Group Tour: Lhasa Gyantse Shigatse Mt.Everest 8 Day Tour![]() | Tour Type: Group Tour Group Size: 2-15 people Vehicle: 4WD, mini van or coach according to different season and different group size Tour Feature: Fixed departure, Join-in small groups Places to visit: Lhasa - Gyangtse - Shigatse - Mt.Everest | Price from: USD764/person |
Day 1: Arrival in Lhasa:
On your arrival at the train station or Lhasa Gonggar airport, our guide will greet you and transfer to the hotel. The rest day is free to acclimatize the high altitude.
Accommodation: Hotel in Lhasa
Day 2: Lhasa
Pick you up from the hotel. Visit Drak Yerpa(2.5 hour), a site that has profound significances in the Tibetan religious culture. There's a saying goes like this: "Lhasa is the shrine of Tibet, Drak Yerpa is the shrine of Lhasa. Not coming across Drak Yerpa in Lhasa is simply like making a clothes without the collar." The entry to the Yerpa Valley is approximately 16 kilometer northeastern of Lhasa on the northern bank from the Kyichu River. From that place, it's additional 10 kilometer to the renowned ancient meditation caves. In the afternoon, you will go on visiting the Sera Monastery(2 hours), which is one of Gelugpa (yellow hat) religious sect monastic colleges. Sera Monastery is well-known for its Buddhism philosophic debate exercise. (B)
Accommodation: Hotel in Lhasa
Day 3: Lhasa
Pick up from your hotel. Today you will visit the highlights of Tibet, Potola Palace and Jokhang Temple Both of them are the focal points of pilgrims from whole Tibetan world, innumerous pilgrims are perambulating as well as bowing down in their solid religion. Potala Palace is the worldwide acknowledged cardinal landmark of Tibet. The large structure itself holds a small world inside them. For the most part it's famous because of residence of the Dalai Lama lineages. Jokhang temple is the most scared shrine in Tibet which was constructed in seventh century and placed at the center of old town in Lhasa, the circuit around it named Barkhor street, which is a right place to buy souvenirs. (B)
Accommodation: Hotel in Lhasa
Day 4: Lhasa to Shigatse
It will take you approximately 1.5 hour to drive up to Kambala pass[4794m high] from Lhasa, you'll take a glance of Yamdrok Lake at that place, which is among the three sacred lakes in Tibet. And then drive approximately 1.5 hour and reach the foot of Naiqinkangsang Snow Mountain. It is one of the holy mountains in Tibet. If you look upward to the Snow Mountain you will witness the beautiful "flag cloud"(the creature of the wind and the snow) floating and beaming in the air. After 20 minutes drive, Karo-la Glacier will be in your eyes. It has a beautiful fame of "Ice Queen" on the roof of the world. It's approximately 5,600 metres north of the major peak of Karo-la Mountain. You will have a long-distance of this masterpiece of nature. You will reach a valley and see Manlha Water Control Project from a distance afterwards. It is situated in Gyantse County, which consists of a dam, flood water discharge tunnels as well as a power plant. The power plant established capacity compasses 20,000 kilowatts. The project will allow for irrigation for over 43,000 hectares of farming area. After lunch in Gyantse, drive to Pala Manor. Pala Manor is the best-preserved manor in Tibet. It is around 10 minutes driving from Gyantse downtown. It will present you the life-style of the former wealth possessors family. The Pala Manor we visit now still holds 57 houses on an landed estate of 5000 square metres. The maze of rooms is luxuriously decorated with delicately sculptured beams and painted rafters. You are able to experience how exceedingly rich life they had at that time. Nevertheless, by contrast to the luxuriousness of the lairds, the whips, ankle-irons and penalization cells that were applied for controlling and persecuting the poor slaves and their broken, narrow, moist and dark rooms will deeply astonish you forever. Late afternoon drive to Shigatse.(B)
Accommodation: Hotel in Shigatse
Day 5: Shigatse to Rongbuk Monastery
In the morning, visit Tashilump Monastery, and then transfer to Rongbuk monastery in the afternoon. The tour of Tashilump Monastery is subject to switch to the next day because of the permit arrangements. It is bumpy route with stone made-up from Shegar to Rongbuk monastery and it requires approximately 3 hours driving. The remaining roads are well paved. After your arrival, take a break for acclimatization at the guesthouse of Rongbuk monastery, explore around and visit the peak monastery in the world on one's own expense or enjoy the beautiful sunset if the weather condition is good. (B)
Accommodation: Tent Guesthouse
Day 6: Rongbuk Monastery to Mt. Everest Base Camp
Get up early in the morning, you are able to enjoy the beautiful sunrise at the top of the world and take some treasured picturess of Mt.Everest if the weather condition is good enough. Then transfer to Mt. Everest Base Camp [5200m] and trace the roof of the world. Drive back to Shigatse in the afternoon.
Accommodation: In Nylam or Zhangmu
Day 7: Shigatse to Lhasa
Enjoy the desert scenery and the scenery along the Brahmaputra. You are able to see devout Christians prostrating and measuring their pilgrimage route with their flesh and blood on Tibetan Plateau if you are lucky. (B)
Accomodation: Hotel in Lhasa
Day 8: Departure from Lhasa
See you off. (B)
| Price Per Person in US Dollars | |||||
| Inexpensive | Comfortable class | Best available | Luxury | Departure Dates | |
| USD764 | USD807 | USD936 | On Request | Nov 1st - May 31st | |
| USD838 | USD881 | USD1043 | On Request | Jun 16th - Jul 15th; Sep 1st - Oct 31st | |
| USD911 | USD969 | USD1170 | On Request | Jul 16th - Aug 31st | |
Price Includes
1. All the necessary Permits: including TTB, Tibet Entry permit and PSB, Aliens' Travel permit.
2. Breakfasts
3. Mini Van according to group size
4. Gas and parking fee of the vehicle
5. All transportation in Tibet between sightseeing places and free airport pick-up in high-season at 3:20 p.m. and drop off once at 12:00 p.m.
6. 6 nights accommodations match different tour classes (twin-share room) and one night guesthouse in Rongbuk monastery at Mt. Everest.
7. Experienced local English-speaking Tibetan tour guide
8. All sightseeing entrance fee mentioned in itinerary
9. Entrance fee and car parking fee Mt. Everest Nature Preserve
10. Accident insurance for traveling
11. Government Tax
12. Oxygen
13. Delivery fee of Tibet Entry permit(only for EMS)
Price Excludes:
1) China visa, All air tickets and train tickets to and from Tibet.
2) Accommodation & Services of non-Tibet parts;
3) Lunch and dinner, your guide will assist you to find the local comfortalbe restaurants.
4) Private expense like laundry, IDD calls, drinks in the room, etc.
5) Extra expenses and/of additional days caused due to unexpected events (delays, porterage because of land slides and other natural events.)





