Tour Briefing:
Tour Code: TTC-004
Tour Catalog: Private Tour(flight in and flight out)
Trip Length: 8 days
Starting City: Chengdu( Beijing, Xian, Shanghai...)
Ending City: Lhasa
Route Feature:In this 8 days tour,you will not only have a chance to see the most famous historic monument--Potala Palace,Sera Monastery,but also see Tashilumpo Monastery,Gyantse Stupa Kumbum,Rongphu Monastery and the most splendid mountains in the world--Mt. Everest,all the beautiful things will make you very aspire and never to lose this golden chance.
 
Itinerary:
Day01: Arrive in Lhasa ( Lhasa ariport 80km, asphalt road, 3595m,  15-19 centigrade)    
 Our guide will pick you up from Gongga airport/Train station and then send you to Lhasa city. Rest in hotel.                                                  Overnight at Lhasa  

Day02: Lhasa ciy tour sightseeing      
Morning time buy the entrance of Potala by yourself. Then to visit Jokhang Temple, afternoon visit Drepung Monastery.                  Overnight at Lhasa.    

Day03  Lhasa city sightseeing      
Morning time to visit Potala Palace, then afternoon to Sera Monastery.      
                                                           Overnight at Lhasa.

Day04  Lhasa/Yamdrotso lake/Gyangtse/ Shigatse ( 330km, 6hours driving, asphalt road in good condition , 3900m, 15-19 centigrade)  
Morning time around 08:00am depature from Lhasa pass Gangbala Mt. which is over than 5000m, then to Yamdrotso lake which is one of the three holy lakes in Tibet (another 2 is Namtso lake and Manasarova), after visiting Gyangtse Kumbum and having a far view of Zongshan ruins,arrive in Shigatse.      Overnight at Shigatse
                                      

Day05 Shigatse/ Lhatse/ Tingri (Shegar)/Tingri/ Rongphu Monastery( 340km, 8 hours driving, 4980m, -5-10 centigrade)
Take the Friend-ship way to pass Lhatse to Tingri. One the way you will pass the checking point with your TTB permit, travel permit and passport. Then pass by Tingri. Buy the entrance of Everest Base Camp. From Tingri to E.B.C with the very rough road, pass the wild grassland, cross the rapids river and high mountains. During this route,you can have a glimpse of 4 mountains which is 8000m high or more,such as:Mt. Lhotse(8516m),Mt. Everest(8848m),Mt. Qowowuyag(8201m),Mt Mayalu(8463m). Then arrive at Rongphu Monastery.                 Overnight at Rongphu
                                               

Day06 Rongphu Monastery/ Evrest Base Camp/ Tingri/ Shigatse ( 340km, 8hours drving, most good road, 4980m, -5-10 centigrade)  
Early in the moring to see the sunrise from Rongphu then to view Mt. Everest. It is fabulous and splendid.After walking arrive the place get on the animal carriage then use half of an hour arrive at Everest Base camp ( Or you also can trekking to Base Camp around 1.5-2 hours one way. It's interesting and much more warm, but hard to breath). Hiking up to the top of the photo point to take pictures of the splendid- Mt. Everest. Then late in the afternoon around 13:00 go down from E.B.C back to Tingri by friend-ship highway back to Shigaste.             Overnight at Tingri
 
                                       
Day07 Shigatse/ Lhasa ( 300km, 6 hours,  asphalt road in good condition)  
Morning time to visit TashiLumpo Monastery which was Built in1447 , spectacular tombs of Panchen Lamas, then driving back with the Friend-ship Highway back to Lhasa.                                                     Overnight at Lhasa  

                
Day08 Lhasa airport dropping off.
Morning time Lhasa airport/Train staion dropping off, end tour
Price(Valid before May 2008)

If your tour plan is after May,please write us China3737@hotmail.com for best quotation

How to book
Step 1 Write us the tour code and your depature date,pax number,attach your passport&visa copies in the email
Step 2 If there is no problem with your files,we will send you a contract
Step 3 Sign the cntract and email back to us,pay 30% of the total amount as deposit in 7 days
Setp 4 Pay the balance 7 days before the departure date,and we will send you a final confirmation along with your flight tickets ,TTB permit and Local guide's telephone number 

Service Include:
1. Tibet Entry permit
2. Entrance fee: Potala Palace,Jokhang temple, Drepung Monastery, Sera Monastery, Gyantse Kumpa, Tashilunpo Monastery, MT.Evrest Base Camp
3. 6N 3star hotel standeroom room at Shigatse, 1N dorm bed at Tinggri;
4. Whole trip with Landcruiser Toyota 4500 with good condition safely with expert driver.
5. English speaking guide
6. Travel permit(get it at Shigatse)
7. Travel insurance
8. One bottle of pure water provided everyday
9. 3 bottle of oxygen for urgent use.
10. Sleeping bag provided

Service exclude:
1. Meals
2. Your own expense like animal carriage fee, Yangpachen hotspring
3. Tips for driver and guide (Usually it is 100RMB/p.p for driver, guide)

Warm Notes:
1. All of road from Yamtso Lake to Langkazi was repaired in 2007
2. At high altitude sleeping at Rongbu is so cold hard to sleep suggest to overnight at warm Tinggri then safely arrive at E.B.C.
( If you also prefer accommodation at Rongbu please tell us then we can try our best to do the arrangement to make you feel better,but the itinerary will be changed)
3.  During the raining season sometimes the weather will be not good enough to see the Mt. Everest. But you also have a chance to see the surrouding high snow mountain with fabulous view.
4. Take very warm clothes and shoes with you to Mt. Evrest so that you can focous on the wonderful scenery.
5. You had better take some fast food like cookie chocolate with you because there is not so much delicious food from Tinggri to E.B.C.