7 Days Lhasa Shigatse EBC Exploration Tour

Overview

Day by day itinerary

1. 1Arrival Lhasa⌄

   Upon your arrival at Lhasa airport, your guide will greet you and escort you to your hotel and help you check in. You will have the rest of the day and evening to rest and relax to become acclimatized the high altitude of Tibet.

   Overnight: Stay for one night at the standard hotel: Himalayas Hotel

2. 2Lhasa City Tour：Potala Palace, Johkang Temple, Barhkor Street⌄

   Initially built in 641 AD and listed as a world heritage site in 1994, the Potala Palace is the most popular tourist attraction in Tibet. The halls, murals, statues and mountain views will make you shocked even if you are not a Buddhist.

   Under the guidance of a tour guide, visit the Jokhang Temple for one hour

   Located near the Jokhang Monastery, tourists can buy exquisite souvenirs on the street, such as handicrafts, costumes, tea, prayer wheels and Tibetan incense.

   Meals: Dinner: 1 free meal: Tibetan or Nepalese specialty dishes · Breakfast: The hotel includes breakfast.

   Overnight: Stay for one night at the standard hotel: Himalayas Hotel

3. 3Lhasa→Yamdrok Lake→Karola Glacier→Shigatse⌄

   This morning we’ll take a drive up to the Kampala Pass (elevation 4797 meters) where you’ll have a glimpse of (Yamdrok Lake)down below as well as spectacular views of the holy Mount Nyenchen Khangsar in the distance. You will need your camera ready for the turquoise waters of Yamdrok Lake, which is one of the three holy lakes of Tibet, and the beautiful Mt. Nyenchen Khangsar glacier as seen from the Karol la Pass. Later on we’ll be able to visit the (Karola Glacier).

   Take a one-hour tour under the guidance of a tour guide

   Take a one-hour tour under the guidance of a tour guide

   Meals: Breakfast: The hotel includes breakfast.

   Overnight: Stay for one night at the standard hotel: Himalayas Hotel

4. 4Shigatse→Gawula Pass→Rongbuk Monastery→EBC⌄

   After breakfast we’ll set out towards the peak of the world – Mount Everest. Departing from Shigatse you will see some of the most beautiful and unique scenery in the world – incredibly blue skies, floating high clouds, endless grasslands and the highest mountain peaks in the world. We’ll also stop by the【Rongbuk Monastery】– the world’s highest altitude monastery before spending the night at the【Everest Base Camp】

   Here we will admire the magnificent snow-capped mountain range

   Under the guidance of a tour guide, enjoy the magnificent scenery of Mount Everest

   Meals: Breakfast: The hotel includes breakfast. · Dinner: 1 free meal: Mount Everest Hot pot

   Overnight: Accommodation is in a tent at the Mount Everest camp

5. 5EBC→Gyatso La Pass→Shigatse⌄

   We will get an early start today to cross the【Gyatso La Pass】, also known as the Dingri Boundary, At an altitude of 5248 meters. In the afternoon we will drive back to Shigatse.

   Take a one-hour tour under the guidance of a tour guide

   Meals: Breakfast: The hotel includes breakfast.

   Overnight: Stay at a standard hotel: One night at Yongze Lakeside Hotel

6. 6Shigatse→Tashi Lhunpo Monastery→Lhasa⌄

   Back to Lhasa by train or tourist vehicle

   Meals: Breakfast: The hotel includes breakfast.

   Overnight: Stay at a standard hotel: One night at Yongze Lakeside Hotel

7. 7Lhasa Departure⌄

   Today you will have free time until your tour guide escorts you to the Lhasa train station or airport for your departing train or flight from Lhasa. This will end your tour services in Tibet.

   Meals: Breakfast: The hotel includes breakfast.