Tibet Everest Base Camp Tour Experience
Tibet Everest Base Camp Tour – who wouldn’t want to be a part of this adventurous journey? It is a beautiful tour that takes you to the north Everest Base Camp in Tibet and showers you with the lust of mountains, glaciers and Tibetan plateaus in abundance. Everest Base Camp can be reached in two ways – one from the Lukla airport in Nepal and another from the capital city of Tibet – Lhasa. Everest Base Camp Trek in Nepal is totally a trekking journey whereas Tibet Everest Base Camp Tour is an overland tour.
Your main challenge in this tour can be fighting with the rising elevation. If you sustain the rising elevation, then you can get right there, on the Everest Base Camp which is also popular as the roof of the world.
Tibet Everest Base Camp Tour combines the fascinating beauty of mountains and plateaus with the historical and cultural fantasies in Tibet. Lhasa city is one of the major attractions. The literal meaning of Lhasa is place of gods and as it name depicts it is a museum to all the historic temples, palaces and monasteries in Tibet. Potala palace, Sera monastery, Drepung monastery, Jhokhang temple, Norbulingka palace are some of the must visit places in Lhasa.
Tibet Everest Base Camp Tour offers an opportunity to visit these places and appreciate the art and architecture manifested in these palaces and monasteries. Sightseeing tour in Lhasa can also be an opportunity to get some insights on the Tibetan Buddhist culture. Visit to Sera and Drepung monasteries can help you interact with the monks and enlighten yourself with the practice and preaching of Buddhist religion.
Discription of Tibet Everest Base Camp Tour
Tibet Everest Base Camp Tour starts with a sightseeing tour to the UNESCO listed heritage sites in Kathmandu. The sightseeing tour is followed by a wonderful flight to Lhasa. Upon arrival, you will be escorted to different sightseeing places in Lhasa which includes Norbulingka palace, Sera monastery, Drepung monastery, Potala palace, Jhokang temple and many others.
After the sightseeing tour in Lhasa, you will be headed to Shigatse in a land cruiser. You will be blessed with the striking views of Tsangpo river and Yamdok Tso lake. As you reach the Karo La, you will be showered with an incredible views of snow capped mountains and glaciers. The drive is followed by visit to Natang and Sakya monastery and then to Rongbuk valley. You can either walk or drive to Everest Base Camp. at the base camp, you will be blessed with the pinnacles of mountains and Tibetan plateaus from so close. Tibet Everest Base Camp Tour ends with a drive back to Kathmandu via Nyalam from the base camp.
Outline Itinerary
- Day 01: Arrive in Kathmandu
- Day 02: Obtain Chinese visa and sightseeing tour in Kathmandu
- Day 03: Fly to Lhasa
- Day 04: Sightseeing Tour in Lhasa
- Day 05: Sightseeing Tour in Lhasa
- Day 06: Drive to Shigatse
- Day 07: Drive to Tingri/ visit Natang and Sakya Monastery
- Day 08: Drive to Rongbuk
- Day 09: Explore Everest Base Camp and then drive to Nyalam
- Day 10: Drive to Kathmandu
- Day 11: Farewell
