29 Days Grand Ngari Northern Route Tour

B-- Breakfast    L-- Lunch    D-- Dinner

• Day 1 Lhasa Airport – Tsetang

     

  Your guide and driver will wait you at Lhasa Gongar Airport holding your name board. After pick up, transfer to Tsetang for the night. The first day's well-rest is crucial to acclimatize high altitude. Remember to drink lots of water, eat light, and not to shower if you can help it.Your guide and driver will wait you at Lhasa Gongar Airport holding your name board. After pick up, transfer to Tsetang for the night. The first day's well-rest is crucial to acclimatize high altitude. Remember to drink lots of water, eat light, and not to shower if you can help it.

  Accommodation: Overnight in Tsetang

• Day 2 Tsetang - Samye - Tsetang

     

  Tsetang is the fourth-largest city in Tibet and the capital of huge Shannan (Lhoka) prefecture. Samye Monastery is located abt 30km from Tsetang. 

  Accommodation: Overnight in Tsetang

• Day 3 Tsetang - Trandruk - Yumbulagang - Chongye – Tsetang, 70km, Approx 1.5hrs

     

  Visit the major sights of Yarlung Valley in Tsetang today, of which is considered the cradle of Tibetan civilization. Trandruk Monastery is situated on the southern slope of the Mt. Gangpo Ri about two kilometers from the Tsetang Town. So far, it has a history of about 1,300 years. Yumbulagang also called "palace of mother and son", is counted as the first building in Tibet, with a history of over 2,000 years. Standing on the top of the tower house, you can enjoy the splendid panoramic view of the valley, and dream of the ancient legends of this palace. Finally, we'll go to the Chongye Valley to have a look at the burial mounds. Whilst the valley is sometimes referred to as the 'Graveyard of Imperial Kings', these burial mounds contain not only the remains of Tibetan kings, but also those of their wives and officials.

  Accommodation: Stay overnight in Tsetang

• Day 4 Tsetang - Nang Xian - Nyingtri

     

  Drive from Tsetang to Nyingtri via Nang Xian along Yarlung Tsangpo for abt 8hrs or so. 

  Accommodation: Stay overnight in Nyingtri

• Day 5 Nyingtri - Lunang - Pomi

     

  For today’s ride from Nyingtri to Pomi, you will pass Serkhym-la (4582m), and you will have a good view of Namche Barwa (7756m) and Gyala Pelri (7151m) from a distance.

  Accommodation: Stay overnight in Pomi

• Day 6 Pomi - Rawok

     

  A scenic ride from Pomi to Rawoktso Lake, with tropical-looking forest along it. 

  Accommodation: Stay overnight in Rawok

• Day 7 Rawok - Tashigang - Nyingtri

     

  Drive back to Nyingtri today. En route, visit the gorgeous tiny rural village of Tashigang.

  Accommodation: Stay overnight in Nyingtri

• Day 8 Nyingtri - Draksumtso - Lhasa

     

  A hard ride today from Nyingri to Lhasa for abt 8hrs or so, en route, visit the beautiful Draksumtso Lake.

  Accommodation: Stay overnight in Lhasa

• Day 9 Lhasa - Tsurphu - Yangpachen - Damxung

     

  Head north from Lhasa along the National Highway No. 109. En route, visit Yampachen and Tsurphu Monastery. Then tour further along to stay the night at Damxung, where the only 3star-rated hotel is available near Namtso Lake. 

  Accommodation: Stay overnight in Damxung

• Day 10 Damxung - Baingoin

     

  Drive from Damxung to Baingoin for the night. Baingoin, a small county north of Namtso Lake where usually visited by foreigners.

  Accommodation: Stay overnight in Baingoin

• Day 11 Baingoin - Nyima

     

  Drive from Baingoin to Nyima enjoy the solitude and the rural sights of Tibet. 

  Accommodation: Stay overnight in Nyima

• Day 12 Nyima - Dungtso - Gertse

     

  Drive the remote section of Tibet from Nyima to Gertse, en route, visit Dungtso.

  Accommodation: Overnight in Gertse

• Day 13 Gertse - Gegye

     

  It's an 8hr-drive from Gegye to Gertse. The initial landscape is a dreamy blur of lake and sky, cut by salt rings and brooding mountains of rust, mustard, turmeric and green barley. 

  Accommodation: Overnight in Gegye

• Day 14 Gegye - Ali

     

  Drive from Gegye to Ali. Ali, also known as Shiquanhe, is the capital of Ngari prefecture, where you be able to clean up with hot shower and have a decent meal. 

  Accommodation: Overnight in Ali

• Day 15 Ali - Zanda

     

  From Ali to Zanda is a scenic ride takes abt 6hrs or so, passing Laling-la (5330m).

  Accommodation: Overnight in Zanda

• Day 16 Zanda - Tsaparang - Zanda(4000m) - Darchen (4600m), 260km, Approx 5hrs

     

  Tsaparang is abt 18km west of Zanda, in the valley of Langchen Tsangpo, Sutlej River, the 'elephant river', which rises west of Manasarovar and continues over the border with India into Ladakh and finally Pakistan. After sightseeing, drive to Darchen for the night.

  Accommodation: Overnight in Darchen

• Day 17 Darchen - Kailash - Darchen

     

  Darchen is the starting point of Mt Kailash Kora for pilgrims, but you will take the local shuttle bus here today to sightseeing Mt Kailash instead. 

  Accommodation: Overnight in Darchen

• Day 18 Darchen - Manasarovar (4588m), 30km, Approx 1.5hrs

     

  Head from Darchen to the sapphire-blue holy Lake Manasarovar, which is abt 1hr or so. 

  Accommodation: Overnight in Manasarovar

• Day 19 Manasarovar - Payang - Saga

     

  Enjoy the ride back with leisure. Our vehicle will stop along the ride for you to take photos.

  Accommodation: Overnight in Saga

• Day 20 Saga - Rongphu(4980m) - EBC (5200m)

     

  Drive from Saga to Everest Base Camp, en route visit the highest monastery of the world, Rongphu Monastery.

  Accommodation: Overnight in EBC

• Day 21 EBC - Tingri - Lhatse

     

  After sightseeing, drive to Lhatse for the night. Lhatse is pretty much a one-street town, at elevation of 3950m.

  Accommodation: Overnight in Lhatse

• Day 22 Lhatse - Sakya - Shigatse

     

  Head from Lhatse to Shigatse today, and a detour to visit Sakya Monastery, which is abt 25km off the southern Friendship Highway, accessed via a good dirt road through a petty farming valley.

  Accommodation: Overnight in Shigatse

• Day 23 Shigatse - Gyantse

     

  Travelling from Shigatse to Gyantse will lead you through the fertile Nyangchu Valley, a wide agricultural plain where colourfully decorated yaks and horses are used by Tibetan farmers to till the land.

  Accommodation: Overnight in Gyantse

• Day 24 Gyantse

     

  Lying on a historic trade route between India and Tibet, Gyantse (elev 3980m) has long been a crucial link for traders journeying to the Himalayan plateau, with its small-town charm and laid-back atmosphere. 

  Accommodation: Overnight in Gyantse

• Day 25 Gyantse - Lhasa

     

  From Gyantse to Lhasa is abt 264km, en route you will pass by Khamba-la Pass (4794m), and with the huge massif of Mt Nojin Kangtsang (7191m) at far distance in view.

  Accommodation: Overnight in Lhasa

• Day 26 Lhasa Suburb

     

  Today you will visit attractions in Lhasa suburb. You will stay long hour on sightseeing under the fierce sun of Tibet, do arm yourself with sunglasses/ hat/ sunscreen, etc.

  Accommodation: Overnight in Lhasa

• Day 27 Lhasa City

     

  As the capital city, Lhasa is the political, economic, cultural, communication and tourism center of Tibet with a history over 1300 years.

  Accommodation: Overnight in Lhasa

• Day 28 Lhasa Suburb

     

  Today you will visit attractions in Lhasa suburb. You will stay long hour on sightseeing under the fierce sun of Tibet, do arm yourself with sunglasses/ hat/ sunscreen, etc.

  Accommodation: Overnight in Lhasa

• Day 29 Departure From Lhasa By Flight/Train

     

  Your tour ends today. Our guide and driver will collect you from your hotel to transfer to Lhasa Airport/Railway Station for your next destination.

  Accommodation: