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For international students living and studying in China and the Asia Pacific region, student trips to Tibet offer an other-worldly experience of a lifetime that is within easy reach. Whether the purpose of the trip is wilderness adventure, cultural studies, or service oriented, we specialize in catering our trips to meet diverse educational outcomes.
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Regardless of the trip type, each student trip offers an introduction to Tibetan culture, history, and lifestyle. In addition to this, here are some further experiences that are offered as part of student trips to Tibet:
Help local farmers pick vegetables and forage for mushrooms
Stay in a homestay with a local Tibetan family and learn about their customs and lifestyle
Adapt to a basic lifestyle that is more common than many students realize
Harvesting potatoes with a local Tibetan family
Learn to prepare Tibetan ethnic food and eat with your hosts
Try a traditional Tibetan art form by visiting a Thangka painting center
Learning about the traditional Tibetan art form of Thangka painting.
Complete a 3 to 6 day trek in the backcountry; set up camp and cook over a fire
Camp with Tibetan nomads to experience a lifestyle that pre-dates modernity by thousands of years on a 2-6 day horse trek
Backcountry trekking in Eastern Tibet
Try basic rock climbing and rappelling, and learn about basic rock and rope safety
Combine a cross cultural Tibetan home stay experience with cycling. Ride bamboo bikes to nearby scenic spots
Students cycle in a Tibetan valley while staying at a Tibetan home stay
Capture incredible images on a photography trip to authentic Tibetan villages
Visit a glacier park and experience the physiological effects of high elevation
Students experience high elevation on visits to Himalayan mountains and glacier parks (up to 4860m)
Fundraise for an orphanage visit; deliver a gift of food; interact with the orphanage kids
Visit UNESCO World Heritage Sites and iconic historical sites like the Potala Palace and Jokhang Temple in Lhasa
Take a trip to the world’s highest peak: Everest Base Camp
Visit iconic sites like Everest Base Camp (5200m)
Visit Tibet history and culture museums
Gain an awareness of the diversity of China’s ethnic minority cultures
Student trips to Tibet offer a diverse range of experiential education
Tibetan Home Stays
Tibetan Art Classes
Making Ethnic Foods
Monastery Visits
Trekking and Cycling
Wilderness Camping
Community Service
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** All depending on group size, trip length, and destination
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