Beijing Lhasa EBC tour

After enjoying an incredible train journey, you will arrive at Lhasa around 18:30; our Tibetan guide meets you at the train station and transfer to hotel. Rest of the time will be rest and enjoy the dinner. Overnight at hotel.

Breakfast will be served at hotel, today is your first day on the high plateau so we leisurely start today’s guided tour and visit only two places; Potala palace and Jokhang temple. Jokhang temple is the holiest shrine in Tibet and was built in seventh century and located at the heart of Lhasa city, the circuit around it called Barkhor Street, is the best place to buy the souvenirs for your beloved ones.
Potala palace is the popularly known as cardinal landmark of Tibet.

The massive structure itself contains a small world within it. Mostly it is popular as residence of the Dalai Lama. The stunning view of Lhasa city can be seen from top of the palace. Jokhang and Potala both are the focal points of pilgrims from entire Tibetan world, multitudinous pilgrims are circumambulating and prostrating in their strong faith. Overnight at hotel in Lhasa.

After breakfast, you will be taken to visit Sera, Drepung monasteries and Norbulingkha – summer palace of Dalai Lama. Both Sera and Drepung monasteries are Gelugpa (Yellow Hat) sect monastic colleges. Sera monastery is renowned for its Buddhism philosophical debate practice, the clapping sound and aggressive expression of the monks are well worth to observe. Drepung monastery was the seat of the government prior to Potala, it was once the world largest monastery in the history with more than ten thousand monks hailed from different monasteries from entire Tibet. Norbulingkha is the summer palace of Dalai Lama; we can visit the residences of different lineages of the Dalai Lama here. The palace has a beautiful park which remains crowded most of the time by picnickers and traditional activities during the Yogurt festival in August. Overnight hotel in Lhasa.

After early breakfast, we leave Lhasa on a private jeep or Van to Shigatse. While driving we cross Kampala Pass from where we can have a glimpse of Yamdrok Tso Lake and breathtaking views of Holy Mount Nyenchen Khangsar in the distance. The turquoise, crystal clear Yamdrok Tso Lake is one of the three holy lakes in Tibet, the stunning vista of pincer- shaped turquoise water of the lake and amazing spectacle of Mount Nyenchen Khangsar glacier from Carola pass is highlights of the day. We continue our adventure overland journey along the Friendship highway to Gyamtse where we will visit the famous Stupa- Gyantse Kumbum, one of the most amazing architectural wonders in Tibet. After lunch in Gyantse, latter in the afternoon we take a short and scenic 2 hours drive to Shigantse. Overnight at hotel in Shigantse.

After breakfast, we will visit Tashilunpo monastery and the stunning tombs of Panchen Lamas, monks in the monastery are good looking in their hand-made traditional shoes- Tsomba in Tibetan. By noon, we will drive to visit Sakya monastery, the main monastery of Sakya sect, houses around the monastery are also in a typical gray color. Walk around the monastery northern ruins and drive back to Shegar. Overnight at guest house.

After breakfast at Shegar, we start driving to Everest base camp via Rongbuk monastery, cross the Gyatsola pass (5200m) and Gawa La pass (5250m), from the top of the Gawu la pass we can enjoy the breathtaking himalayan ranges and its glorious leaks such as Mt. Makalu (8463m), Mt. Lhotse (8515m), Mt. Everest (8848m), Mt. Cho Oyu (8200m)and Mt. Shishapagma (8020m) from left to right, climbing down through numbers of switchback bends lead to the dry valley of Tashi Zom and then to Rongbuk monastery which is the highest monastery in Tibet and it consists both monks and nuns, it is also a great view point to see Mt. Everest. Latter in the afternoon we trek to Everest base camp; it is only 8 kms and takes about 2 hours. As an option, we can join a local bus ride to Everest base camp instead of walking. Overnight at local tent guest house.

After enjoying the grand sunrise at EBC, we will have breakfast at guest house and start driving back to Shigantse. The drive will takes about 7 hours to reach Shigantse. Overnight at hotel.

After breakfast, we start our drive following the northern highway to Lhasa. This is a scenic 7 hours drive from Shigantse to Lhasa. Overnight at hotel

After an early breakfast, our Tibetan guide from alpine eco trek will transfer you to airport or train station for your onward journey.

As an option, we can drive from Rongbuk monastery to Nyalam and continue down to Zhangmu and then to Kathmandu instead of driving to Shigantse.