Tibet
Tibet
Tibet is a land that has always fascinated the West in a certain way, and this has since Marco Polo no doubt. A spiritual land with thousands of monks, today's Tibet is no longer that of Alexandra David-Neel or Father Huc, Tibet has disappeared but another is rising from its ashes. The energy of destitution, harshness to survive, and tenacious fervour are the true heritage of Tibet but from which no one returns unchanged... on the high plateau at more than 4000 m altitude, virgin land like the desert where the spirit seems closer to the sky...
Several itineraries are possible, such as the road from Kathmandu to Lhasa and central Tibet, Kailash or even Kham and Amdo.
Tailor-made discovery of Tibet
Travelling to Tibet has always fascinated the West since Marco Polo and Alexandra David-Neel: a land of adventure par excellence and despite the vicissitudes of history, a hike or a tailor-made French-speaking discovery trip to Tibet remains a unique experience thanks to the intact fervour of today's Tibetans. For those who prefer comfort, discovering the high places of central Tibet, the great monasteries of Samye or Drepung, and the small hermitages where pilgrims converge, are all spiritual enchantments from which no one returns unscathed.
Hiking on the Tibetan high plateau
But Tibet is also the immensity of the high plateaus, the universe of nomadic shepherds where you can hike for days, between heaven and earth. And it is of course towards the sacred mountain of Kailash that all pilgrims and all lovers of discovery and hiking converge for a unique journey to the Roof of the World.
Certainly, the Tibet announced by Father Huc in his books has probably disappeared, but another is reborn from its ashes. The energy of destitution, harshness to survive, and tenacious fervour are the true heritage of Tibet, but from which no one returns unchanged... on the high plateau at more than 4,000m altitude, virgin land like the desert where the spirit seems closer to the sky...
Several itineraries are possible, such as the road from Kathmandu to Lhasa and central Tibet, Kailash or even Kham and Amdo.
Tibet is a land that has always fascinated the West in a certain way, and this has since Marco Polo no doubt. A spiritual land with thousands of monks, today's Tibet is no longer that of Alexandra David-Neel or Father Huc, Tibet has disappeared but another is rising from its ashes. The energy of destitution, harshness to survive, and tenacious fervour are the true heritage of Tibet but from which no one returns unchanged... on the high plateau at more than 4000 m altitude, virgin land like the desert where the spirit seems closer to the sky...
Several itineraries are possible, such as the road from Kathmandu to Lhasa and central Tibet, Kailash or even Kham and Amdo.
Tailor-made discovery of Tibet
Travelling to Tibet has always fascinated the West since Marco Polo and Alexandra David-Neel: a land of adventure par excellence and despite the vicissitudes of history, a hike or a tailor-made French-speaking discovery trip to Tibet remains a unique experience thanks to the intact fervour of today's Tibetans. For those who prefer comfort, discovering the high places of central Tibet, the great monasteries of Samye or Drepung, and the small hermitages where pilgrims converge, are all spiritual enchantments from which no one returns unscathed.
Hiking on the Tibetan high plateau
But Tibet is also the immensity of the high plateaus, the universe of nomadic shepherds where you can hike for days, between heaven and earth. And it is of course towards the sacred mountain of Kailash that all pilgrims and all lovers of discovery and hiking converge for a unique journey to the Roof of the World.
Certainly, the Tibet announced by Father Huc in his books has probably disappeared, but another is reborn from its ashes. The energy of destitution, harshness to survive, and tenacious fervour are the true heritage of Tibet, but from which no one returns unchanged... on the high plateau at more than 4,000m altitude, virgin land like the desert where the spirit seems closer to the sky...
Several itineraries are possible, such as the road from Kathmandu to Lhasa and central Tibet, Kailash or even Kham and Amdo.
