Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Eastern Tibet (Kham) Highlights
1
Staying with a Tibetan family in the charming village of
Tashigang.
2
Admiring the devotional spirit of pilgrims on the
Bönri kora.
3
Visiting the pilgrim power centre of
Draksum-tso
and its island monastery.
4
Learning why a monastery was built on the grave of Princess Wencheng's
child at
Bakha Gompa.
5
Enjoying endless views of forested mountains, such as at
Cypress Park
,
and fast-flowing rivers.
History
The area around Chamdo was one of the first settled in Tibet, as indicated by the
5000-year-old neolithic remains at nearby Karo. Fossilised millet hints at a five-millennia-
old tradition of agriculture in the region.
