Asiatic Travels

Tibet » Trekking in Tibet.

Tibet is the land which is famous for trekking. Tibet has main three areas for trekking. Everest trek tour option from Tibet is from Kathmandu drive across beautiful Nepalese countryside to the Chinese boarder town of Zangmu before negotiating the road up through the deep gorges of Sunkoshi River to Tingri. Trek past the ancient village of Tingri to the base camp from where one can see the magnificent and huge dimensions of Mt. Everest.Mt. kailash is another destination where thousands of Hindu and Buddhist devoties are travelling throughout the year.This is the land lies in western Tibet. Another famous trek is called Namchag Barwa, is an excellent short trek for nature lovers and amateur botanists. It includes the delightful Nyima La and the lushly forested Rong Valley. The route begins in Pei, a small village that is also the staging post of treks to the great bend of the Tsangpo via Pelma Kochung and to Metog. Here a ferry crosses to Timpe on the north bank of the river, site of a revered Guru Rinpoche cave and monastery. There are other short treking in Tibet such as Nam-tso Lake and Ganden Samye.