tibet cultural tour

This tour offers you some of the most amazing landscape on Earth and it is an Adventure trip for travelers on a limited time & Budget. The Friendship Highway is an important artery of commerce, it is also Tibet’s most popular tourist route. Enjoy fabulous mountain scenery enroute, visit mystical Buddhist monasteries of Tashilungpo at Shigatse, the Kumbum Stupa at Gyantse, and drive past the beautiful Turquoise lake. This route gives you a glimpse of both the Tibetan and Nepali culture. We'll pass small Tibetan settlements, nomadic herdsmen wandering across the wide arid plains and awe-inspiring mountain peaks. Equally as fascinating is the wealth of cultural interest and we will have plenty of opportunity to explore this side of Tibet, both in Lhasa and the other towns we pass through on our journey.

Friendship Highway (Kathmandu, Nepal to Lhasa, Tibet )

The Friendship Highway (also known as the Arniko Highway) is an important artery of commerce, it is also Tibet’s most popular tourist route. It was built in the mid-1960s and to link the valleys to the south of the Tsangpo and it follows the ancient trade route from Lhasa to Kathmandu

Day 01 : Kathmandu (1300) /Zhangmu (2,500m)/Nyalam (3700m): 123 KM/ 156KM

Early morning scenic drive to Kodari (Nepal /Tibet Border) through the beautiful Nepalese countryside and after necessary border formalities at Nepalese immigration an hour adventures uphill drive by truck (normally) or 2 hour walk uphill (incase of landslide) to Chinese immigration. Check –into hotel or continue drive to Nyalam. Overnight at Hotel. (Nyalam Guest house or similar G. House).
Day 02 : Zhangmu / Nyalam /Tingri (4300M) / Lhatse (4350M): 225Km/244Km

Day drive uphill to the highest plateau of the world with the typical view of Tibetan landscape offering sheer feeling of standing on the roof of the world crossing over LALUNGLA (5,050M), from where, weather permitting breathtaking panorama of beautiful Himalayan ranges including Mt. CHO OYU (8201M) & MT XISHAPAGMA (8012M) but dwarfed by the vastness of the Tibetan plateau. From Tingri one can enjoy the magnificence of MT. EVEREST (8,848M). Overnight at Hotel. (Lhatse Guest House).
Day 03 : TINGRI/LHATSE /XIGATSE (3900M): 244KM

Continue scenic drive crossing over GYATCHULA (5,220M), the highest pass en route to LHASA via LHATSE from where to road to MT. KAILASH bifurcates to the west. Overnight at Hotel. (Everest Friendship Hotel or similar)
Day 04: XIGATSE /GYANTSE (3,900M): 90KM

Morning sightseeing to the Panchen Lama’s TASHILHMPU Monastery. Drive to Gyantse and visit to the KUMBUM Stupa & PHALKOR Monastery. Overnight at Hotel. (Utse or Similar Hotel).
Day 05 : GYANTSE /LHASA (3,650M): 261KM

Full day picturesque drive crossing over KAROLA (5,010m), KAMBALA (4,794M), colorful YAMDROK LAKE and the Tibetan lifeline river BRAMA PUTRA (YARLUNG TSANGPO). Overnight at Hotel. (Kailash, Snow Land or similar Hotel).
Day 06-07 : In LHASA

Two full days sightseeing tour in LHASA including JOKHANG TEMPLE, BARKHOR BAZAAR, POTALA PALACE, DREPUNG & SERA MONASTRIES. Overnight at Hotel.
Day 08 : LHASA /KATHMANDU

Early morning drive to Gonggar airport for departure flight to KATHMANDU or to your onward destination.

NOTE : Please, note that above itinerary just include tour period. We need two more extra days for arrival and departure. Altogether, we require at least 10 days (Tibet Cultural Tour 8 days + 2 days for arrival and departure). Above itinerary can be customized according by your desire and requirements, so please, let us know if you want to make a shorter or longer above itinerary.

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Trekking Type Trekking Grade Maximum Altitude Best Season Lodge/Camping ▲▲ (?) 5470 m. May-Sep

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