Welcome to Nyingtri Prefecture

Nyingtri prefecture (ཉིང་ཁྲི་གྲོང་ཁྱེར།, 林芝, Línzhī) is not the Tibet you think you know – it's lush, green and at comparably lower elevations than most of Tibet. Once famous among other Tibetans for wily villagers who would poison guests and offer their souls as sacrifice to the gods, visitors now come for picturesque glaciers, scenic mountain lakes, and quiet sanctuaries of Bön and Tibetan Buddhism hidden up wooded mountain valleys.

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Covering much of the area historically known as Kongpo, the region is prime overlanding territory for Chinese road-trippers but only recently came back on the radar for international travellers.

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Nyingtri Prefecture in detail