Lhasa-everest-namtso 10 Days Tour
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Itinerary
9x Breakfast
9x Breakfast
1x Dinner
1x Dinner
Accommodation included: 9 nights
Accommodation included: 9 nights
Tourist vehicle depending on the...
Tourist vehicle depending on the group size
Accommodation
Accommodation
English speaking guide
English speaking guide
Entrance tickets of the sites...
Entrance tickets of the sites mentioned above
Tibet Travel Permit
Tibet Travel Permit
Service fee
Service fee
Government tax
Government tax
Travel Accident Insurance
Travel Accident Insurance
Oxygen supply at Tibet
Oxygen supply at Tibet
Free pick-up and drop-off service...
Free pick-up and drop-off service at designated time
Drinking water
Drinking water
Oxygen supply when needed
Oxygen supply when needed
Eco bus at Everest
Eco bus at Everest
Yangpachen hot spring fee
Yangpachen hot spring fee
Entry/Admission - Potala Palace
Entry/Admission - Potala Palace
Entry/Admission - Jokhang Temple
Entry/Admission - Jokhang Temple
Entry/Admission - Barkhor Street
Entry/Admission - Barkhor Street
Entry/Admission - Drepung Monastery (Zhebang...
Entry/Admission - Drepung Monastery (Zhebang Si)
Entry/Admission - Sera Monastery
Entry/Admission - Sera Monastery
Entry/Admission - Yamdrok Yumtso Lake
Entry/Admission - Yamdrok Yumtso Lake
Entry/Admission - Tashilhunpo Monastery
Entry/Admission - Tashilhunpo Monastery
Entry/Admission - Mt. Everest Base...
Entry/Admission - Mt. Everest Base Camp
Entry/Admission - Rongbuk Monastery
Entry/Admission - Rongbuk Monastery
Entry/Admission - Tanggula Mountains
Entry/Admission - Tanggula Mountains
Entry/Admission - Lake Namtso
Entry/Admission - Lake Namtso
Entry/Admission - Yangpachen Hot springs
Entry/Admission - Yangpachen Hot springs
Not included:
Your own expenses
Your own expenses
Domestic/international train/flight to and leave...
Domestic/international train/flight to and leave Tibet
Tips to guide and driver
Tips to guide and driver
Single room supplement
Single room supplement
Meals
Meals
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ยAbout experience
Itinerary
Day 1: Lhasa arrival
Stop At: Lhasa, Lhasa, Tibet
Arrive in Lhasa and transfer to hotel. The rest time is for you to relax or explore the city on your own.
No meals included on this day.
Accommodation included: 3-star hotel
Day 2: Lhasa
Stop At: Potala Palace, No.35 Gongqian Alley, Beijing Middle Road Cheng Guan District, Lhasa 850000 China
Potala Palace is the highest ancient palace in the world. Potala, named after a holy hill in South India, is a Sanskrit word meaning "Abode of the Avalokitesvara (Buddha of Mercy)." The Potala Palace is said to be used for greeting a Han Princess. Legend has it that in the 7th century, to greet his bride Princess Wencheng of the Tang Dynasty (618 - 907) of China, the Tibet King Songtsen Gampo built a 9-storey palace with a thousand rooms up on the Red Hill and named it Potala. The palace was mainly made of stones and woods, and decorated with special local willow branches called Baima Grass.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Jokhang Temple, Barkhor Street, Chengguan District, Lhasa 850000 China
Located in the old area of Lhasa City, Tibet, Barkhor Street is a very ancient round street surrounding the Jokhang Temple and the locals are always proud of it. As a symbol of Lhasa, it is also a must-see place for visitors.
Duration: 2 hours
Stop At: Barkhor Street, Chengguan District, Lhasa 851500 China
It's said that in 647, the first Tibetan King Songtsen Gampo (617 - 650) built the Jokhang Temple. Due to its magnificence, it quickly attracted thousands of Buddhist pilgrims. As a result, a trodden path appeared. That is the origin of Barkhor Street. Today many pilgrims still hold the prayer wheels to walk clockwise there from dawn to dark. Also, you can see some pilgrims walking or progressing body-lengths by body-lengths along Barkhor Street.
Duration: 1 hour
Meals included:
โข Breakfast: Breakfast at hotel
โข Dinner: We will arrange a welcome dinner for the whole group
Accommodation included: 3-star hotel
Day 3: Lhasa
Stop At: Drepung Monastery (Zhebang Si), Southern Slope of Genpeiwuzi Mountain, Chengguan District, Lhasa 850000 China
Situated at the foot of the Mountain Gambo Utse, 5 kilometers (3.1 miles) from the western suburb of Lhasa, the Drepung Monastery is known as the most important monastery of Gelugpa in Tibetan Buddhism. It is considered one of the 'Three Great Monasteries' (the other two are the Ganden Monastery and the Sera Monastery). Covering an area of 250,000 square meters (299,007 square yards), it held 7,700 monks in total and possessed 141 fazendas and 540 pastures in its heyday, and is the largest-scale monastery among the ones of the same kind.
Duration: 3 hours
Stop At: Sera Monastery, Wuze Hill , Sera Chengguan District, Lhasa 850000 China
Located at the foot of Tatipu Hill in the northern suburb of Lhasa City, Sera Monastery is one of three famous monasteries in the city along with the Drepung Monastery and the Ganden Monastery. Everyday, Lamas will debate in the courtyard with each other to discuss the Tibetan sutra. You cannot miss this amazing scene when visiting Tibet.
Duration: 3 hours
Meals included:
โข Breakfast: Breakfast at hotel
Accommodation included: 3-star hotel
Day 4: Lhasa-Gyantse-Shigatse (360km)
Stop At: Yamdrok Yumtso Lake, Langkazi Country, Nagarze County 851100 China
The holy Yamdrok Lake lies to the south of Yarlong Tsangpo River in the Shannan Region of Tibet. It is one of three holy lakes in Tibet. As the largest freshwater lake at the south foot of the Himalayas with an area of about 638 square kilometers (about 246 square miles), it is in a length of 130 kilometers (about 81 miles) and a width of 70 kilometers (about 43 miles). Its surface is about 4,441 meters (about 14,570 feet) above the sea level. It is quite deep as the average depth is about 20-40 meters (about 11-22 fathoms) and the deepest point is almost 60 meters (about 33 fathoms) below the surface.
Duration: 2 hours
Stop At: Gyantse County, Shigatse, Tibet, China
Later on we will pass Karola Glacier and Manda Dam on the roadside. After we arrive in Gyantse, we will visit the famous Pelkor Monastery and enjoy the far view of Gyantse Fortress.
Duration: 2 hours
Meals included:
โข Breakfast: Breakfast at hotel
Accommodation included: 3-star hotel
Day 5: Shigatse-Everest Base Camp (350km)
Stop At: Tashilhunpo Monastery, 7 Jijilangka Rd, Sangzhuzi Qu, Rikaze Shi, Xizang Zizhiqu, China
Tashilhunpo Monastery was built in 1447 by Gendun Drupa, who's the first Dalai Lama and disciple of Tsongkhapa. And it is one of the great six monasteries of the Gelug sect of Tibetan Buddhism. In August 2017, it was approved as a national 5A tourist attraction.
Duration: 1 hour
Meals included:
โข Breakfast: Breakfast at hotel
Accommodation included: Rongbuk Tenthouse
Day 6: Everest Base Camp-Shigatse (350km)
Stop At: Mt. Everest Base Camp, kathmandu, Thamel, Tingri County 858200 China
As the highest mountain in the world, the Mount Everest with altitude of 8844m has become a final objective for tourists dreaming to get closer contact with the sky. And Everest Base Camp, shortened as EBC, literally means the base camp set on the flat area near Mt. Everest, where local tents, some basic guesthouses and even post offices exist, supporting tourists to scale the mountain and ensuring their life safety.
Duration: 3 hours
Stop At: Rongbuk Monastery, near North Everest Base Camp, Tingri County China
Rongbuk Monastery is located in the Shigatse Region, southwest of the mysterious Tibet, and to the north of the oblate Mount Everest, the highest peak in the world. Seen from here, Mt. Everest appears like a lofty pyramid surrounded by mountains that touch the sky. On sunny days, a pile of thick clouds, just like a white flag floats lightly above the peak, which is known to be the miracle of 'The Highest Flag Cloud in the World'.
Duration: 1 hour
Meals included:
โข Breakfast: Breakfast at hotel
Accommodation included: 3-star hotel
Day 7: Shigatse-Lhasa (280km)
Pass By: Yalong River, China
Today we will drive back from Shigatse to Lhasa following the Yalong Valley and enjoy the scenery of on the way.
Meals included:
โข Breakfast: Breakfast at hotel
Accommodation included: 3-star hotel
Day 8: Lhasa-Namtso-Damxung/Yangpachen
Stop At: Tanggula Mountains, South of the County, Damxung County 851500 China
Tanggula Mountains, mountain range in theย Tibetย Autonomousย Region, southwesternย China. On the high plateau south of the mountains, there are many large salt lakes. In its eastern part the range forms the boundary between Tibet andย Qinghaiย province. Although many peaks are higher than 19,000 feet (5,700 meters) and the tallest, Basudan Ula, reaches some 20,000 feet (6,100 meters), the mountains do not appear to be particularly high, since the surrounding plateau averages about 16,500 feet (5,000 meters) aboveย sea level. The range is fairly rounded inย contourย in the west; the most rugged and deeply incised section is in the east, where there are considerable areas of permanent snow.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Lake Namtso, Nakchu Region, Damxung County China
In Tibetan, Namtso means 'Heavenly Lake.' It is considered one of the three holy lakes in Tibet and famous for its high altitude of 4,720 meters (about 3 miles), vast area of 1,961 square kilometers (about 757 square miles) and beautiful scenery.ย
Being the second largest saltwater lake in China only after Qinghai Lake, Namtso is the biggest lake throughout Tibet.ย Meanwhile, it is the highest altitude saltwater lake in the world.ย The water here is a storybook crystal-clear blue.ย Clear skies join its surface in the distance, creating an integrated, scenic vista.ย Soul of every visitor who has ever been here seems to be cleansed by the pure water.
Duration: 2 hours
Meals included:
โข Breakfast: Breakfast at hotel
Accommodation included: Local Basic Hotel
Day 9: Damxung/Yangpachen-Lhasa
Stop At: Yangpachen Hot springs, Yangpachen Town, Lhasa China
A singular location and plentiful snow make it possible to form hot springs here. People are amazed to see that while the neighboring regions are areas of frozen soil covered with ice for over half the year, there exists a 40-sqaure kilometer area which is a carpet of lush green grass. It is said that Yangpachen in the morning is most attractive when it offers visitors illusions of a fairy land. When the air is still cool in the early hours of a day, masses of mist rise from the lake like a sea of cloud.
Duration: 2 hours
Pass By: Lhasa, Lhasa, Tibet
Drive back to Lhasa City.
Meals included:
โข Breakfast: Breakfast at hotel
Accommodation included: 3-star hotel
Day 10: Tibet departure
Pass By: Lhasa, Lhasa, Tibet
Send to airport/train station based on the departure schedule. Tour ends.
Meals included:
โข Breakfast: Breakfast at hotel
No accommodation included on this day.
Day 1: Lhasa arrival
Stop At: Lhasa, Lhasa, Tibet
Arrive in Lhasa and transfer to hotel. The rest time is for you to relax or explore the city on your own.
No meals included on this day.
Accommodation included: 3-star hotel
Day 2: Lhasa
Stop At: Potala Palace, No.35 Gongqian Alley, Beijing Middle Road Cheng Guan District, Lhasa 850000 China
Potala Palace is the highest ancient palace in the world. Potala, named after a holy hill in South India, is a Sanskrit word meaning "Abode of the Avalokitesvara (Buddha of Mercy)." The Potala Palace is said to be used for greeting a Han Princess. Legend has it that in the 7th century, to greet his bride Princess Wencheng of the Tang Dynasty (618 - 907) of China, the Tibet King Songtsen Gampo built a 9-storey palace with a thousand rooms up on the Red Hill and named it Potala. The palace was mainly made of stones and woods, and decorated with special local willow branches called Baima Grass.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Jokhang Temple, Barkhor Street, Chengguan District, Lhasa 850000 China
Located in the old area of Lhasa City, Tibet, Barkhor Street is a very ancient round street surrounding the Jokhang Temple and the locals are always proud of it. As a symbol of Lhasa, it is also a must-see place for visitors.
Duration: 2 hours
Stop At: Barkhor Street, Chengguan District, Lhasa 851500 China
It's said that in 647, the first Tibetan King Songtsen Gampo (617 - 650) built the Jokhang Temple. Due to its magnificence, it quickly attracted thousands of Buddhist pilgrims. As a result, a trodden path appeared. That is the origin of Barkhor Street. Today many pilgrims still hold the prayer wheels to walk clockwise there from dawn to dark. Also, you can see some pilgrims walking or progressing body-lengths by body-lengths along Barkhor Street.
Duration: 1 hour
Meals included:
โข Breakfast: Breakfast at hotel
โข Dinner: We will arrange a welcome dinner for the whole group
Accommodation included: 3-star hotel
Day 3: Lhasa
Stop At: Drepung Monastery (Zhebang Si), Southern Slope of Genpeiwuzi Mountain, Chengguan District, Lhasa 850000 China
Situated at the foot of the Mountain Gambo Utse, 5 kilometers (3.1 miles) from the western suburb of Lhasa, the Drepung Monastery is known as the most important monastery of Gelugpa in Tibetan Buddhism. It is considered one of the 'Three Great Monasteries' (the other two are the Ganden Monastery and the Sera Monastery). Covering an area of 250,000 square meters (299,007 square yards), it held 7,700 monks in total and possessed 141 fazendas and 540 pastures in its heyday, and is the largest-scale monastery among the ones of the same kind.
Duration: 3 hours
Stop At: Sera Monastery, Wuze Hill , Sera Chengguan District, Lhasa 850000 China
Located at the foot of Tatipu Hill in the northern suburb of Lhasa City, Sera Monastery is one of three famous monasteries in the city along with the Drepung Monastery and the Ganden Monastery. Everyday, Lamas will debate in the courtyard with each other to discuss the Tibetan sutra. You cannot miss this amazing scene when visiting Tibet.
Duration: 3 hours
Meals included:
โข Breakfast: Breakfast at hotel
Accommodation included: 3-star hotel
Day 4: Lhasa-Gyantse-Shigatse (360km)
Stop At: Yamdrok Yumtso Lake, Langkazi Country, Nagarze County 851100 China
The holy Yamdrok Lake lies to the south of Yarlong Tsangpo River in the Shannan Region of Tibet. It is one of three holy lakes in Tibet. As the largest freshwater lake at the south foot of the Himalayas with an area of about 638 square kilometers (about 246 square miles), it is in a length of 130 kilometers (about 81 miles) and a width of 70 kilometers (about 43 miles). Its surface is about 4,441 meters (about 14,570 feet) above the sea level. It is quite deep as the average depth is about 20-40 meters (about 11-22 fathoms) and the deepest point is almost 60 meters (about 33 fathoms) below the surface.
Duration: 2 hours
Stop At: Gyantse County, Shigatse, Tibet, China
Later on we will pass Karola Glacier and Manda Dam on the roadside. After we arrive in Gyantse, we will visit the famous Pelkor Monastery and enjoy the far view of Gyantse Fortress.
Duration: 2 hours
Meals included:
โข Breakfast: Breakfast at hotel
Accommodation included: 3-star hotel
Day 5: Shigatse-Everest Base Camp (350km)
Stop At: Tashilhunpo Monastery, 7 Jijilangka Rd, Sangzhuzi Qu, Rikaze Shi, Xizang Zizhiqu, China
Tashilhunpo Monastery was built in 1447 by Gendun Drupa, who's the first Dalai Lama and disciple of Tsongkhapa. And it is one of the great six monasteries of the Gelug sect of Tibetan Buddhism. In August 2017, it was approved as a national 5A tourist attraction.
Duration: 1 hour
Meals included:
โข Breakfast: Breakfast at hotel
Accommodation included: Rongbuk Tenthouse
Day 6: Everest Base Camp-Shigatse (350km)
Stop At: Mt. Everest Base Camp, kathmandu, Thamel, Tingri County 858200 China
As the highest mountain in the world, the Mount Everest with altitude of 8844m has become a final objective for tourists dreaming to get closer contact with the sky. And Everest Base Camp, shortened as EBC, literally means the base camp set on the flat area near Mt. Everest, where local tents, some basic guesthouses and even post offices exist, supporting tourists to scale the mountain and ensuring their life safety.
Duration: 3 hours
Stop At: Rongbuk Monastery, near North Everest Base Camp, Tingri County China
Rongbuk Monastery is located in the Shigatse Region, southwest of the mysterious Tibet, and to the north of the oblate Mount Everest, the highest peak in the world. Seen from here, Mt. Everest appears like a lofty pyramid surrounded by mountains that touch the sky. On sunny days, a pile of thick clouds, just like a white flag floats lightly above the peak, which is known to be the miracle of 'The Highest Flag Cloud in the World'.
Duration: 1 hour
Meals included:
โข Breakfast: Breakfast at hotel
Accommodation included: 3-star hotel
Day 7: Shigatse-Lhasa (280km)
Pass By: Yalong River, China
Today we will drive back from Shigatse to Lhasa following the Yalong Valley and enjoy the scenery of on the way.
Meals included:
โข Breakfast: Breakfast at hotel
Accommodation included: 3-star hotel
Day 8: Lhasa-Namtso-Damxung/Yangpachen
Stop At: Tanggula Mountains, South of the County, Damxung County 851500 China
Tanggula Mountains, mountain range in theย Tibetย Autonomousย Region, southwesternย China. On the high plateau south of the mountains, there are many large salt lakes. In its eastern part the range forms the boundary between Tibet andย Qinghaiย province. Although many peaks are higher than 19,000 feet (5,700 meters) and the tallest, Basudan Ula, reaches some 20,000 feet (6,100 meters), the mountains do not appear to be particularly high, since the surrounding plateau averages about 16,500 feet (5,000 meters) aboveย sea level. The range is fairly rounded inย contourย in the west; the most rugged and deeply incised section is in the east, where there are considerable areas of permanent snow.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Lake Namtso, Nakchu Region, Damxung County China
In Tibetan, Namtso means 'Heavenly Lake.' It is considered one of the three holy lakes in Tibet and famous for its high altitude of 4,720 meters (about 3 miles), vast area of 1,961 square kilometers (about 757 square miles) and beautiful scenery.ย
Being the second largest saltwater lake in China only after Qinghai Lake, Namtso is the biggest lake throughout Tibet.ย Meanwhile, it is the highest altitude saltwater lake in the world.ย The water here is a storybook crystal-clear blue.ย Clear skies join its surface in the distance, creating an integrated, scenic vista.ย Soul of every visitor who has ever been here seems to be cleansed by the pure water.
Duration: 2 hours
Meals included:
โข Breakfast: Breakfast at hotel
Accommodation included: Local Basic Hotel
Day 9: Damxung/Yangpachen-Lhasa
Stop At: Yangpachen Hot springs, Yangpachen Town, Lhasa China
A singular location and plentiful snow make it possible to form hot springs here. People are amazed to see that while the neighboring regions are areas of frozen soil covered with ice for over half the year, there exists a 40-sqaure kilometer area which is a carpet of lush green grass. It is said that Yangpachen in the morning is most attractive when it offers visitors illusions of a fairy land. When the air is still cool in the early hours of a day, masses of mist rise from the lake like a sea of cloud.
Duration: 2 hours
Pass By: Lhasa, Lhasa, Tibet
Drive back to Lhasa City.
Meals included:
โข Breakfast: Breakfast at hotel
Accommodation included: 3-star hotel
Day 10: Tibet departure
Pass By: Lhasa, Lhasa, Tibet
Send to airport/train station based on the departure schedule. Tour ends.
Meals included:
โข Breakfast: Breakfast at hotel
No accommodation included on this day.
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