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Day1 enter from Laos to China via border pass called
Boten Chinese Named it Mohan. 3 star Hotel. The day you have all your
paper done and to have your car checked in the border Pass.
Day2 Boten to JInghong.It is 100 Kilometers and all
the road os paved super highways. 3 star Hotel
Day3JInghong to Yuanjiang Yuanjiang is the home town
of the Yi and Dai Minority groups of china. On way you may also visit
vast area of the tea plant.3 star
Day 4Yuanjiang to Kunming (220km) 3star Hotel
Day5 Kunmingto Dali (400km/5h) 3 star Hotel
Morning drive to Dali in the afternoon you may visit the temple of three
pagoda and ancient city of Dali. 3 star hotel
Day6 Dali to Lijiang (160km)
Morning visit the market of Xizhou.then visit the
fishing village in the surrounding area of Erhai Lake. Watching the
cormorant to capture the fish in the lake.After that drive to Lijiang
about 1609 kilometers distance from Dali.Uponarrival,visiting the Dayan
ancientcity.and Square Street.
Day7 Lijiang to zhongdian(180km)
Morning drive to Zhongdian with the zigzag mountain road,on the way
visit JIngsha River that means the Gold Sand river and the Leaping tiger
gorges and little plateau Pasture land. Upon arrival,visiting the ZhongdianJIantang
ancient city. 3 star Hotel
Day8 Zhongdian to Deqing (200km)
Morning drive northwards to the Deqingcounty located at the northmost
of the Yunnan province. It is 200 kilometers distance from Zhongdian.On
the way you will also cross over White Horse Snow MountaIns Natural
Protection area at 4200 meters. Upon arrival Deqing and continue to
enjoy the sunset of holy mountain of Yunnan province Mieli Snow mountians
which is highest peaks in the province of Yunnan at the 6740meters above
sea level. 3star Hotel
Day 9Deqing to Yanjing(120km)
Get up earlier in the morning to enjoy sunrise of the beautiful scenery
of the Meili Snow mountains,then keep going to Yanjing with 120 kilometers
precipitous mountains roads. Anoeone who pass here should be driving
carefully because of the road situation.Upon arrival of Yanjing to visit
the church of Catholicism in Yanjing to know this multi culture area
of Tibet where there are many culture are combined here as a amalgamation
area of religion and crossroads of Yuan and Tibet and Sichuan province.
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Day10Yanjing to Zuogong.(160km)
Drive towards Zuogong and then Span over the sinuous Lantsang river
and after that pass the Zhuka bridge
Pass the Zhuka bridge then go across JiaobaMountains after this continue
to across the highest mountains pass on the Sichuan Tibet highway at
5008 meters. Standing at the snowcapped Mountain pass that is high in
the cloud one can overlook into the far distance that The Tibet Sichuan
Highway and Lantsangriver just like two bright silk ribbons that is
among the towering and steep mountains and valleys. Sometime it show
up and sometimes it disappeared. And finally arrive in Zuogong. Guest
House
Day11Zuogong to Ranwu Lake (330km)
Stay in the local hotel (sub standard hotel) because of the local condition.
Morning dive to south of RanwuLake(350km) area. It is the area of mountians
where the Nyainqentanglhamountains and Hengduan mountain are converged
here.Here the mountians is high and valley is deep There are many glaciers.
Go along the meadow of plateau and keep going forward to overlook the
snow mountians and glaciers Upon arrival of Ranma Valley you can appreciate
the snow mountians primitive forests, idyllic scenery which is reflected
and shinedmutually . The scenery is extremely beautiful. Ranwulake is
famous plateau glaciers lake. It covers the area of 22 squre kilometers.
At 3850 meters. Guest House
Day12 Ranwu to Bomi (150km)
Stay in the local hotel (sub standard hotel) because of the local condition.
Drive to Bomi in the morning(150km).Bomi in ancient times was called
Bowe that means ancestor. Historically, Bomi had been disengaged from
the administration of the Tibet local government and became aindependent
country that has the high degree of autonomy in southeast part of Tibet.Due
to the special history experience so that Bomi is not only different
from Kang area. But also different from unique local customs in Gongbu
area. A small town called Zhamu of Bomi county that are surrounded by
snow mountias and forests has fresh air and very beautiful very charming
at sea level 1100 also can be called oriental Switzerland.Guest House.
Day13 Bomi to Bayi (250km)
Drive to Bayi in the morning,on the way you can see the extremelyperfection
of the natural beauty of the rural scenery. People will enjoy themself
so much as to forget to go home;andto linger on without any thought
of leaving. Guest House
Day14 Bayi to Lhasa (300km)
: Drive to Lhasa then to the hotel your local tibet tour guide will
meet you in the hotel.and hand over with guide you had from Yunnan.
3 Star Hotel
Day15 Lhasa
Sightseeing in Lhasa
Visit to Patala Palace, Jolkhang Temple and Barkhor Streets. Potala
Palace was first built in the
7th entury by the famous Tibetan king-Songtsen arnpo, The present one
was built by the 5th Dalai Lma in the 17th century. It became known
as the "Winter Palace" by the 1750's, when the 7th Dalai Lama
built the Norbulingka Park as his summer residence.The Potala is divided
into Red Palace and White Palace. The red palace was for religious use
And the white one for political use.JokhangTempleis situated in the
old section of Lhasa,it was built in the Mid--7th century A.D. by king
Songtsen Gampo. It is the most sacred place in Tibet. Pilgrims come
here to pay homage from all over Tibet. Barkor Streets is called "
the window of Tibet". It was formed when Jokhang had been built.
Today it is a big free market In Tibetan means "the hill of rice",
for the white
Monastery looks like a big hill of rice. It is situated halfway up Mt
Ganpoi Uze in the western suburbs of Lhasa. It was founded in 1416 by
Jamyang Choje, a Disciple of Trongkhaba, founder of the Yellow Hat sect.
The monastery, occupying an area of 250,000 Square meters with 7700
lamas before, is the largest monastery in Asia. Before the Potala Palace
was built,
the Drepung Monastery served as the seat of the 2nd, 3'dand 4th Dalai
Lamas. After the construction of Potala Palace, the 5th Dalai Lama moved
to Potala. Sera in Tibetan means " Hailstone", legend tells
that it hailed during the foundation of this famous
monastery. It is situated at the foot of Mt. Peibuqie in the northern
suburb of Lhasa. Sera Monastery was founded in 1419 by Jamchen Choje,
another disciple of Tsongkaba. It once housed 5,500 lamas in its golden
age, and is proud of its glorious history during the Ming Dynasty. Norbulingka
Park, known as Jewel Park was the site of the Dalai Lamas' summer palace.
It is situated one kilometer west of the Potala Palace and covers a
total area of 360,000 square meters. In 1752, the 7th Dalai Lama built
the first palace in this park, since then, Norbulingka has become the
summer palace for successive Dalai Lamas to carry out their political
and religious activities during the summer season. In 1954, the 14th
Dalai Lama, TenzinGyatso, built the last palace in Norbulingkathe "New
Palace". Construction of this palace started in 1954 and was completed
in 1957. Today Norbulingka has become a public park for picnicing, 3
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relaxinq and entertainment.
DAY16 Lhasa rest 3 star Hotel
Day 17Lhasa to Gyantse. (265km)
Drive 265km from Lhasa to Gyantse. After crossing the Chushur Bridge
over the Yarlong
Tsangpo River, we begin to climb up the Kampala Pass which is 4800 meters
above sea level, from the foot of Kampala, the unpaved road winds up
the mountain to the top. By the Yarlong Tsangpo River, we can see the
Yamdrok Yumtso Hydroelectric Power Station, it is the biggest one in
Tibet. A tunnel has been built through the Kampala Mountain to drain
off the water from the Yamdrok Yumtso Lake to the power station, from
the lake to the power station, there isa
drop of more than 800meters. The power station IS built to supply electricity
for Lhasacity. Onceacross the pass, the magnificent Yamdrok Yumtso appears
before eyes, with a chain of snow clad peaks in the distance. 'YamdrokYumtso"
means'TurquoiseLake' inTibetan.
It is one of the three sacred lakes in Tibet, folk tales describe Yamdrok
Yumtso as a transformation of a goddess. We will take a break at the
top for you to I enjoy this breathtaking scenery and taking pictures.
Driving down the pass and have box lunch at the lakeside. From the lake,
about seventy kilometers drive would take us to another pass, Karola
Pass, where
when crossing, the snows of Mt. Nojin Gang 5ang liea few feet within
our reach, the altitude here is about 5000 meters above sea level. Photo
stop for about fifteen minutes. It is about seventy-five kilometers
from Karola to Gyantse. Check in the Gyantse Hotel,
dinner in the hotel.3 star htoel
Day18 Gyantse/Shigatze (95km)
_drive to SJUgatse en Route visit Shalu Monaster Palcho monastery was
founded by Raptan Kunsang in 1418, under the spritual quidance of Tsongkhapa
's disciple Kedup Je. It is a complex composed of sixteen mona steries
of three different sects : Gelugpa, 5akyapa and Bhoton. The Kumbum Pagoda
is one of the most magnificent buildinqs in Tibet, it has one hundred
and twelve chapels in it, many of the paintings in Kumbum are the work
of fifteen century Nepalese craftsman and are among the best preserved
examples of that style to have survived in Tibet. It takes about one
hour to visit the monastery, after that, drive directly to Shigatse.
The distance between Gyantse and Shigatse is about 95km. When we almost
arrived in Shigatse, we will pay a visit to Shalu Monastery, it is about
8km from the main road. Shalu Monastery was built in the year 1000 by
Sherab Jungne. The architecture of t he monastery with a feature of
completely Chinese Yuan Dynasty's temple, it isa rare and unique work
of art, mixed feature of Tibetan and Han. The monaste ry enshrines various
relics such as religious objects, Buddhist scriptures
written on ' pattra ' leaves, and an important decree of Pagpa, the
Sakya abbot . After sightsee of Shalu, drive 27km to Shigatse, check
in hotel. In the afternoon, visit to Tashilhunpo Monastery and the local
free market. Tashilhunpo Monastery was founded in 1447 by Gendun Drup,
a nephew of Tsongkhaba, and the f irst Dalai Lama . He was entombed
in Tashilhunpo, the only Dalai Lama whose remains are not enshrined
in Lhasa. It is the biggest Gelugpa monastery in the Tsang region of
Tibet, which once housed 3,800 monks. Tash ilhunpo became the official
seat of the Panchen Lama, the chief spiritual and temporal authority
of Tsang. The most amazing image in this monastery is the statue of
the giant Maitreya ( Future Buddha) erected by
the ninth Panchen Lama in 1914, and took four years for its establ ishment.
This giant statue stands twenty-six meters in height. A total of 6,700
ounces of gold and 115,875 kilograms of copper and a great quantity
of precious things such as pearls, turquoises, corals and ambers were
used for its construction. It is the biggest bronze statue in the world.
After the
sightseeing of Tashilhunpo, we could take a short Walk to the Gang Gyan
Carpet Factory which is just opposit the monastery. Here all the weaving
is done by hand in the traditional way. Then drive to the free market.
You are free to go back the hotel by our bus Or by yourself, the market
is not very far from the hotel. 3 star hotel.
Day 19 Shigatze /Dingri (250)
rive about 250 km from Shigatse to Tingri. After crossing over the Younongla
Pass, we will pay a visit to the famous Sakya Monastery, th e center
of the Sakya Sect of Tibetan Buddhim. Sakya Monastery is 143 km to the
south west of Shigatse, it stands in two parts on either side of Dongchu
River. The Monastery was founded in 1073 by Konchok Gyelpo of the
powerful Khon family. The infiuential position of this family can be
traced back to the times of the early kings of Tibet, when Khon Palpoche
apears as a minister of king Trisong Detsen. The Sakya Sect once ruled
the whole of Tibet under the Yuan Dynasty 's supervision. The monastery
has great influence over the Tibetan history and cultural development.
The State Council of PRC has classified it the national level protected
monument. Owing to its valuable and voluminous amount of Buddhist sutras
and cultural remains, the monastery is often considered as the ' Tun
Huang the second '. After sightseeing of Sakya Monastery, drive on for
about 130 km to Tingri. On the way we will pass the Gyatsola Pass, which
is 5252 meters above sea level, from where you can see Mt. Everest on
a clear day. Stay at the Tingri Mt. Everest Hotel. Guest house
Day 20 Tingri---Zhangmu (250km)
Drive 250 km to Zhangmu. After sixty kilometers' drive we will arrive
at the Tingri Village from where you can enjoy a full view of Mt. Everest,
which seems close in sight but some seventy kilometers of actual distance,
we will have a break here for taking pictures. After we
climb up to the summit of the Lablungla Pass, which is 5124 meters high,
the whole range of the Himalayan seems emerging from the horizon below,
the beautiful Shisha Pangma stands silhouetting against the blue skies
to the south east of the Pass. Shisha Pangma is 8012 meters above sea
level, it is the forteenth highest mountain in the world. From the 5124
meters' Lablungla Pass we begain to go down to the 2400 meters' lush
green valleys of Zhangmu, the view here is completely deferent from
the barren plateau. The climate here is mild the year round but misty
and rainy during the monsoons season. The inhabitants are "Sherpas"
a Tibetan race living along the Sino Nepal border regions. Quite a number
of Nepalese traders and labourers reside here busily engaged in business.
The friendship bridge is the border line,
which lies seven kilometers from the Zhangmu Hotel. Stay at the Zhangmu
Hotel.
End of this great tr ip of 8 days. Go through the exit formalities at
Zhangmu Customs. Say goodbye to your guide and driver. Guest house
Day21 Leave china to Nepal
1,permit from Beijing that is all from Beijing Ministry of Public Security,,Highest
ranking military office of PLA in Beijing. General Administration of
Customs, National Tourism Administration In Beijing..
2,Tibet entry permit
3 temporary licence and car plate
4, customs clearance fee
5,guide fees
6,accommodation for guide
7,transportation for guide
8, service charge for travel agent
9 insurance fees .

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