Pack Trips: Lhagang Grasslands & High Wild Lakes

The Lhagang Grasslands are a group of high plateaus around the low Le River Valley.  Nomadic yak herders moved into this area about 500 years ago, coming from the Golok and Sertar grasslands to the north.  Their descendants still live in the area, working with yaks and living in clans on the high plateau as their ancestors did.

In the high grasslands west of Lhagang, the plateau reaches 4600 meters, and is dotted with marshland and deep sinkhole lakes, with sheer rock sides, connected to the ground water system.  Legend says that a wave sometimes will sweep all the yaks, tents, and saddles from one lake, into another 20 kms away.

These high plateaus are the arena of silence, wind, and the high wolf dens: green in summer, yellow in autumn and winter.  Open land.

Trips can be planned for single people or for groups.  They can be horse rides or hikes with pack horses.  

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2 days, ride or hike

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Day 1: Set out for Yibei Lake, a deep sinkhole lake in the highest part of the Lhagang grasslands. or a high hut

Day 2: Ride or hike back to the lodge, via a different route

Hiking

Trekkers per groupPrice per person nomad guidePrice per person with English translation
1Y 1240Y 2920
2Y 860Y 1700
3Y 730Y 1290

Riding

Trekkers per groupPrice per person nomad guidePrice per person with English translation
1Y 1770Y 3310
2Y 1340Y 2080

Larger groups can share costs according to actual group size. Ie. 3 people are 2 double and 1 single.

For availability, logistical details & reservation:

3 days, ride or hike, with car return (+ optional nomad tent stay before trek)

Day 1: Set out for Yibei Lake, a deep sinkhole lake in the highest part of the Lhagang Wide Grasslandgrasslands.

Day 2: Ride or hike across high wetland, filled with wild birds, to a overlook to the north and west, and get a sense of the scope of the land. Visit sacred Ragni Lake, another sinkhole, and camp nearby.

Day 3:  Ride or hike to Genup Gompa, an original small nomad temple on the edge of the high plateau.  Meet a car this evening to return to Tagong or the ecolodge. 

Optional nomad tent stay +100 Y

Hiking

Trekkers per groupPrice per person nomad guidePrice per person with English translation
1Y 3080Y 6330
2Y 2100Y 3730
3Y 1870Y 2860

Riding

Trekkers per groupPrice per person nomad guidePrice per person with English translation
1Y 3460Y 6320
2Y 2300Y 3980
3Y1910Y2470

Larger groups can share costs according to actual group size. Ie. 3 people are 2 double and 1 single.

For availability, logistical details & reservation:

4 days, ride or hike (+optional nomad tent stay before trek)

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Day 1: Set out for Yibei Lake, a deep sinkhole lake in the highest part of the Lhagang grasslands.

Day 2: Ride or hike across high wetland, filled with wild birds, to a overlook to the north and west, and get a sense of the scope of the land. Visit sacred Ragni Lake, another sinkhole, and camp nearby.

Day 3: Ride or hike to Genup Gompa, an original small nomad temple on the edge of the high plateau.

Day 4: return to the Khampa Nomad Ecolodge on foot or by horse, crossing deep valleys and high hills. 

Add nomad tent stay before or after +100 Y

Hiking

Trekkers per groupPrice per person nomad guidePrice per person with English translation
1Y 2520Y 5770
2Y 1820Y 3450
3Y 1590Y 2670

riding

Trekkers per groupPrice per person nomad guidePrice per person with English translation
SingleY 3530Y 7480
DoubleY 2680Y 4650

Larger groups can share costs according to actual group size. Ie. 3 people are 2 double and 1 single.

For availability, logistical details & reservation: