8 Days Group Tour to the Mighty Mt. Everest

Day 1

Arrival Lhasa
Arrive at Lhasa, your local guide will meet you at Lhasa airport or train station and transfer you to the hotel, which will spend about 1.5hours on the road. Enjoy your free time for the rest of the day and adjust to the altitude. Remember to drink plenty of water and get plenty of sleep for the long journey ahead.
Meals: No meals
Accommodation: In Lhasa (Yak Hotel)

Day 2

Lhasa
Today, enjoy your full day city tour that starts with a visit to the awe-inspiring Potala Palace, the landmark of the city. Then continue your trip to the Jokhang Temple, the center of Tibetan Buddhism. After taste a traditional Tibetan Lunch, you will take a short visit to Sera Monastery and finish the day by enjoying a leisure stroll around the Barkhor Street, where you may find some delicate local handicrafts. After the tour, you will be transferred back to your hotel.
Meals: Breakfast
Accommodation: In Lhasa

Day 3

Lhasa    Gyantse    Shigatse
In the morning you’ll start the drive to Shigatse, via Gyantse on the Southern Friendship Highway. Crossing over the summit of Kamba La (4794 m), you’ll see the tranquil turquoise waters of Yamdrok Lake below; one of the three holiest lakes in Tibet. Far in the distance you’ll spot the towering massif Mt. Nojin Kangtsang (7191 m), and the staggering Karo-la Glacier (5045 m). Afterwards, you’ll drive to Shigatse, and overnight there.
Meals: Breakfast
Accommodation: In Shigatse (Manasaovar Hotel)

Day 4

Shigatse    Tashilumpu Monastery    Shegar
This morning you’ll 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 Shegar via Gyatsola Mountain Pass, rest and get prepared for Everest.
Meals: Breakfast
Accommodation: In Shegar
 

Day 5

Shegar    Rongbuk Monastery   Everest Base Camp 
Depart from Shegar in the early morning, and drive straight to Rongbuk Monastery (optional), the highest monastery in the world, then drive the remaining 8 km to visit Everest Base Camp. This afternoon you will have the intoxicating view of Mt. Everest. Overnight in local guesthouse or tent.
Meals: Breakfast
Accommodation: Guesthouse or tent
 

Day 6

Everest Base Camp    Shigatse
Wake this morning below the stunning north face of Mt. Everest (8848 m), the tallest mountain on earth. After breakfast, drive back to Shigatse, and be wrapped again in the endless vistas of the Tibetan plateau. 
Meals: Breakfast
Accommodation: In Shigatse
 

Day 7

Shigatse    Lhasa
You’ll drive back to Lhasa, but don’t worry, you’ll 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. After you arrive at Lhasa, you would have plenty of time to explore what you have missed last time.
Meals: Breakfast
Accommodation: In Lhasa
 

Day 8

Departure Lhasa
Free time in the morning for you to wander around Lhasa. Take a last, memorable look at the Potala Palace before being transported to the airport at 12:00 p.m.
Meals: Breakfast

Day 1

Arrival Lhasa
Arrive at Lhasa, your local guide will meet you at Lhasa airport or train station and transfer you to the hotel, which will spend about 1.5hours on the road. Enjoy your free time for the rest of the day and adjust to the altitude. Remember to drink plenty of water and get plenty of sleep for the long journey ahead.
Meals: No meals
Accommodation: In Lhasa (Yak Hotel)

Lhasa is the capital of Tibet. Located at the foot of Mt. Gephel, Lhasa’s altitude is 3,490 m and the air contains only 68% of oxygen compared to sea level. Traditionally, Lhasa is the seat of the Dalai Lama, and the location of the Potala Palace and Norbulingka Palace. In Tibetan Buddhism the Jokhang Temple in Lhasa is regarded as the holiest centre in Tibet.

Day 2

Lhasa
Today, enjoy your full day city tour that starts with a visit to the awe-inspiring Potala Palace, the landmark of the city. Then continue your trip to the Jokhang Temple, the center of Tibetan Buddhism. After taste a traditional Tibetan Lunch, you will take a short visit to Sera Monastery and finish the day by enjoying a leisure stroll around the Barkhor Street, where you may find some delicate local handicrafts. After the tour, you will be transferred back to your hotel.
Meals: Breakfast
Accommodation: In Lhasa

Tips: When you enter into a temple or monastery in Tibet, please take off your hats at the entrance to show your respects and follow the clockwise direction for visiting. No smoking, do not touch the Buddha statues, turn the Buddhism scriptures or toll the bell.

The awe-inspiring Potala Palace, perched high above much of Lhasa, is the landmark of the city. The palace which consists of the Red Palace, the White Palace and some attached buildings was a complex of political and religious function. Now it is a huge treasure house for materials and articles of Tibetan history, religion, culture and arts.

Located at the center of the old Lhasa, Jokhang Temple is the spiritual center of Tibet. Built in 647 by Songtsen Gampo, it has a history of more than 1,300 years. The temple is the fine product of Han, Tibetan and Nepalese architecture techniques. Visitors will be treated to the sight of various exotic and sacred sculptures. Jokhang Temple also houses many invaluable cultural relics. Every year, the Great Prayer Festival is held here.

The Sera Monastery is the last of the three principal Yellow Sect monasteries built in Lhasa. The setting itself is very beautiful with cobbled alleyways, temples and colleges. The highlight of visiting Sera Monastery will be watching monks debating inside the shady courtyard behind the main temple. Every day, hundreds of red-robed monks assemble in small groups and practice their debating skills.

Barkhor Street is a famous commercial and commodity-distributing center in Lhasa, consisting of more than 120 handicrafts shops and more than 200 stalls. It is a good choice that should never be missed by tourists coming to Lhasa, for you can buy anything Tibet-related, from sacks of incense, chunks of yak butter to monk outfits. Barkhor is the road that pilgrims tramped out around Jokhang Temple through centuries. When walking along Barkhor Street, you should move in the clockwise direction.
 

Day 3

Lhasa    Gyantse    Shigatse
In the morning you’ll start the drive to Shigatse, via Gyantse on the Southern Friendship Highway. Crossing over the summit of Kamba La (4794 m), you’ll see the tranquil turquoise waters of Yamdrok Lake below; one of the three holiest lakes in Tibet. Far in the distance you’ll spot the towering massif Mt. Nojin Kangtsang (7191 m), and the staggering Karo-la Glacier (5045 m). Afterwards, you’ll drive to Shigatse, and overnight there.
Meals: Breakfast
Accommodation: In Shigatse (Manasaovar Hotel)

Tips: After you arrive in Shigatse, our guide will take your passport to process the PSB permit to Everest Area, it will take few mins (pending the queue at the office), and you may either wait in the vehicle or just walk around. The application could be arranged next morning alternatively.

Located 250 km southwest of Lhasa at an altitude of 3,840 metres, Shigatse is the second largest city in Tibet, with a population of 80,000. It used to be the traditional capital of the area known as Hou-tsang on the Nepal border.

Yamdrok Lake is one of the three holiest lakes in Tibet. It is located 100 km southwest of Lhasa and surrounded by Mt. Kampala, Mt. Nyinchenkhasa, Mt. Chetungsu and Mt. Changsamlhamo. The holy lake is a pilgrimage site for Tibetans. Every summer, groups of pilgrims trek there to pray and receive blessings. Befitting its religious importance, the turquoise blue lake has indescribable scenic beauty, prompting the Tibetans to compare it with a fairyland in Heaven. 
 

Day 4

Shigatse    Tashilumpu Monastery    Shegar
This morning you’ll 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 Shegar via Gyatsola Mountain Pass, rest and get prepared for Everest.
Meals: Breakfast
Accommodation: In Shegar

Founded by the First Dalai Lama in 1447, Tashilumpu Monastery is one of the six big monasteries in Tibet. It is the seat of the Panchen Lama, the second ranking person in the Gelugpa Tibetan Buddhist hierarchy, after the Dalai Lama. The monastery houses the tombs of Panchen Lamas and a 22.4-meter statue of Maitreya Buddha. Tanshilumpu remains popular among the Tibetans, as they carry on coming here on pilgrimage.
 

Day 5

Shegar    Rongbuk Monastery   Everest Base Camp 
Depart from Shegar in the early morning, and drive straight to Rongbuk Monastery (optional), the highest monastery in the world, then drive the remaining 8 km to visit Everest Base Camp. This afternoon you will have the intoxicating view of Mt. Everest. Overnight in local guesthouse or tent.
Meals: Breakfast
Accommodation: Guesthouse or tent

Tips: The road condition to the camp is bumpy and dusty, and it will take about 5 hours back and forth.

The Base Camp is a small flat piece of land in front of the north face of Mt. Everest. It is at an altitude of 5200m and many people might experience difficulties with the high altitude. Located at the border between China and Nepal, Mt. Everest with its north slope belongs to China and the south one to Nepal. The peak has been a dreaming attraction for world’s mountaineers. Recently more and more mountaineers start off from the Base Camp trying to conquer the world's highest peak while travelers trek to the foot of the peak to enjoy its beauty through their own eyes. Around Mt. Everest, there are four peaks above 8,000 meters high, including Mt. Makarluh, Gosanthain, Zhuoyo, Shishabanma and other 14 peaks above 7,000 meters, which form a soul-stirring picture of Mt. Everest natural scenery area.
 

Day 6

Everest Base Camp    Shigatse
Wake this morning below the stunning north face of Mt. Everest (8848 m), the tallest mountain on earth. After breakfast, drive back to Shigatse, and be wrapped again in the endless vistas of the Tibetan plateau. 
Meals: Breakfast
Accommodation: In Shigatse
 

Day 7

Shigatse    Lhasa
You’ll drive back to Lhasa, but don’t worry, you’ll 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. After you arrive at Lhasa, you would have plenty of time to explore what you have missed last time.
Meals: Breakfast
Accommodation: In Lhasa
 

Day 8

Departure Lhasa
Free time in the morning for you to wander around Lhasa. Take a last, memorable look at the Potala Palace before being transported to the airport at 12:00 p.m.
Meals: Breakfast

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