Mt.Noijin Kangsang (7,206m / 23,641ft) is the closest major Himalayan peak to Lhasa, the capital of Tibet. The name of...

Yamdrok Lake Yamdrok Lake (Yamdrok Yutso in Tibetan dialect) is situated near central city of Tibet called Lhasa which covers 363...

Tashi Lhunpo Monastery in Shigatse         Tashi Lhunpo monastery is located in Shigatse town which is the second largest city...

Chinese Name: 江孜宗  English Name: Gyantse Dzong Tibetan Name: རྒྱལ་རྩེ་རྫོང། Location: perched high above the town of Gyantse on a...

Dratang Monastery Chinese Name: 扎塘寺  English Name: Dratang Monastery Tibetan Name: གྲྲ་ཐང་དགོན་པ།  Location: Located 2 km off the main road in the Dranang...

  Traduk temple or monastery was initially established in 641 A.D by the greatest 33rdking Songtsen Gampo in the seventh...

Lhamo La-Tso Chinese name: 拉姆拉错， English name: Lhamo La-Tso Tibetan Name : ལྷ་མོའི་བླ་མཚོ། Location: located 65km northeast from Gyaca County in Shannan Prefecture...

The establishment of the holy Yumbu Lhakhang was initiated in the 2nd century at the time of the first Tibetan King...

Chinese Name: 托林寺 English Name: Tholing Monastery Tibetan Name:མཐོ་ལྡིང་དགོན་པ།། Location: Few minutes walk from Zhada town, Ngari Region of Western Tibet Opening hours: All-day...

Chinese Name: 札达地质森林  English Name: Zanda Earth Forest  Location:  Zanda County, Ali Prefecture  Opening hours: All-day  National Geological Park Zanda Earth Forest is located...

The name for Mount Kailash (Sanskrit name) in Tibetan is Khangrinpoche or Khangkartisi that literally means Precious Jewel of Snow,...

The Manasarovar Lake locates in western part of Tibet around 1000 kilometers away from Lhasa, the holy lake lies above 4500 meters...

Lamaling monastery initially located on the ridge of a low-lying hill (called Norbu Ri) once destroyed in a natural disaster...

            Namcha Bawa is the one of most attractions of the Nyingtri prefecture that stands...

The stunning alpine lake called Draksum Tso (Tibetan name for the lake) locates on an altitude of 3,700meters above sea...

Chinese Name： 鲁朗林海  English Name: Lulang Forest  Location:  80 km from Bayi Town to the east, Nyingchi County Opening Hours: All-day  Lulang Forest-...

Namtso lake is known as one of the holiest lake called Heavenly Lake in Tibetan along with Manasarovar, Yamdrok and...

Sok Tsanden Monastery is located on top of the Yaladuo Hill at Sok Yaklha Town, in the Nagqu area of north...

Chinese Name: 色林错湖  English Name: Siling Tso Lake  Location: Located in Xainza County, Nagqu Prefecture, Tibet Autonomous Region   Opening Hours: All-day  Siling Tso- The...

The Tagong monastery is located in Tagong town of Kangding County, Garze Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture of Sichuan Province. It is also called...

Langmu Monastery is located between Gansu Province and Sichuan Province in Southern Ruoer Gai County. It is not only a...

Drakza Monastery is in Chiknyisep Township of Nangchen County. The monastery is situated on a rocky cliff surrounded by mountains. The...

Garze monastery is located in Garze County, Garze Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture of Sichuan Province, China. It was built in 1662 by...

Labrang monastery is located in Xiahe County in Gansu province, in the traditional Tibetan area of Amdo. It is currently the largest monastery on the...

Tibet has a large number of monasteries of different size and sect due to the huge follower of the Buddhism....

Kokonor Lake is Mongolian name and Tso Ngon Po in Tibetan literally means Blue lake, and it gives Tso Ngon(Qinghai) as...

The Kumbum monastery is located in Qinghai Province which is 25km away from the Xining, the capital of Qinghai Province. It is...