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.

Pangong Tso Lake

Surrounding Pangong Tso Lake, the scenery is very beautiful and gorgeous. It is on the tour from Lhasa to Kashgar. 

The lake is also surrounded by the snow-capped mountains in the distance. The water of the Lake is clear and its visibility is about 3 to 5 metres. Due to factors such as illumination, depth and brightness, the water presents different color, such as dark green, light green and dark blue, very beautiful. 

Guge Kingdom Historic Site

Guge Kingdom Historic Site, with housing construction, pagodas and caves on the whole mountain, is a huge ancient architectural complex in Ngari region. It shouldn't not be missed in your Ngari trip.   

Guge Kingdom was built on a small heaped-up mountain, outer with walls and corners with towers. Everywhere the color of buildings and caves is the same as that of earth. The entire site is large-scale, layout rigorous and magnificent. 

Lake Manasarovar (Mapam Yumco)

The legend tells that Lake Manasarovar is the wife of Mount Kailash, together known as “Holy Mountain & Sacred Lake”. Traditionally, the pilgrims saw pilgrimage around the Lake and bathing in the Lake as the biggest blessing of life.

The clear water and blue sky set each other off perfectly, broad and level. The lake and Naimona Nyi Snow Mountains surround each other, marvelous and sublime.

Mount Kailash (Gang Rinpoche)

When you want to learn Tibetan religion and its history, you will find a place that can not be bypassed. It is Gang Rinpoche, also well known as Mount Kailash.

The surroundings of holy peak gave birth to more than 250 glaciers and brought significant amounts of water. It is the birthplace of the Ganges River, the Indus River and the Yarlung Zangbo River, winning the religious believers’ adoring. 

You Should Have A Trip to Ngari after Viewing These Photos

If that Tibet is "the roof of the world", then Ngari is "the roof of the roof" and is also "the Tibet of Tibet".

Disappeared in the history, Guge Kingdom tells the vicissitudes of life to people in the past; magnificent Zhada Sand Forest describes the traces of the history of soil changes.

In Ngari, there are so-called holy Mount Kailash, the “center of the world”, and Lake Manasarovar, one of the “three sacred lakes in Tibet”. The holy mountains and scared lakes make Ngari become the most holy land in the hearts of pilgrims. In addition, four rivers originating from Mount Kailash and flowing quartet are Shiquan River Sutlej, Maquanhe, Peacock River separately.

Here, it is close to the sky, and the clouds are low. Here, there are the vast land, stretches of snow-capped mountains, sacred lakes. Entering into Ngari area, as if the clock back one million years and if entering into the chaos prehistoric world.

Faced with the vast miles of snow-capped mountains, people become more and more small, but the mind become increasingly broad. Walk all the way, feel the beauty of the wilderness, only the piety and awe in your heart.