Arts, Culture, and Nature Workshops and Tours

艺术,文化,自然慢学坊和短徒游-包含在房费中

*Guests staying 2 nights or more are able to purchase our activity package. “Short” or “Evening” activities can be arranged freely and are available to all guests. Please discuss with us for scheduling during your visit. *客人住至少两晚的话可以买活动套餐,500元,可以免费安排两整天或四半天的活动。“短”或“晚上”活动只要是住客可以随便安排,不算到这个限制里。请跟我们说你喜欢哪一些,我们一起安排时间。

*Most activities are led in either Tibetan by local nomad partners or in English by our staff. Chinese is also available in most cases. When English is necessary or very helpful, it is included at no extra cost.

Ala carte pricing available for additional activities or translation, and for outside guests. 也可以另外定套餐外活动,不住民宿也可以。价格表

COOKING and FOOD/烹饪和事物

  • Cheese-making: Mozzarella, Brie, or Cheddar DIY奶酪 可选新鲜的或陈年奶酪 (Half-day to 2 days, 半天到两天)
  • Tibetan Cooking of Kham: Momos or Thukpa, with great hot pepper sauce 做康巴藏餐:大饺子或藏饰手工面, 加上辣椒酱(Half-day/半天)
  • Easy and Wonderful Indian Curry 做特好吃的,简单的印度咖喱 (Half-day/半天)

NOMAD SKILLS/牧民技能

  • Yak Packing: Learn the basics of loading up yaks to carry loads. A chance to work closely with big animals. (This activity counts as full-day, because the yaks will be busy all day, but guests can actually plan about 3 hours.) 准备牦牛驮东西 (Full-day/整天)
  • Horse Riding: Ride into the high grasslands with nomad guide.. 骑马(Half or full day/半或整天)
  • Nomad Life Workshop: A morning or evening workshop. Morning includes milking, dung collection, spinning, rope-making, complex braiding, and lunch. Evening workshops include tea, spinning, rope-making, complex braiding, and yak herding. 4 hours. 2-6 people. 分早上或着晚间工作坊。早上工作活动有帮着挤奶,收集牦牛粪,学习如何用牦牛毛编织和纺织牦牛毛线和其它的牛毛物品,包含中午饭。晚间工作活动有纺线,编织,和放牛,包含喝茶。4个小时, 2-6人 (Half-day/半天)
  • Picking and Collecting In-Season Wild Fruits. We drive into the mountains to pick sea buckthorn berries, raspberries, currants, gooseberries,or rhubarb. August-October /采摘和收集当季野水果,8-10月份(Full-day/整天)
  • DIY Solar Installation to make your own electricity anywhere. 太阳能装置 , 自己发电!(Half-day/半天)

ARTS/艺术

*All half day activities/半天活动

  • Tibetan Style Painting 藏族风格绘画
  • Cyanograph  光影摄影 — An old-school photography technique that uses sunlight directly on paper. This workshop encourages nature observation, and simple playful creativity. Great for people who think they “aren’t creative” to realize everyone is creative if they can just relax and enjoy. 最原始照应,直接用太阳应到纸上面。也让人把自己的自然纯在的创造力找出来。只是放松好玩。
  • Tibetan Beading and Bracelet Making. Design and create beautiful knotted and beaded bracelets with nomad instruction. 藏式编珠.
  • Complex Nomad-Style Braiding 牧民专业编织
  • Clay-working — Make symbolic or non-symbolic animal figures from local hillside clay. 粘土手工
  • Tibetan Calligraphy 藏书法

SPORTS and the BODY/运动与身体

  • Full-day Hiking (Full-day/整天)
  • Full-day Wild Mountain Biking 山地自行车 (Full-day/整天)
  • Parkour Downhill Running: Run down through the bushes, using a pole to vault off of. 下坡跑酷跑步(Half-day/半天)
  • Road Biking 公路自行车 (Half-day/半天)
  • Sauna  桑拿 (Evening/晚上)
  • Ice-sliding: Ice siding with nomad kids, high in the hills. Jan-Feb only. . 山上有滑雪板。牧民孩子们带你到各个山丘上滑冰。只有1月和2月可以。(Half-day/半天)
  • Hike to the Pass: Drive to the base and hike to a view of Mt. Zhakra at 4700 meters (All-day/全天) (English speaking guide) +300 car fee

NATURE and ECOLOGY/自然和神态

  • Meditation and Nature Observation 冥想和自然观察 (Short/短)
  • Animal watching and sign search 动物观察和痕迹搜索 (Half-day/半天)
  • Nomad Grandma Walk — mushrooms, useable plants, medicinal plants牧民奶奶散步鉴赏 – 蘑菇,可用植物,药 (Half-day/半天)
  • Treehouse visit, fix, and sit 树屋参观,修理和休息 (Half-day/半天)
  • Macro Photography and Identification of Flower and Insects 花卉和昆虫的微距摄影和识别 (Half-day/半天)(English language instructor)
  • Searching for crystals 水晶搜索 (Half-day/半天)Requires driving, our car +Y400/ 需要开车,我们车走 +Y400
  • 4WD to natural areas, and hike 四驱车到自然区域,并徒步旅行 (Full-day/整天). Requires driving, our car +Y700/需要开车,我们车走 +Y700
  • Beer Party at the Swimming Hole with tubes for floating (Half-day, 半天)
  • Stargazing 观星 (Evening/晚上) English speaking guide
  • Introduction to Green Building Design. This is a tour of our green building. 绿色建筑设计介绍 (Half-day/半天)

CULTURAL TOURS/文化之旅

  • Temple Tour — Visit 3 rural temples with an experienced Tibetan guide. 寺庙之旅 — 来了解藏传佛教!参观3个农村寺庙。 (Full-day/整天). Requires driving, our car +Y900/需要开车,我们车走 +Y900 (English-speaking guide included)
  • Gyergo Nunnery Tour 杰戈尼姑庵之旅 (Full-day/整天). Requires driving, our car +Y300/需要开车,我们车走 +Y300 (English speaking guide included)
  • Horse-riding Tour to Nyelum Temple and Meditation Cave. See old thankga paintings and learn about Buddhism with an experinced guide. 骑马观年轮寺,老唐卡,和老冥想洞穴。(Full-day, 整天)+900 per group (English speaking guide included)