Lhasa to Everest Base Camp 8 Days Tour
“This tour will take us to visit Lhasa, Gyantse, Shigatse and the highlight-Everest Base Camp. It covers almost all the major cities in Tibet and most of the important attractions are included. If you have enough time, the 8 days tour to Everest is a perfect choice as we will start from Lhasa city (one of the lowest places in Tibet) and then go to higher place gradually and then at last to Everest. On the way, we will visit temples, mountains, lakes, glaciers, etc. This is one of the most popular travel routes for Tibet. If you are the first time to come, you can consider this as your lifetime experience of Everest!”
| Brief Itinerary | ||||
| Date | Route | Activities | Meal | Accommodation |
| Day 1 | Lhasa Arrival | Arrive in Lhasa. Send to hotel for check-in. The rest time is for you to get relaxed or hang round nearby. | / | 3-star Hotel |
| Day 2 | Lhasa City Tour | Drepung Monastery
Sera Monastery |
B | 3-star Hotel |
| Day 3 | Lhasa City Tour | Potala Palace
Jokhang Temple Barkhor Street Welcome dinner |
BD | 3-star Hotel |
| Day 4 | Lhasa-Gyantse-Shigatse | Gangbala Pass
Yamdrok Lake Korola Glacier Manak Dam Lake Gyantse old street Perklor Monastery Far view of Gyangtse Fortress |
B | 3-star Hotel |
| Day 5 | Shigatse-Everest Base Camp | Tashilunpo Monastery
Tsola Pass Gyatsola Pass View the panorama of Himalaya at Kyawula Pass Sunset of golden Everest peak at the lodging area if time and weather permits |
B | Rongbuk Tenthouse |
| Day 6 | Everest Base Camp-Shigatse | Sunrise of Everest Peak if weather permits at the lodging area
Rongbuk Monastery Drive back to Shigatse |
/ | 3-star hotel |
| Day 7 | Shigatse-Lhasa | Yalong Valley
Platform to view the vast Yalong River bed |
B | 3-star Hotel |
| Day 8 | Lhasa Departure | Send to airport/train station based on the departure schedule. Tour ends. | B | / |
| Price Guide | |||
| Date (Every Sunday) | Type | Price | |
| Jan.-Feb. | Jan. 9. 16, 23, 30
Feb. 6, 13, 20, 27 |
3-star | 5950 |
| 4-star | 6390 | ||
| March-May | March 6, 13, 20, 27
April 3, 10, 17, 24 May 1, 8, 15, 22, 29 |
3-star | 6500 |
| 4-star | 6950 | ||
| June-July 9 | June 5, 12, 19, 26
July 3 |
3-star | 6850 |
| 4-star | 7430 | ||
| July 10-Aug. 20 | July 10, 17, 24, 31
Aug. 7, 14 |
3-star | 7310 |
| 4-star | 7880 | ||
| Aug. 21-Sept. 19 | Aug. 21, 28
Sept. 4, 11, 18 |
3-star | 6850 |
| 4-star | 7430 | ||
| Sept. 20-Oct. 10 | Sept. 25, 29, 30
Oct. 1, 9 |
3-star | 7310 |
| 4-star | 7880 | ||
| Oct. 11-Oct. 31 | Oct. 16, 23, 30 | 3-star | 6500 |
| 4-star | 6950 | ||
| Nov.-Dec. | Nov. 6, 13, 20, 27
Dec. 4, 11, 18, 25 |
3-star | 5950 |
| 4-star | 6390 | ||
Price inclusions
1.Tibet Travel Permit application
2.Profession English speaking tour guide
3.Accommodation:
●Lhasa & Shigatse-Comfortable 3-star hotel on twin share basis with breakfast included
●Everest Base Camp: Rongbuk tenthouse (4-8 beds per room)
4.All entrance tickets as listed in the program
5.Eco friendly bus at Everest Base Camp
6.Welcome dinner
7.All transfer: comfortable mini-bus according to the group size ranging
8.Meals as specified in the program (B= breakfast, L= lunch, D= dinner)
9.Mineral drink water provided
10.Necessary oxygen if needed
11.Service fee of operating and handling
Price Exclusions
1.Tips to the guide and driver
2.Meals not specified
3.Flight to and from Lhasa
4.Personal expenses
5.Single room supplement
Highlights on the Way
Day 1: Lhasa Arrival
After arriving in Lhasa, local tour guide will welcome you at the airport/train station, then transfer the guests to the hotel. Acclimatize the high altitude in the hotel.
Overnight in Lhasa
Day 2: Lhasa City Tour
The tour will begin from UNESCO World Heritage site – Potala Palace, which is also the winter palace of Dalai Lama. It’s situated at 12,139 feet above sea level. It’s a 13-story high building that contains over 1,000 rooms, various statues, stupas, murals and artifacts. Potala Palace is the highest ancient palace in the world. It is said to be used for greeting a Han Princess. Legend has it that in the 7th century, to greet his bride Princess Wencheng of the Tang Dynasty (618 – 907) of China, the Tibet King Songtsen Gampo built a palace with a thousand rooms up on the Red Hill and named it Potala. The palace was mainly made of stones and woods, and decorated with special local willow branches called Baima Grass. Later, with the collapse of the Songtsen Gampo Dynasty, the ancient palace was almost destroyed in wars. What we see at present is the architecture of the Qing Dynasty (1644 – 1911) and the continuous expanding work outcome since the 17th century.
Then continue to Jokhang Temple, another UNESCO World Heritage site. It’s a spiritual center for Buddhists in Tibet. Next to the temple there is Bakhor Street, filled with pilgrims and street vendors, selling traditional Tibetan items such as prayer wheels and jewelry. Located in the old area of Lhasa City, Tibet, it is a very ancient round street surrounding the Jokhang Temple and the locals are always proud of it. As a symbol of Lhasa, it is also a must-see place for visitors. Also, you can see some pilgrims walking or progressing body-lengths by body-lengths along Barkhor Street. Even some of them are teenagers or have experienced thousands of miles’ walk to reach this sacred place. The way they express their piety could make you understand the holiness of religion.
Day 3: Lhasa City Tour
In the morning, tourists are going to visit Drepung monastery which was one of the “three greet” Gelug monasteries of Tibet and was founded in 1416. Ganden palace is used as Dalai Lama’s palace in the Drepung before moving to the Potala palace. It is considered one of the ‘Three Great Monasteries’ (the other two are the Ganden Monastery and the Sera Monastery). Covering an area of 250,000 square meters (299,007 square yards), it held 7,700 monks in total and possessed 141 fazendas and 540 pastures in its heyday, and is the largest-scale monastery among the ones of the same kind. Seen from afar, its grand white construction gives the appearance of a heap of rice. As such, it was given the name ‘Drepung’, which, in the Tibetan language, means ‘Collecting Rice’.
Afternoon, Sera Monastery—It was one of the “three great” Gelug monasteries of Tibet and was founded in 1419. Every day, Lamas will debate in the courtyard with each other to discuss the Tibetan sutra. You cannot miss this amazing scene when visiting Tibet.
Day 4: Lhasa-Gyantse-Shigatse
Drive from Lhasa to Gyantse. Admire the Gangbala pass (4790 m) on the way, and get a glimpse of Yamdrok Lake (4400m), which is surrounded by many snow-capped mountains. The holy Yamdrok Lake lies to the south of Yarlong Tsangpo River in the Shannan Region of Tibet. It is one of three holy lakes in Tibet. As the largest freshwater lake at the south foot of the Himalayas with an area of about 638 square kilometers (about 246 square miles), it is in a length of 130 kilometers (about 81 miles) and a width of 70 kilometers (about 43 miles). Its surface is about 4,441 meters (about 14,570 feet) above the sea level. It is quite deep as the average depth is about 20-40 meters (about 11-22 fathoms) and the deepest point is almost 60 meters (about 33 fathoms) below the surface. Then continue to drive west towards Gyantse. In Gyantse, tourists will visit the famous Pelkor Monastery and Gyantse Kumbum. Peklor Monastery is a monastery having the characteristics of Han, Tibetan and Nepali architecture. Palkor Monastery enjoys a high status in Tibet Buddhism history because it houses three sects – Sakyapa, Kadampa and Gelugpa together. The Bodhi Dagoba, the Main Assembly Hall, murals and Zhacang in the monastery are the most renowned. After one and a half hour’s drive, we will arrive in Shigatse, which is the second largest city in Tibet.
Day 5: Shigatse-Everest Base Camp
Drive to Lhatse where tourists can take lunch. Then drive to Shegar and if the weather is clear enough, tourists can view the Mt. Everest in the distance on the way back down. After 4 to 6 hours, arrive at Rongbuk Monastery. It is located in the Shigatse Region, southwest of the mysterious Tibet, and to the north of the oblate Mount Everest, the highest peak in the world. Seen from here, Mt. Everest appears like a lofty pyramid surrounded by mountains that touch the sky. On sunny days, a pile of thick clouds, just like a white flag floating lightly above the peak, which is known to be the miracle of ‘The Highest Flag Cloud in the World’. On the way to Everest, you will pass Pang la Pass, one of the highest passes in Tibet at 5050m. From that pass, enjoy view all the five highest peaks in the world. Tonight we will stay the night at Rongbuk tenthouse. It is located near Himalaya core preserve zone and no hotel is built in this area. Thus, the only facility is the Rongpuk guesthouse and tenthouses owned by local villagers. No guest room has private bathroom or toilet. Most of the rooms are shared by 4-8 guests and the tents contains minimum 10 guests in summer
Day 6: Everest Base Camp-Shigatse
As the highest mountain in the world, the Mount Everest with altitude of 8844m has become a final objective for tourists dreaming to get closer contact with the sky. And Everest Base Camp, shortened as EBC, literally means the base camp set on the flat area near Mt. Everest, where local tents, some basic guesthouses and even post offices exist, supporting tourists to scale the mountain and ensuring their life safety. In the morning, you can see the sunrise of Everest Peak if weather permits at the lodging area. Then we will visit the Rongbuk Monastery – the unique highest monastery with nuns and monks living together. Finally, we will drive back to Shigatse.
Day 7: Shigatse-Lhasa
Today, we will explore Tashilunpo Monastery of Gelug Sect, the seat of the Panchen Lama, built in 1447. The monastery houses a giant statue of the Maitreya Buddha – the biggest gilded statue of Maitreya (Buddha of the future) in the world and a tomb of all the Panchen Lama, containing jewels and gold. In the afternoon, you will drive back to Lhasa, which will take around 6 hours.
Day 8: Lhasa Departure
Enjoy the free time till we send you to the airport/train station.
