Naimona’nyi or Gurla Mandhata

Naimona’nyi is the highest peak of the Nalakankar Himal, a small subrange of the Himalaya range. It lies in Burang Country of Ngari Prefecture in Tibet Autonomous Region of China and near the northwest corner of Nepal. Naimona’nyi is called “the Mountain of Goddess” in Tibetan language. It faces the crystal-clear and snow-capped Mount Kailash in the north and across the pure Lake Manasarovar and demon Lake Rakshastal. The best time to visit there is from May to late June.

The ridge in the east has been corroded into a blade-shape ridge, forming nearly 2,000 meters elevation difference of cliffs. But the western slope is relatively gentle.

Naimona’nyi owns the largest glaciers group in the Himalayas. Five huge glaciers pour down in the canyon, among which are ice steeps full of cracks, looking like several fairy-tale palace. 

Recommended Itinerary: 15 Days Kailash Tour, Lhasa to Kailash and Manasarova Travel

Zhada Earth Forest National Geopark

Zhada Earth Forest, as a special combination of landscape, has rich and varied forms. At the macro, the earth forest group spreading along both sides of Sutlej is the unique “earth forest landscape” on the world, undulating, mountainous, steep and slow, and magnificent. 

Tour to Zhada Earth Forest. 

Lake Rakshastal or “Lake of the Demon”

Lake Rakshastal is a lake in Tibet, lying just west of Lake Manasarovar and south of Mount Kailash. The name of the lake literally means “lake of the demon”. But its reputation can not be compared with the holy lake - Lake Manasarovar (Tour to Mount Kailash).

In the demon lake stands a small island, it is said, on which there is a small temple. In every winter, when the water freezes, the Lamas in the temple can only have contact with the outside world. Demon Lake and Holy Lake both are the paradise of birds.