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Northern Grassland Tour (Scenic Exploration) (Ref: YTR04TBT)
Duration: 5 nights/ 6 days
Facts of Trip:
| Trip Destination: | Lhassa |
| Highest Access of the Trip: | 3600M |
| Grade: | Moderate |
| Transportation: | Bus/Plane |
| Types of Trip: | Trekking |
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| Total Days: | 06 Days |
| Trip Cost: | On request |
Day to Day Itinerary:
| Day 01 | Kathmandu - Lhasa You reach Lhasa by a trans-Himalayan flight from Kathmandu. You cross the main Himalayan. Range before hovering over the massive Tibetan plateau savoring the breathtaking view of the majestic mountain range. The bird's eye view of Mount Everest and other peaks like Langtang (7100m), Gauri Shankar (7245m), Melungtse (7100m), Xixapangma (8012m), Cho Oyu (8201m), Lhotse (8516m), and Makalu (8463m), among others, is truly spectacular. Your plane will be landed at Lhasa Gonggar Airport (93km from the main city) at 13:40pm Chinese time. Transfer to Lhasa and check in. Afternoon free for acclimatization & O/N Hotel |
| Day 02 | Lhasa AM visit the monumental palace of Tibetan Kings and Dalai Lamas-Potala Palace, PM visit Tibet’s most sacred Temple Jorkhang Temple & Barkhor street & O/N at Hotel in Lhasa |
| Day 03 | Early morning drive to Yangpacheng Hot Spring which is 92km distance north from Lhasa. Appreciate the landscape of Qiang grassland and Nyacheng Tangula Snow Mt. Range. Continuely driving to Namtso (158km), literally heavenly lake, which is the biggest lake in Tibet and the second biggest salt lake in China as well as the highest lake in the world (4748m). It’s one of the three holy lakes in Tibet, playing an important role among Tibetans. Same day back to Lhasa & O/N Hotel |
| Day 04 | Drive Lhasa/Nyingchi via Medro Gongkar, Kongpo Giamda & Mila Snow Mountain, view Nyiyang River en route (470km) & O/N Hotel |
| Day 05 | AM visit Kushuk Demdrug-the sacred tree of Bon, a magnificent specimen (considered a juniper by Tibetans) perhaps 2,000-2,500 years old, locals believe it to be the Original Tree, as old as the universe. Then drive to Sekyimla Pass, view the great Mt. Namche Barwa (7,700m) from long distance. Drive back to Lhasa, if road and time permits, visit Basum Tso on the way. Also called “Tsogo Lake”, a famous sacred lake of the Red Sect. It is located in Shoka in Kongbo Giamda County, to the east of Kongpo Giamda and 300km from Lhasa. With its colorful water- so called Tibet’s small Switzerland, there is an ancient temple of the Nyingma sect in the Tashi island in the middle of the lake. People can go there by a ferryboat (pay on your own). On the 15th of fourth month in Tibetan calendar every year is the festival of kora round the lake pilgrims from Nyingchi and Kham come here to turn around. The scenery around the lake id magnificent which is well known as “Geneva of the east”. Same day reach Lhasa & O/N Hotel |
| Day 06 | Transfer to Gonggar airport and fly to Chengdu/Kathmandu/Beijing/Xian |
