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Duration 8 Days
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Max Elevation 3,950m
Tibet Overland Tour is one of the popular tours in Tibet, which carries you up to 3,000m to 5,000m heights, allowing you to feel cold Gobi Desert. With the most picturesque scenes of breathtaking mountains like Mt. Everest, Tibet Overland Tour offers you the most exciting and adventurous journey within a very short timespan. The cultural fascination of Lhasa, including classical monasteries and caves, add more relax in the tired trip. Exploring the outstanding landscapes on the way, the Tibet Overland Tour begins from Kathmandu; it starts with spectacular mountain flight crossways the Himalayas from Kathmandu to Lhasa.
In Lhasa, you can explore the heritage sites, different monasteries and old traditional – cultural places such as the Potala Palace, Jokhang temple, traditional Barkhor market and the like. You enjoy the superb view of Everest, Cho Oyu, Makalu from the place called Tingri. Overall, our Tibet Overland Tour package takes you to sight day by day new cultural parts of there. You will have the happenstance of various wonderful destinations and major attractions of the areas- Tibet’s most prosperous towns such as Xigatse, Gyantse, and Lhatse.
This tour provides you the best occasion to visit “Roof of the World”. Tibet has inimitable geographic features, different cultures that are influenced by Buddhism and the nomadic people and it makes your visit memorable. You will reach the most popular spots of Tibetan settlements along with the journey. In addition to it, we are conducting various private-group tours like; Lhasa city tour, Kailash Manasarovar tour and so on.
The most preferring and the popular tour to Tibet includes an 8-day tour, in which you start your journey with one of the most spectacular Kathmandu Lhasa Overland tour overland journeys on the 920 km stretch of road, called the friendship highway, between Kathmandu and Lhasa. After visiting the entire places, our representative will drop you at Gonggar Airport, which is near Lhasa from where you will either take a flight back to Kathmandu or drive to your onward destination.
Tibet Overland Tour ~ Itinerary
Day 1
Drive from Kathmandu
Drive from Kathmandu to Kodari boarder (5-6 hrs) after immigration formalities in Zhangmu 2,300m, continue drive to Nyalam 3,450m and O/N at guest house.
Day 2
Nyalam to Lhatse
Drive from Nyalam to Lhatse, visit Milarepa’s cave enroute and O/N at guest house. Along the journey enjoy awe inspiring landscapes, superb mountain views, rich Buddhism cultural history & Tibetan Nomads as well typical countryside local hospitalities.
Day 3
Lhatse to Shigatse
Drive from Lhatse to Shigatse 3,900m and O/N at hotel, enjoy magnificent views along the journey and explore second largest city of Tibet.
Day 4
Visits
Morning visit Tashilhumpo Monastery. Afternoon drive to Gyantse – 3,950m, visit Kumbum Monastery and O/N at Hotel.
Day 5
Drive from Gyantse to Lhasa
Drive from Gyantse to Lhasa – 3,650m pass by the modern glacier and Yamdrok Lake, reach Lhasa and overnight at hotel.
Day 6-7
Sightseeing tours
Sightseeing tours in Lhasa (Potala palace, Sera Monastery, Jokhang temple and Barkhor street, Drepung Monastery, Sera Monastery).
Day 9
Back to Kathmandu
Transfer to the Gongkar airport and fly back to Kathmandu, transfer to hotel.