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The Monlam Festival (Tibetan: སྨོན་ལམ།, meaning “Prayer Festival”), also known as the Great Prayer Festival, is one of the most important religious festivals in Tibetan Buddhism, particularly in the Amdo region of Tibet (present-day Qinghai Province). It is celebrated by the Tibetan people across the Tibetan Plateau, including Amdo, Ü-Tsang, and Kham, but the version in Amdo has a unique regional flavor due to the area’s cultural and historical context.
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Authentic Kham Tour
Day 1: Arrival in Chengdu [500m]
Day 2: Chengdu [500m]
Day 3: Chengdu – Danba…
Day 4: Danba – Lhagong [3730m] 150km 2.5 hours
Day 5: Lhagong – Ganzi [3390m] 270km 4 hours
Day 6: Ganzi – Derge [3240m] 190km 4 hours
Day 7: Derge – Dzongsar [3600m] 120km 3 hours
Day 8: Dzongsar – Palyul [3050m] 150km 3 hours
Day 9: Palyul – Litang [4014m] 300km 5-6 hours
Day 10: Litang – Daocheng – Yading [3300m] 230km 4 hours
Day 11: Yading [3300m] (hiking)
Day 12: Yading – Dechen [3400m] 320km 6-7 hours
Day 13: Dechen – Shangri–la [3276m] 170km 3 hours
Day 14: Depart from Shangri–la [3276m]