Lhasa Everest Base Camp Tour

Name: Lhasa Everest Base Camp Tour
Brand: Wilderness Excursion
Price: 1299 USD
Availability: InStock

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Duration

11 Days

Trip Grade

Easy

Group Size

Min 6 People

Activities

Tour, Sightseeing

Starts

Kathmandu

Ends

Kathmandu

Best Time

June, July, Aug, Sept

The Lhasa Everest Base Camp Tour offers a lifetime adventure, featuring scenic flights over snowcapped peaks, visits to Lhasa, Shigatse, and Gyantse, and iconic monasteries like Potala Palace. Experience high passes, rural villages, and stunning lakes. Wilderness Excursion provides private or group tours from April to November.

Trip Overview

Lhasa Everest Base Camp Tour is an exciting journey of a lifetime experience. Flying to Lhasa from Kathmandu first or flying back to Kathmandu from Lhasa at the end of your trip is one of the scenic flying views of snowcapped mountains, including the world’s tallest peaks, which will be just below your airbus. In this tour, we will visit the main cities of Tibet: Lhasa, Shigatse, and Gyantse. The most popular Buddhist monasteries are Potala Palace, Jokhang, Sera Monastery, Drepung and Sakya monasteries. Passing through the highest passes of over 5000 miters, scenery of the landscape, classic and rural villages, nomad and typical Tibetan peoples, and high-altitude lakes are another beauty of the Tibet Lhasa Everest Base Camp Tour. Wilderness Excursion, a Kathmandu-based adventure travel agency, can provide you with a private or group tour of Tibet Lhasa Everest Base Camp Tour from April to November

Itinerary

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Day 01

Arrive Kathmandu

Land at Tribhuvan International airport in Kathmandu and you will be received by Wilderness Excursion company representative and transferred to the selected hotel. And a short briefing about your trip. Stay overnight in hotel in Kathmandu.

Day 02

Kathmandu valley tour and preparation

Full day Sightseeing in UNESCO listed historical sites such as Kathmandu Durbar Square, Boudhanath, Swayambhunath(monkey temple), and Pashupatinath in Kathmandu Valley with experience Tour Guide by private car/van, afternoon preparation for Tibet tour. Stay overnight in Hotel.

Day 03

Arrive in Lhasa by flight

Your Lhasa Everest Base Camp Tour starts with your arrival in Lhasa today. Kathmandu to Lhasa you will have 1 hour 10 minutes Trans-Himalayan flight which is considered one of the most attractive air routes in the world that takes you over the Everest (8848m), Kanchenjunga (8536m) and other Himalayan peaks. You will be received by our Tibetan guide at the airport. Nearly 1.5 hours’ drive along 93 km road, from the airport, you will reach Lhasa. It’s advisable to rest and take it easy for the remainder of the day due to Lhasa’s altitude. Overnight at hotel in Lhasa.

Day 04

Explore Lhasa

Today's program starts with a visit to Sera Monastery with your tour guide. This is a preserved monastery of white-washed walls and golden roofs. Equally adventurous and exciting rhythm builds up while touring Norbulingka, the summer palace of the Dalai Lama. Jokhang Temple is another important holy site which unravels more deep seated mysteries of Tibetan Buddhism. Visit to Barkhor Markets can be quite a alter from other visits as you wander around the city trying every details around the stalls and you may purchase some goods that displays Tibetan culture, custom and tradition. Overnight at Hotel in Lhasa.

Day 05

Second Day Lhasa Explore

Visit to Potala Palace and Drepung monastery will grant invaluable insights. From the Mar Po Ri Hill where the Potala Palace, the 17th century great monumental structure stands, you can get an tremendous view of entire city. Potala Palace, a huge structure, its interior space being in excess of 130,000 square meters has private quarters of the Dalai Lama, many grand state rooms and chapels. Your next visit will be to Drepung Monastery, a residence of Dalai Lama before Potala Palace which was built in 14th century and used to shelter around 10,000 monks some time ago. Tibetans’ immensely believe and respect this monastery. Overnight at Hotel in Lhasa.

Day 06

Drive to Gyantse

Following Friendship Highway, while driving past Khamba La (4794 m), you will have a break to appreciate majestic views of Yamdrok-Tso Lake, a lake deep blue in color and Nazin Kang Sang glacier standing proud at 7252m. Ahead to westwards, you come across another Karo La pass at 5045m. Glance through the road, you can see huge glaciers tumbling down into the road. After hours of driving for 261 km, you enter town of Gyantse where you will see beautifully landscaped Tibetan villages. Overnight at Hotel in Gyantse.

Day 07

Sightseeing & drive to Shigatse

Gyantse prides on Gyantse Dzong and Kumbum. Gyantse Dzong is a historical fort built in the 14th century and overlooks a mesmerizing view of entire Gyantse and surrounding Nyang Chu Valley. Kumbum has large gold domed 35m high chorten(stupa ) and houses with several chapels and Tibetan Buddhist murals. Kubum means 100,000 images in Tibetan. After enjoying and exploring Gyantse, you will take a 90 km drive to Shigatse. Shalu monastery built with Han, Tibetan and Indian style architecture is about one and half hour away from Gyantse on the way to Shigatse. After a brief observation of the monastery you drive further to Shigatse, second largest city of Tibet. Tashilhunpo Monastery is the major attraction of Shigatse being one of the largest functioning monasteries in Tibet. Overnight at hotel in Shigatse

Day 08

Drive to Shegar (4150m/13612ft), visit Natang and Sakya Monastery en route-274km

Today you will transverse along the Friendship Highway amidst picturesque landscape driving past small town of Lhatse and Gyamtso La pass at 5220m. You will visit Natang Monastery which is 12 Kms far from Xigatse, again you drive to Sakya Monastery, where you can see the largest book in the world in Sakya’s great library written in gold. In the evening time we reach in Shegar. As the route opens into plains, many monasteries and camps of nomadic herders become visible in route to Shegar. Overnight at Guest house in Shegar.

Day 09

Drive to Rongbuk (5050m/16564ft)-Explore EBC (5250m/17,220 ft)-85 km.

Away from Shegar, you drive to the south crossing Pang La pass at 5150m/16890. Along the drive, you can laze around in the splendor of majestic views of snowcapped peaks such as Makalu and Shishapangma. After driving for 85 km, you eventually reach Rongbuk from where you get spectacular sight of Mt. Everest. The program today is to explore to Everest Base Camp through the day. Drive to EBC is allowed only for expeditions, so you need to walk 8 km (one way) or take a horse or local bus to reach the Everest Base Camp. You will also visit Ronbuk Monastery, a Buddhist pilgrimage site founded in 1902 by a Nyingmapa Lama in an area of meditation huts that had been in use by monks and hermits for over 400 years. Hermitage meditation caves dot the cliff walls all around the monastery complex and up and down the valley. Many walls and stones, carved with sacred syllables and prayers, line the paths. Overnight at Guest house in Rongbuk.

Day 10

Drive to Zhangmu (2300m/7, 544ft)-245 km

In case, on Day 07 due to bad weather or some consequences, if you are not able to explore around Everest Base Camp, today’s first light will be utilized to explore around Everest Base Camp and to watch sunrise on Mt. Everest. It is a truly awe inspiring place with the absolute north face of the highest mountain in the world soaring above you. You return back to the Friendship Highway to continue drive to Zhangmu. Driving past Tingri crossing Lalung La pass at (5124 m/ 16068 ft) and Shung La pass at (5200 m/ 17056 ft), Nalyam Pass (3800m/12464 ft) which offer enchanting views of the surrounding peaks of Shishapangma, Cho Oyu, Menlungtse and Gauri Shanker, you tumble down from gradually from the dry Tibetan Plateau. Now, you find yourself amidst the verdant and fertile vegetation of Zhangmu at 2300 meter in the Nepalese border.Overnight at Guest house in Zhangmu.

Day 11

Drive to Kathmandu (1350m/4428ft)-123km

Few kilometers drive away from Zhangmu to Friendship Bridge across Bhote Koshi River brings you closer to Immigration Control in Kodari where you depart with your Tibetan guide and driver, and walk across the river to meet Nepalese guide to drive to Kathmandu. After 4 hours of driving through deep valleys, you finally arrive in Kathmandu. Overnight in Kathmandu (hotel included in Kathmandu).

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Cost Details

Includes

Airport transfers by private car/van depending on group in Kathmandu
Guided culture tour in UNESCO-listed World Heritage Sites in Kathmandu Valley.
2 nights deluxe bed room in a 3-star hotel in Kathmandu on double occupancy.
Accommodation 3/4-star hotel in Lhasa and rest in normal teahouse during the Tibet Tour
Pickup and drop-off service by our Tibet tour guide from Zhangmu and Lhasa Gonggar Airport.
Meal: all breakfast during the tour in Nepal and Tibet.
English-speaking local Tibetan guide.
Kathmandu-Zhangmu by private car/jeep/van depending on group size
well-maintained private vehicle throughout the whole tour according to group size.
China Visa and Tibet entry permits.

Excludes

Lunch and dinner during the tour (that costs extra U$ 12-+ per person/lunch/dinner)
Personal expenses like shopping, phone calls, bar and beverage drinks, laundry, etc.
Any additional expenses, rescheduling or cancellations, accidents, etc caused by reasons beyond our control, such as natural calamities, flight delays
Personal travel insurance, international air ticket, Nepal visa
Personal tour equipment and rescue operation charge in case of emergency
Transportation leaving Lhasa (air tickets, train tickets, or drive back to Nepal)
Your personal entrance fee to all the scenic spots, or you can skip some if you do not visit all.
Any expenses which arise due to a change of the itinerary or tour extensions
Tips for the tour support staff.

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