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7 Days 6 Nights Lhasa Everest Gyirong to Kathmandu Small Group Tour

Promo: Classic overland route of traveling from Lhasa to Kathmandu via Gyirong Port
Duration: 7 Days 6 Nights
Destinations: Potala Palace, Jokhang Temple, Barkhor Street, Sera Monastery, Drepung Temple, Yamdrok Lake, Korola Glacier, Pelkor Monastery, Tashilunpo Monastery, Everest Base Camp
Seasons: Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter
Group Type: 3-12 clients small group
Trip Level: 5 stars
Highlights:
1) Overland tour to save flight ticket money
2) Historic Potala Palace, traditional home of the Dalai Lama
3) Visit many sites between Lhasa and Gyirong,Everest Base Camp
4) Face the challenging visit to Mount Everest, enjoy the sunset and sunrise at EBC
5) Stay one night at 5200m EBC tent with a chance to the Milky Way
Tour Price: from USD950

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7 days Lhasa EBC overland tour to Kathmanduu is the most classic overland rout in Tibet. In Lhasa, you will explore the famous heritage sites and important monasteries of this city. There are also many wonderful attractions and breathtaking high plateau landscape to explore, such as Tashilhunpo Monastery, Palcho Monastery and Yamdrok Lake. After the acclimatization in Lhasa, the tour starts heading toward great Himalayans. An overnight at the Everest base Camp will remark this tour as once in a lifetime experiences with picturesque of the world highest peak Mt Everest (8848m) right in front of your eyes.

Day	Route	Attractions & Activities	Accommodations	Meals
1	Arrival in Lhasa (3600m)	Pick up and transfer to the hotel.	Lhasa, 3★/4★	/
2	Lhasa City tour	Drepung Monastery, Sera Monastery	Lhasa, 3★/4★	B
3	Lhasa City tour	Potala Palace, Jokhang Temple, Barkhor Street	Lhasa, 3★/4★	B,D
4	Lhasa-Shigatse (3900m) 350km, 7-8hrs	Yamdrok Lake，Karola Glacier，Kumbum Stupa, Pelkor Chode Monastery	Shigatse, 3★/4★	B
5	Shigatse-EBC (5200m) 350km, 7-8hrs	Tashi Lhunpo monastery	EBC guestroom	B
6	EBC-Gyirong 370km, 8-9hrs	EBC, Rongbuk monastery	Gyirong local hotel	/
7	Gyirong to Kathmandu 180k, 8-9hrs	Send off at Gyirong border, transfer from border to Kathmandu	/	B

Daily Itinerary

Day 1: Arrival in Lhasa (3650m)

Attractions: No
Meals: No
Hotel: 3★/4★ hotel in Lhasa

Welcome to Lhasa! Upon your arrival at Gonggar airport or Lhasa Railway Station, your professional Tibetan guide will meet you right in the hall on time, with your name sign. Then a comfortable private car and experienced driver will take you to Lhasa hotel safely. It is about 65km from the airport to Lhasa city and takes less than an hour through the Airport Expressway. It is only 25km from the railway station and takes about half an hour.

After arriving at hotel, tour guide will help you check in. You can take a rest and get acclimatized to high altitude.

Tips:
1. To adapt to the high altitude ( over 3,600m ), you are recommended to have a good rest in the hotel, no running and intense activity, no smoking and no alcohol, no shower.
2. Please drink sufficient water and eat more vegetable, fruits, meat and eggs for more energy.
3. For the first-time visitors, it is common to have different degrees of high altitude sickness symptom.

Day 2: Lhasa tour

Attractions: Drepung Monastery and Sera Monastery
Meals: Breakfast
Hotel: 3★/4★ hotel in Lhasa

After breakfast at your hotel, driven to visit Drepung Monastery. Drepung Monastery was ever the largest monastery with more than 10 thousand monks, and now is one of three great monasteries in Lhasa. Seen from the distant, its grand, white construction gives the appearance of a heap of rice.

In the afternoon, driven to visit Sera Monastery, which is famous for the unique “Daily Scriptures Debating” activity held from 3:30pm to 5pm in the central courtyard. Then transfer back to the hotel.

Tips:
1. The road condition to Drepung Monastery and Sera Monastery is good.
2. Pack plenty of drinking water, sun glasses, suncream and some food.

Day 3: Lhasa tour

Attractions: Potala Palace, Jokhang Temple and Barkhor Street
Meals: Breakfast, Dinner
Hotel: 3★/4★ hotel in Lhasa

After breakfast, your tour guide & driver will pick you and drive to visit the splendid Potala Palace, which is Lhasa’s cardinal landmarks. You will have a whole morning to explore this world-level architectural works: White Palace, Red Palace, corridors and stairs and countless lama’s dormitory. Others include: Buddha statues, red-robed lamas and devoted, murals, etc.

In the afternoon, you will walk to visit the age-old Jokhang Temple, as the spiritual center of Tibet, which will deeply impress you with its magnificence and sincere pilgrims. You will see pilgrims donating butter oil to keep the lights burning for the Buddha; learning Tibetan Buddhism; hearing the red-robed Lamas praying; taking photos of the gold roof and enjoying the beautiful sunshine of Lhasa.

Finally, you will have a relaxing walk around Jokhang Temple at Barkhor Street, which is the oldest street in Lhasa, and full of religious atmosphere, showcasing Tibetan culture, economy, religion and arts assemble. Then transfer back to the hotel.

Tips:
1. In Potala Palace, your visiting time is limited on 1 hour. Climb up there, you might experience slight shortness of breath, please take your time and rest when needed.
2. Don’t disturb pilgrims and Lama. Don’t take photos of them without permission.
3. In Barkhor Street, remember to bargain and compare the price in different shops for the souvenirs when you are purchasing.

Day 4: Lhasa - Gyantse (3900m) – Shigatse (3800m) (350km, 7-8hrs)

Attractions: Yamdrok lake, Karuola Glacier, Pelkhor Chode monastery
Meals: Breakfast, Dinner
Hotel: 3★/4★ hotel in Shigatse

On leaving the Tibetan capital, we will first drive southwest towards the beauty of Lake Yamdrok taking the winding road up to the crest of the Gampa La pass at 4794 meters. From the pass you get the first glimpse of the beauty of Lake Yamdrok below ringed by snowy mountain peaks and stretching out across the whole landscape before you. In the distance the holy Mount Nyenchen Khangsar stands tall in the Nyenchen Tanglha Mountain Range. We will drop down to the lake shore for a closer look before continuing on to Nagartse for a delicious local lunch.

On the way to Gyantse, after lunch, we cross over the pass at Karo La (5159m) where we can view the beautiful glacier that falls from the slopes of Mount Nyenchen Khangsar. In Gyantse we will stop at the Pelkor Chode Monastery to explore both the monastery and the outstanding 32-meter stupa that is the highlight of the day. Known as the Kumbum Stupa this one-of-a-kind stupa has nine floors and 108 chapels which contain thousands of images and statues throughout. Then we will continue on in the late afternoon to reach Shigatse before nightfall.

Day 5: Shigatse - EBC (5200m) (350km, 7-8hrs)

Attractions: Rongbuk monastery, Mt. Everest base camp
Meals: Breakfast
Hotel: guestroom bed at EBC

In the morning, we will visit the home of Panchan Lama - Tashilunpo Monastery. Then, we’ll leave Shigatse after getting your Alien’s travel permit, and then drive direct to the base Camp of Mount Everest near the Rongbuk Monastery. The route takes us over several high passes and the first outstanding view you will see is from the Gyatso La pass at 5400 meters. From the viewpoint at the crest of the pass you can see Mount Everest standing tall in the distance.

At Old Tingri we will turn off the Friendship Highway and take the Zhufeng Road over the Gawu La Pass (5250m) from which you get an amazing view of the Himalayan panorama. The view of the peaks includes several mountains above 8000 meters including Mount Everest (8848m) Mt. Lhotse (8516m) Mt. Makalu (8463m) Mt. Shishapangma (8020m) and Mt. Cho Oyu (8201m).

On our arrival at the Rongbuk Monastery we will first check into the tent guesthouse or Rongbuk Monastery Guesthouse depending on the time of year. The tent guesthouses are not available in the winter months from November to March and are sometimes full in the peak months of summer. After a light lunch we will get time to explore the famous Rongbuk Monastery the official highest Buddhist monastery in the world. Housing both monks and nuns the monastery was a regular stopping point for explorers heading for Mount Everest in the early days after it was first discovered.

Tips:
1. The road condition from Shigatse to EBC is a mixture of paved and rough road around mountains.
2. Staying overnight near the Rongbuk Monastery will be quite cold, please pack warm clothes.
3. Remember to get up early in the morning to see the sunrise over Mt. Everest.

Day 6: EBC – Gyirong (370km, 8-9hrs)

Attractions: Mt. Everest base camp
Meals: No
Hotel: local hotel in Gyirong

In the morning, you can appreciate the sunrise of Everest Peak if weather permits at the lodging area and then visit the Rongbuk Monstery - the unique highest monastery with nuns and monks living together. Later, we can visit the Everest Base Camp and take pictures of Mt. Everest at the closes distance in EBC.

After that, we can drive from EBC to Kyirong border. On the way, tourists can enjoy breathtakign vista of Mt. Shishapangma and the Pekutso Lake. After passing the Ghungtang Lhamo(5236M), we will arrive in Kyirong in late afternoon.

Day 7: Gyirong border to Kathmandu

Attractions: No
Meals: Breakfast
Hotel: No

Our Tibetan guide will assist you to exit China via Gyirong border. Then you will take the transfer car to Kathmandu. The car price is not included in the tour cost.

Cost & Calendar

* All prices are in US Dollar / Person

Economic Class (3-Star Hotels)

Nov.1-March 31	Apr.1-June 20	June 21-July 9	July 10-Aug.20	Aug.21-Sept.19	Sept.20-Oct.10	Oct.11-Oct.31
USD965	USD1065	USD1110	USD1160	USD1110	USD1160	USD1065

Comfortable Class (4-Star Hotels)

Nov.1-March 31	Apr.1-June 20	June 21-July 9	July 10-Aug.20	Aug.21-Sept.19	Sept.20-Oct.10	Oct.11-Oct.31
USD1255	USD1145	USD1205	USD1265	USD1205	USD1265	USD1145

Discount Policy:

Option A	Option B	Option C
3 persons or more to Join the Same Group	Book the group 3 months in advance	Book the group 6 months in advance
5% Off of tour cost for per person	5% Off of tour cost for per person	8% Off of tour cost for per person

* Note: the above discount policies can only be enjoyed either one of them, not A,B,C together.)

Available Dates of this Trip

*Price Based on Above 3 stars Hotels

Inclusion & Exclusion

Inclusions:
1. Permit: All necessary Tibet Travel Permits (Incl. Tibet Entry Permit, Alien Travel Permit, Boarder Pass, etc.);

2.Accommodation: 4 nights, twin room in 3★/4★; 1 night, EBC guestroom; 1 night, local hotel;

3. Ticket: All entrance tickets fees for all tourist sites listed in the itinerary;

4. Guide: Professional English-speaking Tibetan local tour guide;

5. Vehicle: 5-29 seats Comfortable Tibet tourist vehicle with licensed and experienced driver;

6. Meal: Breakfasts in the hotel; A Welcome Dinner in local restaurant;

7. Insurance: Tourists Accident/Casualty Insurance;

8. Drinking water provided during the trip;

9. A container of Oxygen for emergency use;

10. Accommodation and meal allowance to the guide & driver;

11. Arrangements include planning, handling, operational and communication charges;

12. Free Airport to hotel shuttle pickup schedule: 10:00 am; 13:30 pm; 17:00 pm;
Free Hotel to Airport shuttle pickup schedule: 06:30 am; 08:00 am; 12:00 pm;
Free transfer between Train Station and hotel.

Exclusion:
1. Meal: not specified in the itinerary (All lunches & dinners).

2. Single room supplement: If you are a solo traveler, you need to share twin room with another tourist (same sex in most cases). You can pay the single room supplement to stay in one room by yourself. And the exact cost depends on market fluctuation in high and off season of Tibet tourism.

3. Tips: If you are satisfied with the service of guide, driver and waiters, you may consider tipping them appropriately ( Tips is not required but expected).

4. International and domestic flight/train (we can offer the ticket booking service at the competitive price).

5. Personal expenses such as laundry, drink, fax, telephone call, optional tour activities, etc.

6. Any losses incurred from the force majeure factor like government control, natural disaster etc.

Addional Info

Knows before You Book

1. Book at least 20 days in advance so tour operator may apply for your Tibet Permit. Tibet Permit will be delivered to your delivery address / hotel address in one city of China.

2. Travelers should have a moderate physical fitness level. Patients with serious hypertension, heart disease, asthma, bronchities, diabetes and cold should be restricted from going to Tibet.

3. Your airport/train station pick-up and drop-off in Lhasa need to be arranged by the tour supplier.

4. If you fly to Lhasa from Kathmandu, please do not apply for China L Visa in advance. You need to apply for Tibet Group Visa from China Embassy in Kathmandu via travel agency. If you have your China L Visa, it will be automatically expired when applying for Tibet Group Visa.

5. Price is based on double occupancy. Single room supplement is subject to availability and additional charge.

6. Please read the Payment Methods, Terms and Conditions and Cancellation policies.

Knows after You Book

1. Travelers are required to provide photocopy of passports and China L visas at least 15 days prior to travel date, letting tour operator to have enough to apply for your Tibet Travel Permit. If you have other type visas, please contact with your travel consultant.

2. Normally, it takes around 8-9 days to process your Tibet Permit from Tibet Tourism Bureau. Then, we will have it delivered to your address in mainland China.

3. You should wear comfortable clothing and walking shoes.

4. It is better to bring spending cash for a whole trip. In Lhasa and Shigatse, it is OK to withdraw money with foreign bank card or change your foreign currency into Chinese Renminbi (RMB, CNY).

5. The insurance is provided by The People’s Insurance Company (Group) of China Limited (www.epicc.com.cn), which covers only tourist accident risks in China. We recommend that tourists purchase additional insurance on their own.

6. We understand you may worry about the High Altitude Sickness. It is common reaction in the plateau. It is better to consult your own doctor and bring some medicine, such as: Hongjingtian and Gaoyuanan; Acetazolamide, Dexamethasone, Vitamin and Nutrient Supplements.

7. Please keep a relaxed and happy mood, avoid drinking alcohol and doing strenuous exercises. First-timers at high altitude may have symptoms like headache, shortness of breath, fast heartbeat, and loss of appetite, fatigue, insomnia, etc. It is common. Normally such symptoms will disappear in 2 days.

8. During your trip in Tibet, please obey the law; respect the local’s religion and customs.
Do not do things that are beyond your tourist identity, such as photograph military facilities, and other politically sensitive areas;
Do not accept any news media’s interview;
Do not collect secret intelligence;
Do not wave antisocial banners, yelling antisocial slogans;
Do not use aerial camera;
Do not venture into areas beyond planned itineraries.

9. Some souvenirs like Knife, antique, animal skulls, etc. are not allowed to take out of China at custom, please don’t buy this kind of souvenirs.

10. The train ticket to Lhasa is normally issued 15-60 days before departure. During the Tibet’s Peak Tourism Season (from June to Mid-October, during Chinese Spring Festival and other public holidays in China), the train tickets may be issued only 1-9 days before departure

7 Days 6 Nights Lhasa Everest Gyirong to Kathmandu Small Group Tour

Daily Itinerary

Cost & Calendar

Inclusion & Exclusion

Addional Info

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