Travel from Kunming to Lahsa; Travel from Shangrila to Lhasa;
Duration 18 days; 17 days and 16 nights in China; Minibus
Areas Tibet, Kham, Yunnan
Itinerary Kunming/Dali/Lijiang/Shangrila/
Deqen/ Yanjing/ Markam/ Zogang/
Baxoi/Rawo/Bomi/Tongmai/Nyingchi/Lhasa
Season From May to November
Highlights Kunming – city of Perpetual Spring；Dali；Lijiang；Mt.meili；Lantsang River Valley；Nujiang Valley；Tongmai: also called “the most adventurous road”); Rawo Lake;Basongco ;Gandan Monastery;Lhasa
Itinerary day by day
01 Setting Off
02 **/ Kunming Hotel
Arrive in Kunming
03 Kunming/ Dali Hotel
Visit the Three Majestic Pagodas Temple, Dali City, Zhonghe Temple.
04 Dali/Lijiang Hotel
Visit the market in Shaping, and the old city, Drive to Lijiang by bus , visit the House of Mu landlord and Heilong Pool.
05 Lijiang Hotel
Visit Yufeng Temple, The Stockaded Village of Bai Minority. the Mural-paintings in Basha grotto, Collection of ancient Naxi hieroglyphics and musical scores
06 Lijiang/ Shangrila Hotel
We’ll arrive in the Kham area today. Visit Songtsamlin Monastery.
07 Shangrila/ Deqen Hotel
Visit Dongdrelin Monastery, Benzilan Town (one of the famous town along the Horse-tea road).
08 Deqen/ Yanjing/ Markam Hotel
Visit the Feilai Monastery; Mt.Meili, Go through Lanchangjiang Canyon to enter into the Tibetan area. Visit the primitive brine pan in Yanjing; visit the Catholic church in Tibetan style. Then arrive in Markam.
09 Markam/ Zogang Hotel
Visit Wese Monastery, climb over Mt. Wula(4350M),Mt. Joba, Mt.Dongdala by car
10 Zogang/ Bangda/ Baxoi/ Rawo Hotel
From Zogang to Rawu via Bangda and Nujiang River. Walk around Rawo Town and visit the snow mountains and pagodas. .
11 Rawo/ Bomi Hotel
Visit Gulai village en route; Lare and Hewa village beside Rawo lake. Head for Bomi in the afternoon.
12 Bomi/ Tongmai/ Bayi Hotel
Go through the virgin forest from Maitong via Lulang, cross the Mt. Sejila.
13 Bayi/ Basongtso Hotel
Visit Basongtso and Tsozogongba Monasteries. Stay in the hotel beside Basongtso lake
14 Basongtso/ Lhasa Hotel
Visit Gandan Monastery en route, which is one of the six famous Yellow-sected Monasteries in Tibet.
15 Lhasa Hotel
Visit the Potala Palace and Jokhang Monastery. Walking around the Barkhor street
16 Lhasa Hotel
Visit Drepung Monastery and Sera Monastery.
17 Lhasa/Chengdu(Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou,etc.) Hotel
Leave Lhasa , Airport send-off and pick-up
18 Chengdu(Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou,etc.)/Exit
The price includes
Transport
Minibus,
Plane: Kunming/ Dali ; Lhasa/ Chengdu
Accommodation
Hotels with 2 or 3 stars or the best local hotels or hostels.
Tour guide
Guide : English, French, GermanWe could arrange the guide according to the client’s language requirement. But for the French or German group, we could guarantee you the French or Germany speaking guide, only if there’re more than 8 people in your group.
Meals
BLD
Tickets
All the entrance fees are included.
Permits for entering Tibet:
It takes 7-10 days for us to apply for the permits; thus, the copy of your passport (including the visa page) is supposed to be sent to our company by fax or email couple weeks before clients set off.
