Tabo is a small town in the Lahaul and Spiti district on the banks of the Spiti River in Himachal Pradesh, India. The town lies on the road between Rekong Peo and Kaza, the sub-divisional headquarters of Spiti. The town surrounds a Buddhist monastery which, according to legend, is said to be over a thousand years old. The Dalai Lama has expressed his desire to retire to Tabo, since he maintains that the Tabo Monastery is one of the holiest. In 1996, HH the Dalai Lama conducted the Kalachakra initiation ceremony in Tabo, which coincided with the millennium anniversary celebrations of the Tabo monastery. The ceremony was attended by thousands of Buddhists from across the world. Tabo Monastery's spiritual head is Tsenshap Serkong Rinpoche. Places of interest: The temples within the monastery complex in Tabo have a plethora of wall paintings and mud statues. The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) attempted to restore some paintings that were ravaged by time, but were not very successful. Photography, however, is not permitted inside the monastery. Tourism: There are a few hotels in Tabo, of which the Banjara Camps retreat is the most luxurious. The temperatures here plummet at night. There are other hotels and hostels like Dekit Norphel Tiger Den Restaurant,Tashi Gangsar, Menthok Dumra at Tabo, including the monastery's own guest houses. Transport: Mobile phone networks work well till Tabo in Spiti Valley, though the data may not work all the time. Tabo is connected to other major towns like Kaza and Kalpa with Himachal Pradesh Road Transport Network. Climate in tabo is very unpredictable it changes from cloudy to sunny and from snow to heavy snowfall. Summers are shorter from may to august and winters are longers from mid september to april. In winters weather in tabo is very harsh ranging from -15° celsius in day time to -45° celsius in nightime. In summers tempreture ranges from -5° celsius in night time to 20° celsius in daytime. The small town of tabo is extremely beautiful but one has to be very careful while in this small town. The incident of october, 1985 scares the whole world when the sudden snowfall distrupts the tourist with mercury goes down even lows as -20° celsius.