SG001A 8-day Impressive Tibet tour of Lhasa and Mt. Everest

Tour Breif
Tour Code: SG001A
Tour Catalog: Small Group Tour to join in
Transportation: Mini Bus in summer time, 4WD in winter time
Group Size:<12
Routes:Lhasa-Gyantse-Shigatse-Sakya-Tingri-Rongpuk-EBC-Ringri-Lhasa

Your Achievement:
Pay a visit to the most well-known temples and monasteries; appreciate the charming plateau scenery including one of the holy lakes-Yamdrok Yamtso Lake, the abyss valley of the Brahmaputra River and the beautiful sunrise on Mt. Everest.

Tour Feature--One day trekking at Mt.Everest Base Camp
We provide almost one full day trekking at Mt.Everest Base Camp to make your trip in Tibet more impressive. On day 6, after watching the sunrise of mt.Everest at Rongpuk Monastery, our tour guide will lead the group trek to Base Camp and trek back in afternoon, it takes 7-8 hours

Tour Price  
700USD per person for all year around

Tour 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)


(Monks debiting in Sera Monastary)

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.


(Kubum monastery in Gyantse is the foremost Monastery with unique 35m-high chorten)

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/ Lhatse (B)

Early in the morning you can see the sun raising, the golden and soft sunshine covers the top of the Everest if the weather condition is good. You will have a day trek from Rongpuk to Everest Base Camp then back to Rongouk(7-8 hours trekking) while enjoying the extraordinary ecosystem around the Everest. Then drive about 3.5 hours from Rongpuk to Lhatse.
Overnight at Lhtase


(Base Camp of Mt.Everest, 5200m)

What special for today?
We make great difference on today compared with the ordinary itinerary. We finish today’s visiting in Lhatse instead of Shigatse( Most of the ordinary itinerary end at Shigatse, and occupy about 8 hours to drive on this day), in order to give you more hours to take a day trek at Mt. Everest.

(the world's largest gilded copper image,26m high,of future god Jampa. in Tashilunpo monastery)

Day 7 Lhatse/Lhasa(B)

We spend about 7 hours to drive back to Lhasa from Lhatse, 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 




Tour Includesions and Exclusions
Services Include
1.  All Breakfast(Remarked with B in the itinerary)
2.  Transport: train station pick up and Airport drop off, Private Mini Van
    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
3.  All hotel and camping accommodations: 3 Star Hotels in Lhasa and Shigatse, Simple hotel in Lhatse, Tent 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, one bottle of mineral water per day per person.
 
Services Exclude
1. Single room supplement
2. Tips for the guide and driver
3. Lunches and dinners
4. Transportation out of Tibet
5. International and domestic airfare, en route stopovers
6. train fare come in and out going Tibet.
7. Passport fees, visa fees
8. Items of a personal expense such as alcoholic beverages, shopping laundry, etc
9. Charges incurred as a result of delays beyond CITS control
10. Bank charge of the payment

Frequent Departures for year 2009 and 2010
2009
1,8,15,22,29,MAY / 5,15,29,26,JUNE / 3,10,17,24 JULY / 7,14,21,28,AUG / 4,11,18,25,SEP / 2,9,26,23,30,OCT / 13,17,NOV /10,25,DEC
2010
5,15,JAN / 4,12,FEB  / 5,15,25,MAR  / 3,10,17,24,APR / 1,8,15,22,29,MAY / 5,15,29,26,JUNE  / 3,10,17,24 JULY  /  7,14,21,28,AUG  / 4,11,18,25,SEP / 2,9,26,23,30,OCT / 13,17,NOV / 10,25,DEC

Set up new departure by yourself
If our fixed dispatching does not match your schedule, you may email us to set up a new dispatching(requires 30 days in advance), our company will find other travelers to join in based on your schedule, if we fail to find travelers to share cost with you, we still carry out the tour with this small group price.

Train Tickets Purchasing Service
We also provide the train tickets purchasing service attached to this tour to make your tour more fun, On the way to Lhasa, you can be in contact with different landscapes and the famous Lake KoKonor (Qinghai Lake), Tsonak Lake,the famous Tanggula Ranges,diffrest glaciers,nomadic tent and their uncountable sheeps and yaks dotted on endless grand land.

Route	Hard sleeper		Soft sleeper
	Ticket Price	Service Charge	Ticket Price	Service Charge
Beijing-Lhasa	$130	$25	$200	$50
Lhasa-Beijing	$130	$15	$200	$25
Shanghai-Lhasa	$135	$25	-	-
Lhasa-Shanghai	$135	$15	$210	$25
Chengdu-Lhasa	$125	$15	$170	$25
Lhasa-Chengdu	$125	$15	$170	$25
Lhasa-Xian	$100	$15	-	-
Xining-Lhasa	$80	$50	$125	$80
Lhasa-Xining	$80	$15	$125	$25

All the train tickets requires at least 15 days booking in advance. 

If you want to join in any of tours above, please send us an inquiry  form, Our travel advisor will contact you within 24 hours