Lhasa Arrival
Lhasa Train station/airport picking up, You are warmly welcome to Tibet by saying Tashi Delek at the Train station/airport by our professional employee and send you to reserved hotel in Lhasa. Then have a good rest to acclimatize the high altitude in the afternoon.
Meals: Breakfast: Not Included Lunch: Not included Dinner: Not included
Accommodation: The Tibet Gang-gyan Lhasa Hotel (standard twin room, with ensuite bathroom)
Potala Palace—Jokhang Temple—Bharkor Street
Morning section to visit the famous Potala palace and explore the grandest of this myriad chapels, you will experience its audience halls, the jeweled and Golden burial chortens(stupa Tombs) of past Dalai Lamas, and tremendous number of Buddhist frescoes, thangkas, combinations of mandala etc. Afternoon section visiting to the holist temple in Tibet, the Johkang Temple, built during songtsen gonpo’s reign by princess wencheng of tang dynasty, 647 A.D, and its famous Barkor Kora, where you can buy or appreciate traditional Tibetan artifacts, religious implements, antiques, books, Tibetan music instrument, Thangkas, and tradition tibetan clothes etc.
Meals: Breakfast: Included Lunch: Not included Dinner: Not included
Accommodation: The Tibet Gang-gyan Lhasa Hotel (standard twin room, with ensuite bathroom)
Lhasa—Drepung and Sera monasteries
Today, you will visit two important monasteries in Lhasa, the Drepung and the Sera.
Drepung monastery is situated at the foothill of a mountain and was founded by Jamyang Choeje in 1416. It was once home of 10000 monks and Ganden podrang in Drepung is famous it was the government centre during fifth dalai lama and later moved to the famous potala palace during fifth dalai lama. In the afternoon you will explore the Sera monastery which was founded in 1419 by Tsongkapa’s disciple Jamchen Choeje. The most attractive is that Monks debiting is held there in the courtyard at around 6-7:30 in the afternoon section.
Meals: Breakfast: Included Lunch: Not included Dinner: Not included
Accommodation: The Tibet Gang-gyan Lhasa Hotel (standard twin room, with ensuite bathroom)
Lhasa—Yamdrotso lake—Gyangtse—Shigatse
Passing by the green farmland of Nyangchu Valley, Yamdro-tso lakes, karo-la glacier roadside at 4960m, We move westwards to the second biggest city Shigatse, the Area spiritually hosted by Pamchan Lama. The most important attraction for today is Yamdro-tso Lake and Kubum monastery in Gyantse. Yamdro-tso Lake is shaped like coiling scorpion with deep blue in colour and Kubum monastery has a 35m-high chorten (stupa) with its white layers trimmed with decorative stripes and its crown-like golden dome.
Meals: Breakfast: Included Lunch: Not included Dinner: Not included
Accommodation: Manasarovar Hotel
Shigatse—Lhatse— Tingri (Shegar)—Tingri—Rongphu Monastery
Drive westwards the Friendship way to Tingri. There is about 90km bumpy road from Tingri to Rongpuk, road is under construction. From Tingri to E.B.C with the very rough road, pass the wild grassland, cross the rapids river and high mountains. If it is in clear whether, you can have a glimpse of 4 mountains which is 8000m high or more, such as: Mt. Lhotse(8516m),Mt. Everes(8848m), Mt. Qowowuyag(8201m),Mt Mayalu(8463m).
Meals: Breakfast: Not Included Lunch: Not included. Dinner: Not included
Accommodation: Rongphu Monastery Tent or Guest House
Rongphu Monastery/Evrest Base Camp/Zhangmu
Early in the morning to see the sunrise from Rongpuk then to view Mt. Everest. It is fabulous and splendid. After walking arrive the place get on the local bus then use half of an hour arrive at Everest Base camp( Or you also can trekking to Base Camp around 1.5-2 hours one way. It's interesting and much warmer, but hard to breathe). Hiking up to the top of the photo point to take pictures of the splendid- Mt. Everest. Then late in the afternoon around 13:00 go down from E.B.C back to Shegar. Then you will go west to Zhangmu with our tour guide.
Meals: Breakfast: Included Lunch: Not included Dinner: Not included
Accommodation: Zhangmu Hotel
See you off at Nepalese Bolder
Our Guide will drop you off at next morning at the border bridge, You are kindly required to hike on your own to cross the border bridge which is 50ms long, then check in Nepal side, you can get the Nepal visa upon arrival with 30USD, please prepare one photo at passport size to get Nepal Visa. Next step, you need to find a car or bus towards Kathmandu, 50ms ahead from border bridge,dezens of car or bus are parking here to pick up travelers;3000 Nepali Rupee for a taxi rental to Kathmandu(50USD) , 50 Nepali Rupee(Appro.1USD) for a bus seat. End tour at Nepalese Border.
Meals: Breakfast: Included Lunch: Not included Dinner: Not included
(Notice, the sequence of sightseeing of first two days may be adjusted according to the reservation of visiting Potala Palace)