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Brochure Download Roads on the Roof of the World (11 Days) We love road journeys. They are by far our favourite way of traveling. We think the world of western China and the countries that border on this region – think Vietnam, Laos, Thailand, Myanmar, for example. On the Road Experiences is all about sharing with like-minded travelers just how beautiful a road journey in these varied lands can be. Now turn the page to find out what we’ve come to love so much… p2 p3 Itinerary Map p. 006 Yes, it is possible… p. 008 Journey of Discovery p. 010 Day-by-day p. 082 In closing... Choice of Cars p. 097 Adventures in local cuisine p. 098 What’s included/Best Months to Travel p. 100 Photo credits p. 103 p5 Itinerary Map Day1 Day7 Arrive in Chengdu – Tingri to Mount Everest – Preparing for your journey Summit Day Day2 Day8 In Chengdu – Pelbar to Shigatse – Driving license application & To Tibet’s Second City visiting Sichuan’s pandas Day9 Day3 Shigatse to Damxung – Chengdu to Lhasa – Beautiful back roads to Nam-tso Up and up to Tibet Day10 Day4 Damxung to Lhasa – In Lhasa – Nam-tso & Lhasa Discover Tibet’s sacred city Day11 Day5 Depart from Lhasa – Lhasa to Gyantse – Farewell Tibet On the road in Tibet Day6 Gyantse to Tingri – Into Tibet’s Wild West p6 p7 Yes, it is possible... “Roads on the Roof of the World” is a discovery of one of the world’s most stunningly beautiful and remote scenery: the serene, holy lakes of Tibet and the breathtaking view of Mt. Everest. Tread in the footsteps of Mallory and other great Himalayan explorers on a road trip like no other as you explore this stunningly beautiful region and drive from Lhasa to Mount Everest Base Camp. Travel through the finest scenery on earth in the comfort and freedom of your own car, stopping at remote cliff-top monasteries and holy lakes as you wind your way towards the heart of the Great Himalayan Range... Drive to one of Tibet’s holiest lakes, Lake Nam-tso. Ringed by snow-capped mountains, the turquoise waters of the lake have been revered by Tibetans for centuries – the perfect end to a journey you will remember for a lifetime. On the Road Experiences has paved the way for you to driving in Tibet in your own properly-insured SUV, so that you can enjoy the romance of a classic overland journey without any of the logistical headaches that typically accompany such journeys... p8 p9 p11 Pandas, the symbol for FRIENDSHIP AND PEACE...” Welcome to Chengdu p13 You have LEFT THE BIG CITY BEHIND...” Bamboo Park, Chengdu p15 One of the WORLD’s most ICONIC buildings...” The Potala Palace, Lhasa p17 PILGRIMS PRAY in the shade...” The Jokhang, Lhasa p19 GOSSIP and PRAYER go hand-in-hand...” The Jokhang, Lhasa p21 Elsewhere, monks DEBATE scripture...” In Lhasa p23 p24 p25 DRIVE around this BEAUTIFUL LAKE, seen here in autumn, but STUNNING, whatever the season…” Lake Yamdrok-tso p27 Explore historic GYANTSE, now a PEACEFUL farming town…” Gyantse Dzong, Gyantse p29 Into Tibet’s WILD WEST..” The road west, near Tingri p31 5000km AWAY from Shanghai...” The G318, China’s longest road, near Tingri p33 ADD your prayer flags to the collection FESTOONING this 5,300 meter MOUNTAIN PASS...” TheAt the G318, Ganden China’s Sumtseling longest road, Monastery near Tingri p35 Heading WEST, ever MORE REMOTE...” En route to Mt. Everest Base Camp p37 OM MANI PADME HUM, TIBETAN’S all-purpose BLESSING...” Shegar Monastery, Tingri p39 Mani Offerings…” Shegar Monastery, Tingri p41 Daybreak over the HIMALAYAS…” The Himalayan Range p43 UNFORGETTABLE, the SIGHT of FOUR peaks over 8000 metres!” Mt. Everest (left) in the Great Himalayan Range p45 Practice your HAIRPIN TURNS...” En route to Mt. Everest Base Camp p47 MOUNT EVEREST, if ever you wanted to GET THIS CLOSE...” p49 Up-close-and- personal with YOUR YAK...” p51 Spend time in this stunning place, and UNDERSTAND why the MOUNTAIN is SACRED to local people…” Mount Everest Base Camp p53 EXPLORE this enormous monastery, HOME to generations of PANCHEN LAMAS…” Tashilhunpo Monastery, Shigatse p55 PILGRIMS doing their KORA...” Tashilhunpo Monastery, Shigatse p57 p58 p59 A PICNIC at 4,500m..” En route from Shigatse to Damxung p61 Making FRIENDS after the PICNIC…” On the Road to Damxung p63 In the middle of NOWHERE, only YOU and DRAMATIC SCENERY!” On the Road to Damxung p65 The HIGHEST mountain pass... and still FULL of ENERGY!” Chogula Pass, 5450 meters p67 FIRST VIEW of TIBET’S second largest HOLY LAKE…” Lake Nam-tso p69 Even here, the ROADS are PERFECTLY paved and FOR YOU to enjoy!” First view of Lake Nam-tso p71 BLACK FURBALLS... YAKS, EVERYWHERE!” By Lake Nam-tso p73 p74 p75 Lake Nam-tso p77 7,000+ meter mountains all around you...” Landscape around Lake Nam-tso p79 RAINBOW not included...” The Jokhang, Lhasa p81 p83 Day 1 Day 2 Preparing for Timing Driving license Driving Distance & Duration your journey Arrive in Chengdu at your application & an Distance: NA leisure optional visit of Duration: NA Arrive in Chengdu according for its heat (which makes to your own arrangements. We good use of mouth-numbing Sichuan’s pandas will meet you at the airport and Sichuan pepper), history and Driving Distance & Duration Elevation transfer you to your hotel. After variety. Chengdu is home to Distance: NA After breakfast, we will help return to the hotel, driving Highest Daytime: 500m the finest Sichuanese chefs, licenses in hand, to prepare for settling in, you may want to go Duration: NA those who require a temporary Overnight: 500m for a stroll around the city. a huge point of pride for the Chinese driving license to the following day’s journey to While downtown Chengdu has city. The quality of the food on Elevation complete the application Lhasa. In the evening our staff no major sights, many visitors offer here helped to make the process. This involves a simple will arrange a safety briefing Hotel Highest Daytime: 500m find its laid-back pace and city UNESCO’s first-ever City of eye test and some paperwork; for you, followed by dinner. Shangri-La Hotel, Chengdu Overnight: 500m (*****) diversity of cultural scenes Gastronomy. we will strive to keep the unexpectedly engaging. It Hotel process as streamlined as could be its relaxing teahouse After an afternoon at leisure, Shangri-La Hotel, Chengdu possible. culture, or maybe it’s the lively meet your host in the hotel (*****) nightlife, but for many, the lobby for a first chance to Spend the afternoon with most memorable experience test your tastebuds on some Sichuan’s most famous here will be the food. succulent Sichuanese stir-fries residents, the giant pandas Sichuanese cuisine is famous at our welcome dinner. at Chengdu’s Panda Breeding Centre. Set on the city’s outskirts amongst bamboo groves, the Centre’s breeding program has been instrumental in supporting the giant panda population, particularly since 2008’s catastrophic earthquake struck close to the province’s main panda reserve at Wolong. In the late afternoon we will p85 Day 3 Up and up to Tibet Today will see you leaving the – a pleasant park that was lowlands behind on the flight once the summer palace for from Chengdu to Lhasa, at the Dalai Lamas, is within 3,650m elevation. The flight walking distance, as is the crosses the icy spine of the Tibet Museum. We recommend Himalayas, with fantastic views drinking plenty of water and of the mountains and glaciers avoiding caffeine and alcohol below. to help your body acclimatise. Minor discomfort and some Driving Distance & Duration Once in Lhasa, we will transfer difficulty sleeping is common, you to your hotel in central but please talk to our staff if Distance: NA Lhasa. Pity the planners who you are feeling unwell. Duration: NA had to find enough flat land for a runway in this region! Elevation Lhasa’s Gonggar Airport is actually 62km southwest of Highest Daytime: 3650m Lhasa, in the adjacent Yarlung Overnight: 3650m Tsangpo Valley (more widely known as known as the Hotel Brahmaputra). The drive to the city has been substantially Shangri-La Hotel, Lhasa (*****) shortened, thanks to a new road and a tunnel. Your hotel is situated just west of the Potala Palace and Lhasa’s old town. On this, your first afternoon at altitude, please take things easy! If you do wish to stretch your legs, the Norbulingka p87 Day 4 Day 5 Discovering Tibet’s On the Road in Tibet Driving Distance & Duration Driving Distance & Duration sacred city Distance: 0 km Today will be your first day on After driving around the lake, Distance: 252 km Duration: 0 hours the beautiful roads of Tibet, as you will pass glaciers and Duration: 6 hours Spend the day in Lhasa as you with its yak butter lamps, you head west out of Lhasa to remote villages on the road acclimatise to the city’s thin clouds of juniper incense and the stunning Yarlung Tsangpo to Gyantse, where you will air. Start the day with a pilgrims murmuring prayers Elevation Valley before climbing the have time to explore the old Elevation gentle walking tour around around you. Highest Daytime: 3650m winding road to your first high town and Gyantse Monastery Highest Daytime: 5045m the old city, where you will Overnight: 3650m mountain pass of this trip, the with its beautiful chörten, Overnight: 3990m pass markets and workshops In the afternoon, visit the Khamba-La (4,790m). As you before enjoying dinner under where Tibet’s traditional magnificent Potala Palace, crest the pass, you will catch the mountain skies in a lovely handicrafts are kept alive, as which lies on the slopes of Hotel your first glimpse of the vivid garden restaurant… Hotel artisans paint thangkas and Marpo Ri in the centre of the Four Points by Sheraton, Lhasa blue waters of Lake Yamdrok- Gyantse Hotel, Gyantse (***) hammer out copper prayer city, and wander through the (*****) tso… wheels… Enter the holy richly decorated halls and precincts of the Jokhang chapels that were home to Temple, one of Tibet’s most generations of Dalai Lamas.
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