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Lhasa Arrival
You can choose the recommended flight and buy your ticket to Lhasa. You will meet in Lhasa on the same day. The tour guide and driver will pick you up at the airport. You will then be driven along the Lhasa River Scenic Belt to Lhasa City to feel the pure air of the plateau. After arriving in Lhasa, check into the booked hotel. After arriving in Lhasa, try to avoid going out and have a good rest to adapt to the altitude sickness. You can visit the night view of the Potala Palace in the evening.
Meals: Not included
Accommodation: Lhasa Guizang Manor Hotel
Lhasa Airport
Lhasa Railway Station
Downtown Lhasa: Potala Palace — Jokhang Temple — Barkhor Street
In the morning, you will visit the Potala Palace, the highest ancient palace-style building complex in the world, the residence of the Dalai Lamas of all generations and the center of political and religious power in Tibet. It contains the golden stupa that holds the Dalai Lamas of all generations and a large number of precious murals, thangkas and Buddha statues, which are the concentrated embodiment of Tibetan culture.
After lunch, you will visit the Jokhang Temple, the earliest Buddhist temple built during the Tubo Dynasty. The temple enshrines a twelve-year-old life-size statue of Sakyamuni that accompanied Princess Wencheng into Tibet. It is the most sacred and effective Buddha statue in the hearts of Tibetan people. Here you can see the piety of the people in worship, and you can also turn the prayer wheel and pray with the people.
Meals: Not included
Accommodation: Lhasa Guizang Manor Hotel
Potala Palace
Barkhor Street
Lhasa — Yamdrok Lake — Karola Glacier — Shigatse
In the morning, we will depart from Lhasa and drive to Yamdrok Lake, one of the three sacred lakes in Tibet with dazzling colors. Yamdrok Lake means “Jade Lake” in Tibetan. Then we will go down the mountain to get close to Yamdrok Lake. The azure blue water is connected to the snow-capped mountains in the distance.
In the afternoon, we will pass by Karola Glacier: feel its majestic grandeur. Glaciers are the geological history written by flowing years and ice and snow, and are great works of art sculpted by time.
Then we will go to Shigatse to check in.
Meals: Not included
Accommodation: Shigatse Meidi Holiday Hotel
Yamdrok Lake
Shigatse
Shigatse — Tingri — E.B.C. — Basong Village
In the morning, you will drive to the new Dingri County seat – Xieger via Lazi. Along the way, you will cross the Jiacuo La Snow Mountain at an altitude of 5,220 meters. When you are about to reach Xieger, you can see the majestic appearance of Mount Everest from afar. Along the way, you will cross the Jiacuo La Snow Mountain Pass at an altitude of 5,220 meters, stop for a while and rush to Dingri.
In the afternoon, you will arrive at the world’s highest Mount Everest Nature Reserve. Looking south from the world’s highest temple – Rongbuk Monastery, it is recognized by the world as the best place to look up at Mount Everest. The white pagoda stands tall and the colorful prayer flags flutter. Afterwards, you will take an environmentally friendly car to the Mount Everest Base Camp at an altitude of 5,200 meters, where you will dance with the world’s highest peak, Mount Everest.
Meals: Not included
Accommodation: Local Guesthouse
Tingri
Rongbuk Monastery and Mount Everest
Basong Village — Tingri — Shishapangma Nature Reserve — Peiku Co — Saga
After breakfast, we will continue our journey by car, enjoying the scenery surrounded by mountains, passing Peiku Co, a plateau lake on the roadside, overlooking the 8,013-meter-high Shishapangma Peak, and entering the vast uninhabited area of Saga. Saga is located in the northwest of Shigatse. The county border is 105 kilometers long, and National Highway 219 runs through the entire county.
Saga is located at the north foot of the Himalayas and the southwestern edge of the Gangdise Mountains, and the upper reaches of the Yarlung Zangbo River. There are plateau scenery such as sacred mountains and holy lakes in the territory. The average altitude of the county is above 4,600 meters, with thin air, sufficient sunshine, and a large temperature difference between day and night.
Meals: Not included
Accommodation: Local Guesthouse
Mount Shishapangma
Peiku Co
Saga — Zhongba — Maquan River Marsh — Darchen
After breakfast, we will drive along National Highway 219, passing through Payang Town in Zhongba County. This is a town with a strong western style and the highest town in the world, with an altitude of 4,700 meters. We will enjoy the Maquan River Basin along the way, gradually walk into the embrace of the sacred Mount Kailash and the holy lake Manasarovar, and head to the ghost lake Laangcuo, and stay overnight at Darchen.
Meals: Not included
Accommodations: Local Guesthouse
Saga
Darchen
Darchen — Mount Kailash — Driapuk
In the morning, we will take an eco-friendly bus from Taqin and go deep into the valley to prepare for the circumambulation of the mountain. There are yaks and horses in the valley for people to experience, and there are also luggage porters (Note: the cost of the services mentioned here is at your own expense). Go up the valley and experience the wonders of nature with the most realistic perception.
Along the way, you will also see the west and north sides of Mount Kailash, one side is high into the clouds, and the other side is stacked. After about 22 kilometers of circumambulation, you will arrive at driapuk. Among the colorful flying prayer flags, you will rest and fall asleep with a piety for faith and awe of nature.
Meals: Not included
Accommodation: Local Guesthouse
Mount Kailash
Driapuk — Dzultripuk
After a night of rest and replenishment, we will start a new day of trekking. Today we will cross the highest point of this pilgrimage, Zhuoma La Pass (5630 meters above sea level). Along the way, we will meet many devout Tibetans who bow their heads and worship. The so-called pilgrimage road is actually the traces of holiness left by the Tibetans with their bodies and feet among the ice, snow and gravel, and the sedimentation of years.
The road to the sacred is a little difficult to walk, and you can stop by the teahouse to rest and adjust your physical strength. In the breeze, Zhuoma La Pass is full of colorful prayer flags flying. There is a beautiful small lake at the bottom of the valley, Toji Co. This is a lake of mercy, like a transparent white jade, inlaid between the towering mountains. After passing Zhuomala Pass, we started to go downhill, which consumed less energy. We hiked back to driapuk and stayed overnight at the guesthouse of dzultripuk.
Meals: Not included
Accommodation: Local Guesthouse
Dzultripuk– Darchen – Zanda County
On the third day of the circumambulation, as the altitude decreased, the color of the surrounding map gradually changed from snow-white to emerald green, and the small animals between the trees began to become active, full of a strong breath of life. Piles of Mani stones, colorfully placed between the snow-capped mountains and grasslands, seemed like monks praying attentively. After completing the last 10 kilometers of hiking, it was noon, and our tour bus had already been here to pick up friends who had completed the circumambulation, and then the bus headed to Zanda County.
Guge Kingdom-Zanda Earth Forest-Darchen
The site of Guge Kingdom is an ancient plateau city. The site of Guge Kingdom is located on a dirt hill by the Xiangquan River in Zhada Feizabu District, Agu, covering an area of about 180,000 square meters. The entire site has 300 house caves, 3 pagodas (more than 10 meters high), 4 temples, 2 halls and 2 underground secret passages. It is divided into upper, middle and lower levels, which are the royal palace, temples and residential houses respectively. The outer wall is built with towers at the four corners. There are many exquisite sculptures and murals in its red temple, white wing and Shuhui temple. The Guge Kingdom was established around the 10th century AD by Jidenima Gun, the great-grandson of Guan Pulangda Ma, the last Turkic dynasty, who led the pro-Sui people to flee to Agu after the dynasty collapsed. From the middle of the 10th century to the beginning of the 17th century, the Guge Kingdom dominated western Tibet, promoted Buddhism, resisted foreign aggression, and played an important role in the history of Tibet after the Tubo Dynasty. The Guge Kingdom, which once had a splendid civilization history of 700 years, its disappearance remains a mystery.
Darchen- Sacred Mountains and Holy Lakes – Saga
Depart from darchen in the morning, facing the morning glow between Mount Kailash and Mount Namunani, head to Saga, passing through Mapang Yongcuo along the way. It is known as the “Mother of the World’s Rivers”. Mapang Yongcuo is also known as Mafamucuo. It means “invincible lake” in Tibetan and is located in Purang County, Tibet, China.
The natural scenery around it is very beautiful. Since ancient times, Buddhist believers and Bon believers have regarded it as a holy place “the center of the world”. It is the freshwater lake with the highest transparency in China. It is one of the three “sacred lakes” called by the Tibetan Buddhists. It is also the source of the four major rivers in Asia. There are many temples of various sects around the sacred mountain and the holy lake, and there are many ancient temples. The average altitude is 4,500 meters.
Gongzhucuo, the first plateau lake in Tibet entering the Agu region through the Agu South Line, has a lake surface altitude of 4,786 meters, an average annual temperature of only 0-2 degrees Celsius, and excellent national scenery. Then return to Ga to check in.
Saga -Peikutso- Shigatse
Today we set out from Saga and pass Peikuso.
Peikuso is the largest inland lake in the Everest Nature Reserve, with an area of about 300 square kilometers and an altitude of 4,590 meters. The lake is surrounded by mountains on three sides, with an open terrain and abundant fish resources. There are wild horses, Tibetan wild donkeys, Tibetan antelopes, cranes, yellow ducks, gray ducks and other activities on the lakeshore.
Compared with Nam Co, Manasarovar, Selin Co and Yamdrok Lake, Peikucuo is not really famous. Fortunately, with the reflection of Shishapangma Peak (60 kilometers to the south of the lake) and the sound of the Yarlung Zangbo River (40 kilometers to the north of the lake), this gourd-shaped alpine lake that represents good luck has a reason for people to be moved and stop.
Shigatse-Mount Jiegaonri – Lake Serling–Baingoin County
Jiegangri Sacred Mountain is located in Tibet. It is a natural beauty and a sacred place of Tibetan Buddhism. It is majestic and magnificent, showing different styles with the change of seasons. Countless believers come to worship, believing that the sacred mountain contains infinite power and wisdom. The sacred mountain is not only a work of nature, but also a symbol of Tibetan culture.
Lake Serling, formerly known as Qilin Lake and Selindongcuo, is located in Shuanghu County, Shenzha County and Banger County of Nagqu City, Tibet Autonomous Region. The geographical coordinates of the center of the lake are 30.0322~33.1949″ north latitude and 87.2340″~92.1349″ east longitude. The lake surface is about 4530 meters above sea level and the total area of the lake is 2099.13 square kilometers. The lake body is about 72 kilometers long from east to west and about 22.8 kilometers wide from north to south. It is the second largest saltwater lake in China and the largest lake in Tibet after Qinghai Lake.
Lake Serling means “the devil lake with magnificent light” in Tibetan. It is a tectonic lake formed during the formation of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau and a large deep-water lake. The main rivers entering the lake are Zhagen Zangbo, Zhajia Zangbo, Boqu Zangbo and Ali Zangbo. There are 20 other lakes around Lake Serling, such as Gerencuo, Wurucuo and Co’e. Multiple satellite lakes form an inland lake group.
The inland area of Selin Co is surrounded by mountains on all sides, and the lake basin is flat and open. It is one of the important animal husbandry bases in northern Tibet and the Shenzha Wetland Nature Reserve that protects black-necked cranes and ecosystems. The lakeside grasslands are home to rare birds such as black-necked cranes, bar-headed geese, brown-headed gulls, and mallards, as well as mammals such as Tibetan antelopes, Tibetan gazelles, wild donkeys, argali, and snow leopards.
The ecological environment of Selin Co is rich and diverse. The basin belongs to the plateau cold zone semi-arid monsoon climate zone, with strong solar radiation, long sunshine time, cold winter and spring, warm summer and autumn, and distinct dry and wet seasons. There are many rivers and lakes in the basin that are interconnected, forming a closed inland lake group.
Lake Serling
Baingoin
Baingoin County-Southern Shore of Namtso Lake(Zaxi Peninsula)-Naganla Pass-Nyainqentanglha Mountain-Lhasa
After breakfast, enter Namtso from Baingoin County. Namtso is located in the central part of Tibet Autonomous Region. It is the second largest lake in Tibet and the third largest saltwater lake in China. The lake surface is 4725 meters above sea level. It is known as the “Heavenly Lake” and is one of the “Three Holy Lakes” in Tibet. After visiting Namtso, you will pass through the Naganla Pass on the way back to Lhasa. The background mountain of Namtso is located on the north side of the Naganla Pass. The main peak of Nyainqentanglha Mountain, Nyainqentanglha Peak, is 7111 meters above sea level and is covered with snow all year round. In Tibetan folk songs and legends, Nyainqentanglha Mountain and Namtso are lovers who depend on each other for life and death. Finally, return to Lhasa city
Namtso Lake
Mount Nyainqentanglha
Lhasa Airport Transfer-End of Trip
The pleasant trip to Tibet is over. The hotel includes breakfast in the morning. Our company will send guests to the airport or railway station based on their return train tickets or air tickets, and they will return to their warm home.
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Fee Description
Fees Include:
- Vehicles: 15-seat tourist vehicle.
- Accommodation: Standard rooms for 2 people/ bigger rooms for 3 people.
- Admission fees: All listed in the itinerary.
- Guide: Experienced Chinese/English/bilingual tour guides.
- Tibet Travel Permit guaranteed.
- Insurance: Travel agency liability insurance and vehicle Seat Insurance.
- Complimentary: Portable oxygen and bottled water.
Fees Do Not Include：
- Please handle your personal expenses on your own.
- Lunches and dinners.
- Gratuities: Tips for tour guides and drivers; tip as you wish.
- Single Room Supplement: Refers to the cost incurred when a traveller requests to stay alone in a room, or due to the absence of other travellers to share accommodation costs with.
- Round-trip Transportation: Flight and train tickets to Lhasa and back (booking service provided).
- Other Expenses: All expenses incurred by travellers due to breach of contract, personal fault, activities arranged independently during the trip, or personal illness not mentioned in the “Services Included” above.
