News & Notes
Including travel updates and news on Tibet and all other Tibetan region. Through our first-hand resources, we can and will provide most accurate Tibet travel news, Tibet Permits news and any other updates that relevant to travel across Tibetan Plateau.
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Tibet Travel Permits will be suspended from August 21st – August 28th
11/08/2017Dear travelers and business partners, According to announcement from Tibet Tourism Bureau today, Tibet Travel Permits will be suspended during Shoton Festival(Yogurt Festival) from August 21st – August 28th. Which means all the offices will be taken off and no Tibet permits will be proceeded during this festival. So if you are traveling to Tibet More »
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Kumbum Monastery Festival
04/06/2017Kumbum Jampaling or Kumbum Monastery (Ch: Ta’er si) lies 25km southwest of Xining, the capital city of Qinghai Province. Kumbum was founded in 1560 to commemorate the birthplace of Tsongkapa by Renchen Tsondru Gyaltsen. The Monastery is built around the sandal wood tree which marks the actual birthplace of Tsongkhapa, where Tsongkapa’s mother built a More »
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Tibet closes for foreign Tourist from June 18th, 2016
29/05/2016Dear Travelers, Tibet will be closed for foreign tourist from June 18th til June 23rd. The process of Tibet permits will be stopped during this time and resumed on June 24th. So if you are planning to travel to Tibet during this time, you have to reschedule either before or after this ban. With said More »
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Yak Butter Sculpture in Tibet
23/02/2016Tibetan New Year is the biggest holiday in Tibet. This year 2016 in Western calendar is the year of Fire Monkey year 2143 in Tibetan Calendar. New Year holidays lasts 15 days from the first day to the 15th of the first month in the Tibetan Calendar. On the 15th, which is also a full More »
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Tibetan New Year 2016
08/02/2016Today, on February 9th is the Tibetan New Year. It also called Losar in Tibetan. This is the largest holiday in Tibet and it is celebrated in most of Tibetan regions including Amdo and kham. SnowLion Tours wishes you all the best in the coming year!
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magnitude of 6.4 hit nearby Xining, Qinghai Province
21/01/2016Last night at 01:15 am a strong earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.4 has struck between Dola (Qilian county) and Gyado (Men Yuan County) in Haibei Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in Amdo, Qinghai province. It’s about 120 km away from Xining. Our friends and families who live in Xining felt strong shaking, everyone ran out More »
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Ganden Ngacho Chenmo – Tsongkhapa’s Butter Lamp Festival
05/12/2015Today, 25th lunar day of 10th lunar month, is Ganden Ngacho Chenmo – Butter Lamp Festival.
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Saga Dawa Festival in Tibet
01/12/2015Saga is a Tibetan name of a star. On every 15th of 4th lunar month, this star known as Saga appears and shine. Therefore 4th lunar month is called as Saga Dawa ( Dawa means month ), the month of Saga Dawa is observed as a trisects of three important moments of Buddha’s life. On More »
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Lhaze – worship ground of Mountain God in Tibet
14/11/2015Lhaze is a place for worship and make offerings for mountain gods in Tibet. It can be seen at the mountain pass or on the top of a holy mountain. The Dzongkar Lhaze(on the picture)is the largest Lhaze in Tibet. It’s located on the mountain Dzongkar Kyiri about 60km to the west of Xining, Qinghai More »
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Lhasa city will be closed for foreign Tourists at the beginning of September 2015
21/08/2015Tibet Tourism Bureau officially stopped issue Tibet Travel Permits at the beginning of September after a meeting on Wednesday (Sept 19th). The exact dates are from September 1st til September 12th. Those groups which are registered at TTB before Shoton Festival still could go to Tibet. However, these groups CAN NOT stay inside Lhasa during More »
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