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Check out the following links for more information on Tibet!
Facebook: The Land of Snows join my page on Facebook as I regularly post new photos, updated travel regulations and travel advice for Tibet.
Plateau Photo Tours arranges professional, high quality photography workshops and tours across the Tibetan Plateau. I co-own this company and serve as the lead guide on all the workshops and tours that Plateau Photo Tours arranged. Come join me for an adventure across Tibet!
Extravagant Yak are based in Chengdu and arrange excellent high-end cycling, trekking and overland journeys across the traditional Tibetan region of Kham as well as to Lhasa and the Mt. Everest Region. I highly recommend them! When you contact them tell them that Losang from the Land of Snows recommended you to them.
YoWangdu is a great site about Tibetan culture, especially Tibetan cuisine! Be sure to check out their amazing Tibetan Home Cooking book! I have a copy and I love it!
Zhilam Hostel is by far the best guesthouse in the Kham region of Tibet. It is located in Kangding, the gateway to Kham! I worked here from 2010 to 2011 and guarantee that you will have an amazing stay!
Lete Youth Hostel is a fun, modern hostel located in downtown Xining. Xining is the gateway to the Amdo region of the Tibetan Plateau.
Lhasa Kyichu Hotel is one of my favorite hotels in Lhasa. Tibetan owned and staffed, it is located a short distance from the Barkhor in the Tibetan District.
Excursion to Himalaya’s is based in Thimphu and arranges tours all over the Kingdom of Bhutan. When you contact them, tell them that I recommended you to them.
Footprint Tibet Handbook is my favorite guidebook on Tibet. It covers all areas of Tibet including Amdo and Kham.
Gary McCue’s Trekking Tibet is the most comprehensive guidebook for trekking in Tibet.
Brian Hirschy Photography has some amazing images from Tibet and other parts of Asia.
If you have any questions about traveling in Tibet or any other Tibet related issue, send me an email at thelandofsnows@gmail.com
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- Amdo grasslands
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- Kham Tibetan woman
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- Nangchen county
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- Herder in the Himalaya’s
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- Potala Palace
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- Amdo nomad in the snow
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- Remote Kham village in Yushu
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- Golok girl singing
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- Nomads near Amnye Machen
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- Potala Palace
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- Himalayan Glacier
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- Mt. Everest viewed from Rongphu
Hi there
is it possible for westerners to do 6 months volunteer work in Tibet?, my area of interest is Lhasa ideally I am happy to go any where in Tibet with focus on the Tibetan People. I have just come back from Chengdu, Xining, Lhasa, Everest, Nepal.
Regards
Ngaire
Generally, it is extremely difficult to do volunteer work in Tibet as there are VERY few foreign NGO our aid agencies permitted to do work in Tibet.
Hi Losang
It have goten news about next week June 18th open Tibet again.
But Kham TAR region is closed per long time. Do you think it will be close per years?. Is it possible to send groups to that are?. Years ago we have our groups travelling twice every year from Shangrila to Lhasa then Nepal.
Next July i have a 12 people group to travel from Chengdu-Danba-Garze-Derge-Yushu-Zado-Bachen-Namtso-Lhasa-Shigatse-Xegar-ERC-Zhangmu-Nepal … do yo think Zado road is fine for 4WD (4×4)?.
By the way just note you i live in China from 16 years ago … anything you need let me know.
Best regards.
Gerard
Gerard, the opening of Lhasa and the TAR is merely a rumor at this point, despite one or two travel agencies (out of more than 500) claiming things will reopen on June 18th. The Tibet Tourism Bureau has said absolutely nothing firm regarding this so called reopening.
The Kham region of the TAR has been closed for nearly 2 1/2 years to foreign travelers and I do not expect this region to open in 2012.
Please contact me, as we plan a journey to Tibet
your e-mail address does not work , mails come back as failure notice
greetings from Austria / Vienna
Eva, perhaps you have the wrong email address. I receive hundreds of emails each month without any problems. Try emailing me at thelandofsnows@gmail.com.
Hi,
I am very tentatively planning to make a trip to Tibet (Entry/Exit-Katmandu); I am currently located in Kolkata, India. My constraints are I want to cover Amdo, Kham including Lahasa and my finances are fairly tight. I am ready to go to Tibet in the lean season. The questions to which I want answeres are – What could be an optimum cost considering rather conservative standards of facilities (Air travel is not required)? What could be the time required- Is it possible to be back in Katmandu in 15 days’ time? Is there any help avaliable from any agency like the India based Central Tibetan Administration? I will ask you further later. These preliminary information will be helpful in making up my mind.
And, I have no words in praising you efforts in assisting people on Tibet travel matters.
Since all foreigners are required to have travel permits, a tour guide and a private vehicle with a driver within Lhasa and the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR), travel to this area is not to be considered cheap. Because of these travel requirements, travel to the TAR is one of the most expensive regions in Asia. If your budget is tight, I recommend focusing your time on the open areas of Amdo and Kham, which do not require a private vehicle, driver or tour guide.
If you are wanting to explore Amdo, Kham and Lhasa, you will need at least 21 to 28 days as your trip will most likely need to cover at least 2500 to 3500 kilometers. If your time frame is less, then I recommend focusing your time on just 1 traditional area of Tibet.
No, the Tibetan government in exile CANNOT assist you in arranging travel to Tibet. You will need to contact a Tibet based travel agency for assistance.
Losang
Dear Losang,
I would like to go to Xining, Repkong and Labrang for Monlam celebrations starting mid February. However I don’t know if the weather will be too cold to enjoy travelling at that time of the year. I’ve seen from your website that temperature can drop well below zero, does it also apply to those areas ? Also a post on Lonely Planet Thorn Tree forum states Labrang is closed to foreigners at present. Should I postpone travelling till May and forget about
Monlam ?
Thanks a lot, and congratulations on your great website !
Hi ,
Overland from Xining to Chengdu
I am trying my luck
I would love to do this trip, in reverse: Chengdu to X’ining.
Month of May 2013 .
Any body interested in sharing a car and driver??
I hope you have no objections Losang
It is a great route that is filled with traditional nomad culture!
Currently, Labrang is open to foreign travelers, though Repkong seems to be day-to-day. The weather will be cold in Labrang, but with proper clothes, you will be fine. Morning temps in Labrang will be between -17C and -22C ( -8F to 2F). Monlam is perhaps the best time of year to go to Labrang. I highly recommend going during that time.
Losang
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