Try traditional butter tea, also known as yak tea, a Tibetan beverage made with tea leaves, yak butter, and salt.
Explore the roof of the world and Buddhist culture
Explore Tibet's former home of the Dalai Lama
Visit Tibet's most sacred Buddhist temple
Undertake a spiritual pilgrimage to Mount Kailash (6,638m) and Lake Manasarovar in Tibet. Circumambulate the sacred mountain (52km kora) revered in Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, and Bon, and take a ritual bath in the pristine lake (4,590m altitude) believed to cleanse sins. Visit nearby sites like Tarboche (flagpole for annual Saga Dawa festival) and Chiu Monastery (offering panoramic views of the region).
Tintin searches the Himalayas for Chang after a plane crash; Herge's own favourite, without a villain.
Sogyal Rinpoche's Buddhist guide to death for Western readers.
The lowest of the fourteen at 8,027 m, and the only one entirely inside Tibet.
The friendliest eight-thousander at 8,188 m, and most climbers’ first.
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