Lhasa to Kailash Tour via Everest Base Camp

We will pick you up from the international airport and transport you to the hotel of your choice. If time allows, we can go over the entire journey and discuss about the final Tibetan visa.

It is also the day when Tibet's final visa is issued. To apply for final Tibetan visa approval from the Chinese Embassy in Kathmandu, we'll require your original passport and passport-size photo. Meanwhile, in the Kathmandu valley, we will visit a number of UNESCO World Heritage Sites.

We opt to fly from Nepal early in the morning and we get to enjoy an hour-long trans-Himalayan flight, which is considered one of the most magnificent air routes in the world. It leads us across the Himalayan peaks and glaciers, including Everest (8,848m), Kanchenjunga (8,536m) and others. Today you can rest and acclimate to the high altitude, or you can wander around Potala Square and capture some wonderful shots.

After breakfast, we will continue our sightseeing tour of Lhasa. We will go to the Potala and Norbulingka Palaces, which are both stunning. Potala Palace, built in the 17th century, offers spectacular views of the city and houses the Dalai Lama's private quarters, as well as other stately state rooms and chapels. Norbulingka Palace is the Dalai Lama's summer residence and it features the world's largest man-made garden. Then we'll go to the Tibet Museum, which is Tibet's official museum and contains a permanent collection of roughly 1,000 artifacts relating to Tibet's cultural past.

We will go to Drepung Monastery, Sera Monastery, Jokhang Temple, and Barkhor Bazaar today after breakfast. Drepung Monastery, which was founded in the 14th century, is thought to have once held about 10,000 monks, but there has been a significant decline in recent years, with only a few hundred remaining. Sera Monastery is a well-preserved monastery with golden roofs and whitewashed walls. Another prominent sacred place in Tibetan Buddhism is the Jokhang Temple, which reveals more of the religion's deepest mysteries. The Barkhor Bazaar (market) is Lhasa's nerve center. 
 

We will go via Nyangchu Valley's beautiful farmland, Yamdrok Lakes, the Karo-La Glacier and Gyantse today. The day driving highlights include Yamdro-Tso Lake and Gyantse's Kumbum monastery. Kumbum monastery boasts a 35m-high chorten (stupa) with its white layers trimmed with colorful stripes and its crown-like gompa. Yamdro-tso Lake is fashioned like a coiling scorpion with a vivid blue color. We will continue our journey to Shigatse, Lhasa's second largest city, after visiting Pelkor Choede.

After breakfast, we will travel to Tashilhumpo monastery, the Panchen Lama's seat, then visit Sakya monastery in Tingri. While traveling to Tingri, the gateway to the Himalayan Nature Reserve, we will pass through one of Tibet's most famous monasteries and cross the highest peak, Gyatso La (5200m).

We will drive through the highlands to Rongpuk over a new winding route for 2 to 3 hours. You can experience the spectacular alpine views on the journey from Tingri to Everest Base Camp, passing through untamed grassland, river and rising mountains. You can see a panoramic view of the Himalaya range including Mt. Lhotse (8516m), Mt. Everest (8848m), Mt. Cho Oyou (8201m) and Mt Makalu (8463m) as well as a spectacular view of Mt. Everest's golden summit at sunset.

At Rongbuk monastery, we will enjoy the morning view from the summit of Mount Everest and the enormous pyramid view of Mount Everest. We will have our breakfast and then continue driving to Saga via Peiku Tso Lake (4600m).

We will drive to Darchen through Drongpa and Manasarovar Lake, Tibet's and Hinduism's holy lakes. You may relax by the lake's edge and take in the natural beauty of the area. We will arrive in Darchen, a little town at the foot of Mt. Kailash, in the late afternoon. The tour guide will aid guests in arranging trekking yaks and porters, as well as preparing for the three-day trek around Mt. Kailash.
 

We will take an environmentally friendly bus for 8 kilometers (40 minutes) to Sarshung, where porters await their clients and then start our hike to Drirapuk (4920m). We will spend the night at the monastery's tent guesthouse.

The Dolma-La pass (5630m) lies 6.4km ahead and 762m above Drirapuk, which makes this the most difficult trek. After resting at the summit of the Dolma-La pass, we will descend the stairway to the Lhachu valley floor, which takes about an hour from the pass and continue our trip to Zuthulpuk. We will spend the night at the monastery's tent guesthouse.

Today, we'll visit Milarepa's cave, which has a temple and shrines built around it. Then it's just a short trek back to Darchen and we'll be out of the valley in three hours. The driver will arrive to pick you up at the valley's end and drive you back to Darchen.

We'll ride back to Saga from Darchen today, passing via Lake Manasarovar and leaving Mount Kailash behind. After a lengthy trip of approximately 490 kilometers and approximately 7 hours, we will spend the night in Saga.

You can witness the stunning sunrise over Mt. Everest from the lodge area in the morning if the weather permits. We'll travel northeast to Shigatse over the well-known Sino-Nepal Friendship Highway after breakfast. It would be a long journey, highlighted by spectacular Himalayan scenery and a stunning view of Shigatse.

We'll go via Gyantse, one of Tibet's most beautiful counties, today. The magnificent Gyantse Fortress on Zongshan Hill, which commands a panoramic view of Gyantse, will take your breath away.  Above the Simila Mountain pass, colorful prayer flags are placed and the massive Karola Glacier can be seen from the highway. After a long journey, we will arrive at Lhasa, Tibet's capital.
 

The last day of your tour is today. You're on your way to Kathmandu. You will be dropped off at the airport according to your travel schedule.
 

You will be picked up and dropped off at the international airport by our team. Within 3 hours of your scheduled departure time in Nepal, you must arrive at the international airport.