Tour Briefing:
Tour Code: TTC-FW-008
Tour Catalog: Private Tour(Train in and flight out)
Trip Length: 10 days
Starting City: Chengdu( Beijing, Xian, Shanghai...)
Ending City: Lhasa
Route Feature:
-You will have a chance to see some famous buddhist and historic spots as Potala Palace,Sera Monastery,Tashilumpo Monastery,Gyantse Stupa Kumbum,Rongphu Monastery.
-To see 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.
-To take the famous Qinghai-tibet train and go through the roof of the world, you will see land of snows,desert,grassland,ice mountain,which will strongly go to your heart.
Itinerary:
Day01-Day03: Take train from Beijing/Shanghai/Guangzhou/Chengdu..
Arrive in Lhasa on the third day evening.
Overnight at Lhasa
Day04: 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.
Day05 Lhasa city sightseeing
Morning time to visit Potala Palace, then afternoon to Sera Monastery.
Overnight at Lhasa.
Day06 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
Day07 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
Day08 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
Day09 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
Day10 Fly from Lhasa to Beijing/Shanghai/Guangzhou/Chengdu
Dropping off at the airport.end tour
Service Include:
1. Train ticket from starting city to Lhasa
2. Flight ticket from Lhasa to your next stop
3. Tibet Entry permit
4. Entrance fee: Jokhang temple, Drepung Monastery, Sera Monastery, Gyantse Kumpa, Tashilunpo Monastery, MT.Evrest Base Camp 5. Standard tour with: 1N 2star hotel standeroom room at Shigatse,4N 2star hotel standeroom room at Lhasa 1N dorm bed at Tinggri,1N dorm bed at Rongpu
Luxurious tour:1N 3star hotel standeroom room at Shigatse,4N 3star hotel standeroom room at Lhasa 1N dorm bed at Tinggri,1N dorm bed at Rongpu
6. Whole trip with Landcruiser Toyota 4500 with good condition safely with expert driver.
7. English speaking guide
8. Travel permit(get it at Shigatse)
9. Travel insurance
10. One bottle of pure water provided everyday
11. 3 bottle of oxygen for urgent use.
12. 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)
4. Entrance fee of Potala.
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.
