Tour Briefing:
Tour Code: TTL-006
Tour Catalog: Private Tour
Trip Length: 4 days
Starting City: Lhasa-Yamgtso Lake- Gyangtse- Shigatse- Evrest Base Camp- Zhangmu
Ending City: Zhangmu
Route Feature:This route is the most classic ones which will cross the mainland of Tibet to Nepal,you will have a chance to visit Holy lake--Yamdroktso,Gyantse Stupa Kumbun.At shigatse to head forward to Mt. Everest,during the process,you will cross the prairie,the rapids,mountains,Mt. Everest which will shock you and let you never forget.Along the Nepal friendship way with spiraled transnational jungles, waterfalls to reach the town of Zhangmu.Pass the Friendship Bridge,arrive in Nepal and then turn right into mountains to reach Kathmandu.
Itinerary:
Day 01 Lhasa/Yamdrotso lake/ Friend- ship highway/ Gyangtse/ Shigatse ( 500km, 6hours driving, asphalt road in good condition , 3900m, 15-19 centigrade)
Morning time around 08:00am depart from Lhasa pass Gangbala Mt. which is over than 5000m, then to Yamdrotso lake which is one of the three holy lakes in Tibet (another 2 is Namtso lake and Manasarova), then back to Friend-ship highway pass by Shigatse to Gyangtse, visit Gyangtse Kumbum, far view of Zongshan ruins.Then back to Shigatse. Overnight at Shigatse.
Day 02 Shigatse/ Lhatse/ Tinggri (Shegar) ( 240km, 4 hours driving, asphalt road in good condition , 4050m, 8-15 centigrade)
Morning time to visit Tashilumpo Monastery which was Built in1447 , spectacular tombs of Panchen Lamas . After lunch driving along with Friend-ship way pass Lhatse to Tinggri. One the way you will pass the checking point with your TTB permit, travel permit and passport. Then arrive at Tinggri. Buy the entrance of Everest Base Camp. Overnight at Tinggri
Day 03 Tinggri/ Rongbu Monastery/ Evrest Base Camp/ Rongbu ( 180km, 8hours drving, Rough road, 4980m, -5-10 centigrade)
Early in the moring 07:00am driving from Tinggri to E.B.C with very rough road, pass the wild grassland, cross the rapids river and high mountains. During this route,you can have a glimpse of 4 mountains which is 8000m high or more,such as:Mt. Lhotse(8516m),Mt. Everest(8848m),Mt. Qowowuyag(8201m),Mt Mayalu(8463m). Then arrive at Rongbu Monastery. It is cold from here E.B.C. At Rongphu Monastery view to Mt. Everest it is fabulous and splendid.After walking a few minutes to arrive the place get on the animal carriage then use half of an hour arrive at Everest Base camp ( Or you also can do trekking to Everest Base Camp around 1.5-2 hours one way. It is interesting and much more warm, but hard to breath). Hiking up to the top of the photo point take pictures for the splendid- Mt. Everest. Then back to Rongpu. Overnight at Rongbu
Day 04 Rongbu/ Old Tinggri/ Zhangmu ( 190km, 10 hours, Rough road around mountains, 3750-2300m, 10-18 centigrade)
Morning time take photos of the sunrise for Mt. Everest. Then go down of moutains to Zhangmu. The road from Old Tinggri to Zhangmu is reparing you just can going from 08:00pm. Arrive at Zhangmu around 12:00pm. Next morning cross the Friend-ship Bridge cross the border by yourselves.
Price from Aug. to Nov. in 2007 (USD or EUR):
Tour Stander 1person 2 person 3 person 4 person Single supplement
Standard tour 1410USD/1050EUR 750USD/530EUR 530USD/380EUR 410USD/300EUR 78USD/58EUR
Luxurious:1430USD/1030EUR 740USD/530EUR 510USD/370EUR 390USD/285EUR 156USD/112UR
Service include:
1. Entrance fee of Gangtse Kumbum 40RMB/p.p, Tashilunpo Monastery 55RMB/p.p, Evrest Base Camp 180RMB/p.p
2. Standard tour with: 2N 2star hotel standeroom room at Shigatse, 1N dorm bed at Tinggri; 1N guest house at Zhangmu
Luxurious tour: 2N 3 star hotel standeroom, 1N standeroom at Tinggri, 1N standeroom at Zhangmu
3. Landcruiser Toyota 4500 with good condition safely with expert driver.
4. English speaking guide
5. Travel permit( get it at Shigatse)
6. Travel insurance
7. One bottom of pure water provided everyday.
8. 3 bottoms of oxygen for urgent use.
9. Sleeping bag provide
Service exclude:
1. Meals
2. Your own expense like animal carriage fee ( 50RMB/carriage accept 2 person)
3. Nepal visa ( You can get the Nepal visa from Lhasa around 30USD/p.p 2 days. Or you also can get it from Zhangmu)
4. Tips for driver and guide (Usually it is 100RMB/p.p for driver , guide)
Warm Notes:
1. The part of road from Yamtso Lake to Langkazi is repairing now, So you can not go directly from Langkazi to Gyangtse must be back for Friend-ship Highway to Shigatse then to Gyangtse.
2. The road before from Tinggri to E.B.C is reparing now just you can take the new rough road going. There is a rapid river at afternoon is so hard and dangerous to cross so suggestion pass it in the morning time.
3. The road from Old Tinggri to Zhangmu around 50km is reparing, rough road condition around high mountains driving at night time. It is feel a little hard and tired( Around 5-6 hours driving).
4. At high altitude sleeping at Rongbu is cold , maybe you wiiet headache, plese take some medicine and we will provide you warm sleeping bag.
5.During the rainning season some times the weather will be not good enough see the Mt. Everest. But you also have a chance see the surrouding high snow mountain with fabulous.
6. Take very warm clothes and shoes with you to Mt. Evrest that you can focous on the wonderful scenery.
7. You had better take some fast food like cookie chocolate with you because there isn??t so much delicious food from Tinggri to E.B.C, and long times driving is a little bit boring.
8. For our service we also can helping you arragement a van pick you from Nepal boradr to Kathmandu around 500RMB/p.p. Or you also can take the publice bus around 200RMB/p.p or rent a van share with others to Kathmandu 4 hours arrive.
