The attractions of Guge Kingdom Trek/Tour
are the Hidden Guge Kingdom, Guge Valley,
Tsaparang Castle, Tholing Monastery,
Palaces and Monasteries under Guge Kingdom,
Zhada country, holy Mt. Kailash, Trekking
around Mt. Kailash, Manasarover, high
passes, Land and golden hills on the
way to Guge, walking and camping in Tibet
etc.
Guge Kingdom was founded on tenth century
by a descendant of King Lang Darma, who
fled from Lhasa after the collapse of
Tubo Kingdom . This Kingdom survived
about 700 years and disappeared mysteriously
in the 17 th century.
The Guge ruins lie at a hill top near
a river covering 180,000 square meters,
houses, coves dwelling, Monasteries and
stupas are distributed on the hill and
surrounding area. There are palaces set
on Sumit while monastries on mountain
side, the kingdom was enclosed in tunnels
and walls. Some of structures survive
at this time and remain in good conditions.
Guge Kingdom is famous for murals. Sculptures
and stone inscriptions which we can find
on the surviving structures, there are
still white palace, Red palace, Yamantaka
Chapel, Tara Chapel and Mandala Chapel
are in good condition. We can get many
inscriptions on there part, so it is
known as Hidden Kingdom .
Guge ruins, the good selection for strong
kingdom have many historic things which
will be totally mysterious for this modern
life.
Optional arrangements:
The program can be arranged according
to your interest as:
Entry
from Simikot/Exit from Lhasa .
Entry/Exit from Lhasa
.
Entry/Exit
from Nepal by driving.
Extension to other
trek and tour in Tibet including Everest
Base Camp
Extension
to Ali and others.
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