SG001A 8-day Impressive Tibet Group Tour of Lhasa and Everest Base Camp



 

Tour Code: SG001A
Group Size:
1-20
Vehidle to use:
4WD in winter time, tourist bus in Spring,Summer and Autumn

Special Offers by CITS:

- Free Private Airport/Train station Pick up and Drop off

- Guaranteed Departure EVEN on One Person Basis

- We CITS can help you book train tickets/flight tickets to and from Lhasa.we can guarantee tickets in peak travel season.


 


 



Outline Itinerary

Day01 Arrive in Lhasa by plane or by train, Acclimatize to high altitude
Day02 Lhasa Sightseeing, visit Potala Palace,Johkang Temple,Barkor Kora
Day03 Lhasa Sightseeing, visit Sera Monastery,Drepung Monastery
Day04 Lhasa/Yamdrotso lake/Gyangtse/Shigatse, visit Yamdrotso Lake,Pelkor Monastery
Day05 Shigatse/Lhatse/Shegar/Rongpuk Monastery
Day06 Rongpuk-Everest Base Camp-Shigatse
Day07 Shigatse/Lhasa, visit Tashilunpo Monastery
Day08 Leave Lhasa, airport or train station drop off 

Price Quatation:

  • Class/Price for Per person
    Low Season
    (Dec. to next Mar.)
    Shoulder Season
    (Apr.,May,Early June,Nov.)
    Peak Season
    (August, the 1st week of Oct.)
    Peak Season (Late June,July,Spet,Oct)
    Budget Class  (Lodging: Guest Houses)
    $660
    $680
    $780
    $700
    Comfortable Class  (Lodging: 3-Star Hotels)
    $700
    $720
    $820
    $780

+195USD to visit Namtso Lake for two days. Camp by heavenly Lake. (Available from May to October)
Discount: 3 participants join-in(5% off), 4 participants and more join-in(10% off),


 

Tour Date


Please refer the schedule on the right,if our fixed dispatching does not match your schedule, you may email us inquiry@tibettravel.org to set up a new dispatching for you(requires at least 30 days in advance), our company will find other travelers to join in based on your schedule.

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Detailed Itinerary


 

Day 1 Arrive in Lhasa by plane or by train


 

Lhasa Train station/airport picking up, You are warmly welcome to Tibet by saying Tashi Delek at the Train station/airport by your tour guide and an experienced driver and send you back to your well reserved hotel. Then have a good rest to acclimatize the high altitude in the afternoon.

Overnight at Lhasa.

 

Day 2 Lhasa Sightseeing: Potala Palace /Jokhang Temple/Barkhor street(B)


 

Morning section to visit the famous Potala palace and explore the grandest of this myriad chapels, its audience halls, the jeweled and Golden burial chortens(stupa Tombs) of past Dalai Lamas, and tremendous number of Buddhist frescoes, thangkas, combinations of mandala, figures of the Buddha. Made of precious metal.
 

Afternoon section visiting to the holist temple in Tibet, the Johkang Temple, built during songtsen gonpo’s reign by princess wencheng of tang dynasty, 647 A.D. The inner circuit is also situated inside the temple and is lined with prayer-wheel and murals outlined in gold on red background, which depict the thousand buddhas, interspersed with stupas and relief-images. Johkang is circuit.
 

The circular pilgrim route around Jokhang temple is called barkhor and later flourished, forming the embryo of the city. The barkhor market itself is the most active in all tibet,and it is possible to purchase traditional Tibetan artifacts, religious implements, antiques, books, Tibetan music instrument, Thangkas, and tradition tibetan clothes etc. Overnight at Lhasa


 

Day 3 Lhasa Sightseeing: Sera Monastery/Drepung Monastery (B)


 

Drepung monastery is situated at the foothill of a mountain and was founded by Jamyang Choeje in 1416. It was once home of 10000 monks and Ganden podrang in Drepung is famous it was the government centre during fifth dalai lama and later moved to the famous potala palace during fifth dalai lama. By the time you can also vist the Nechung monastery located 1km southeast of Drepung and is the abode of the protector deity pehar and the seat of the state Oracle of Tibet.
 

In the afternoon exploring the Sera monastery which was founded in 1419 by Tsongkapa’s disciple Jamchen Choeje. The most attractive is that Monks debiting is held there in the courtyard at around 6-7:30 in the afternoon section. Overnight at Lhasa (Notice, the sequence of sightseeing of first two days may be adjusted according to the reservation of visiting Potala Palace)

 

Day 4 Lhasa/Yamdrotso lake/Gyangtse/ Shigatse (B)
 


 

Passing by the green farmland of Nyangchu Valley, Yamdro-tso lakes, karo-la glacier roadside at 4960m, We move westwards to the second biggest city Shigatse, the Area spiritually hosted by Pamchan Lama.
 

The most important attraction for today is Yamdro-tso Lake and Kubum monastery in Gyantse. From the top of the pass kangpa-la at 4700m high in clear weather, you can see the fabulous shade of deep turquoise, Yamdro-tso Lake is shaped like coiling scorpion with deep blue in colour. Kubum monastery, means 100,000 images in Tibetan, is the town's foremost attraction, The 35m-high chorten (stupa) with its white layers trimmed with decorative stripes and its crown-like golden dome, is awe-inspiring. You can visit every chambers in the monastery.

 

Day 5 Shigatse/ Lhatse/ Tingri (Shegar)/Tingri/ Rongphu Monastery (B)


 

Drive westwards the Friendship way to Tingri. On the way you will pass the checking point with your TTB permit, travel permit and passport, and purchase the entrance of Everest Base Camp.
 

There is about 90km bumpy road from Tingri to Rongpuk, road is under construction. From Tingri to E.B.C with the very rough road, pass the wild grassland, cross the rapids river and high mountains. If it is in clear whether, you can have a glimpse of 4 mountains which is 8000m high or more, such as: Mt. Lhotse(8516m),Mt. Everes(8848m), Mt. Qowowuyag(8201m),Mt Mayalu(8463m).

Overnight at Rongphu Monastery Tent

 

Day 6 Rongphu Monastery/Evrest Base Camp/ Tingri/ Shigatse (B)


 

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 local bus 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 Shigatse

 

Day 7 Shigatse/Lhasa(B)


 

We spend about 4 hours to drive back to Lhasa from Shigatse, on the way, we will visit the largest Monastery in west Tibet, the Tashilunpo monastery, as the last but famous historic sites for your Tibet tour. Tashilunpo monastery is one of the the six great Gelukpa institutions and was founded in 1447 by a disciple of Tsongkapa, Genden drup who was first dalai lama. Jamkhang Chenmo, containing the world's largest gilded copper image(26m high) of future god Jampa.
 

Drive along the Friend-ship Highway back to Lhasa.
 

Overnight in Lhasa
 

 

Day 8 Lhasa airport dropping off


 

Lhasa airport/Train station dropping off Tour Includesions and Exclusions 

 

Services Included


 

1.  All Breakfast(Remarked with B in the itinerary)
2.  Transport:
Pick up and Drop off
Day 2, Day 3: Lhasa City transportation, Private Mini Van or taxi according to Group size
Day 4-Day 7: Lhasa-Everest base camp-Lhasa, for round trip(Summer: Tourist Vehicle, Winter: 4WD)
3.  All hotel and camping accommodations:
Budget Class: Hostel,dorm bed
Comfort Class: 3 Star Hotels in Lhasa and Shigatse, Guest house in Rongpuk.
4.  Guide: Local Tibetan English-speaking Tour Guide
5.  All sightseeing and entrance fees listed in itinerary
6.  All Necessary Permit
7.  Travel Insurance only for accident
8.  Entrance fees for drivers, tour guide in Mt. Everest Nature Reserve
9.  Car Parking fee and entrance fee in Mt. Everest Nature Reserve
10. Oxygen supply on Vehicle
11. Government Tax
13. Hot Water Bottle supply in Winter time
14. Delivery fee of Tibet permits
15. Bottled drinking water supplied in Vehicle


 

Services Excluded


1. Single room supplement: Comfort Class: 90-160USD/person;
2. Tips for the guide and driver
3. Lunches and dinners, appro.4USD/meal
4. International and domestic airfare, Train, en route stopovers
 
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