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Home » Kham Destinations Guide

Kham Destinations Guide

Kham

A good steed is like a swift bird,
A golden saddle is like its feathers,
When the bird and its feathers are together
Then the highlands are easily crossed.

Kham was one of three “provinces” of ancient Tibet which was designed to keep out eastern intruders approximately 1,500-1,200 years ago, the other two “provinces” were Amdo (currently Qinghai province), U-tsang (currently Tibet Autonomous Region)

More than 850,000 local Tibetans lived in this enormous land, called Khampas. “Khampa” without “s” also means the region in between Kangding and Batang in southwestern Kham, the male of Khampa is often referred to as “Khampas.” This name is regarded as to be “Warrior”, and has made a fearful impression to outsiders.

In China, most of rivers flowing from west to East. However, in Kham, the powerful rivers of Yarlung, Mekong, and Salween, flow from North to South, cutting through mountains and forming deep valleys, in addition, all rivers parallel to one another.

Kham is also the only area of China that mountain ranges travels North to South, which is called “Heng-Duan Mountain Range.” It is called in that way, because it cuts off “connection” between eastern and western parts of China.

In those deep valleys in Kham, there are many fertile lands at bottom of gigantic cracks of earth that grow barley as well as other farm products, which produce a massive harvest annually that makes “Kham” the Granary of Tibet

For more information about travel in Kham — please visit page at Kham Tours; or just simply email us with your travel plan, a customized tour shall be built accordingly;

Western Sichuan


Garze Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture

Aba Tibetan & Qiang Autonomous Prefecture

Muli Tibetan County of Liangshan Prefecture

Diqing Tibetan Prefecture of Yunnan Province

Cities, counties, towns, villages in Kham

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Aba County

Baiyu County
Bamei Town
Barkham City
Batang County
Benzilan Town

Danba County
Daocheng County
Dawu County
Deqen County
Dege County
Derong County

Garze County

Heishui County
Hongyuan County

Jiulong County
Jiuzhaigou County
Jinchuan County

Kangding City

Langmusi Town
Li County
Litang County
Luding County
Luhuo County

Manigango Town
Mao County
Muli County

Sertar County
Sershul County
Shangri La City
Songpan County

Tagong Town

Wenchuan County
Weixi County

Xiangcheng County
Xiaojin County
Xinduqiao Town
Xinlong County

Yajiang County

Zamthang County
Zoige County

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