Wonderful 4x4WD Trip to Kham
Living in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, the Tibetans boast of their long history and glorious culture. Due to their difference in natural environment and folklore, especially the difference in dialect and the labor way, the Tibetans can be divided into three main groups(areas): the Tibetans living in Lhasa, Shigatze and Shannan which are characterized of River and Valley plain around Yaluzhangbu River, make a living on farming and speak Wei-Tibet dialect, so we call them Wei-Tibet group; the Tibetans living in Qinghai-Tibet area which is comparatively flat, live on sheep herd and speak Anduo dialect, so they belong to Anduo group; But for Ganzi in Sichuan, Muli in Liangshan Prefecture, Changdu in Tibet, Yushu in Qinghai province, Diqing in Yunan province, located in the transfer place from Qinghai- Tibet plateau to basin, they have all the kinds of climate and various geography. Due to the special climate and location, there are many special scenes of hills, lakes, glaciers, vegetarians, and climate. In these places scattered the unique modern glaciers in low altitude and mysterious grand glacier waterfall; the grandure snow mountains, breathtaking highland lakes; All kinds of valleys and gullies, clean waterfall and springs. Due to the high mountains, valleys and forests, the climate in these places is wetter than that in Wei-Tibet area. The wonderful places have nursed a wonderful ethnic group, they speak the Kangba dialect and are called the Kandba Group historically. Living at the border between Tibetan and Han, the Kangba group has established a good relationship with other ethnic groups. Influenced by the Tibetan primary Benbo religion, they have formed a special Tibetan Buddhism with its own character.
Due to the historical reason, these Kangba places remain closed. If you want to take a journey there to enjoy the beautiful landscape and plain folklores there, the best way is to take land cruiser. The followings are the itineraries the club recommend for you to help you enter into this wonderful land--Kangba.