Tibetan Expeditions would like to offer you the journey of a lifetime; the opportunity to experience some of the most incredible cultures and landscapes that this planet has to offer. Based in Lhasa, we know the region better than anyone and, employing a mix of Tibetan and western staff, are able to provide the best on-the-ground organisation and support possible.

Listed here are our most popular and recommended tours through Tibet, Bhutan, China and Mongolia - more detailed trip dossiers are available on request. As well as a number of group departures of our most popular Tibet tours, all our itineraries can be privately booked for the dates that suit you - please ask for the cost for the number in your group. Or we can tailor-make an itinerary to suit your particular interests and time constraints.

Tibet has one of the world's richest cultural and spiritual traditions; here men and gods inhabit the same landscape, both physical and mental.

To travel across the incredible Tibetan Plateau is to venture into the realm of the gods. A world where colors are enhanced; the atmosphere a constant reminder that you truely are on the "Roof of the world".

Amongst our most popular tours and expeditions are
Kailash and the Guge Kingdom with Everest Base Camp
China, Tibet and Nepal: Beijing to Kathmandu
Tibet Overland with Everest Base Camp

NEW - Group Departures Bike Tibet: Chengdu to Kathmandu by Bike

The most important festival in the Tibetan year marks the anniversary of both the Buddha's Enlightenment and Parinirvana (earthly death). Mount Kailash is the most sacred place to celebrate and we have a special departure timed to join the pilgrims on the Kailash kora and at the raising of the new flag pole at Tarboche.

June 01-27 , 2008
May 21-June 16, 2009
€2050p/p

Qinghai-Tibet Railway

The first train on the newly completed 1100km high altitude line arrived in Lhasa on Monday, July 2nd, 2006.
Daily trains now operate from Beijing and Chengdu (47 hours). You can also board in Shanghai or Xining.

Tibet by Train

China is a vast diverse, ancient and complex land.

With its incredible history and vibrant modern development China is ever-changing.
Its monuments span centuries, its natural landscape encompasses everything from tropical beaches to alpine forests, snow-capped mountains, endless glasslands and vast deserts.
Minority peoples, exquisite handcraft traditions, culinary delights... the possibilities for exploration are virtually limitless.

Bhutan, the “Land of the Thunder Dragon”, jealously guards its lifestyles and traditions.

Nestled deep in the eastern Himalaya, unknown to much of the world, it is a land of magnificent mountains, lush valleys, thick forests, a serene lifestyle and traditions unchanged for centuries. Towns are tiny, little more than villages, with quiet streets lined by decorative shops and houses. Colorful prayer flags highlight natural and man-made features of the landscape, adorning houses and bridges; standing atop ridges and mountain passes and in forest clearings.

NEW - Group Departures
Magical Bhutan
Land of the Thunder Dragon

The tsechu is a festival in honour of Guru Rinpoche. Each dance commemorates an episode in his life. Dancers wear spectacular costumes, often decorated with carved bone. For certain dances, they wear masks representing animals, fear-some deities, skulls and manifestations of Guru Rimpoche.
The dates & the duration of tsechus vary from one district to another.

Mongolia is a word evocative of vast open spaces, of nomadic herders and the thundering “devil's horsemen” of Genghis Khan.

One of Earth's last remaining wilderness frontiers, largely inaccessible to western travelers until recently, Mongolia offers a rare glimpse of an ancient nomadic culture that has changed little over the centuries.
Discover in this untouched land the rare combination of ancient Buddhist traditions, a nomadic horse-based culture and an incredible natural beauty - high mountains, vast grasslands, volcanic lakes and the expanses of the harsh Gobi Desert.

The main event of the year in Ulaanbataar is the Naadam Festival - although primarily a sports event, the atmosphere and mass-gathering of people make this a great time to be here.