17-Day Mt.Everest / Mt. Kailash / Lake Manasarovar
/ Northern Ali Adventure
- Ali Adventure Tour Series
Lhasa - Gyangtse - Shigatse
- Mt.Everest - Lhaze - Sagar - Payang- Lake Manasarovar- Mt.Kailash-
Tsada (Ruins of Guge Kingdom) - Shi quan he ᾿Ritu ᾿Gatse -
Nima ᾿Banger - Namtso lake - Yangpachen - Lhasa
For this tour, we will arrange a cook in the group,
so in Ali no-man's land, we can still get enough energy to explore
and experience.
Itinerary:
Arrival in Lhasa
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 Gongga
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 sightseeing
Potala Palace—the highest palace architecture
in the world, on the way climb to the entrance gate,
you can take an overlook of the whole Lhasa city
in sunshine, really nice! Get the knowledge of Tibet
political, history, and religion. Visit for about
2 hours. Enjoy lunch and have a rest.
Visit Jokhang Temple, the real "Lhasa"
in the eyes of the old Tibetans; Then take a stroll
around Barkhor street, here you can discover the
local lifestyle.
In the evening, if you wish, you can join in the
Tibetan Banquet with Song & Dance Performance,
a very local experience. Accommodation:Lhasa downtown
Lhasa city experience
Drepang Monastery ᾿Every mid August,
the huge tangka is sunning here during the traditional
Shoton festival;
Norbulinka ᾿called as the Summer Palace in the
Qinghai-Tibet Plateau
Sera Monastery ᾿at 2:30p.m., arrive at Sera to
watch the young lamas debating Buddhism scripture
in their special way. Accommodation:Lhasa downtown
Lhasa--Yamdrok Lake--Gyangtse -- Shigatse
370km
Set out from Lhasa, come over the 4990m high
Gangbala Snow Montain, drive ahead to Yamdrok Lake,
on an altitude of 4441m, with the prettiest water,
as clear as suet. Blue water, snow mountain, unique
Tibetan villages, flocks and herds all the way; Then
back to Chushui Bridge, along Yalungtsangpo River,
pass Gyangtse town, visit Palkor Chode, get to the
second city of Tibet—Shigatse. Accommodation:
Shigatse city
Shigatse Tingri-Mt. Everest
Visit Tunshilunpo Monastery, the
most important temple in Shigatse, center of Banchen
Lamas. 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-friendly tourist
bus. If lucky you will see the amazing sunset!
Accommodation:Everest Base
Camp, dorm.
Mt. Everest -- Tingri
Sunrise at Mt. Everest. Besides
Mt.Everest, you can also take an outlook of the
Himalayas; and the other top peaks on the earth.
Leaving Mt. Everest, drive to Tingri. Accommodation: Tingri county
Tingri - Lhaze-Sagar
Drive through Lhaze,
pass 22 road section, arrive at Sagar.
Accommodation: Sagar county
Sagar -Zhongba-Payang
Scenery of Payang Grassland; Zhongba is
a small town of Payang, very “West style᾿town, here you can
see the scenery of Tibetan rural pasture.
Along the way, you can see yaks, tibetan antelope, Mongolian
gazelle, etc, amazing snow mountains, countless lakes and
endless grasslands. Accommodation: Payang
Payang -Lake Manasarovar -
Mt. Kailash - Darchen
Lake Manasarovar, 20km southeast of Mt. Kailash, Lake Manasarovar
is the TOP among the lakes in Qinghai-Tibet plateau, no matter
considering the size, depth or altitude; It is also worshipped
as Holy Lake by the Tibetan Buddhist.
Drive ahead to Mt. Kailash, altitude 6638m. It lies near
the source of some of the longest rivers in Asia: the Indus
River, the Sutlej River (a major tributary of the Indus
River), the Brahmaputra River, and the Karnali River (a
tributary of the Ganges River).
Accommodation: Darchen
Darchen - Mento
- Tsada
Highlights: Tsada Soil
Forest, a special land form caused by nature force.
Some soil “trees”are higher than 10 meters, with
different postures, very interesting; Drive in the
“forestἿyou will feel as going around the sole
of the feet of giants.
Accommodation: Tsada
Tsada -- Ruins of Guge Kingdom -- Shi
quan he town (Garl)
Ruins of Guge Kingdom, which started
from 9 century and ended at 17 century, was established
by the descendants of the royal families of Tubo
dynasty. Drive ahead to Shi quan he town. Accommodation: Shi quan
he town
Shi quan he-Bangong lake
-Ritu
Drive ahead to Ritu,
en route you can see large-size wet lands, arrive
at Ritu, a border town, visit Bangong Lake, it’s
very interesting that the part of the lake in China
is fresh water but the part in Kashmir is salt water.
Take a boat to the heart of the lake, the highest
birds land in the world, hundreds of thousands of
birds flying, splendid! Accommodation: Ritu
Ritu -Gatse
Drive on the wild land, lakes along
the way, some white pagoda indicates the existence
of religion here; arrive at Gatse, the interior
land of Northern Tibet.
Accommodation: Gatse
Gatse -
Nima
Continue to
drive on the wild land; en route, through
the Northern Tibet Qaingtang National Nature
Reserve, lucky enough, you can see the rare
animal such as tibetan antelope, fox, etc. Accommodation: Nima
Nima -Bange
Drive ahead to Ban ge, still
in the wild land, along the way there are
many large and small lakes, stop at Gatse
county, which is between Namtso lake and
Selintso Lake.
Accommodation: Ban ge
Ban ge - Namtso
Lake
Set out to Namtso Lake, the top 3 lakes
in Tibet, also the second largest fresh
water lake in China. Hiking for about 1
hour. Drive ahead to Damxong town to have
lunch. Continue to drive back to Lhasa city;
Stop by Yangpachen hot spring zone, visit
the power station; or you can enjoy hot
spring if you wish. (Cost RMB98-168/p.p
excluded)
Accommodation: Lhasa
city
Farewell & Bon Voyage!
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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