Lhasa Gyantse Shigatse Mt. Everest Group Tour

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This is our most popular itinerary, which is also a once-in-a-lifetime experience to view the highest mountain in the world - Mt. Everest, with 8848m above sea level. After spending your first 3 days in Lhasa city for main tourist sites visiting, you will get ready to start the journey to Everest. You’ll stop by holy Yamdrok Lake, the glistening Karola Glacie...
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Overview

Trip type
Group Tour
Lodging level
Standard - 3 star
Physical level
Easy
Trip pace
Balanced schedule

Highlights

    • Visit famous Potala Palace, the cardinal landmark of Tibet
    • Visit Jokhang Temple in the center of the old Lhasa city
    • Experience Mt. Everest National Nature Reserve
    • Enjoy the sunrise of Everest Peak at lodging area if the weather is good
    • You’ll see the Yarlung Tsangpo valley

What's this trip about?

    This is our most popular itinerary, which is also a once-in-a-lifetime experience to view the highest mountain in the world - Mt. Everest, with 8848m above sea level. After spending your first 3 days in Lhasa city for main tourist sites visiting, you will get ready to start the journey to Everest. You’ll stop by holy Yamdrok Lake, the glistening Karola Glacier and Khumbum Stupa in Gyantse and Shigatse. From there you’ll go up to over 5000 meters and spend a night at Everest Base Camp. If weather permits, you can enjoy the beautiful sunset and glorious sunrise before return to Lhasa. See the Sunrise of Golden Everest Peak, Everest Base Camp

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Details

Itinerary focusOff the Beaten Path
Group sizeIntimate group - max of 12 people
Age rangeNo age restrictions
Flights and transportAll internal ground transport included
Start CityLhasa
End CityLhasa

Travel Themes

  • Cultural
  • Local Immersion & Homestays
  • National Parks
  • Nature & Wildlife

Destinations

  • Asia

Attractions

  • Lhasa
  • Tibet

Activities

  • Culture
  • Historic sightseeing
  • Homestays & Cultural Immersion
  • Nature

Trip includes

    • Lodgings: 6 Nights, twin room en suite in 3 star /4 star
    • 1 Night, dorm bed at Guesthouse Or Nomad Tent
    • Meal: 6 Breakfasts and 1 Welcome Dinner
    • Travel-licensed vehicle according to group size & season as itinerary needed including gas and parking fee
    • Free Lhasa Railway Station transfer at all time on the first & last day
    • Free pick-up from airport to hotel at 9:30 am, 13:00 pm and 16:00 pm on the first day
    • Free drop-off from hotel to airport at 6:00 am, 8:30 am and 12:30 pm on the last day
    • Guide: experienced local English-speaking tour guide
    • Attractions: all entrance fee mentioned in itinerary
    • Permit: Tibet Tourism Bureau Permit (TTB); Alien's Travel Permit(PSB) to be applied in Shigatse with your original passport which takes abt 30mins
    • Travel Agency Liability insurance
    • Government Tax
    • Express delivery fee of Permit (eg. SF. Express)
    • Food & lodgings for guide & driver
    • Oxygen tank for emergency use
    • Two bottles of mineral water per person per day

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Itinerary

Travel Map

Day 1: Arrival In Lhasa (3680m)

Taking flight into Tibet will give you a panorama of the snowy Himalaya Mountains Or 1-2 days of train riding over the high plateau by crossing Tanggula Mountains with beautiful sceneries along the way. Once you arrive, our local Tibetan tour guide and driver will gre...

Day 2: Lhasa Suburb

Meals: Breakfast and Dinner

Attraction: Drepung Monastery  Sera Monastery

Today’s first attraction is to visit Drepung Monastery which is the world's largest monastery that housed for more than 10,000 monks; it was the resident of the Dalai Lama. After l...

Day 3: Lhasa City

Meals: Breakfast

Attraction: Jokhang Temple  Barkhor Street  Potala Palace

In the morning our guide will meet you at the hotel and first take you to visit famous Potala Palace, the cardinal landmark of Tibet and the masterpiece of Tibetan architecture, i...

Day 4: Lhasa- Gyantse(4040m)- Shigatse(3840m), 360km, Approx 6hrs

Meals: Breakfast

Attraction: Yamdroktso Lake  Karola Glacier  Pelkor Chöde Monastery

We will pass by Kampala pass (4794m) on the way from Lhasa to Shigatse and visit Yamdrok Lake. Covering 638Km², Yamdrok Lake is one of the three largest sacred lakes in ...

Day 5: Shigatse - Tingri - EBC(5100m), 350km, Approx 7hrs

Meals: Breakfast

Attraction: Rongbuk Monastery

In the morning, you will leave Shigatse to Lhatse, a small town located 150 km from Shigatse, and you may have lunch in local restaurant. After a short rest, you will go ahead to Tingri. You will pass Tsola ...

Day 6: EBC - Shigatse, 350km, Approx 6hrs

Attraction: Everest Base Camp

You can get up early and enjoy the sunrise of Everest Peak at lodging area if the weather is good. And then, we can drive you to the Everest Base Camp. After sightseeing, we will drive back to Shigatse and enjoy the fabulous view a...

Day 7: Shigatse - Lhasa, 300km, Approx 5hrs

Meals: Breakfast

Attraction: Tashilhunpo Monastery

In Shigatse, we will visit Tashilunpo Monastery the home of Panchen Lama, it was founded by the 1st Dalai Lama in 1447, is a historic and culturally important monastery in Shigatse and also the second-la...

Day 8: Depart From Lhasa

Meals: Breakfast

Today your guide and driver will escort you to the airport or railway station for your next destination. Before your departure, we will appreciate if you can spend a few minutes to evaluate our services either by filling the feedback form or simply send us an email when you back home. Your whole trip officially ended.

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Dates & Availability

Price From $850
Price per day$106
Last Updated: 5/14/2019

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The total tour cost includes the tour price (regular or promotional) and the compulsory local payment. The promotional price is subject to change. Check directly with the operator for the latest price offer. The tour operator requires you to pay only the tour price to purchase your travel. The compulsory local payment will be paid when you join the trip. All prices are based on double, twin or triple share occupancy. Solo passengers will be accommodated in a double, twin or triple room according to availability with a passenger(s) of the same gender. Single supplement only needs to be paid if the passenger does not want to share and requests their own room. Discounts can only be applied at the time of booking and cannot be added at a later date, regardless of any changes made to the original booking.

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Tistica

May 2019

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Wonderful adventure

We had an amazing time in Tibet! I've always wanted to go to Mt. Everest. The views there were breath taking. The tour guide was very polite and knew where all the g...

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Jeff

May 2019

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Great Adventure and Fun

As soon as I arrived in Lhasa, I saw my tour guide was waiting for me at the airport. He was kind enough and gave me a warm hug, which made me feel at home. Then he ...

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CharlieA001

May 2019

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Lhasa, Shigatse and Everest Base Camp

It was excellent traveling with GTT. In Shigatse, we rented sleeping bags as the tents are so cold. That was good investment. And we happen to meet the Buddhist fest...

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May 2019

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8 day Lhasa Gyantse Shigatse Mt. Everest tour

Everything was so great and beyond my expectations. Lobsang was a wonderful tour guide. He speak English very well and cared about all the members. Leading to Mt. Ev...

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forevermagpie

May 2019

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Everest and back

I was very impressed with Amy. She organised all our details swiftly and always with a smile. Lhasa is very great. I did not wannna leave. We had a wonderful time f...

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I did an adjusted 12 day tour of Tibet, from Lhasa to Everest

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Great Tibet Tour has a team of Tibet travel experts with the majority being local born Tibetans who handpick the best things to do in destinations around Tibet. Ever since 2005, we've designed and operated tours in Tibet from standard Lhasa City Tours to the adventurous Tibet Trekking Tours. To ensure the tours you book on Great Tibet Tour deliver the type of experience we know you want to have – a once in a lifetime experience – we've sought out the most reputable and reliable local guides, hotels, restaurants, and transportation companies throughout Tibet. This comprehensive insider access, possessed only by locals, we live here, we know Tibet.

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Logistics

What's excluded

    • International flight to and out of China
    • Domestic flight/train to and out of Lhasa; (We’d like to book the domestic flight/train ticket at the BEST price. Please contact us for details.)
    • If you miss the free transfer schedule due to flight delay or cancelation, then you are required to pay private transfer from USD 60/vehicle/time.
    • Lunch & Dinner are not included but we will recommend some good ones for you according to your requirements. Usually, it takes 3-10 USD per person for each meal.
    • While Gratuities for guide and driver is NOT mandatory, it is expected. Based on their service, you can tip them on the last day of the tour. You are suggested to tip each of them 5-10 USD/day in total
    • All the commission and tax charged by PayPal, Bank, and government when making payment. (e.g. PayPal --- 4.2%. Wire transfer --- 7.36%)
    • Personal expenses
    • Anything not mentioned in the Inclusions.

Accommodation

,The accommodation conditions on Everest is kind of basic due to the geographic and climatic situation. As we try to bring you the best tour experience, the double room of Rongbuk Monastery guesthouse will be our first choice for you to stay overnight there. However, there are limited numbers of those rooms, which are not accepted a reservation in advance, especially during the peak tourist season. Thus, when the standard rooms run out, we would arrange all the group members to stay in the multiple bedded rooms of Rongbuk Monastery or the nomad tent at EBC tent area. Both of them provide dorm beds only. If you don’t want to share the room with others, you could pay the price difference of the vacant beds.
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