Summary itenerary

D1: by air or trans from mainland into lhasa or from nepal side( katmandu.)
D2: visiting famous potala, bhakor and jokhang
D3:redicovering drepung monastery and sera monastery.
D4:serving a free day to client for more understanding on lhasa
D5:moving forward to gyantse town
D6:gyantse to shigatse
D7:moving to sakya monastery and to lhatse or to shekar(if possible)
D8:from shekar moving towards the famous mount everest base camp.
D9:base camp to sagar county
D10:moving saga to baryang
D11:baryang to our final destination ie mount kailash
D12:spending a day around lake and can enjoy the cool breeze
D13:entering into darchen for yours final preperation
D14: D15and D16 are on trekking
D17:back to saga
D18:to dham(zhangmu)
D19:to katmandu, nepal

Detail itenerary

D1: our agency tour guide will pick you up from lhasa gongkar airport or from lhasa train station to yours reserved hotel.you can relax in the hotel and can refer to books that you have bring along with you for yours trip. If you have any doubt or question, you can ask to your tour guide to fix your next day’s trip.

D2: morning section to visit the famous potala palace, which is situated on the marpori(red hill) and is abode of boddhisattva of compassion, Avalokiteshvara. The potala palace is divided into two parts, white and red palace is about 119m tall.the red palace had 13 storeys, golden tomb from fifth to thirteenth dalai lama. Songtsen gonpo’s meditation cave is situated in white palace is oldest chamber in the history of whole potala palace. Afternoon section visiting to Johkang temple, built during songtsen gonpo’s reign by princess wencheng of tang dynasty. The most interesting thing in jokhang is the sacred goat head in the Jampa chapel which is believe to ‘self-arisen’ ie not man made.
      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.
Then continued to explore the famous barkhore street which is like core of the lhasa city and you can seen different attracting things there. The famous thangkas and culturally important things like dorjee(thunderbolt), drums, chupa(tibetan dress) are all available in barkhor street there.

D3:drepung monastery is situated at the foothill of a mountain and was founded by Jamyang Choeje in 1416. the monastery is divided into two different colleges that is drepung loselling and drepung gomang college. The Ganden podrang is famous among them as it is 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 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. the two main protector inside the monastery is that of Nechung choegyal and Palden lhamo.
In the afternoon exploring the Sera monastery which was founded in 1419 by Tsongkapa’s disciple Jamchen Choeje. The whole monastery is divided into two colleges and there are Sera ‘jhe’ and Sera ‘may’ respectively. Among them “Tsokhang chenmo” where the monks from all the colleges assemble and pray together there.you can also see monks debaiting there in the courtyard at around 6-7:30 in the afternoon section.Note: if you don’t feel tired, you can try for the khora(circumambling around) Drepung and sera monastery.Your tour guide and driver will drop you back to your hotel.

D4:one day is serving free for you for more inderstanding on lhasa city. There are so many interesting things that you shouldnot miss around lhasa city. Some of them are Lingkhor - is the most interesting section of the city’s main pilgrimage circuit.It’s best walked in the morning, you’ll be joined by hundreds of Tibetan pilgrims. The hardest part of this walk is finding the starting point. The starting point is the completion point of this walk. In one complete lingkhor,you have made round to three most important “JOWOE”,the three precious statues ie Sakyamuni in jokhang, Mugyur dorjee in Ramoche and thukje chemo in Potala palace.

Barkhor: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 artefacts, religious implements, antiques,mordern goods,books,music,and tradition tibetan clothes etc.
Tsekhor: in tibetan language, the potala palace is also reffered to as “tse” means supermacy. That's why the circulation around the potala is termed as tsekhor. Tibetans always circumambultes by holding a Mani prayer wheel in right hand and rossary in their left hand.
Chakpori: it is believe that a medical institution was once stood their on the chakpori or iron hill. The red hill and chakpo hill are seperated by three stupas in between. It is believe that by joining these two hills forms a big dragon which cause a big destruction in the lhasa city.
Lhasa Nadam: the 70 percentage of oxygen around lhasa city is produced from nadam, extending from drepung monastery to sera horse racing centre. You can observe it very carefully from the backside of the potala palace. 
Tibetan tea houses: if you have sufficient time in the morning, you can check out the crowded Tibetans drinking sweet tea or butter tea in restaurant like Ghamchung or Zhutral tea house.
Butter tea: made from Dri(female yak) butter mixed with salt, soda,tea leaves and hot water churned up in a wooden tube. When mixed with tsampa(barley) becomes staple meal of most tibetans and you may well be offered it at monasteries, people’s houses and even while waiting for a bus by the side of the road.

D5:it is better to leave early in the morning and in about one and half hourway, there is a county called “chushor”quxu in chinese where have to move towards the lhokha(shannan) prefecture. A few kilometers from chushor is famous pass kangpa-la with4700m.from the top of the pass in clear weather, you can see the fabulous shade of deep torquoise. Yamdrok-yutso is shaped like coiling scorpion with deep blue in colour. Far in the distance is the huge massif of mount Nanchan kangtsang(7191m). just a few kilometrers driving through the shore of lake yamdrok-yutso reches Nangartse county and is the largest town on the lake side and popular stop for the night. Leaving yamdrok-tso is a spectacular as arrriving, since you have to cross the 4960m karo-la with its awesome roadside views of the Nanchan- Kangtsang glacier. It was here that Younghusband’s british troops clashed with tibetan forces en route to lhasa.then reached to our day’s final destination Gyantse. Relax a night in Gyantse.

D6: morning section for Kubum monastery is the town’s foremost attraction. The 35m-high chorten(stupa) with its white layers trimmed with decorative stripes and its crown-like goldendome, is awe-inspiring.you can visit every chambers in the monastery. Kubum means 100,000 images in tibetan. Then experince the life of common tibetan people’s life around the town and also the Gyantse fort. Then moving towards the shigatse city. After finished up yours lunch, you can visit the famous Tashi lhunpo monastery and 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.Then in evening you can visit the famous tibetan market below the shigatse Zong.

D7: advancing towards the sakya county where you can visit to the sakya monastery. On the way you will cross the Tso la pass(4410m) and on the long descent from this pass, the Sakya bridge is visible in the distance. The sakya county is 21km from the friendship highway. The sakya tridition is one of the four main Buddhist schools in tibet. it was from here that the whole of tibet was governed during the period of Sakya hegemony and even now there are buildings of historic importance to be seen here. You can see the largest book in the world in Sakya’s great library written in gold. The most interesting thing in Sakya sect is that the sect donot believe in reincarnation and the head of sakya sect will wear white cassock and also marry to birth their child for next generation. Then moving towards the shegar with the highest altitude pass in whole tibet called Gyatso la pass 5200m above sea level same as to everest base camp.
D8: it is not easy to travel upto everest natural preserve. Like you need two permits to visit base camp. the first is the usual PSBtravel permit and second, a park-entry permit for everest nature preserve,can be brought at Qomolangma nature preserve San chen guesthouse in shekar or the snow leopard guest house in old tingri. The permit cost 400Yper vehicle,plus 180Yper passenger. Your passort and PBS permit will be checked at the checkpoint 6km west of shegar.
Dangers and annoyances: whatever you do, don’t attemp to walk to everest base camp direstly after arriving in Tingri from low altitudes of the Katmandu valley. The altitude gains of over 2600m leaves most people reaching from the effects from acute mountain sickness also called as altitude sickness. Its important to carry warm clothing, some kind of rain gearno matter what time of year you visit and there is no rescue sevvice up here in the shadow of mount Everest.

D9:  we need to take the old tingri road to Sagar county. From the old Tingri, you can see the mount Everest and Shishapangma which is at 8012m was the least of the world’s 8000m peaks to be climbed. The road condition worsen from old tingri and runs parallel to the Himalayan ranges and Nepalian sides called Anapurna ranges. The main road passes through the desolate plain of Digur tang, with its enormous sand dunes and the closely neighbouring snow peaks of Shishapangma and langtang to the south. Leaving the BUM-CHU basin, it then descends into the depression of PELKHU TSO(4600m), a cobalt blue lake. Saga county is only 69km from the Phelgu tso and spend a night in sagar town.

D10: then you are moving towards the Drongpa county, the region around the sources of Brahmaputra river,which is about 167km from the sagar town.then you will reached a tiny dusty on the main road with a couple of basic guest houses, restaurants and a small monastery called “old Drongpa” Around the monastery you can see a pile of yak heads which is carved with “sutras”and “mantras” like “OM MA NI PAD MEY HUM” which is mantra of god of compassion. And new Drongpa is a small town with a couple of shops, hotels and restaurant is about 25km apart from the old drongpa.then forward towards the Baryang with 4750m above sea level. It is better to pass a night here, as many groups spend a night in Baryang on the way to mount Kailash as none want to spend a night here in on the return.

D11: the route is a pleasant about four-hour drive, passing through yellow steppe with snowcapped Himalayan peaks off to the south when the weather is clear.there’s a check-point along the way,where you must show your passport and permits. Then MAYUM-LA PASS(5216m) which is the frointer between west tibet(shigatse prefecture) and far west tibet(ali). On the way you can see and experience the life of nomads and see the beatiful grass land of far west tibet. Magical mount Kailash comes into view approximately 90km after the Mayum-la just before the town of HOR QU. You can stay a night in horqu or you can camp at the beautiful lake shore.note: you have to buy entry ticket for the Manasarovar lake about 80Y per ticket and also have to pay about 20y per night in the lake shore.

D12: you can relax around the lake shore and experience the natural beauty of the lake. In the summer time, flocks of swans will gather on the lake, bringing grace and life to the area. You can also seen so many tibetans and hindus praying and circuling around the lake shore for the whole day.  you can see snow capped mountains on the background and hundreds of swans gether on the lake will attacks hundreds of thousand to tourist from all over the world.

D13. The entry fee for mount kailash is 80Y per person and here you need to register your passsports,permit and the itinerary at the police station on west side of darchen. Darchen is the starting and completion point for the general circuit of the sacred mountain. It is wise to spend at least a day acclimatising and making final preperations.

D14 and D15 are on the trekking .

D16: when you back to dachen , you can rest at darchen or you can discuss with you're your guide on the way back to sagar county. If possible it is better to sleep at Mayum la pass where you can sleep in guest house. Then the next day’s journey will be easier for you.

D17: then returning back to sagar

D18: on the way to zhangmu(dham) you have to pass through Nyalam tong-la pass with some kilometres forward you can see the beautiful scenery of mount Shishapengma. Then few hours drive will reaches a capital of nyalam county. In some itinerary, the agency will arrange a night in nyalam but it is better to move towards dham few kilometers from Nyalam because in summer it is not easy to find hotels and also parkings in dham as dham is situated on a hill. Also not easy to leave dham without checking your passport. After finishing all these process, your tour guide will drop you down to the bridge which boarding line between Nepal and china.

D19: the Nepalian side arrange a staff to pick you up near Dham bridge and help you to take you to Katmandu.