Nepal-Tibet-Qinghai-Xinjiang-Kazakhstan - 18 Days
Tour Type: Join in small group tour ( Min 1 – Max 12)
Tour Service: Tibetan Local Tour Guide & Driver
Time to visit: Available all year around
Trip Level: Easy trip for all ages
Tour Highlights
Experience the authentic Tibetan culture and devoted pilgrimage by joining the worshipers in Barkhor Street and Jokhang Temple.
Visit Drepung Monastery and watch the brilliant live Buddhism Debating in the Sera Monastery. Visit Daocheng Yading, Nicknamed as “the Last Shangri-La” for its natural beauties: mysterious monasteries, forests, pastures, snow-capped peaks, lakes and Tibetan villages. Step into Meili Snow Mountain-With 13 peaks at over 6,000m, it is an natural site located in Deching county Yunnan from Tibet
Tour Itinerary
Gyirong Port - Gyirong Town, 23km, 2700m
The guide will wait for you at the china side of the border. Procedures for people and Today can’t stay in car or camping. Driving 2 hrs to Gyirong Town
Gyirong Town - Gangga (316km, 4300m)
Visit opportunity: Pei Co cuo Lake. Some people may have altitude sickness today, it’s normal. Drink more water, pee more. Walk slowly, don’t jump!
Gangga - Everest Base Camp - Dingri (110km, 5200m)
Visit opportunity: Rongbuk Monastery. Entrance fee of EBC: 160 CNY / PP. Shuttle Tour Bus：120CNY / PP.
Dingri - Shigatse (340km, 3836m)
Finally we arrive a Shigatse, the second largest city in Tibet. There are fancy hotel with and good restaurant.
Shigatse 3836m
Get your temporary Chinese driving licence and number plate in transportation office.
Shigaste - Gyangze County - Lhasa (400km, 3600m)
Get your temporary Chinese driving licence and number plate in transportation office.
Lhasa - 3700m
Visit opportunity: Potala Palace, Jokhang Temple and strolling at Barkhor Street. Potala palace, Jokhang monastery, Barkhor Bazaar etc. Overnight stay in Lhasa. Entrance ticket: Potala Palace CNY 200/PP Jokhang Monastery CNY 85/PP
Akhor Bazaar – Free.
Lhasa
Visit opportunity: Sera Monastery and Drepung Monastery
Lhasa - Nagqu County ( 227km 3700m)
On the vast grassland, yaks, sheep and nomadic people’s camps can be seen everywhere. And the colorful long-standing nomadic culture created by the nomadic people can be appreciated here.
Nagqu County - Tanggula town ( 412 km, 4500m )
Driving on the Qinghai-Tibet road, you can see snow-capped mountains and endless prairie along the way.
Danggula town - Golmud ( 417 km )
Char Khan Salt Lake, Kunlun Mountains, Water Yadan landform, Populus euphratica forest
Tanggula Pass: “Tanggula” means “mountain on the plateau” in Tibetan. Due to the year-round wind and snow, it is known as the “Snow Warehouse”. Tanggula Mountain is the dividing line between Qinghai and Tibet, with an altitude of 5,231 meters. There are monuments and landmarks at the mountain pass.
Goldmud - Dunhuang, 561km, 6 hours driving, 2800m
Today is a tough day. View on the road
Dunhuang
Staying in Dunhuang and visiting the Night Market in the evening is a great experience. Visit opportunity: Mingsha Mountain crescent, Mogao Grottoes
Dunhuang - Hami, 408km, 4hrs
Visit opportunity: Flaming Mountain, Bezeklik thousand buddha caves, Ancient city of gaochang
Hami - Turpan, 411km, 4-5 hours
Visit opportunity: King’s Palace, Hami Museum
Turpan - Urumqi, 200km, 2hrs
Visit opportunity: The Grand Bazaar, Hongshan Park, Xinjiang Museum
Urumqi - Sayram lake, 557km, 5h30min
Sayram lake
Sayram lake - Horgos/Alashankou,113km/172km
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- All accommodations (based on double occupancy)
- Breakfast each morning in Tibet
- Bottled drinking water
- All ground transportation in Tibet
- All entrance fees for the itinerary listed
- All Tibet travel permits
- Local Tibetan guide fees
- All meals and accommodations for your driver and guide
- Lhasa Airport or train station pick up and transfer
- Hotel . Jeep . Necessary. Permission. Guide. Ticket. Follow of group request
- Passport and Chinese Visa fees
- International airfare to/from Lhasa, Tibet
- Yak, horse or porter fees at Mt. Kailash
- Lunch and dinner
- Bottled water along the Kailash trek
- Travel vaccinations
- Insurance (travel, medical, etc)
- Souvenirs or personal items such as laundry, snacks, alcohol drinks, etc
- Photography fees inside temples and monasteries
- Gratuities to the Tibetan guide and driver
- Slight additional cost to depart Tibet at the Nepal border
Upon joining, each participant will be sent a list of required and recommendedgear for this journey that they will be responsible for.
In Lhasa, Gyantse, Shigatse and Saga, you will be staying in comfortableandpleasant locally-rated 3 or 4 Star Tibetan-owned hotels. At Lake Manasarovar and alongthetrekaround Mt. Kailash, accommodations will be very simple guesthouses as these areas areveryremote and poor. Guesthouses have no heat, but plenty of blankets. Toilets are usuallyoutsideand are not always clean. Showers are often unavailable at guesthouses or are available at alocal
shower house that is not attached to the hotel. Hotel upgrades available in Lhasa upon request.
Breakfast is included in the price for each morning you are in lhasa and shigatse. Lunchand dinner are not included in the price.
Participants must be in good health and be able to spend each day walkingaroundtowns, villages and monasteries. Most of this tour will take place in mountainous terrain between3600 meters and 5200 meters (11,800 feet to 17,000 feet) above sea level. The 3 day trekaroundMt. Kailash is 52 kilometers long and will take 3 days to complete. This trek is beautiful, but isquite demanding as the high pass rises to 5630 meters (18,465 feet). You will spend 3 nightsinLhasa for altitude acclimatization before going above 3600 meters. Ascent will be slowandgradual along the way from Lhasa to Mt. Kailash.
Tour Itinerary
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