Yangbajing Hot Spring in Tibet

Yangbajing, the highest-altitude hot springs in the world, is 87 kilometers north of Lhasa in Southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region. It is famous for its richness in terrestrial heat. Yangbajing owns not only common hot springs and fountains, but also various geysers, boiling springs, and hot-water lakes, which is rare in the world.
Since the smooth and resilient bathing water makes it the ideal place to refresh travelers and to cure diseases, many tourists' conservatories and bathing spas have sprouted up. The power plant, which supplies a large part of Lhasa's electricity, is the first and biggest thermal development in China, established in 1977. Now it has a thermoelectricity plant, green houses, and hot spring baths, attracting more and more tourists.
It is a wonderful enjoyment to take a bath in the high-quality hot springs; but it is an even greater experience to relax oneself while viewing the far-off snow-covered Nyainqen-tanggula Mountains in its majesty or while strolling in this vast Northern Tibetan Grassland on horseback..