Tour Briefing:
Tour Code: TTE-001
Tour Catalog: Private Tour(flight in and flight out)
Trip Length: 8 days
Starting City: Chengdu( Beijing, Xian, Shanghai...)
Ending City: Lhasa
Route Feature:In this 8 days tour,you will not only have a chance to see the beauty of the Lhasa city,such as:Potala Palace,Jokhang Temple,Sera Monastery,Drepung Monastery,but also you can have a look of Yamdroktso Lake,Tashilunpo Monastery,Rongphu Monastery and you even can have a more specific view of the life of the Everest Base Camp.

Itinerary:
Day01: Chengdu/ Lhasa ( Lhasa ariport 80km, asphalt road, 3595m, 15-19 centigrade)
Morning time our staff pick you up from your hotel in Chengdu then dropping you off to Chengdu airport help you check in.After 2 hours flight you will arrive at Lhasa Gongga airport.Our guide will pick you from Gongga airport to Lhasa city. Rest in hotel. Overnight at Lhasa

Day02: Lhasa ciy tour sightseeing
Morning time to buy the entrance of Potala by yourselves. Then to visit Jokhang Temple, afternoon to visit Drepung Monastery. Overnight at Lhasa.

Day03 Lhasa city sightseeing
Morning time to visit Potala Palace, then afternoon to Sera Monastery. Overnight at Lhasa

Day04 Lhasa/Yamdrotso lake/ Friend- ship highway/ Gyangtse/ Shigatse ( 500km, 6hours driving, asphalt road, 3900m, 15-19 centigrade)
Morning time around 08:00am depart from Lhasa pass Gangbala Mt. which is over than 5000m, then to Yamdrotso lake which is one of the three holy lakes in Tibet (other 2 is Namtso lake and Manasarova), then back to Friend-ship highway pass by Shigatse to Gyangtse, visit Gyangtse Kumbum, far view of Zongshan Ruins. Then back to Shigatse. Overnight at Shigatse

Day05 Shigatse/ Lhatse/ Tinggri (Shegar) ( 240km, 4 hours driving, asphalt road, 4050m, 8-15 centigrade)
Morning time to visit Tashilumpo Monastery which was Built in1447, spectacular tombs of Panchen Lamas. After lunch driving along with Friend-ship way pass Lhatse to Tinggri. One the way you will pass the checking point with your TTB permit, travel permit and passport. Then arrive at Tinggri. Buy the entrance of Everest Base Camp. Overnight at Tinggri

Day06 Tinggri/ Rongpu Monastery/ Evrest Base Camp/ Tinggri ( 320km, 8hours drving, Rough road, 4980m, -5-10 centigrade)
Early in the moring 07:00am driving from Tinggri to E.B.C with the very rough road, pass the wild grassland, cross the rapids river and high mountains. During this route,you can have a chance to glimpse of 4 mountains which is 8000m high or more,such as:Mt. Lhotse(8516m),Mt. Everest(8848m),Mt. Qowowuyag(8201m),Mt Mayalu(8463m). Then arrive at Rongpu Monastery. At Rongphu Monastery view to Mt. Everest it is fabulous and splendid.After walking to arrive the place get on the animal carriage then use half of an hour arrive at Everest Base camp ( Or you also can trekking to Base Camp around 1.5-2 hours one way. It is interesting and much more warm, but hard to breath). Hiking up to the top of the photo point to take pictures for the splendid- Mt. Everest. Then late in the afternoon around 16:00pm go down from E.B.C back to Tinggri. Overnight at Tinggri

Day07 Tinggri/ Lhatse/ Shigatse/ Lhasa( 580km, 6 hours, asphalt road in good condition)
After with the good rest for whole night at Tinggri, driving back with the Friend-ship Highway back to Lhasa.

Day08 Lhasa airport dropping off.
Morning time Lhasa airport dropping off, take the flight back to Chengdu or Beijing, Shanghai,Xian...