Trip Highlights
Trip Itinerary
Day 01: Arrival in Beijing, then connecting flight to Chengdu.
Day 02: In the early morning fly to Tibet, in the afternoon rest and acclimatize.
Day 03: Lhasa: visit Potala Palace and Johkang temple and walk around the famous Barkor Street.
Day 04: Lhasa: visit Drepung and Sera monastery.
Day 05: Lhasa-Gyantse, visit Yamdrok Lake and Palkor monastery.
Day 06: Gyantse-Shigatse, visit Tashilunpo monastery in Shigatse.
Day 07: Shigatse-Latse, overnight at simple Guest house.
Day 08: Latse-Saga, a whole day’s driving, about 300km. Overnight at simple Guest house.
Day 09: Saga drive to Paryang, overnight at Guest house.
Day 10: Paryang drive to Darchen,Darchen (4575 m). Overnight at Guest house.
Day 11-13: Trekking around Kailash Camping.
Day 14: Tirthapuri. We will camp another night at this Tirthapuri hot spring. overnight at Camp.
Day 15: Explore Guge Kingdom. Overnight at guest house.
Day 16: Guge Kingdom drive back to Tirthapuri. Overnight at Tirthapuri tented camp.
Day 17-20: Tirthapuri drive to Mansarover lake. Overnight at tented camp.
Day 18: Drive to Mansarover lake to Paryang. Overnight at tented camp.
Day 19: Drive Paryang to Saga. Overnight at tented camp.
Day 20: Drive Saga to Latse. Overnight at guest house.
Day 21: Drive Latse to Lhasa. Overnight at guest house.
Day 22: Lhasa, fly to Chengdu, then connecting flight to Beijing, self transfer to hotel and then free time.
Day 23: Transfer to airport and departure from Beijing.
Day 24: Back to onward destination.
Detail Itinerary
Day 01: Arrival in Kathmandu 1334m,
Arrival in Beijing, then connecting flight to Chengdu.
Day 02: In the early morning fly to Tibet, in the afternoon rest and acclimatize.
Day 03: Lhasa: visit Potala Palace and Johkang temple and walk around the famous Barkor Street.
Day 04: Lhasa: visit Drepung and Sera monastery.
Day 05: Lhasa-Gyantse, visit Yamdrok Lake and Palkor monastery.
Day 06: Gyantse-Shigatse, visit Tashilunpo monastery in Shigatse.
Day 07: Shigatse-Latse, overnight at simple Guest house.
Day 08: Latse-Saga, a whole day’s driving, about 300km. The army town of Saga(4600m) is the last town of any size on this route. overnight at simple Guest house.
Day 09: Saga-Paryang, Another day's driving(260km) will take us to Paryang in the heart of western Tibet, where the four great rivers of South Asia diverge from their glacial sources around Mount Kailash. During the rainy season, the roads to Paryang are likely to be washed out by floods, in which case we may need to drive the truck through a 30 cm(11.7 inches) deep stream.overnight at simple Guest house.
Day 10: Paryang-Darchen,Darchen(4575 meters) is the starting and completion point for the general circuit of the sacred mountain. It is wise to spend at least a day here in preparation.overnight at Guest house.
Day 11-13: Trekking around Kailash Camping.
Day 14: Tirthapuri. We will camp another night at this Tirthapuri hot spring. overnight at Camp.
Day 15: Guge Kingdom. We will spend another day in the area to visit the ruins of the Guge Kingdom, which ruled western Tibet 300 years ago.
Day 16: Guge Kingdom drive back to Tirthapuri. Overnight at Tirthapuri tented camp.
Day 17-20: Tirthapuri drive to Mansarover lake. Overnight at tented camp.
Day 18: Drive to Mansarover lake to Paryang. Overnight at tented camp.
Day 19: Drive Paryang to Saga. Overnight at tented camp.
Day 20: Drive Saga to Latse. Overnight at guest house.
Day 21: Drive Latse to Lhasa. Overnight at guest house.
Day 22: Lhasa, early morning transfer to airport and fly to Chengdu, then connecting flight to Beijing, self transfer to hotel and then free time.
Day 23: Transfer to airport and departure from Beijing.
Day 24: Back to onward destination.
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What makes this trip different?
Eco Trip Nepal has been working hand to hand with nonprofit social organization SWAN Nepal (Social Welfare Association of Nepal) from its initial years. We provide continuous support to SWAN financially as well as by organizing charity and volunteering tours in the remote village of Baglung district. Organizing your holiday through Eco Trip Nepal will not only provide the chance to explore the natural grandeur of Himalayan country Nepal but also you will be playing a vital role in bringing positive changes in the lives of local community.
Financial support to direct beneficiaries: In all our programs, we strive to ensure that we only use local operators and try to source all provisions from local businesses, so you can be sure that some part of the money paid to us for arranging your holiday goes to the needy people of Nepal. The money you pay for touring and trekking through Eco Trip Nepal directly benefits the local people through SWAN as we provide them certain percentage of our profits from each and every trip on regular basis. Our guests experience true satisfaction together with enjoyment from Nepal holiday.
Local development through tourism: Eco Trip Nepal along with SWAN has been working together in discovering new routes, making plans into action and constantly working on how it can positively impact on local community development through tourism. In this way we have developed the Eco-tourism Project which focuses to flourish local tourism preservation of nature and cultural heritages.
Community Tourism: We help experience the best of Nepal through the eyes of the local Nepalese community. We enhance community based tourism to help our guests discover local habitats and wildlife; celebrate and respect traditional cultures, rituals and wisdom. In this way community will be aware of the commercial and social value placed on their natural and cultural heritage through tourism, and this will promote community based management of these resources.
For more details, visit SWAN Nepal's website www.swannepal.org