Lhasa to Everest Base Camp Tour

Trip Facts
Accommodation:	Standard to Deluxe Hotel's Option
Grade:	Moderate
Max Altitude:	5,200 m/17,060 ft
Meals:	As Indicated In The Itinerary
Vehicle:	Private Vehicle/Flight
Group Size:	2 to 15 People
Duration :	12 Nights/13 Days

Highlights

World's best Scenic Mountain flight from Kathmandu to bustling Lhasa City
Visit World's Highest Rongbuk Monastery at 5,009 m and North Everest Base Camp at 5,150 m
Visit Potala Palace, former Winter Palace of Dalai Lama since 7th Century and Norbulinka Palace, Summer Palace
Visit Sacred Jokhang Temple, Drepung Monastery and Tashi Lunpho Monastery
Witness Monk's Debate in Sera Monastery and walk around Barkhor Street
Drive into High Passes including Gyawula Pass at 5,200 m
Visit turquoise Yamdrok Lake and See Tibetan Mastiff
Enjoy Tibetan Authentic Foods, Culture and markets in Tibet
Visit World Renowned Pashupatinath Temple, Boudhanath Stupa and other World Heritage Sites in Kathmandu
Pay Homage to Living Goddess, Kumari and visit Sacred Hindu and Buddhist Temples in Kathmandu

Outline Itinerary

Day 01: Kathmandu Arrival (1,350 m/4,430 ft)

Day 02: Visit Pashupatinath Temple, Boudhanath Stupa and Kathmandu Durbar Square (Tibet Visa Application)

Day 03: Visit Bhaktapur Durbar Square, Patan Durbar Square and Swayambhunath Stupa

Day 04: Free Day in Kathmandu (Tibet Visa Collection)

Day 05: Fly to Lhasa (3,656 m/ 11,995 ft)-1 Hour

Day 06: Visit Potala Palace, Jokhang Temple, Barkhor Street and Norbulinka Palace in Lhasa

Day 07: Visit Drepung Monastery and Sera Monastery in Lhasa

Day 08: Drive to Shigatse(3,800 m/ 12,467 ft) via Gyantse (4,000 m / 13,123 ft)- 260 kms/6 Hours

Day 09: Drive to Chuzong & to Rongbuk Monastery (5,009 m/16,434 ft) -335 km/6 Hours

Day 10: Drive to Chuzong & to Shigatse (3,800 m/ 12,467 ft)-334 kms/6 Hours

Day 11: Visit Tashi Lunpo Monastery in Shigatse and Drive to Lhasa-270 km/4.5 Hours

Day 12: Fly Back to Kathmandu

Day 13: Departure from Kathmandu

Overview

Lhasa to Everest Base Camp Tour is one of the best tours in Tibet which starts and ends at Lhasa. During our North Everest Base Camp Tour, we explore sacred monasteries and temples, beautiful lakes, drive into high passes, and finally to the Everest Base Camp. The magnificent view of Mt. Everest from Base Camp proves one of the great achievements of life.

Lhasa to EBC Tour starts with flying into Lhasa and visit sacred monasteries and palaces of Potala Palace, Norbulinka Palace, Drepung Monastery, Jokhhang Temple and enjoy witnessing monk debate in Sera Monastery. Potala Palace is the former winter palace of the Dalai Lama since the 7th century and a World Heritage Site and Norbulinka Palace is the summer palace. We visit towns and monasteries of Gyantse, Shigatse and Rongbuk and drive into high passes. We also admire the best view of Turquoise Yamdrok Lake and also don’t miss the chance to see Tibetan Mastiff. Our Tibet EBC tour has been designed to witness the great jewels of Tibet and covers almost all attractions and experience from sacred monasteries to Everest Base Camp.

There are three ways to get into Lhasa. Either you may fly into Lhasa from Kathmandu or Chengdu, or overland drive from Kathmandu via Kyirung Border or direct trains from major cites of China. You may consider flying from Kathmandu to Lhasa. Kathmandu to Lhasa flight is one of the world’s best flights which give the views of jaw dropping highest Mt. Everest and other mountains in Nepal and Tibet. In Kathmandu, we rejoice the exotic experience of capital city with its ancient culture, temples, heritage, palaces, narrow alleys and visit sacred Hindu Pashupatinath Temple and Boudhanath Stupa while we pay homage to the only living Goddess, Kumari in Kathmandu Durbar Square.

Detail Itinerary

Day 01: Kathmandu Arrival (1,350 m/4,430 ft)

Upon arrival at Kathmandu International Airport, our representative will receive and assist you after baggage collection. Once you exit the main terminal building, please look at the signage in your name. You will be taken to your hotel. After check-in, rest of the day is free for rest and relaxation. In the evening, there will be short tour briefing. After briefing, we will take you to the authentic Nepalese Restaurant to introduce you with Nepalese Culture and Cuisine.

Accomodation: Overnight at Hotel in Kathmandu.

Meals: D

Activity Duration:

Day 02: Visit Pashupatinath Temple, Boudhanath Stupa and Kathmandu Durbar Square (Tibet Visa Application)

After breakfast, we will take you for guided tour of Kathmandu city. We will begin with Pashupatinath Temple which is famous Hindu Temple of Lord Shiva at the bank of holy Bagmati River. After this, we continue to Boudhanath Stupa, which is giant Stupa in Asia and a focal point of Tibetan Buddhism in Kathmandu. Later on we proceed to Swayambhunath Stupa also know as Monkey Temple in a small hill in Kathmandu which gives you great view of Kathmandu valley and mountains on north. Further, we drive 10 minutes to Kathmandu Durbar Square where Nepalese kings used to get throne. Interesting places to see here are Taleju Temple, Statue of Kal Bhairabh and Hanuman, Temple of Jagannath (Erotic Temple) and Kastamandap Temple from which Kathmandu got it name. We visit Kumari Temple and pay homage to the living goddess, Kumari and also walk around the Freak streets which was famous during Hippie era in 60's and 70's.

Accomodation: Overnight at Hotel in Kathmandu.

Meals: B

Activity Duration:

Day 03: Visit Bhaktapur Durbar Square, Patan Durbar Square and Swayambhunath Stupa

After breakfast at hotel, we drive to Bhaktapur Durbar Square for sightseeing. Bhaktapur, an ancient Newari town which is also called city of living museum and city of devotees. Walk around to the big palace courtyard, Royal bath, Pottery square, Dattatraya Square and many more. In the afternoon, drive to another square in Lalitpur, Patan Durbar Square. Patan boasts of many famous sites and unique architecture. Krishna Mandir in this Square was built to honor an incarnation of Vishnu. One of the best examples of stone architecture in the world, scenes from Mahabharat, Asia's greatest mythological war, is carved on the temple's walls. Home to traditional artists and sculptors, one can find more temples dedicated to Ganesh (the elephant-headed god), Shiva, Narsingha, Taleju, and others are located at Patan Durbar Square. Late afternoon, we drive to Swayambhunath Stupa also called Monkey Temple, a Stupa in a small hill of Kathmandu over viewing Kathmandu valley and the surrounding mountains. In the evening, we will host farewell dinner at one of the best local restaurant in Kathmandu.

Accomodation: Overnight at Hotel in Kathmandu.

Meals: B

Activity Duration:

Day 04: Free Day in Kathmandu (Tibet Visa Collection)

We keep this day free in Kathmandu and if you want to do sightseeing and travel around, we may consider many activities like Chandragiri Hill by Cable Car, Day Rafting trip to Trishuli River, Hiking, Day trip to Nagarkot and Dhulikhel.

Accomodation: Overnight at Hotel in Kathmandu.

Meals: B

Activity Duration:

Day 05: Fly to Lhasa (3,656 m/ 11,995 ft)-1 Hour

After breakfast, we drive to airport and fly into Gangor Airport in Lhasa. We meet you and drive to Lhasa downtown. During the drive, we enjoy the best view of Yarlung Tsangpo River / Brahmaputra River, the longest and largest river in Tibet and Lhasa River. In Lhasa, we suggest you to take complete rest and drink hot water and soups for better acclimatization. In the evening, we may walk to Potala Square to see fountains with different colors.

Accomodation: Overnight at Hotel in Lhasa.

Meals: B

Activity Duration:

Day 06: Visit Potala Palace, Jokhang Temple, Barkhor Street and Norbulinka Palace in Lhasa

After breakfast, we visit Potala Palace, the winter palace of the Dalai Lama. It has been used since the 7th Century by the 33rd great King of Tibet. The most valuable collections are the Gilded Burial Stupas of past Dalai Lamas and meditation Cave of the 33rd Great King of Tibet. Then we visit Jokhang Temple which was founded by the 33rd Great King of Tibet in the 7th century to promote the Buddhist Religion in Tibet. Inside the Temple, we see the statue of Buddha Shakyamuni at the age of twelve, perhaps the single most venerated object in Tibet Buddhism. We do Kora around the Temple to the Barkhor Street with the local pilgrims and at the same time, you can enjoy shopping at local street shops.Then we will visit Norbulingkha Palace, the winter palace of the Dalai Lama which was built in the eighteenth century and is the biggest man made garden.

Accomodation: Overnight at Hotel in Lhasa.

Meals: B

Activity Duration:

Day 07: Visit Drepung Monastery and Sera Monastery in Lhasa

After breakfast, we visit Drepung Monastery which was one of the ‘Three Great’ Gelug Monasteries of Tibet and was founded in 1416 by Jamyang Choge, one of the Tsongkhapa’s main disciples. Garden palace is used as Dalai Lama’s palace in the Drepung before moving to the Potala Palace. Afternoon, we visit to Sera Monastery,is one of the ‘Three Great’ Gelug Monasteries of Tibet and was founded in 1419 by Jamchen Chojey, one of the Tsongkhapa’s main disciples. The major highlight is Monks debate around 3 - 5 in the late afternoon.

Accomodation: Overnight at Hotel in Lhasa.

Meals: B

Activity Duration:

Day 08: Drive to Shigatse(3,800 m/ 12,467 ft) via Gyantse (4,000 m / 13,123 ft)- 260 kms/6 Hours

Early morning we drive Gyantse via Turquoise Yamdrok Tso Lake. We also get chance to see Tibetan Mastiff. We visit Kumbum Pagoda and Palcho Monastery . Shigatse is the second largest city in Tibet and the capital of the province of Tsang. The rulers of this province had dominion over all of Tibet prior to 1642 AD.

Accomodation: Overnight at Hotel in Shigatse.

Meals: B

Activity Duration:

Day 09: Drive to Chuzong & to Rongbuk Monastery (5,009 m/16,434 ft) -335 km/6 Hours

From Shigatse, we will drive to Xegar via Sakya Monastery. Sakya Monastery is 143 km south of Shigatse and was built in the thirteenth century by Konchok Gyalpo and houses some 30,000 volumes of ancient Buddhist Scriptures or Sutras. Then we continue to Chunzong village where we have to change to ECO bus to Rongbuk Monastery which is just below the spectacular North Face of Everest.

Accomodation: Overnight at Guest House in Rongbuk Monastery.

Meals: B

Activity Duration:

Day 10: Drive to Chuzong & to Shigatse (3,800 m/ 12,467 ft)-334 kms/6 Hours

After witnessing the beautiful Sunrise over Mt. Everest, we will drive back via Gyawula Pass (5,200 m) to Shigatse. In the evening, we walk around Shigatse.

Accomodation: Overnight at Hotel in Shigatse.

Meals: B

Activity Duration:

Day 11: Visit Tashi Lunpo Monastery in Shigatse and Drive to Lhasa-270 km/4.5 Hours

At Shigatse, we will visit Tashi Lunpo Monastery which is the seat of the Panchen Lama who is second in spiritual importance only to the Dalai Lama. The Monastery was built in 1447 by Gendun Drup and once housed more than 3400 monks. Interesting to see at Tashi Lunpo is a Nine Story Gilded Statue of Maitreya - the “Future Buddha”. Then, we drive back to Lhasa by Northern New road. Or if you want to experience Train in Tibet, we suggest to take Shigatse/Lhasa Train.

Accomodation: Overnight at Hotel in Lhasa.

Meals: B

Activity Duration:

Day 12: Fly Back to Kathmandu

After breakfast at hotel, we drive back to Airport and fly to Kathmandu. You may consider to visit Thamel for walk around and shopping. In the evening, we will host farewell dinner to mark the success of your Tibet tour.

Accomodation: Overnight at Hotel in Kathmandu.

Meals: B D

Activity Duration:

Day 13: Departure from Kathmandu

After breakfast, we will drop you to the airport for departure before 3 hours of your flight time.

Accomodation:

Meals: B

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Cost Info

Cost Includes:

Garland welcome, arrival and departure transfers in Kathmandu with office representative.
5 Nights in Kathmandu with breakfast inclusive of taxes and service charges.
4 Nights in Lhasa, 2 Nights in Shigatse and 1 Night at Rongbuk Monastery at Guest Room with breakfast inclusive of taxes and service charges.
Tibet Visa Fees, all paperwork for Tibet tour, Tibet Travel permit.
Kathmandu/Lhasa/Kathmandu Airfare.
All drives, sightseeing and transfer in Kathmandu and Tibet as per the program.
Meals as indicated in the Itinerary.
Kathmandu sightseeing with English Speaking Tour Guide with all applicable entrance fees.
All sightseeing in Tibet with English Speaking Guide with all applicable entrance fees.
Welcome and Farewell dinners in Kathmandu.
Bottle Drinking water in vehicle for sightseeing drives and transfers.
All drives, sightseeing and transfers by Deluxe Vehicle as per the group size.
24/7 hours Assistance.

Cost Excludes:

International Airfare to/from Kathmandu.
Nepal Visa fees on Arrival at airport (USD 30/- for 15 Days).
Meals other than breakfast in Kathmandu except welcome and farewell dinners.
Donations to the Monasteries.
Personal nature of expenses like tips, bar bills, laundry and personal expenses.
Cost may arise of natural calamities, flight cancellation, illness, hospitalization, tour cancellation, blockade etc.
Other than in our include section.