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Private Tibet Ground Tour +65 9230 4951 PRIVATE TIBET GROUND TOUR 2 to go Tibet Trip. We have different routes to suit your time and budget. Let me hear you! We can customise the itinerary JUST for you! CLASSIC 12 DAYS TIBET TOUR DAY 1 Take the QINGZANG train from Chengdu to Lhasa, Tibet. QINGZANG Train. DAY Train will pass by Qinghai Plateau and then Kekexili, the Tibet region. The train will supply oxygen from 2 now on, stay relax if you feel unwell as this is normal phenomenon. Arrive in Lhasa, Tibet. Your driver will welcome you at the train station and send you to your hotel. DAY 3 Accommodation:Hotel ZhaXiQuTa or Equivalent (Standard Room) Lhasa Visit Potala Palace in the morning. Potala Palace , was the residence of the Dalai Lama until the 14th DAY Dalai Lama fled to India during the 1959 Tibetan uprising. It is now a museum and World Heritage Site. Then visit Jokhang Temple, the oldest temple in Lhasa. In the afternoon, you may wander around Bark- 4 hor Street. Here you may find variety of stalls and pilgrims. Accommodation:Hotel ZhaXiQuTa or Equivalent (Standard Room) © 2019 The Wandering Lens. All Rights Reserved. +65 9230 4951 PRIVATE TIBET GROUND TOUR Lhasa DAY Drepung Monastery, located at the foot of Mount Gephel, is one of the "great three" Gelug university 5 gompas of Tibet. Then we will visit Sera Monastery. Accommodation:Hotel ZhaXiQuTa or Equivalent (Standard Room) Lhasa—Yamdrok Lake—Gyantse County—Shigatse Yamdrok Lake is a freshwater lake in Tibet, it is one of the three largest sacred lakes in Tibet. It is over 72 DAY km long. The lake is surrounded by many snow-capped mountains and is fed by numerous small 6 streams. Accommodation:Hotel ZhaXiQuTa or Equivalent (Standard Room) Shigatse —Tashilhunpo Monastery—Tingri County Tashi Lhunpo Monastery, founded in 1447 by the 1st Dalai Lama, is a historic and culturally important DAY monastery in Shigatse, the second-largest city in Tibet. 7 Accommodation:Hotel Tingri County or Equivalent (Standard Room) © 2019 The Wandering Lens. All Rights Reserved. +65 9230 4951 PRIVATE TIBET GROUND TOUR Tingri County — Mount Everest Base Camp DAY 8 Accommodation:Tent (sharing, no bathroom) Mount Everest Base Camp —Shigatse After sunrise, we will go back to Shigatse. DAY 9 Accommodation:Hotel ZhaXiQuta or Equivalent Shigatse — Namtso Lake Namtso or Lake Nam is a mountain lake on the border between Damxung County of Lhasa prefec- DAY ture-level city and Baingoin County of Nagqu Prefecture in the Tibet Autonomous Region of China, 10 approximately 112 kilometres of Lhasa. Accommodation:Room Sharing (without bathroom) Namtso lake—Lhasa Admire the stunning scenery of Namtso lake, climb up to the small hill next to the lake to see the DAY11 sunrise before heading back to Lhasa. Accommodation:Hotel ZhaXiQuTa or Equivalent (Standard Room) © 2019 The Wandering Lens. All Rights Reserved. +65 9230 4951 PRIVATE TIBET GROUND TOUR Lhasa - Home. Country DAY12 we will send you to the airport to end our memorable Tibet trip. © 2019 The Wandering Lens. All Rights Reserved..
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