Customers can choose the arrival & departure date based on their holidays.
Tour Hightlights:
Summary:
This tour includes all of the best sights, sounds, and smells Tibet has to offer. You could wind your way up through the Potala, join the shuffling, murmuring pilgrims around the shrines of the Jokhang, let yourself be swept around the Barkhor, and be enveloped in the vast expanses of the Tibetan landscape. For centuries, the impassable routes and political upheaval have made Tibet and Everest one of the last great unexplored territories in the world, but this expedition could offer you a chance to see the great Mt.Everest, one of earth's most remote corners. To view the sunrise and sunset there, you can do nothing but feel marvel for the nature's masterpiece.
Features:
Discover a unique and mysterious Lhasa
Experience Tibet's exotic and mysterious culture and life
Revel in Tibet's brilliant beauty
Fine selected hotels with a wide range of choices for your comfort
Comprehensive and personalized programs
Knowledgeable guides, experienced drivers and well-maintained vans.
Activities: Arrive in Lhasa and transfer to hotel. The rest of the day is on your own. Just relax and take a leisured stroll around the city. You can adjust to the altitude. Remember to drink plenty of water and get plenty of sleep for the long journey ahead.Happy travel!
Accommodation:local best
Meals: B
Day 02 Tour of Lhasa
Activities: Have a whole day trip in Potala Palace and Jokhang Temple,then finish the day by taking a Kora around the Barkhor.
Accommodation:local best
Meals: B
Day 03 Drive to Shigatse via Gyantse
Activities: Drive to Shigatse, via Gyantse on the Southern Friendship Highway.
Activities: Wake this morning below the stunning north face of Mt.Everest, (8848) the tallest mountain on earth.
Accommodation:Everest Base Camp
Meals: B
Day 06 Back to Lhasa
Activities: Taking a slightly different route this morning back to Lhasa. So, sit back and enjoy another full day of breathless mountains under an endless Himalayan sky.
Accommodation:local best
Meals: B
Day 07 Lhasa & Return Home
Activities: Take a last, memorable look at the PotalaPalace before being transported
Welcome to the Roof of the World. On your arrival to Tibet, we will meet you at the airport or train station and transfer you to the hotel . Plan on taking it slow the rest of today, so you can adjust to the altitude. Remember to drink plenty of water and get plenty of sleep for the long journey ahead.
Day 02 Tour of Lhasa
This morning you will wind your way up through the stunning, awe-inspiring PotalaPalace. Built in 637 AD by SongtsenGampo, it was the former winter residence for the Dalai Lamas and is truly a splendor of Eastern architecture. Next, visit the JokhangTemple, the center of Tibetan Buddhism, also built in the 7th century on the legendary pond of Wothang. Later after lunch, witness the famous debate sessions by the monks at Sera Monastery. And finish the day by taking a Kora around the Barkhor. Test your bartering skills with the locals in this push-and-shove economy.
Day 03 Drive to Shigatse via Gyantse
In the morning you will start the drive to Shigatse, via Gyantse on the Southern Friendship Highway. Crossing over the summit of Kamba La (4794 m), you will see the tranquil turquoise waters of Lake Yamdrok below; one of the three holiest lakes in Tibet. Far in the distance you will spot the towering massifMt.NojinKangtsang (7191 m), and the staggering Karo-la Glacier (5045 m). Afterwards, you will drive to Shigatse, and overnight there.
Day 04 Tashilumpu Monastery & Drive to Mt.Everest
This morning you will have a chance to visit Tashilumpu Monastery, the home of the Panchen Lama, which is essentially a walled town with cobbled and twisting lanes that revolve around a magnificent monastery. Then be driven to Rongbuk Monastery (optional), the highest monastery in the world. This evening you will have the intoxicating view of Mt.Everest. Overnight in local guesthouse or tent.
Day 05 Mt. Everest Base Camp & back to Shigatse
Wake this morning below the stunning north face of Mt.Everest, (8848) the tallest mountain on earth. After breakfast, drive the remaining 8 km to visit Everest Base Camp. Then, drive back to Shigatse, and be wrapped again in the endless vistas of the Tibetan plateau.
Day 06 Back to Lhasa
You will drive back to Lhasa, but don't worry, you will take a slightly different route this morning back to Lhasa. So, sit back and enjoy another full day of breathless mountains under an endless Himalayan sky.
Day 07 Lhasa & Return Home
Free time in the morning for you to wander around Lhasa. Take a last, memorable look at the PotalaPalace before being transported to the airport at 12:00 p.m.
Price is for one person in US dollars. Price may vary according to your travel time, e.g. China National Day Holiday (Oct 1 - Oct 7, 2010), and Chinese Spring Festival (Feb 2 - 8, 2011).
* The above price is for private tours. If you want to join a group tour, please see our SIC tours.
The availabilities of rooms, flights and so on are subject to change until the actual booking is being made. So your early confirmation is highly appreciated. Child(ren) betweem 2 to 12 years can get discounts from 50% to 90% from above price, please contact us for details to make your bookings in advance.
SIC Tour
This is a special tour. Our quotation includes:
The tickets of scenic spots on that day.
Lunch if arranged.
Travel guide and the coach which you share with other travellers.
Price Exclusions:
The fee of Dinning and Show on Tour in above diagram is not included in our quotation.
Expenses of other purely personal nature such as laundry, drinks, fax, telephone calls, optional activities, sightseeing or meals which are not included in the tour itinerary.
Hotel accommodation. You arrange the hotel by yourselves.
The transport fee in a city.
Visa fee, passport application or renewal fee. Tips for guides, escort, drives, bellman, etc. Applicable taxes or government fees.
Any other changes caused by any natural or man-made destructive activities, such as natural disasters, weather, governmental and local authority orders, political change, strikes war, riots, quarantine, custom regulations, which are beyond the control of GreatWall Vacation and that has incurred due to the tourist action violating the laws.
Travel insurance. For more details about travel insurance, please click here
Any items not specified in the plan.
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