Tibet Overland Tour
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- Duration 8 Days
- Trip Grade Moderate
- Trip Destination Tibet
- Starts at Kathmandu
- Ends at Kathmandu
- Trip Type Tour
- Transport Private vehicle / By Air
- Accommodation Hotel + Lodges
Tibet Overland Tour of 8 days will take you to the most elevated level on the Earth. This adventure will enable you to encounter the rich culture and convention of the Tibetans. From this tour, you will experience a high desert level, all-encompassing perspectives on the Himalayas, and ravishing Tibetan landscapes. You will see the ancient beauty of Tibetan culture by visiting entrancing Gompas, energetic markets, exhibition halls, and library. This Tibet Overland Tour will enable us to find exciting urban areas, hidden valleys, religious communities, and way of life of local people. Our visit starts with a drive to Kerung and Lhatse through excellent landscapes overwhelmed by waterway gorges, snow-capped mountains, captivating waterfalls, and different greenery fauna. We will also have astounding perspectives on the Himalayas including Mt. Everest (8,848 m), Mt. Cho Oyu (8,201 m), and Mt. Xishapagma (8,212 m). Further, we move towards Zhangmu, Xegar, and Xigatse where we see major landmarks, amid Tibet Overland Tour. This is told us about the prosperous history of Tibetans.
This mainstream Tibet Overland Tour is an 8-day trip, going along with a standout amongst the most fabulous overland voyages on the 920 km the stretch of street, known as the Friendship expressway, between Kathmandu and Lhasa and fly once again from Lhasa Airport. This overland tour to Tibet enables various makeshift routes to the features of the Tsang Province and Lhasa City, and offers a staggering knowledge into the life and culture of the neighborly Tibetan individuals from the antiquated religious communities with reciting priests, to the quiet shores of the Turquoise Lake Yamdrok Tso, to the Kumbum (actually 100, 00 pictures), the most dazzling structural miracle of Tibet and to the city of marvels, Lhasa. This Tibet Overland Tour finishes up with the amazing Trans-Himalayan departure from Lhasa to Kathmandu.
Nepal Trek Adventure and Expedition has arranged this amazing Tibet Overland tour to provide you great opportunity to visit unique country Tibet, the roof of the world. Through Tibet Overland Tour, you will get to visit wonderful places of Tibet. Everything here is grand yet peaceful. The vast majority of Tibet's top vacation spots include its astonishing scene, snow-capped mountains, and monastery, all of which set it apart from other places. We have organized best Itinerary for Tibet Overland Tour that will meet your expectations in regards to trips and tours in the non-expensive budget. Come and join us for making your overland trip to Tibet (Tibet Overland Tour) more joyful and amazing.
Itinerary
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Meeting at NTA's office at 6 am, we begin with a 5-hour drive to Kodari (China/Nepal outskirt) at that point onto Zhangmu. On the drive, you will see an assortment of scenes and mountains sees as you go through Nepal to Tibet. Just as the landscape, the Nepali and Tibetan market focus of Khasa is of premium.
Drive from Zhangmu to Nylam through the Nylam goes at 3,800m (12,464ft) and proceed by means of Lalungla pass (5,050m/16,564ft) to Xegar. Features of this drive are the perspectives on the Bhote Kosi River somewhere down in the valley, cascades and the ever-present terrific Mountain View. Here you will see the Jugal mountain go, Mt. Xixapangma (8,013m/26,282ft), Mt. Makalu (8,463m/27,766ft), Mt. Everest (8,848m/29,028ft), Mt. Lhotse (8,516m/27,940ft) and Mt. Cho-Oyu (8,201m/26,899ft).
This region is celebrated for the Tashilhunpo and Sakya religious communities. The Tashilhunpo Monastery does equity to the term religious city. It was established in 1447 by Tsong Khapa's nephew and follower, Gendundrub, who was the first Dalai Lama. Under the fourth Panchen Lama, it was considerably developed and turned into a significant social and religious site. The primary house of prayer contains an enormous, 26 meter-high resolution of things to come to Buddha. The religious community is excellently adorned with expressions, antiquated sacred texts, and parchment sketches.
The Sakya religious community initially comprised of two huge buildings on either side of the Trum River. Both the north religious community, established in the eleventh century and Sakya south, established in 1268 by Phagpa, have particularly critical status with Tibetan explorers. The religious community offers you libraries of profound books just as work of art and an opportunity to see the fabulous living arrangement of the priests.
Gyantse, lying 264 km southwest of Lhasa on the northern bank of the Nyang Chu River, is of chronicled noteworthiness. In the fifteenth century, it filled in as the capital of a little kingdom. Today, Gyantse holds a profoundly Tibetan character. The rule structures comprise of a mansion on an edge sitting above the town and a walled ascetic complex. The religious community incorporates the monstrous sanctuary of Palkhor Chode and the incredible multi-house of prayer Kumbum Chorten. These religious landmarks, some portion of Gyantse's old devout town, contain the absolute most uncommon gems in Tibet. Medium-term in a guesthouse or inn.
Drive from Gyantse through Karo-la go at 5,010m (16,432ft) and onto the Khambala go at 4,794m(15,729ft). The previous ascensions two grand mountains, the Nozing Khang Sa (7,223m/23,691ft) and the Ralung (6,236m/20,454ft). Today you will likewise observe the great Yamdrok Tso Lake (turquoise lake) and the Brahmaputra River just as the ever-present perspectives on the fascinating and bizarre scene.
Today we'll visit different Buddhist religious communities including Sera Monastery, a standout amongst the best saved religious communities in Tibet, where a few hundred priests live and contemplate inside its whitewashed dividers and brilliant rooftops. After lunch, we'll visit the Jokhang Temple, potentially the most sacrosanct holy place in Tibet and there is dependably a parade of sincere Tibetans through the complex. Encompassing the Jokhang is the Barkhor - a labyrinth of restricted cobbled roads, the local market of Lhasa.
Toward the beginning of today, we will visit the Potala Palace which rules the city of Lhasa. A breathtaking structure, it contains the private quarters of the Dalai Lama just as various great staterooms and numerous significant sanctuaries. There has been a royal residence on this site since the fifth or sixth century, yet the present castle was built in the seventeenth century. After lunch, we'll visit the Drepung Monastery, which was established in the fourteenth century and was previously the biggest on the planet, with a populace of around 10,000 priests. Nowadays that figure is down to a few hundred, yet there is still much here of enthusiasm as it was left moderately solid amid the Cultural Revolution.
This really marvelous flight will give you an eyeful of mountains; Mt Kanchenjunga (8,586m/28,169ft), Mt. Everest (8,848m/29.028ft), Mt. Makalu (8,463m/27,766ft) and others. you will lank in Kathmandu and our company representatives will transfer you to your desired place; it can be whether a hotel or airport.
Our team guides, porters and accompanying staff are locals with a broad knowledge about each and every location that we travel through.
What's Included
- All air terminal Pick up and Drop
- Tibet Travel Permit, extra charges
- Visits and exchanges with English talking guide
- All land transport in private vehicle (small van, van, hi-ace relies upon gathering size)
- Breakfast each day.
What's Excluded
- Flight Ticket (Kathmandu-Lhasa/Lhasa-Kathmandu)
- Flight Tax at Kathmandu airplane terminal (Rs.1600)
- Lunches and Dinners; refreshments, packaged/mixed beverages
- Any tips (lodgings, eateries, direct, driver, and so forth.)
- Photography charges at cloisters/castles/locales
- Nepal re-entry Visa (various section visas are accessible)
- Any administrations in Kathmandu/Nepal (inns, transport, and so forth)
Accommodation During Tibet Overland Tour
You can stay in the lodge as appeared by your gathering either in intemperate or standard. The cost will separate as appeared by your decision.
Meals Accommodation During Tibet Overland Tour
You can taste lip-smacking wonderful either veg or non-veg thing. You can likewise have chicken, mushroom verities. Momos and noodles are in like way joined into the menu.
Safety Measures Accommodation During Tibet Overland Tour
As tap water isn't viewed as protected to drink in Tibet, it is smarter to drink mineral water, which is quickly open in inns, shops, and bistros. Avoiding servings of mixed greens and organic products that may have been washed in unclean water is a savvy thought too.
Remedial
It is smarter to counsel with a specialist before making an outing to Tibet and get the proper vaccinations. Diphtheria, Tetanus, Typhoid, Hepatitis A, Rabies and Polio are emphatically endorsed.
Stuff Permitted to Import/Export in Tibet
- 400 cigarettes, 100 stogies and 500g of tobacco
- 1.5 liters of blended beverages with 12% or progressively alcoholic substance
- Individual articles up to an estimation of ¥5,000 (USD $50) for Chinese residents
- Individual articles which will be left in China over to an estimation of ¥2,000 (USD $20) for non-occupants
Stuff Prohibited to Import/Export in Tibet
- Arms and ammunition, opiates, normal item, animals and animal things and any dissemination (print, sound or video) facilitated against the open request and the morals of China.
- Traditions experts may get sound and tapes, books, records, and CDs to check for unequivocal, political or religious material.
- You should keep receipts for things like adornments, handiworks, canvases, or other equivalent things in order to get admission support from the specialists on leaving. Without this documentation, you can't take such things from the country.
- Also, you may not import photographs of the Dalai Lama, political or various distributions by either the Dalai Lama or the ousted government in Dharamsala.
