan Province, China. It is famed for its staggeringly colorful lakes,…
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Dzogchen Purchen(ཕུར་ཆེན) Cham Dance Festival
The Purba Cham (ཕུར་པའི་འཆམ་) is a specific, wrathful ritual dance centered on the deity Vajrakilaya (Tibetan: Dorje Phurba), the “Adamantine Dagger.” This is a major…
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Rebkong Shaman Festival 2026 རེབ་གོང་ཀླུ་རོལ། 热贡六月会
The Shaman Festival in Rebkong (also known as Tongren, located in Qinghai Province, China) is a traditional celebration that holds deep cultural and spiritual significance…
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A Guide to Amdo Monlam Festival 2026
History The Monlam Festival (Tibetan: སྨོན་ལམ།, meaning “Prayer Festival”), also known as the Great Prayer Festival, is one of the most important religious festivals in…
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Litang Horse Racing Festival
The Litang Horse Racing Festival is one of the most famous traditional festivals in the Tibetan Plateau, held annually in Litang County, part of the…
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Mt Kailash གངས་རིན་པོ་ཆེ།
Mount Kailash (Kangrinboqê Peak, 冈仁波齐峰), located in the Tibet Autonomous Region of China, is one of the most sacred mountains in the world, revered by…
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Yushu (Jyekundo)Horse Racing Festival
The Yushu Horse Racing Festival is one of the most important and colorful traditional festivals in the Amdo region of Tibet, held annually in Yushu (Jyekundo),…