Dharamsala Insight Tour

Each year ATC takes a small group of people to Dharamsala for an “insider’s” look behind the scenes of the Dalai Lama’s home in India. It’s an emotional and inspiring time.

The third Dharamsala Insight tour, led by ATC Board member Alison Ribush, arrived in Delhi on Sunday, 6 November, 2011. After a night’s rest, they drove by private cars, with an overnight stop in Chandigarh, to Dharamsala. They spent the next nine days immersing themselves in an unforgettable experience of the many aspects Tibetan life in exile.

Sylvia, one of our group, shares her experiences on the 2011 Insight tour here.

You can join ATC and World Expeditions for the experience of a lifetime on the Dharamsala Insight Tour in November 2012. Download detailed Trip Notes (PDF)

• visit His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s Namgyal Temple
• meet and hear the stories of ex-political prisoners at Gu Chu Sum;
• watch artisans at work at the Norbulingka Institute of Art and Culture;
• visit Gyuto Monastery, the home of the Karmapa;
  “I have been so changed by my experiences there. It gave me a much greater emotional awareness of the plight of the Tibetans - from meeting and talking with ex-political prisoners to the Tibetan Womens Association; from people who’ve made the perilous trek across the mountains leaving loved ones behind; from teaching English in conversation with newly arrived refugees to a Tibetan cooking class.
  
  Dharamsala…. how to explain it? Interesting, heart wrenching, beautiful, soul warming, a blessing, an honour to be among them.”
  

  - Ann joined 5 others on the
  2009 Insight Tour.

  Click to read the 2010 Dharamsala Insight Tour Diary
  

• visit the Tibetan Children’s Village and the Tibetan Women’s Association;
• tour the Library of Tibetan Works and Archives and participate in introductory meditation sessions;
• visit to the Tibetan Nuns Project;
• visit Men Tsee Khang Medical and Astrological Institute
• and much more.

Dharamsala Insight has been designed specifically for those who are looking to gain a deeper understanding of the situation in Tibet and an “insiders” view into the exile Tibetan community in Dharamsala.

Download detailed Trip Notes (PDF)

• Return international economy airfares ex-Perth, Sydney, Melbourne or Brisbane
• Group airport transfers
• Return air conditioned car travel from Delhi to Dharamsala via Chandigarh
• Quality accommodation in Delhi, Chandigarh and Dharamsala
• 13 breakfasts, 1 dinner

Download detailed Trip Notes (PDF)

Download the booking form and fax (02 8270 8401) or post it to World Expeditions, Level 5, 71 York St, Sydney, NSW 2000 with your $400 deposit.

For enquiries about the trip please call Gus at World Expeditions on 02 8270 8400 or email gus@worldexpeditions.com.au

Read Sylvia’s experiences on the November 2011 Dharamsala Insight tour.

Click to read the 2010 Dharamsala Insight Tour Diary