Tiger Leaping Gorge
HelloJade Dragon Snow Mountain towering over the winding Jinsha river below, mirrored by the equally enormous the Haba Snow Mountain. China has some scenic views to boast of, but the [...]
Sangke Grasslands
HelloThe Sangke Grasslands lies about 15 km (9 miles) to the southwest of Xiahe County, Gansu Province. It enjoys a good reputation in the northwest Tibetan region for its excellent [...]
Zoige
HelloThe Zoige Grassland, also known as Ruoergai Grassland, is the largest high-altitude wetland area in the world with elevations between 3,300 meters (10,826.8 ft.) to 3,600 meters (11,811 ft.). Located [...]
Zhagana
HelloIf you are looking for some of the best hiking and trekking in Gansu, province, Zhagana is it!
Laji Shan
HelloLaji Shan (or Laji Mountain) is only about a 50km, 1 hour drive, from Xining and is one of the best, most accessible day hikes you can find from Qinghai’s [...]
Kumbum Monastery (Taer Si 塔尔寺 ）
HelloKumbum Monastery (Tibetan: སྐུ་འབུམ་བྱམས་པ་གླིང་ ) also called Ta’er Temple or 塔尔寺 in Chinese, is a Tibetan Buddhist monastery with over 800 monks in Huangzhong County, Xining, Qinghai, China. It was founded in 1583 in a narrow [...]
Chaka Salt Lake
HelloJust a 1.5 car ride west of Qinghai Lake, Chaka Lake is a shallow salt lake that offers beautiful reflections of the sky when the weather is clear and blue. [...]
Dongguan Grand Mosque
HelloMost people do not know that western China has over 21 million Muslims, that is more than the entire country of Syria. Find out about western China’s largest and most [...]
Nangchen
HelloGet ready for a bumpy ride! Almost all of the roads outside of Nangchen town are dirt and are still quite rugged. Driving even 30km here may take 3 hours [...]
Chengduo and Lab Monasatery
HelloIf you are up for an adventure in Qinghai Province, make sure you check out the back roads going to Chengduo and Lab Monastery. This is a great side trip [...]
Tangbo Monastery and Qinghai Lake
HelloIn the year 641 AD Princess Wensheng traveled from the Chinese capital of the Tang Dynasty in Xi’an to Lhasa to marry the 32nd king of Tibet, Tsongtsen Gompo. This [...]
Qinghai Lake
HelloQinghai Lake for the last several years has offered only very touristy sites that are full of Chinese tour buses. The lake itself is 120km long and offers a gorgeous [...]
Jiuzhaigou National Park
HelloJiuzhaigou is home to nine Tibetan villages and that is where it’s Chinese name, 九寨沟 ,comes from. Jiuzhaigou is a nature reserve and national park located in the north of Sichuan Province in the [...]
Maiji Shan
HelloWith a backdrop of the lush, green mountains just southeast of Tianshui town, the grottoes of Maiji Shan contain some of the most famous Buddhist rock carvings along the Silk [...]
Jiayuguan Fort
HelloJiayuguan Pass is an iconic image of western China. Sandwiched between the snowy 6,000 meter Qilian Mountain peaks and the Black Mountains of the Mazong Shan Range, this fort sits [...]
Bingling Temple
HelloThe Bingling Temple (simplified Chinese: 炳灵寺; pinyin: Bǐnglíng Sì) is a series of grottoes filled with Buddhist sculptures carved into natural caves and caverns in a canyon along the Yellow River. It lies just north of where the [...]
Yadan National Park
HelloLocated about 180-kilometer northwest of Dunhuang City, Yadan National Geological Park sits right on the edge of the Gobi Desert and occupies an area of about 398 square kilometers and [...]
Dunhuang
HelloDunhuang is a Silk Road trading town that offers vast stretches of open desert, camel rides, a great walking night market, and the Mogao Cave Grottoes. The Mogao Cave Grottoes [...]
Everest Base Camp, Tibet Side
HelloCome explore the world’s highest mountain with stunning views of Mount Everest. In this article we take a look at what it takes to travel to Everest Base Camp today. [...]
Shigatse and Tashilunpo Monastery
HelloThis is the second largest town in Tibet and is home to one of the greatest Gelugpa Monasteries in Tibet’s history, Tashilunpo Monastery.
Gyantse and Pelkor Chode Monastery
HelloGyantse is a small town in Tibet that packs a big punch. Located just a one day drive from Lhasa, you are definitely going to want to stop here for [...]
Yamdrok Lake
HelloYamdrok Lake (also known as Yamdrok Yumtso or in Tibetan: ཡར་འབྲོག་གཡུ་མཚོ་ and Chinese: 羊卓雍錯) is a freshwater lake in Tibet, it is one of the three largest sacred lakes in Tibet. It is [...]
Lanzhou
HelloLanzhou is a city of 4 million people and is the capital of Gansu Province. Many of our adventures start and finish in this city, so you might want to [...]
Xining
HelloXining is the capital of Qinghai Province and is the launching point of many of our tours into the high plateau. Xining is an interesting crossroads representing a mix Tibetan [...]
Hezuo
HelloHezuo is a town in Gansu Province. It is also the capital of Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture and it is known as a gateway into the high grasslands of both [...]
Shangri-La
HelloShangrila (香格里拉; Xiānggélǐlā; formerly Zhongdian 中甸 in Chinese, known as Gyalthang in Tibetan) is in northern Yunnan Province. Be aware that a big part of the historic wooden “old town” burnt down on January 11, 2014 and [...]
Lijiang
HelloOnce a major stop on the former Tea Horse Road, Lijiang is teeming with beautiful landscapes, deep history, and rich Naxi culture. Most adventures in Yunnan Province begin with an [...]
Tiger Leaping Gorge
HelloThe Tiger Leaping Gorge trek (虎跳峡; Pinyin: Hu Tiao Xia), near Lijiang in Yunnan, is one of the finest treks through some of the most naturally beautiful and diverse landscapes China has [...]
Kanbula National Park
HelloKanbula National Park is like a mini Grand Canyon with soaring Red Rock Cliffs and perfect hikes winding through the canyon walls overlooking the Yellow River!
Zhangye
HelloFrom the legendary Horse Hoof Temple (Mati Si) to the striking colors of the Rainbow Mountains, Zhangye is a small town on the Hexi Corridor of the Silk Road that [...]
The Potala Palace
HelloThe Potala Palace (on the north side of Lhasa, Tibet) is the massive fortress-like building that is often depicted in the classic photographs of Lhasa. With over 1000 rooms and [...]
Lhasa
HelloLhasa (Chinese Name: 拉萨 (lā sà) is the capital and largest city in Tibet. Founded in the 5th century and largely closed to foreigners until the early 1980s, it is [...]
Chiang Mai, Thailand
HelloThai hospitality is an art perfected in Chiang Mai, and recent decades have seen the city emerge as one of Asia’s most popular, best value destinations. People come to experience [...]
Danba
HelloDanba 丹巴 is a small mountainous Tibetan town in a narrow valley in Ganzi Autonomous Prefecture in western Sichuan Province that is located 450km west of the city of Chengdu. [...]
Dawu
HelloDawu or 大武镇 (in Tibetan known as Maqen) is the capital of Golok, also sometimes spelled “Golog”. Golok is the highest area in Amdo Tibet, with most of it lying [...]
Yushu 玉树 – Jyekundo
HelloYushu (玉树; Yùshù; also known as Gyêgu, “Gyêgudo”, “Jyekundo” or “Jiegu”) is a town in Qinghai Province located on high rolling grasslands at 3,700 metres (12,100 ft).
Xinghai 兴海 and Serdzong Monastery
HelloLocated just 5 hours south of Xining, Xinghai 兴海 is a small Tibetan town south of Qinghai Lake. Xinghai is located in Hainan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, an area that is [...]
Maduo 玛多
HelloIn the backpacking and mountaineering world of the Western United States, a “fourteener” is a mountain summit with an elevation of at least 14,000 feet (4267 meters). There are 96 fourteeners in the United States, all [...]
Langmusi (郎木寺) – Taktsang Lhamo (སྟག་ཚང་ལྷ་མོ་)
HelloLocated right on the border of Sichuan and Gansu Province, Langmusi is a town that offers two distinct monasteries- one on each side of the provincial border. Langmusi (郎木寺; Lángmùsì – Tibetan: [...]
Labrang Monastery བླ་བྲང་བཀྲ་ཤིས་འཁྱིལ་ – Xiahe 夏河
HelloStand on the corner of the monastery pilgrimage and allow the smells of burnt juniper and grain offerings to fill your nose. Listen to the creaking of spinning prayer wheels [...]
Kangding – Dartsendo (དར་རྩེ་མདོ)
HelloAt an altitude of 2600m (8,530 ft) Kangding, known as Dartsendo Tibetan དར་རྩེ་མདོ་, is by far one of the most charming towns in all of Tibet. Kangding is located in a [...]
Dege སྡེ་དགེ (德格)
HelloSituated right on the border with the Tibetan Autonomous Region (TAR) , Dege, 德格 in Chinese or in Tibetan སྡེ་དགེ , is the last town in western Sichuan Province before you [...]
Rebkong (རེབ་གོང་)-Tongren (同仁)
HelloRebkong (Tibetan རེབ་གོང/ Chinese 同仁 Tongren) is a small Tibetan town that lies 180km south of Xining, the capital of Qinghai Province . Known as Tongren in Chinese 同仁, Rebkong [...]
