ཀིརྟི་དགོན 格尔登寺Setenling GompaNangzhik GompaKaxi MonasteryHezhi MonasteryRigeza Monastery
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Aba

Aba is a town in Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture district, Sichuan, China. Within 50 km by road there are 31 places to visit: 26 buddhist sites, 4 hill stations & viewpoints and 1 lakes, dams & reservoirs. The must-see places are ཀིརྟི་དགོན 格尔登寺, Setenling Gompa and Nangzhik Gompa.

32.9059° N, 101.7062° E

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Within 30 km23 places
Within 50 km31
Must-see6
Notable32
Best timeOctober to March

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The 3 places worth the trip

ཀིརྟི་དགོན 格尔登寺, Buddhist site near Aba
Must-see

ཀིརྟི་དགོན 格尔登寺

Buddhist site · 2 km

Must-see

Setenling Gompa

Monastery · 2 km

Nangzhik Gompa, monastery near Aba
Must-see

Nangzhik Gompa

Monastery · 5 km

Places near Aba by type

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One day from Aba

5 stops, one loop, back by 2:00 pm

40 km on the road, in driving order so you don’t double back. Times assume an 8 am start and typical visit lengths.

  1. Leave Aba
  2. Rigeza Monasterymonastery · 1 hrs
  3. Langmujia Monasterymonastery · 1 hrs
  4. Nangzhik Gompamonastery · 1 hrs
  5. Kaxi Monasterymonastery · 1 hrs
  6. Hezhi Monasterymonastery · 1 hrs
  7. Back in Aba
Today’s loopAbaStopStraight lines between stops — distances are road estimates
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Questions people ask

What are the best places to visit near Aba?

ཀིརྟི་དགོན 格尔登寺 (Buddhist site, about 2 km), Setenling Gompa (monastery, about 2 km), Nangzhik Gompa (monastery, about 5 km), Kaxi Monastery (monastery, about 6 km), རྟོགས་ལྡན་དགོན། 卓登寺 (Buddhist site, about 7 km), Hezhi Monastery (monastery, about 7 km).

How many tourist places are there within 50 km of Aba?

31 places on Spotwander: 26 buddhist sites, 4 hill stations & viewpoints, 1 lake.

Which is the nearest Buddhist site to Aba?

ཀིརྟི་དགོན 格尔登寺, about 2 km by road; Setenling Gompa (2 km) is next.

Which is the nearest viewpoint to Aba?

Highland Farming, about 7 km by road; Nomad Taste (18 km) is next.

What is a good one-day trip from Aba?

Start in Aba, visit Rigeza Monastery, then Langmujia Monastery, then Nangzhik Gompa, then Kaxi Monastery, then Hezhi Monastery, and drive back — about 40 km by road in all.