Amdo Attractions

Sertso Lakes are situated in the north-west of Sichuan Province, the Huanglong valley with its series of travertine lakes, waterfalls, forests and mountain scenery is a superlative natural property. Topped by permanently snow-capped peaks rising from a base of 1,700 m up to 5,588 m, these include the easternmost glacier in China. …

Mount Xuebaoding or in Tibetan: Shar Dung Ri is a mountain near the easternmost edge of the Tibetan Plateau in China. With an elevation of 5,588 metres (18,333 ft) it is the highest peak of the Min Mountains and is Earth’s most easterly peak over 5,500 metres (18,000 ft). It is …

Drakgam-Nang or Zhagana in Chinese is rocky mountain town nestled in the Yiwa village in south Gansu province. Known as the Rock Box in the Tibetan language. The town’s main attraction is the hiking route, which take you through deep, narrow canyons, alongside beautiful  rivers, and into green forests and soaring rock cliffs.  Drakgamnang was named Best Tourism …

Dzamthang monasteries are located at a same place adjoining each other in the valley of mid Dzamthang. The largest three monasteries Tsangwa. Choje and Tsechu are formed a monastic city in this valley. Tsangwa Monastery གཙང་བ་དགོན་པ། Tsangwa Monastery is an important Jonang monastery that was founded in 1717 by Lodro …

Drakar Tredzong monastery-The White Monkey Fortress is a rarely visited remote monastery in Amdo Tibet. It is one of the most famous monastery in Amdo and brings many pilgrims each year. The monastery is located at the base of 5000m mountain and earlier it had close to 1000 monks but …