ABOUT US:

Chyoger Treks and Khampa Nomad Arts Cooperative are both based in and run out of Lhagang in the Ganzi Tibetan Autonomous Region in Western China.  They are joint projects between Angela Lankford, an American, and Djaga Mira, a local Tibetan.

Chyogera Treks started running tours in January 2003.  We have run seven  official Tibet treks so far, and are leaders in the fledgling trekking industry in this region, which seems likely to be on the cusp of a major upswing.  We want to help others see and appreciate Tibetan life and land as it is now, and perhaps through this help to preserve and nurture it.  Our treks are not simply for tourists; they are conceptualized as serious educational and growth adventures. 

The China trek section of Chyoger Treks was originally conceived only as an add-on to the Tibet treks, but they have turned out to be quite successful in their own right.  Angela was a Peace Corps volunteer in Rongchang, and there is great opportunity there to see the old China, and to see the countryside.  We have had three official China treks so far.

Khampa Nomad Arts Cooperative is a new Tibetan nomadic arts and handicrafts business, funded partly by USAID through Winrock International.  The business is conceptualized as a cooperative which will help nomadic Tibetan artisans increase their incomes without requiring them to drastically change their lifestyles.  Nomadic Tibetan products, also, are traditionally very high quality and long lasting, as well as beautiful.  We work to bring the best arts, which nomads would normally make only for personal use, to the American market, as well as to encourage nomads to keep up their traditional skills.

For more details about Chyoger Treks, also see Who We Are and History under Treks.