Hiking and Trekking in Tibet

Tibet is the most popular tourist destination in the china that a man must see at least once in his life. Trekking Tibet is not so simple. The altitude, weather and rocky topography create the snag. If you are ready to go, hiking past nomad tents to remote villages will leave you off of the China's hyper modernization and into an older Tibet. This article will explain about the two classic paths for trekking in your Tibet tour. 

Ganden to Samye Monastery 

It is a very typical path between the two of Tibet's most chief monasteries. The trekking route offers many things: the lake, stunning alpine countryside, the herders' camps, the sight of lamas and pilgrims, sacred sites over and above two of Tibet's largest center of religious culture. After about 1 hour from Lhasa by bus, Ganden will come. Your trip will begin from the car park at the Base of Ganden Monastery. Depart the car park and seek the trodden trail directing south by the side of Angkor Ri, the uppermost point on the Ganden kora. Once this route was trodden by the pilgrims to go Samye Monastery. It takes about 4 to 5 days to get to Samye Monastery by horses or yaks. 

You will pursue the path: Ganden Monastery, Yama Do, Tsopup-Chu valley, Herders' Camps and Samye. In the first three days, many herders' camps in Dazi region can be found to see. On your way from Tsopup-Chu valley to Herders' Camps, you will see herders' tents camped close to the spot where the side valley coming from the Gampa-la unites the main valley. The track from Herders' Camps to Samye is broad and simple to follow as it traces a route down the east side of the valley. The sight here is very striking and the weather is fine. 

The finest time to hike this route is from mid-May to mid-October and the whole distance is 80 kms. 

Dode Valley, Lhasa 

You can’t enjoy the best view in the city spending just half a day in Lhasa. From the Sera Monastery, you can hike up to the Sera Utse retreat over the monastery and then just about the bridge to the little-visited retreats of Dode Valley. From Sera the steep persistent mount up to the yellow-walled Sera Utse takes you about one hour and then take the trail towards the Choding hermitage and diverge to the left before you get there. 

Dode Valley will present you the intact natural view.  

The above two trekking path is very preferred by adventure lovers. Prior to your trekking expedition for Tibet travel, you should organize some important belongings such as high-calorie chocolates, drugs to evade the altitude sickness, sunblock, and sleeping bags if the trekking trip takes more than two days.