Duration : 12 Days Book This Trip
Max. Elevation : 4000m.
Standard : Medium
Season : May-October
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Itinerary
Day 01: Arrival to Kathmandu and Transfer to Hotel
Day 02: Sight Seeing and Prepare for Tour
Day 03: Kathamndu to Nyalam, we start our tour with an early morning drive to Kodari, The Nepali border.Weather permitting there will be fine views of Langtang. Gauri Shanker, Melungtse and Khumbu himal ranges. Depending on the road situation we walk or drive up to Zhang Mu where we clear Chinese immigration. After the formalities we continue our journey through a beautiful gorge to Nyalam crossing the Himalayan range altitude 3800m.
Day 04: Nyalam to Lhatse, our first stop on the Tibetan plateau will be on the 5200m. High Lalung la pass from where we have a breathtaking view of the Himalayan range and shisabangma, the highest peak in Tibet. While having lunch in lao tingri, the peaks of mt. Everest and cho oyu can be seen. This day our journey is long but the spectacular Tibetan plateau will make you forget time. Altitude 4000m.
Day 05: Lhatse to Shigatse, a four -hour drive bring us to Tibet's second largest city, Shigatse here we visit Tashilumpa monastery, the seat of the panchen lama hence one of the most important monasteries in Tibet. Altitude 3800m.
Day 06: Shigatse to Gyantse, After a stroll through the old city we depart for the two and a half hour drive to Gyantse. While approaching the small farming town we can clearly see the old fort that was captured by young husbandduring his 1904 raid into Tibet. Here the main attraction is the Kumbum monastery with its extraordinary architecture. Altitude 3900m.
Day 07: Gyantse to Lhasa, This will be a long drive, but on the way we cross the Karo la with the beautiful glacier, we see yamdroktso which is named the Turquoise lake and cross the Kamba la from where we descend to the main road which bring us all the way to Lhasa . altitude 3650m.
Day 08/09: sightseeing, during these two days in Lhasa we visit the potala palace. drepung and sera monasteries and of course the famous jokhang temple including the surrounding Barkhor.
Day 10: Flight Lhasa to Kathmandu, we have to get up very early for our transfer to Gonggar airport to catch the flight back to Kathmandu. This flight is one of the most spectaculars in the world with nice views of the Himalayan range including the mt. Everest.
Day 11: Extra Day in Kathmandu
Day 12: Departure
