Nepal Everest base camp tibet tour also known as Kathmandu EBC Lhasa Tour as well as Nepal EBC Tibet tour. This is also a small group joining tour begins from Kathmandu and ends in Lhasa after Lhasa sightseeing tour. This is a standard group tour package via Everest Base Camp. The 8 days Kathmandu Lhasa tour via Everest base camp is becoming more popular now once the Nepal Tibet border - Gyirong port opened. This is an adventure overland tour that covers nearly 1200 km distance between Kathmandu and Lhasa with Everest Base Camp.
Mount Everest is the tallest mountain in the world. It is 8848m high, and the Everest base camp altitude is 5300m. We can visit north Everest base camp easily by overland drive. The 8 days Kathmandu EBC Lhasa tour begins from Kathmandu. So you need both Tibet travel permit and Tibet/China paper group visa for 8 days Nepal Everest Base Camp Tibet tour. All this necessary travel document we make ready once you confirm and booking this Kathmandu EBC Lhasa 8 days package tour.
Tibet travel permit, hotel accomodation with breakfast, Kathmandu to border transfer, guide, entrance fee include. The lunch, dinner, visa fee, the flight and train ticket price excludes during 8 days Kathmandu EBC Lhasa group tour.
We visit the important places of Tibet like Gyirong, Rongbuk, Everest Base Camp, Shigatse,Gyantse, Yamdrok Lake and Lhasa. Once you are in Lhasa. You have 2 full day sightseeing tour in Lhasa city. We explore and visit the important historcal and heritage sites of Lhasa. That is Potala Palance, Sera, Drepung monastery, Jokhang temple, and also Norbulinka and Barkhor street, a typical Tibetan local market. We also have 8 days Kathmandu Lhsasa group tour if this tour is not suitable for you.
Trip Itinerary
Day 01Kathmandu to Syabrubesi(1700m, 140km, 7 hrs)
140 km, 7 hours AP Plan-Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner Basic Tea house lodge in Syabrubesi
We will pick you up in your hotel at 9:00 am. Then we will drive to Syabrubesi driving through country side and you can see deep gorges, snow-capped mountain on the way. We will also drive across the Luangtang National Park. Stay overnight at guest house in Syabrubesi.
Day 02Syabrubesi to Kyirong (2800m, 40km, 4-5 hrs)
40 km, 4/5 hours AP Plan-Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner Standard Accommodation Hotel in kyirong
After breakfast, we will drive 15 km to the border to enter Tibet. You will meet your guide in Tibet side. Then we will drive 1 hour to Kyirong(2800m) is surrounded by lofty snow-capped mountains and dense forests. In the afternoon, you take a stroll to visit Paba Temple (2850m), a Gelugpa temple built by Tibetan King Songtsan Gambo at the proposal of his wife Nepali princess Bhrikuti. The Nepali style temple with delicate murals is only within minutes’ walk from your hotel. Stay overnight in Kyirong Hotel
Day 03Kyirong to EBC to Tingri(4200m, 480km, 11 hrs)
480 km, 11 hours AP Plan-Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner Standard Accommodation Hotel in Lhasa
Today, we will first drive to pass through Peikutso lake and grassland. Then we continue to drive to Everest Base Camp and visit the world highest Monastery, the Rongbuk Monastery. On the way, you can view the splendid panoramic Himalaya Mountain Range at Gyawula Pass (5200m). After visiting Everest Base Camp, we will drive to Tingri. Stay overnight in Tingri Hotel
Day 04Tingri to Shigatse(3900m, 280km, 7 hrs)
280 km, 7 hours AP Plan-Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner Standard Accommodation Hotel in shigtse
Today, we will drive from Tingri to Shigatse. On the way, you will visit the 5000m G318 National Highway milestone in Lhatse. After your arrival in Shigatse in the early afternoon, you will visit the seat of Panchan Lama - Tashilunpo Monastery, one of the most important monasteries in Tibet. Stay overnight in Shigatse hotel
Day 05Shigatse to Lhasa via Gyantse (3600m,375km, 7 hours)
375 km, 7 hours AP Plan-Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner Standard Accommodation Hotel in Lhasa
Today, we will drive to Lhasa via Gyantse. On the way you can see many Tibetan farming villages. After arriving in Gyantse, you will visit Heritage town Gyantse old street and Perklor Monastery, Kumbum stupa. Then you will also visit Manak Dam Lake, Korola Glacier and Yamdrok Lake on the way to Lhasa. Stay overnight in Lhasa
Day 06Lhasa Tour - Potala Palace, Johkang Temple, and Barkhor Street
Full Day Sightseeing AP Plan-Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner Standard Accommodation Hotel in Lhasa
You will start the day by exploring the Potala Palace, Tibet’s most iconic building. Towering above Lhasa with more than 1000 rooms, the Potala Palace served as the winter residence of the Dalai Lama’s for hundreds of years. After lunch, you will go to explore the Jokhang temple, the holiest Buddhist temple in the Himalayas. Founded nearly 1400 years ago, Jokhang Temple houses the most sacred statue of Buddha. You will work your way through this fascinating temple alongside Buddhist pilgrims from the faraway regions of Tibet. The sound of pilgrims chanting mantras fills the air as does the smell of yak butter candle offerings. Around the temple is Barkhor street, where you can do kora, a religious circle of a building or mountain with pilgrims and locals, and explore the old market.
Day 07Lhasa Tour - Drepung and Sera Monastery
Full Day Sightseeing AP Plan-Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner Standard Accommodation Hotel in Lhasa
Today you will explore 600 year old Sera monastery, one of Tibet’s largest Buddhist monasteries. Each weekday afternoon starting at 3pm, monks engage in Buddhist philosophy debates, which are fun to photograph.You can also see three sand Mandalas and colorful Rock Painting of Buddha. After lunch, you will go to Drepung, another of Tibet’s huge monastic complexes. The pilgrimage circuit around Drepung takes about an hour or so and offers spectacular views.You can visit biggest monastery kitchen inside the monastery and enjoy Buddhist Sculpture Carving workshop near Drepung.
Day 08Lhasa Airport/Train Station
Before 3 hours you have to reach TIA airport BB Plan-Breakfast Back to your own destination
The trip ends, and after breakfast, you will be transferred to the Lhasa airport/train staion and depart Tibet to Nepal or China.