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Gado Jowa: Tibet’s hidden holy mountain

Gado Jowa: Tibet’s hidden holy mountain

Gado Jowa: Tibet’s hidden holy mountain: A few years ago, I went on a journey searching for the holy mountain of Gado Jowa སྒ་སྟོད་ཇོ་བོ་. Most people are only familiar with one or two of Tibet’s many holy mountains. Mt. Kailash གངས་རིན་པོ་ཆེ་ in far...
Yading Nature Reserve

Yading Nature Reserve

The Yading Nature Reserve in the Kham region of Sichuan is one of the most beautiful places on the Tibetan Plateau. Read this post for information on how to visit, and trek, this region Yading Nature Reserve UPDATED April 2025 The Yading Nature Reserve is found in...
Update on Amnye Machen

Update on Amnye Machen

Update on Amnye Machen. Here are details on how to still trek around Mt. Amnye Machen while avoiding the current road construction project. Amnye Machen Trekking *The Information on Amnye Machen was current when I wrote it. However, conditions could change at any...
Gado Jowa: Tibet’s hidden holy mountain

Gado Jowa: Tibet’s hidden holy mountain

Gado Jowa: Tibet’s hidden holy mountain: A few years ago, I went on a journey searching for the holy mountain of Gado Jowa སྒ་སྟོད་ཇོ་བོ་. Most people are only familiar with one or two of Tibet’s many holy mountains. Mt. Kailash གངས་རིན་པོ་ཆེ་ in far...

Is Tibet too cold to visit?

Is Tibet too cold to visit? Tibet is probably not as cold as you think! With proper clothing, Tibet can be visited year round. Read this post for further information. info@thelandofsnows.com For a Recommended Packing List for Tibet along with weather information,...