With the Tibet entry permit arranged by
us, take a plane or train to Lhasa from Beijing,
Chengdu or other cities.
Airport pick-up: Your guide meets you at Gonga Airport,
welcome with Hada, drive for about 1.5 hours to
Lhasa city, along you can see the beautiful scenery
of Lhasa River.
Train Station pick-up: Your guide meets you at Lhasa
train station, drive for about 30 minutes to Lhasa
city, check in your hotel.
For the rest of the day, we advice you to relax
and rest at your hotel, apply to the high altitude.
If you feel good, you can have a walk at the Potala
Square and see the night view of the Palace. Accommodation: Lhasa downtown
Lhasa city experience
Highlights:
Potala Palace: the must see in Lhasa;
Jokhang Temple: Discover the truth about Tibetan
Buddhism
Norbulinka: the Summer Palace in Qinghai-Tibet Plateau;
Barkor street: a well-known unique street
Tibetan Banquet with song & dance performance:
Taste Tibetan food and drinks, dance with the young
Tibetan dancers Accommodation: Lhasa downtown
Set out in the morning,driving through
the northern plateau of Changtang Plain, which stretches
boundlessly until the snow mountain Nyenchen Tanglha
(7117m) standing at the end of your sight. Stop
at the spider-like tents, and get a peek at the
inaccessible nomadic life. Climb over the Largenla
(5150m), the highest point of the Nyenchen Tanglha
mountain range. Here you can already have a far
view of the Namtso. Leaving Largenla, after another
40 minutes' driving, reach Namtso. Hike around for
about one hour then back to Damxong for lunch.
In the afternoon, drive back to Lhasa. En route,
stop at Yangpachen Hot Spring, if you wish, you
can enjoy the hot spring while viewing the snow
mountains far away. Accommodation: Lhasa downtown
Lhasa--Tsedang (Samye / Yongbulakan)
220km
Drive to the capital of Shan’nan area, Tsedang,
take a ferry to reach Samye Temple, which is the first
temple built in Tibet, with a lot of relics on religion,
architecture, paintings, sculpture, etc.
Yongbulakan the earliest palace in Tibet history,
built by the first Tibet King in 2 century B.C.
Late afternoon, back to Lhasa. Accommodation:
Lhasa downtown
Set out from Lhasa, drive over the
4990m high Gangbala snow mountain, to visit the
highest fresh water lake in the world Yamdrok yongtso,
with the most pretty and drinkable water.
On the way you can see Karola glacier, as a sleeping
beauty, and also a great nature art work;
Pass Gyangtse old town, visit Palkor temple, with
splendid wall painting and sculpture relics.
Then drive along Yangluntsangpo river to Shigatse
city. Accommodation: Shigatse
city
Shigatse / Tingri / Rongpu
Monastery / E.B.C
Drive ahead to Mt. Everest, pass
Tingri, arrive at Rongpu Monastery, the highest
temple in the world, also the best point to view
Mt. Everest. Then you can hike for about 2 hours
to E.B.C. or you can just take the environmental
tourist bus. If lucky you will see the amazing sunset!
Accommodation:Everest Base
Camp, dorm.
Mt. Everest / Tingri / Shigatse
/ Saga
Sunrise at Mt. Everest. Besides
Mt.Everest, you can also take a outlook of the Himalayas;
and the other top peaks on the earth. Leaving Mt.
Everest, drive through Tingri to visit Saga Temple
which is of great significance in both Chinese history
and Tibetan Buddhism history, called as the second
Dun Huang.
Back to Shigatse. Accommodation: Shigatse
city
Shigatse-Tushilunpo
Monastery-Tibetan Family visiting -- Lhasa 280km new
road
Morning visit Tushilunpo Monastery,
the most impotant temple in Shigatse, built in the
year of 1447, center of the Banchen Lamas.
On the way back to Lhasa, visit a local Tibetan
family, chat with them, experience their daily life.
Accommodation: Lhasa downtown
Lhasa -- Bamsum-tso
-- Bayi town, 464km
After breakfast, drive from Lhasa
to Nyingchi. On the way you will cross over Mila
Pass, enjoy the scenery along the Niyang River.
Stop to visit Draksum Tso, also known as Basum-Tso.
The lake and its surrounding views are beautiful
and the site is also connected to the semi-mythical
ruler of the Kham region and Guru Rinpoche. Drive
ahead to Nyingchi Bayi town. Accommodation: Bayi town
Bayi –Pailong -
Tongmai - Bomi 270KM
Drive along Palong
tsangpo river which is a branch of Yanglun tsangpo
river, pass Pailong Menba village, come over Tongmai
nature barrier, go ahead to Bomi, which is reputed
as a pearl drop in green forest, the hometown of
glacier; it is an ideal place for traveling, photographing,
painting, and bio-discovery; stop at Bomi, visit
Guxiang river, which is the mother river of Bomi
residents; Another place to see is the Galang kingdom
relic with a history of more than 2000 years. Accommodation: Bomi town
Bomi
- Midui Glacier - Ranwu Lake - Bomi
Visit the most beautiful
glacier of China - Midui glacier,
you’ll be shocked by the nature
creation; Then drive ahead to Ranwu
Lake, which is as a fairyland; Back
to Bomi.
On the way
back, visit Lulang forest, the 3rd biggest
and well preserved forest in China, drive
over the 4702m high Mt.Sejila, on the top
you can look out over Mt.Namcha barwa peak,
which is reputed as Oriental Alps; back
to Bayi town. Visit the giant cypress which
is with a history of 2500 years.
Accommodation: Bomi town
Bayi
- Mt.Mila - Lhasa
Today get back to Lhasa,
drive over the 5230m high Mt.Mila, along
Niyang river, back to Lhasa.
Accommodation: Bomi town
Farewell
At your own
leisure. Airport or train station transfer
according to your flight or train schedule.
Lhasa city—Gongga airport 100km, 1.5 hour-drive
Lhasa city—Train station, 40km, half an
hour drive
Tour ends.
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