Cultural Tours

Get up close with monks and monasteries, sleep in a Tibetan homestay and live like a local nomad

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Lhasa to Mount Everest Base Camp

7 nights / 8 days 2-15 $ Please Inquire USD/ person
As the world’s highest mountain, Mount Everest has become an icon of both fame and mysticism. But where exactly is this place and what does it really take to travel there? Find out what it is like to travel to the [...]

Chengdu to Yading Trekking

11 nights / 12 days 2-15 $ Please Inquire USD/ person
Hiking at Yading Trekking Yading is called the Shambala of Tibet. Shambala means Shangrila, the lost land of the world, indicating the unexplored world on earth and its exotic beauty. In fact the beauty of Yading has attracted lots of [...]

Luxury Romantic Getaway: Exploring Gansu

3 nights / 4 days 2-15 $ Please Inquire USD/ person
Gansu Province holds many mysteries of Buddhism and incredible untouched mountain scenery. Get away from it all with your loved one and get out of the noise and crowds as you settle down and enjoy the history of the [...]

Spring, Summer, Fall

Yushu Ecotour, short version

6 nights / 7 days 2-15 $ Please Inquire USD/ person
Located in the southern part of Qinghai Province, the Yushu area is the source of the Yangtze River, the Yellow River and the Lancang River. This area, also known as Sanjiangyuan, carries the a well-deserved title as China's Water [...]

Ecotourism in Yushu: Exploring Sanjiangyuan National Park

12 nights / 13 days 2-15 $ Please Inquire USD/ person
The Golok Tibetan people live in some of the wildest and most magnificent lands in all the Tibetan Plateau. In this in-depth overland tour we start and finish in Xining, the gateway to the Tibetan Plateau. On this tour [...]

February 16-26

Join us for Tibet's most festive and celebrated festival, Tibetan New Year! Don't miss this once in a lifetime chance to see dances, monks, and unique rituals up close. TIBETAN NEW YEAR AND GREAT PRAYER FESTIVAL TOUR. February 16-26, 2024 10 nights/ 11 days tour

Tibetan New Year: The Great Monlam Prayer Festival

10 nights / 11 days 2-15 $ Please Inquire USD/ person
Join us for Tibet's most festive and celebrated festival, Tibetan New Year! Don't miss this once in a lifetime chance to see dances, monks, and unique rituals up close. TIBETAN NEW YEAR AND GREAT PRAYER FESTIVAL TOUR. February 16 - 26, 2024 10 [...]

All year round

The Silk Road, Zhangye to Dunhuang

7 nights / 8 days 2-15 $ Please Inquire USD/ person

For centuries Gansu was a vital trade corridor between China and Central Asia.  From Lanzhou a 1200-kilometer section of the Silk Road stretches through barren desert in the shadow of the Qilian Mountains to modern day Xinjiang [...]

Spring, Summer, Fall

Biking Around Qinghai Lake

6 nights / 7 days 2-15 $ Please Inquire USD/ person
If you are looking for an epic adventure on the roof of the world in Tibet, you have found it in this 6 night / 7 day adventure where we cycle 360km around Qinghai Lake!  Cycle for 4.5 days [...]

Spring, Summer, Fall

Xining to Chengdu Overland Tour

10 nights / 11 days 2-15 $ Please Inquire USD/ person
In this tour you will drive 1200 km overland through some of the most classic scenes of Amdo Tibet as you journey from the Xining, the capital of Qinghai Province, to Chengdu, the capital of Sichuan Province.  This tour [...]

Spring, Summer, Fall

The Land of Yaks

13 nights /14 days 2-15 $ Please Inquire USD/ person
One of our Tibetan guides has famously said, "If we have the yak, we have enough"  This statement represents the incredible importance of the yak in Tibetan culture, using this animal to produce  everything from clothing to fuel to [...]

Summer and Fall

Adventures in Kham (Eastern Tibet)

14 nights / 15 days 2-15 $ 3650 USD/ person

The Kham Tibetan people live in some of the wildest and most magnificent lands in all the Tibetan Plateau. In this in-depth overland tour we start and finish in Chengdu and make our way to Kangding, Tagong, [...]

Available all year

Wild Rebkong

2 nights / 3 days 2-15 $ 800 USD/ person
If you are looking to get out of the city and sleep in the peace and quiet of the Tibetan countryside - this is the tour for you.  Venture to Qinghai's largest monastery, Rebkong Longwu monastery and then sleep [...]

Available all year

Qinghai Lake and Kanbula National Park

2 nights / 3 days 2-15 $ Please Inquire USD/ person
Qinghai Province has only 5.5 million people yet it's size, at 722, 300 square kilometers, is bigger than Myanmar, France, or Afghanistan as individual nations.  There is a lot of room here and a lot of open space for [...]

Anytime of year

Qinghai Lake and Serdzong Monastery

2 nights / 3 days 2-15 $ Please Inquire USD/ person
Qinghai Lake or 青海湖 , as the largest salt lake in China and with an altitude of 3,200 meters above sea level, and one of the 4 holiest lakes in Tibet is the definitive icon of Qinghai Province.  The [...]

Available from May to October

Glamping in the Plateau

5 nights / 6 days 2-15 $ Please Inquire USD/ person
Traveling to rugged areas does not have to mean shivering in the cold next to a frozen yak or sleeping in dirty 2 star hotels. Now you can travel in luxury while experiencing the depth of one of the [...]

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Incredible Northern Yunnan

7 nights / 8 days 2-15 $ Please Inquire USD/ person

BREATHTAKING YUNNAN PROVINCE

Yunnan means “south of the clouds” and you will discover why as you explore the misty mountains, gaping gorges, and colorful cultures of Northern Yunnan. Located on the threshold of the Himalayas, visitors [...]

Open dates

Gansu’s Silk Road Hexi Corridor + Amdo Tibet

9 nights / 10 days 2-10 $ 2700 USD/ person

For centuries Gansu was a vital trade corridor between China and Central Asia.  From Lanzhou a 1200-kilometer section of the Silk Road stretches through barren desert in the shadow of the Qilian Mountains to modern day [...]

August 9-18 / September 13-20 / October 11-20 / November 1-10

The Headwaters of the Yellow River

9 nights / 10 days 6-15 $ Please Inquire USD/ person
Adventure awaits as we explore the glacier of one of Tibet’s holiest mountains, Amnye Machen, and the headwaters of the Yellow River, China’s second longest river.

Thangka Paintings and Yak Yoghurt

1 night / 2 days 2-25 $ 317 USD/ person
Come sample a staple of the Tibetan diet: a cup of creamy freshly made yak yoghurt. Then explore Qinghai’s largest monastery, Longwu Monastery, famous for it’s intricate Thangka paintings. With over 800 monks you’ll be sure to find something [...]

Kanbula and Labrang

2 nights / 3 days 2-25 $ 416 USD/ person
Kanbula National Park is one of Qinghai’s greatest natural treasures. Seated near the banks of the Yellow River, Kanbula offers incredible free standing finger-like sandstone formations. Then travel to Labrang town to wander through Labrang monastery and be amazed [...]

Amdo Soul

11 nights / 12 days 2-10 $ 2207 USD/ person
Amdo is the traditional Tibetan region found on the northeast area of the Tibetan Plateau located in modern day Qinghai, southwest Gansu and northern Sichuan provinces. Amdo is home to over 25% of the total Tibetan population of China [...]

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Red Rocks and Monasteries

4 nights / 5 days 2-20 $ Please Inquire USD/ person
This trip has it all. We pack in a huge amount of diversity in just 5 days. Hiking on top of a 3,500 meter sandstone cliff.  Driving through the Grand Canyon of Kanbula National Park with an incredible view on [...]

Wild Golok: The tribe of the Yellow River

13 nights /14 days 2-15 $ 2207 USD/ person
The Golok Tibetan people live in some of the wildest and most magnificent lands in all the Tibetan Plateau. Is this in depth overland tour we start in Chengdu and finish in Xining and see the mighty Nyenbo Yurtse [...]

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