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Mount Kailash
Updated on 2023 September 16th. Every year thousands of Travelers travel to Mount Kailash. Some for blessing and some Travelers are for Adventure. Mount Kailash is the most desired travel destination in Tibet. Location Tibetan: གངས་རིན་པོ་ཆེ་། Chinese: 冈仁波齐 Gāngrénbōqí! Sanskrit: Kailash; is a h
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Manasarovar Lake
མ་ཕམ་གཡུ་མཚོ་། 玛旁雍错湖 Lake Manasarovar is one of the holiest lakes in our world, known as Mapham Yutso in the Tibetan language, meaning invincible turquoise lake. Location Situated at Ngari (30km from Mount Kailash) with an average altitude of 4,590m (15,060 ft). Religion Manasarovar Lake is
Read MoreNamtso Lake
གནམ་མཚོ་ 纳木错湖 Namtso Lake is located at an altitude of 4, 718 meters (15, 479 ft) at the Northern Nakchu grassland in Tibet. 240 Km towards the north of Lhasa, with a driving duration of around 4-5 hours. Namtso Lake is surrounded by white snow mountains and grassland where Nomads will camp in the summer with Yaks.
Read MoreYamdrok Lake
ཡར་འབྲོག་གཡུ་མཚོ་ 羊卓雍错湖 Yamdrok Lake is known as Yamdrok Yutso Lake in the local language. The word Yamdrok has a connection with Nomads and Yutso means Turquoise which has a connection with its color. Located around 90 km from Lhasa, 180 km from Gyantse town at an elevation of 4, 440 meters (
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Mount Everest
This Article's latest update is on 2023 July 19th. Mount Everest is the highest mountain in the world, situated in Tingri County, Xigaze, Tibet Autonomous Region, China at an altitude of 8848.86 meters. The Tibetan name for Everest is Qomolangma (ཇོ་མོ་གླང་མ, "Holy Mother"). The name was first recorded with a Chinese tra
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Gawula Pass is situated in Tingri County, between the Che village and Tashizom village. Gawula Pass is one of the most spectacular mountain passes in Tibet. The view of five snow mountains from Gawula Pass Mount Everest (8844 meters, 29002ft) Mount Makalu (8463 meters, 27825ft) Mount Lhotse (8516meters, 27940ft) Mount Cho Oyu (8188 mete
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My Mount Kailash Trip
Before sharing the story, I would like to share some updates about Gang Rinpoche also known as Gangtise Mount Kailash. Updates on Mount Kailash Travel to Mount Kailash is open from 2023 May. Many new hotels including the 3-star Himalaya Hotel are available in Darchen town. Vehicle road from Darchen to Dirapuk Monastery and Darchen t
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