Kathmandu Valley And Tibet Tour With Everest North Basecamp

(Early in the morning, if interested, one can go for one hour mountain flight which takes you close to the world’s highest peaks including Mt. Everest 8848.86m. Extra Self Payable)

Breakfast and start full day sightseeing of:

i) Pashupatinath temple – regarded as the most sacred temple of Hindu Lord Shiva, with its astonishing architectural beauty, stands as a symbol of faith, religion, culture and tradition. Temple’s existence dates back to 4TH Century AD and the richly ornamented pagoda Style temple, houses the sacred 5 faced unique Linga or phallic symbol of Lord Shiva. Thousands of Pilgrims from all over the world come to pay homage to this holiest Hindu Shrine which is also known to be “Temple of Living Beings”

ii) Boudhanath stupa - also called by many as Khasti Chaitya or Jyarung Khasyor, is one of the oldest and largest stupa and is one of the Nepal’s as well as World’s most important Buddhist site and one of the biggest tourist attraction in Kathmandu Valley.
Located in Kathmandu’s Suburbs, east from the city center and its 43.25m high white stupa can be seen from far away.
Stupa is said to be built on an ancient trade route to Tibet at a site where merchants stopped to pray and legends insist that it dates back to 4th Century AD.

iii) Swayambhunath Stupa –The Most Enigmatic Holy Stupa situated on the top of green hill, on the west of Kathmandu, is one of the most popular, holy and instantly recognizable symbols of Kathmandu. The temple is popularly known as the 'Monkey Temple' because of the large tribe of roving monkeys who guards the temple Area.

iv) Ancient Buddhist City of Fine Arts” Patan Durbar Square Complex
situated in the center of Patan city Mangal bazaar, also known as Lalitpur, houses the residence of the former Patan royal King and family, surroundings are good specimen of ancient rich Newari architecture. There are three main courtyards in the palace Area; Mul chowk, Sundari Chowk and Keshav Narayan Chowk. Mul chowk, the oldest one is at the center of Patan Durbar Square. Several multi-sized and multi-styled temples can be found in the western part of the complex. Major among these are Krishna Temple, Bhimsen Temple and Golden Temple of Hiranya Varna. Bit distance away from Complex is Golden Spout Courtyard and Famous Mahabuddha Temple.

Overnight.

Note: Free time to explore Kathmandu, visit Thamel -Live music Restro & Bars, Souvenir Shops, Pub houses, clubs, Spa Centers.

Transfer to International airport for flight to Lhasa. After approx. 90 minutes flight flying over the world’s highest peaks Mt. Everest, Lhotse, Makalu, Cho Oyu will be reaching to the capital city Lhasa of Tibetan people, drive for another 45minutes to reach the city from the airport. Check in and rest. There is a common chance of AMS (Altitude Mountain Sickness), therefore for us, next 4days will be a good acclimatization stay and tour inside Lhasa which stands at the altitude of 3656m from sea level.

After having breakfast, we ready to start our day with the sightseeing of some beautiful sites. Visit Jokhang Temple which believed to be constructed in 7th century, one of the very first Buddhist Temple of Tibetan region. Visit Barkor -a typical and historic street, visit religious and most famous Drepung Monastery and Sera monastery too. Rest for the day. Overnight.

Morning breakfast and go for the visit of most enigmatic and grandest Potala palace –the seat and palace of religious leader Dalai Lama. Lies on the top of small hill section inside the city called Red Hill, the Potala Palace truly dominates the City and it’s sky too. Visit Norbulinka – the summer palace of Dalai Lamas.
We drive for an hour to reach to the bank of mighty Brahmaputra river or Yarlung Tsangpo, we cross and drive bit further half an hour where religious and regarded as the oldest Samye Monastery. Samya monastery’s construction is related with the entrance of the Buddhist in ancient Bon Tibet.
Overnight.

Wake up early to witness morning pray and offering at the monastery. We retrace back the same route and take friendship highway for drive toward Kathmandu running through the world’s highest altitudes.
We continue our journey passing over the pass Khamba La (4800m), stunning view of Namdrok Lake and Mt. Najin Kang Sa (7252m). Far beyond of the lake is small town Nagar tse, our night spot. Visit local monastery Samding. Overnight.

We continue drive observing the Himalayas that lies in Bhutan toward west and our drive climbs further up, crossing Karo La (5050m) which offer amazing sights of lakes , mountains and Tibetan high mountain plains. We descend down crossing other smaller passes and beautiful small villages, settlements, finally reaching to fort valley Gyantse. We visit very famous and spectacular large complex Kumnbum Monastery and others. Overnight.

Breakfast and further short drive for an hour approx. will bring us to Shigatse –the second largest city of Tibet. This beautiful old city is house to the many beautiful monasteries, stupas. Visit extremely important and most famous TashiLunpo Monastery and its large complex which includes many prayer wheels, small shrines, rock inscriptions and other interestings. Overnight.

We continue our journey toward southwest. We cross Brahmaputra River and then road gradually climbs to the highest pass Gyamtso La (5220m). We will have the first look of Mt. Everest, fifth highest Makalu (8481m), fourth highest Lhotse (8516m) and Cho Oyu (8188m) while descending. We come across passing nomadic herders, pasturelands and lonely Tibetan settlements, wild lonely monasteries on our way. We reach Shelkar and Overnight.

We leave the friendship highway and drive southward toward the greatest wall of Himalayas. While drive up and finally down, Everest starts to appear in front of us. We reach Rongbuk valley and monastery. Overnight.

We will send 2nd day in rongbuk valley for the exploration and rest. We will visit Everest North basecamp (5200m), rongbuk glacier and the rongbuk monastery (5000m) –the highest monastery in the world and valley itself. Overnight.

We retrace back to friendship highway and continue drive toward southwest to Nepal Border. We still can observe Mt. Everest and sixth highest Mt. Cho Oyu while driving down. Now we started seeing Mt. Gauri Shankar toward south along with beautiful and one of the eight thousand Shisapangma 8027m. This descending from Tibetan Plateau of 5200m to Trishuli 600m is the longest road descend. We reach to the kerung. Overnight.

Drive down to border between China and Nepal, cross the border, necessary immigration formalities and we continue heading toward Kathmandu (1350m). We drive to beautiful hill-station Nagarkot (2187m). Overnight.

Morning enjoy the beautiful view of sunrise and mountains, hills, villages. Breakfast and timely transfer to International airport for your flight back with beautiful memories of lifetime.