Tibet Himalayan Adventure Tour: Lhasa-Everest Base Camp-Lhasa
Highlights: Lhasa, Shigatse and Everest Base Camp.
This Himalayas travel to Mount Everest Base Camp is one of the most popular tours in Tibet.
It includes the culture exploration in the central Tibet area and the adventure tour to
the Himalayan Mount Everest reserve.
Although the journey after Shigatse could be hard
due to the bumpy road to Everest and the poor accomodation there, the awesome
view makes it worthwhile and unforgettable. You can restore and enjoy the classic beauty of Tibet again
when getting back to Lhasa to connect your tour to China and Nepal.
This tour is available throughout the year and in winter seasons, there is usually a greater
chance to view the Mount Everest clearly.
Itinerary (07nights/08days)
Day 01 Arrive in Lhasa
The Tibetan tour guide will meet you at the Lhasa Gonggar Airport and greet you with a white scarf (called Kada) in a Tibetan traditional way. Then transfer you to Lhasa City (100km's driving). On the way, you will see the big Nietang Buddha engraved in a mountain wall. Upon arrival, just take rest for high altitude acclimatization.
Day 02 Sightsee in Lhasa
Our sightseeing in Lhasa will cover the most beautiful splendor in Tibet -
Potala Palace, the spiritual center of Tibetan Buddhism -
Jokhang Temple and the famous bustling
Barkhor Street around the temple.
And in the evening, pay a visit to a
local Tibetan family.
Day 03 Lhasa-Gyantse-Shigatse
In the fresh morning air, we'll drive about 270km to the historic town of Gyantse crossing the Karo La Pass (5010m) and the Khamba La Pass (4800m) with a beautiful panorama of the Yamdrok Yumtso Lake on the way. Upon arrival, we'll visit the Pelkhor Monastery and its superb Kumbu Stupa, a stunning architectrual wonder in Tibet.. Then we'll get forward to Shigatse, the second largest city in Tibet, strolling around the old town for the nicely decorated Tibetan houses and interesting local bazaar..
Day 04 Shigatse-Tingri (Shegar)
Drive about 250km to Tingri via Gantsola Mountain Pass (5220m).
Note: On this day, we can also get forward further to the Rongbuk Monastery and Mt. Everest Base Camp if you wish. Please note that the accommodation condition at Rongbuk and EBC is very poor.
Day 05 Tingri-Mount Everest Base Camp-Tingri
It is about 100km from Tingri to the highest
monastery in the world - Rongbuk Monastery and the Mount Everest Base Camp.
Upon arrival, it will be your life-long experience with this highest mountain in the world.. After enjoy the awesome view of Mt. Everest enough,
we'll drive back to Tingri.
Day 06 Tingri-Shigatse
Get back to Shigatse and relax there..
Day 07 Shigatse-Lhasa
In the morning, we'll first visit the Tashilumpo Monastery in Shigatse and then drive back to Lhasa along the Yarlung Tsangpu River. The rest time is free for you to explore the old city.
Day 08 Leave
This day we'll transfer you to the Gonggar Airport and help you board the plane to your next destination. Your wonderful Everest tour ends.
Tips: The trip can be customized further to meet your requirements. For example, to make it tighter, we could do it in 7 days as follows:
D01-03, the same as the above itinerary;
D04, Shigatse-Rongbuk Monastery;
D05, EBC-Shigatse, after enjoy the grand scenery of Mt. Everest at EBC, we'll get back to Shigatse;
D06, Shigatse-Lhasa;
D07, Leave
etc.
Look for independent Everest travel in private groups? Please send us an online inquiry or email us at sales@toursoftibet.com for more information!
Want to join others? You can either register with your name, travel time and number of travelers to open a new online grouping inquiry for others' joining or to join our projected small group on around June 18, 2009 for which the price details are as follows:
Trip Cost:
5,850CNY per person (approx. 854USD/p.p) for a group of 3PAX;
4,780CNY per person (approx. 698USD/p.p) for a group of 4PAX;
Service includes:
Accommodation on twin-sharing basis (2-star hotels in Lhasa and Shigatse);
One private 4WD Toyota 4500 jeep and one experienced driver;
A Tibetan English-speaking Tour guide;
All necessary Tibet travel permits;
Entrance tickets of sightseeing places indicated in the itinerary;
Administration and conservation fee for visiting the Mt. Everest Base Camp.
Service does not include:
Personal expenses like IDD calls, laundry, tips to the guide and driver, etc;
Wire transfer fee if any
Register to join the Everest Base Camp tour on June 18, 2009!