Kathmandu to Lhasa Overland Tour

After landing at the Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu and completing your custom formalities pick up your luggage and look for a representative of  Beyond Himalayas Adventures who will be with the display board at the arrival gate. You will be greeted by our representative and he/she will pick you and transfer to your hotel. Then check-in at the hotel, freshen up, and take a rest. In the evening or noon, you are introduced to your fellow participants, guides and discuss our trip at Hotel where you stay.

After breakfast, our ’s tour guide will you pick from the hotel for full day of sightseeing around Kathmandu. you will tour among this world hesitate sites Durbar Square, Pashupatinath temple, Swayambhunath stupa and Bouddhanath stupa, The Durbar Square sheds light on the life of the royals in ancient times. Pashupatinath temple is one of the most important places of pilgrimage for all Hindus. Swayambhunath is also known as the Monkey Temple and Baudhanath Stupa is one of the largest stupas in the world. Depending on your preference it might be other sites like Bhaktapur too . Back to hotel and preparation for the trek.

Note: Depending on your and your team’s time availability and schedule of your trek this activity you might have to do after the trek sometime.

Our driver will pick you up in your hotel during 9:00-9:30 am. Then we will drive to China Tibet border. While driving near Mt.Himalaya, you can see the deep gorges, snow-capped mountains on the way. We will also drive across the Langtang National Park.

After breakfast, we will drive 15km to the border to enter China. You will meet our guide in China side. Then we will drive 1 hour to Kyirong (2800m) where is surrounded by lofty snow-capped mountains and dense forests. In the afternoon, you take a stroll to visit Paba Temple (2850m), a Gelugpa temple built by Tibetan King Songtsan Gambo at the proposal of his wife Nepali princess Bhrikuti. The Nepali-style temple with delicate murals is only within a minutes’ walk from your hotel.

Today, we will first drive to pass through Peikutso lake and grassland. Then we continue to drive to Everest Base Camp and visit the world’s highest Monastery, the Rongbuk Monastery. On the way, you can view the splendid panoramic Himalaya Mountain Range at Gyawula Pass (5200m).

After visiting Everest Base Camp, we will drive to Tingri.

Today, we will drive from Tingri to Shigatse. On the way, you will visit the 5000m G318 National Highway milestone in Lhatse. After your arrival in Shigatse in the early afternoon, you will visit the seat of Panchan Lama – Tashilunpo Monastery, one of the most important monasteries in Tibet.

Today, we will drive to Lhasa via Gyantse. On the way you can see many Tibetan farmer villages. After arriving in Gyantse, you will visit Heritage town Gyantse old street and Perklor Monastery, Kumbum stupa. Then you will also visit Manak Dam Lake, Korola Glacier and Yamdrok Lake on the way to Lhasa.

In the Morning after having breakfast at hotel, you visit Potala palace, the seat of both religion and politics in Tibet, It was built in the 7th century by Tibetan king Songtsen Gampo and later renovated by the 5th Dalai Lama in the 17th century, afternoon visit Sera monastery 5 kilometer north of Lhasa city which was built in 1419 by Jamchen Choeji, a disciple of Tsongkhapa,the founder of the Gelugpa sect. Sera is one of the three major monasteries of the yellow sect in Tibet, transfer to hotel and overnight at hotel.

In the morning, after having breakfast at the hotel, you visit Drepung monastery, which is the largest Monastery of the Gelugpa sect of Buddhism in Lhasa, which was built in 1416 by Jamyang chojie a disciple of Tsongkhapa, and in the afternoon, visit Jokhang Tempale and Barkhor market, this is the holiest shrine in Tibet and houses of golden statue of the Shakyamuni Buddha which was brought to Tibet by the Chinese princess Wenchen and overnight at hotel.

In the very early morning after breakfast, drive 2hrs to airport. Around 10:00 are (Chinese standard time) fly to Kathmandu (arriving 09:00am local time) and your Tibet tour is complete now.

Your adventure in Nepal comes to an end today! Approximately three hours before your scheduled international flight, Our representative from Beyond Himalayas  will drop you off at the Tribhuvan International airport and does a farewell