Tour Duration: 8 days
Tour Catalog: Private Tour
Routes: Lhasa-Gyantse-Shigatse-Shegar-Rongpuk-EBC-Shigatse-Airport
Primary Resorts: Potala Palace,Johkang Temple, Sera Monastery,Drepung Monastery,Gyantse Kunbum,Tsurphu monastery,Shigatse, Tashlunpo Moanstery,Everest Base Camp, Rongpu Monastery

Itinerary

D1:Arriving in lhasa by the means of train or airplane.
Our agency will arrange your tour guide and an experienced driver to welcome you with a white scarf and saying Tashi Delek to you when you arrive in Lhasa airport. They will send you back to your well reserved hotel in lhasa.
Overnight in Lhasa

Day 2-3 Two full days Lhasa Sightseeing(B)
The first two days you are in Tibet will be put towards sightseeing inside Lhasa, to visit fabulous and typical Buddhist and historic sites, such as Potala Palace,Jokhang Temple,Barkhor street, Sera Monastery and Drepung Monastery.

In Potala palace, you can explore the grandest of this myriad chapels, 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, figures of the Buddha   You will visit 3 important monasteries in Lhasa, the first and foremost is Johkang Temple, the spiritual center of Tibetan Buddhism, attracts pilgrims all over Tibetan Area, built during songtsen gonpo's reign by princess wencheng of tang dynasty, 647 A.D. the other two Monasteries Sera and Drepung Monastery locate in suburb of Lhasa, are hosted by hundreds of Monks, learning, praying, studying, living there. The famous Monks debiting is held in the courtyard of Sera Monastery in the afternoon.  
You will also explore the circular pilgrim route barkhor while traveling at Johkang Temple, to contact local folks here, and if possible purchase some traditional Tibetan artifacts, religious implements, antiques, books, Tibetan music instrument, Thangkas, and tradition tibetan clothes etc.
Overnight at Lhasa
(Notice, the sequence of sightseeing will be based on the reservation of Potala Palace)


(Potala Palace in winter time)

D4:Driving towards the Gyantse and overnight in Gyantse.
A few kilometers from chushor is famous pass kangpa-la with4700m.From the top of the pass in clear weather, you can see the fabulous shade of deep torquoise. Yamdrok-tso is shaped like coiling scorpion with deep blue in colour. Far in the distance is the huge massif of mount Nanchan kangtsang(7191m).Leaving yamdrok-tso is a spectacular as arrriving, since you have to cross the 4960m karo-la with its awesome roadside views of the Nanchan- Kangtsang glacier. It was here that Younghusband’s british troops clashed with Tibetan forces en route to lhasa.Then reached to your day’s final destination Gyantse. Relax a night in Gyantse.


Winter Photo of Yamdrok-tso, late November

D5:Visiting Kubhum monastery and Tashi Lhunpo and drive towards Shegar as day's final destination.
In the morning section, you are going to visit the Town's most attractive Kubhum and Pelkhor stupa. Then moving towards Tashi Lhunpo monastery in Shigatse where you can see the world’s largest statue of future god(Jampa). And driving a head to Shekar.
Overnight in Shegar.


(Kubum monastery in Gyantse is the foremost Monastery with unique 35m-high chorten)

D6:Driving towards the Everest base camp
It is not easy to travel upto Everest natural preserve. Like you need two permits to visit base camp. the first is the usual PSBtravel permit and second, a park-entry permit for everest nature preserve,can be brought at Qomolangma nature preserve San chen guesthouse in shekar. The entry fee is 180Y per person and 400Y per jeep upto Everest base camp. Enjoy your remaing time at Everest base camp.
Relax a night at Rongbok guesthouse


(Base Camp of Mt.Everest, 5200m)

D7:Sightseeing around the narrow valley of Everest base camp and return back to Shigatse.
Early in the morning, you can enjoy the beautiful sun rising scene from the top of the Mount Everest and can also explore the near by natural ecosystem. Then moving back to Shigatse county.
Stay a night in Shigatse

D8:Back to Lhasa airport and fly awayfrom Tibet.
Your tour guide and driver will help to drop you at the Lhasa airport and you are going to leave Unforgetable Tibet .
(Remark, Flights to Shanghai,Chengdu,Beijing all depart in the afternoon. If you plan to take train back to China Mainland, you need to back to Lhasa to catch train, and your trip will be one day longer.)

What's included
1) Accommodation in qualified hotels in Lhasa, Shigatse based on your request; Hostel in Shegar and stove-heating warm tent guest house in Rongpuk
2) All Breakfast, in Lhasa mixed style breakfast(Tibetan, Chinese, Western styles)
3) Transportation:
  Inside Lhasa((Mini Van, car or Taxi according to group size)
  Trip out of Lhasa(Toyota Land Cruiser 4500)
4) An experienced Local Tibetan English speaking tour guide
5) All necessary travel permits
6) Park-entry permit for Qomolangma Nature Preserve includes personal entry and vehicle entry.
7) Hot water bottle provided to keep warm for tourists who travel to remote places
8) Oxygen supply in Vehicle
9) Entrance for tour guide and car parking to Mt.Everest
10)Travel Insurance, only for accident
11) 1 Tibetan style dinner served at a famous local Tibetan family restaurant.
12) All entrance fees of sightseeing place mentioned in itinerary

What's excluded
1) All air tickets or train tickets
2) Private expense like shopping
3) Tips for the tour guide and driver.
4) Banking commission of the payment, the price quotation does not include banking commission.

Airport/train station pick up or drop off will be surcharged as price listed below
Prive Airport pick up/drop off:  45USD/time
Train station pick up/drop off:  18USD/time

  Price Quotation(USD/P.P)

Price in the table above is valid from Nov 2009 to April 2010, if you are looking for a tour after April 2010, please send us a inquiry form to get new price.  

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