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Beijing-Xi'an-Chengdu-Lhasa-Gyantse-Shigatse-Tringri-Zhangmu-Kathmandu 15 days Itinerary: (B=breakfast, L=lunch, D=dinner,
N=overnight) Day01 Arrival in Beijing 2N in 3 star hotel (L) Pick up and transfer to hotel, in the afternoon visit Summer Palace, You will have Peking Duck dinner. Day02 Beijing (B/L) Visit Tian'an Men square, which is probably the biggest one of its kind in the world, and the Forbidden City and the Temple of Heaven, in the evening you will visit Peking Opera. Day03 Beijing-Xi'an by train 1N on Train (B/L) After breakfast, excursion to the Badaling Great Wall. After lunch drive to Ming Tombs to visit the Underground Palace of Dingling. Then transfer to rail way station and drive to Xi'an by train, soft sleeper. Day04 Xi'an 1N in 4 star hotel (B/L/D)
Day05 Flight Xi'an-Chengdu 1N in 3 star hotel (B/L/D) Transfer to airport and fly to Chengdu, Capital of Sichuan province. Pick up and then visit Research Base of Panda Breeding and an old traditional Chengdu Tea house Day06
Flight Chengdu-Lhasa
3N in 3 star Hotel In the early morning transfer to airport and fly to
Tibet, upon arrival at Gonggar Airport, pick up and transfer to Lhasa(3650
m) with about 1 1/2 hours’ driving (100km), in the afternoon rest
and acclimatize. Day07 Lhasa (B/L)
Day08 Lhasa (B/L In the morning visit Drepung monastery the sacred land of Gelukpa sect., which was created in 1416 and the second, third and fourth Dalai Lama once resided in. In the afternoon visit Sera monastery, which was created in 1419 and has always been an important Buddhist seminary. As rose are planted everywhere in the monastery, it is also called “the court of wild rose”. Today still 200 lamas live in there. Day09 Lhasa- Yamdrok Tso Lake- Gyantse 1N in 2* Hotel
B/L/D Today is a full day picturesque drive crossing over a
colorful Yamdrok Lake. Kambala
Pass at 4,794 m and Karola Pass at 5,010m. In Gyantse visit the Kumbum
Stupa and Phalkor Monastery. Day10 Gyantse-Shigatse
1N
in 3* hotel B/L/D After breakfast drive to Shigatse(3810 m), the second
largest town in Tibet and the capital of Tsang, there visit Tashilunpo
monastery, the seat of the Panchen Lama built in 1447 and one of the six
grand monasteries in Tibet. Day11 Shigatse-Shegar 1N in Guesthouse B/L/D After breakfast we continue on our drive to Shegar,
also called “new Tringri, and crossing over the Gyatsola Pass at 5,220
m, which is the highest en route to Shegar, 240 km. Day12 Shegar-Zhangmu 1N in Zhangmu Hotel
B/L/D Today we drive to Zhangmu, crossing over Lalung-La
(Pass) at 5,050m and Nyalam Pass (3,800 m), with views of beautiful
Himalayan Ranges panorama including the Mt. Everest (8,848 m). Day13 Zhangmu-Kodari-Kathmandu 2N in 3* Hotel B After breakfast drive to Kodari (Nepal-Tibet border),
there you will be picked up by Nepalese guide and then continue on drive
to Kathmandu, Capital of Nepal. Day14Kathmandu B Sightseeing tour in Kathmandu with private tour guide. Day15 Departure from
Kathmandu B Recommended China Tibet Tours: China highlights and Tibet
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the early morning arrival in Xi'an, pick up and transfer to hotel, after
rest drive to the famous Terracotta Warriors Museum. After
lunch, you will visit the Provincial History Museum with its
richest collection of artifacts in China. After that you will also visit the
Big Wild Goose Pagoda. Tonight, the deluxe Tang Dynasty Dinner Show is
reserved for you.
In the morning visit Potala Palace, which was
originally constructed in 637 by Songtsen Gampo, the first king of the
united Tibet, and later expanded and served as the winter residence of the
Dalai Lamas as well as the religious-political nexus of traditional Tibet.
In the afternoon visit Jokhang temple, the center of the Tibetan Buddhism
and the sacred land of Buddhist followers where innumerable pilgrims come
for worship everyday. The temple, built in 647, is the earliest
wood-and-masonry structure still existing in Tibet. 