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Trips in the Tibet Autonomous Region

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Trip 1 (Inside Lhasa Tour)

* Day 1: Take the train from Xining to Lhasa
* Day 2: Arrive in Lhasa in the evening
* Day 3: Lhasa (Jokhang Temple and Barkhor Square)
* Day 4: Lhasa (Potala Palace, Norbulingka)
* Day 5: Lhasa (Ramoche Temple, Tibet Museum)
* Day 6: Depart from Lhasa

Trip 2 (Inside Lhasa and Nam Tso Lake tour)

* Day 1: Take the train from Xining to Lhasa
* Day 2: Arrive in Lhasa in the evening
* Day 3: Lhasa (Jokang Temple, Barkhor Square)
* Day 4: Lhasa (Potala Palace, Norbulinka)
* Day 5: Lhasa (Ramoche Temple, Tibet Museum)
* Day 6: Nam Tso Lake Day trip
* Day 7: Depart Lhasa

Trip 3 (Lhasa and 2 Day Trip Outside Lhasa)

* Day 1: Take the train from Xining to Lhasa
* Day 2: Arrive in Lhasa in the evening
* Day 3: Lhasa
* Day 4: Lhasa
* Day 5: Lhasa-Tidrum Nunnery-Drigung Monastery-Lhasa
* Day 6: Lhasa-Samye Monastery-Lhasa
* Day 7: Lhasa
* Day 8: Depart from Lhasa

Trip 4 (Lhasa - Samye - Yarlung Valley)

* Day 1: Take the train from Xining to Lhasa
* Day 2: Arrive in Lhasa in the evening
* Day 3: Lhasa
* Day 4: Lhasa
* Day 5: Lhasa-Samye-Tsetang
* Day 6: Tsetang-Yumbulagang-Tsetang
* Day 7: Tsetang-Mindroling-Lhasa
* Day 8: Lhasa
* Day 9: Depart from Lhasa

Trip 5 (Everest Base Camp Tour)

* Day 1: Take the train from Xining-Lhasa
* Day 2: Arrive in Lhasa in the evening
* Day 3: Lhasa (Jokhang Temple, Barkhor Square)
* Day 4: Lhasa (Potala Palace, Norbulingka, Sera Monastery)
* Day 5: Lhasa-Shigatse (one of the holiest lakes in Tibet)
* Day 6: Shigatse (visit Tashi Lunpo and Panchen Lama Summer Palace)
* Day 7: Shigatse - New Tingri
* Day 8: New Tingri - Everest Base Camp
* Day 9: Everest Base Camp - Gyantse
* Day 10: Gyantse - Karola Glacier - Yamdrok Lake - Lhasa
* Day 11: Depart from Lhasa

(not included Everest Base Camp car fee Y400 and Everest Base Camp entrance ticket Y180 per person including the guide which the group is required to pay for)

Trip 6 Lhasa - Namtso Lake - Shigatse - EBC - Gyantse - Lhasa

* Day 1: Take the train from Xining-Lhasa
* Day 2: Arrive in Lhasa in the evening
* Day 3: Lhasa (Jokhang Temple, Barkhor Square)
* Day 4: Lhasa (Potala Palace, Norbulingka, Sera Monastery)
* Day 5: Lhasa-Namtso (one of the holiest lakes in Tibet)
* Day 6: Namtso - Shigatse
* Day 7: Shigatse (visit Tashi Lunpo and Panchen Lama Summer Palace)
* Day 8: Shigatse - New Tingri
* Day 9: New Tingri - Everest Base Camp
* Day 10: Everest Base Camp - Gyantse
* Day 11: Gyantse - Karola Glacier - Yamdrok Lake - Lhasa
* Day 12: Depart from Lhasa

(Everest Base Camp fee is not include it is: Y400 for the car and Y180 entrance fee per person, you are also required to pay the guides entrance fee)

Trip 7 (Everest Base Camp and Nepal Border Tour)

* Day 1: Take the train from Xining-Lhasa
* Day 2: Arrive in Lhasa in the evening
* Day 3: Lhasa (Jokhang Temple, Barkhor Square)
* Day 4: Lhasa (Potala Palace, Norbulingka)
* Day 5: Lhasa (Ramoche Temple, Sera Monastery)
* Day 6: Lhasa-Yamdrok Lake-Gyantse (one of the holiest lakes in Tibet)
* Day 7: Gyantse-Shigatse (two of the most famous monasteries in Tibet)
* Day 8: Shigatse-Sakya Monastery-Everest Base Camp (camp in front of Everest)
* Day 9: Everest Base Camp-Old Tingri (drive along the Himalaya to Old Tingri)
* Day 10: Old Tingri-Nepal border at Zhangmu
* Day 11: Cross the border in the morning

(not included Everest Base Camp car fee Y400 and Everest Base Camp entrance ticket Y180 per person including the guide which the group is required to pay for)

Trip 8 Lhasa - Namtso Lake - Everest Basecamp - Nepal Border

* Day 1: Take the train from Xining-Lhasa
* Day 2: Arrive in Lhasa in the evening
* Day 3: Lhasa (Jokhang Temple, Barkhor Square)
* Day 4: Lhasa (Potala Palace, Norbulingka)
* Day 5: Lhasa (Ramoche Temple, Sera Monastery)
* Day 6: Lhasa - Namtso Lake (spend the night in a tent guesthouse)
* Day 7: Namtso Lake - Gyantse
* Day 8: Gyantse - Shigatse
* Day 9: Shigatse-Sakya Monastery-Everest Base Camp (camp in front of Everest)
* Day 10: Everest Base Camp-Old Tingri (drive along the Himalaya to Old Tingri)
* Day 11: Old Tingri-Nepal border at Zhangmu
* Day 12: Cross the border in the morning

Trip 9 Everest Base Camp Trek

* Day 1: Take the train from Xining-Lhasa
* Day 2: Arrive in Lhasa
* Day 3: Lhasa (Jokhang Temple, Barkhor Square)
* Day 4: Lhasa (Potala Palace, Norbulingka)
* Day 5: Lhasa-Yamdrok Lake-Gyantse (one of the holiest lakes in Tibet)
* Day 6: Gyantse-Sakya Monastery-Lhatse (two of the most famous monasteries)
* Day 7: Lhatse-Everest Base Camp (camp in front of Everest)
* Day 8: Trek from Tingri (trek along the Himalaya’s for 4 days)
* Day 9: Trek
* Day 10: Trek
* Day 11: Trek-Arrive at EBC
* Day 12: EBC-Shigatse (visit Tashilhunpo monastery)
* Day 13: Shigatse-Lhasa
* Day 14: Lhasa (Ramoche Temple, Sera Monastery)
* Day 15: Depart Lhasa

Trip 10 (Lhasa - Mount Kailash -Lake Manasarovar - Lhasa)

* Day 1: Take the train from Xining-Lhasa
* Day 2: Arrive in Lhasa in the evening
* Day 3: Lhasa
* Day 4: Lhasa
* Day 5: Lhasa
* Day 6: Lhasa-Yamdrok Lake-Gyantse
* Day 7: Gyantse-Shigatse
* Day 8: Shigatse-Saga
* Day 9: Saga-Paryang
* Day 10: Paryang-Lake Manasarovar
* Day 11: Lake Manasarovar-Darchen
* Day 12: First day of Kailash kora
* Day 13: Second day of Kailash kora
* Day 14: Third day of Kailash kora-Lake Manasarovar
* Day 15: Lake Manasarovar
* Day 16: Lake Manasarovar-Paryang
* Day 17: Paryang-Saga
* Day 18: Saga-Shigatse
* Day 19: Shigatse-Lhasa
* Day 20: Depart Lhasa

Trip 11 (Lhasa - Kailash-Manasarovar - Guge Kingdom - Ali - Nepal Border)

* Day 1: Take the train from Xining-Lhasa
* Day 2: Arrive in Lhasa in the evening
* Day 3: Lhasa
* Day 4: Lhasa
* Day 5: Lhasa
* Day 6: Lhasa-Yamdrok Lake-Gyantse
* Day 7: Gyantse-Shigatse
* Day 8: Shigatse-Saga
* Day 9: Saga-Paryang
* Day 10: Paryang-Lake Manasarovar
* Day 11: Lake Manasarovar-Darchen
* Day 12: First day of Kailash kora
* Day 13: Second day of Kailash kora
* Day 14: Third day of Kailash kora-Lake Manasarovar
* Day 15: Lake Manasarovar
* Day 16: Lake Manasarovar-Toling
* Day 17: Toling Monastery-Guge Kingdom-Ali
* Day 18: Ali-Gegye
* Day 19: Gegye-Tsochen
* Day 20: Tsochen-Saga
* Day 21: Saga-Zhangmu

Trip 12 (Lhasa - Zhongdian (Shangri-La))

* Day 1: Take the train from Xining-Lhasa
* Day 2: Arrive in Lhasa in the evening
* Day 3: Lhasa
* Day 4: Lhasa
* Day 5: Lhasa
* Day 6: Lhasa-Draksum Lake
* Day 7: Draksum Lake-Lamaling Monasery-Bayi
* Day 8: Bayi-Mt. Namchak Barwa-Pomi
* Day 9: Pomi-Rawok Lake-Pasho
* Day 10: Pasho-Zogang
* Day 11: Zogang-Markham
* Day 12: Markham-Dechen
* Day 13: Dechen-Zhongdian (Shangri-La)

Trip 13 (Lhasa - Chamdo - Nagchu - Namtso)

* Day 1: Take the train from Xining-Lhasa
* Day 2: Arrive in Lhasa in the evening
* Day 3: Lhasa
* Day 4: Lhasa
* Day 5: Lhasa
* Day 6: Lhasa-Draksum Lake
* Day 7: Draksum Lake-Bayi
* Day 8: Bayi-Mt. Namchak Barwa-Pomi
* Day 9: Pomi-Rawok Lake-Pasho
* Day 10: Pasho-Chamdo
* Day 11: Chamdo
* Day 12: Chamdo-Riwoche-Dengchen
* Day 13: Dengchen-Sok
* Day 14: Sok-Nagchu
* Day 15: Nagchu-Nam Tso
* Day 16: Nam Tso-Lhasa
* Day 17: Depart from Lhasa

What is Included in these trips?

Includes:

Hard sleeper train ticket from Xining to Lhasa, guide fees, car, driver, all fuel costs and all necessary permits for travel to and outside of Lhasa.

Not included:

Entrance fees, accommodations or meals.

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