Riding a bike from Golmud to Lhasa along Qinghai-Tibet Highway, the Xining to Lhasa section of the G109 National Highway, is a very popular way for the local Chinese tourists to get to the ancient Tibetan capital. Cycling along the Qinghai-Tibet Highway, the vast open road that connects Tibet with mainland China to the northeast,…

Traveling in Tibet is as safe for kids as it is for their parents. While the high Tibetan plateau may be the highest place on the planet, very often, the kids that visit this region are more adaptable and have fewer problems than their parents. As an experienced Tibet travel operator, we have arranged wonderful…

Tibet is a high-altitude region of the People’s Republic of China, known as the Tibet Autonomous Region, and lies on the world’s highest plateau in western China. Fringed by the mighty Himalayas, this isolated land was unvisited by foreign tourists for centuries, and it was not until the 1980s that international travelers were first able…

Singapore, a Southeast Asian country near China, is a convenient gateway to Tibet not only for its geographical advantage but also the benefit Chinese government has endowed to Singapore citizens – visa-free policy for Singaporean staying in China within 15 days. Therefore, in recent years, more and more Singaporean tourists make the trip to Tibet…

Gyirong, which means “Comfortable Village”, “Happy Village” in Tibetan Language, is like a jewel embedded in the southern foot of Himalayas. Gyirong, like a graceful saint, is poetic and lively. The mysterious veil of the beautiful Gyirong is being lifted. It is 24 km from Gyirong town to the Sino-Nepalese border Rasuwa Bridge. The mountain…

When referring to Tibet tour, people always make great determination to run through the whole Tibetan area. Wishes are good but it seems impossible to realize this dream, even for local Tibetans. Why is that? Because Tibet is so vast and remote. Some places are really difficult to get into, especially the no man’s lands.…

When someone plans to pay a visit to Tibet, a couple of questions will come into his mind. Is it possible for foreigners to tour Tibet alone? Will i suffer from altitude sickness? In this post, we make a summary of those top concerns, including Tibet travel permit policy, best time to go to Tibet,…

Monks learn Tibetan at Qamdo Monastery in Jinchuan County, southwest China’s Sichuan Province, June 25, 2014. The Tibetan Buddhism monastery is located at an altitude of 2,000 meters in Sichuan and has been at least 1,000 years old.

  China is known for the Great Wall in Beijing, yet there is also a “Great Wall” of belief made of Mani stones among Tibetan people, the Bage Mani Stone Wall. Located in Sershul (or Shiqu) County, northwest Garze Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China’s Sichuan Province, the Bage Mani Stone Wall consists of rows of…

  Photo taken on June 4, 2014 shows cole flower scenery in Xiri Village of Gongbo’Gyamda County in Nyingchi Prefecture, southwest China’s Tibet Autonomous Region.     A farmer walks in cole flower field in Xiri Village of Gongbo’Gyamda County in Nyingchi Prefecture, southwest China’s Tibet Autonomous Region, June 4, 2014.