Nepal Tibet Tour 12days
Detailed Itinerary
NEPAL
Day 01: Arrival in Kathmandu (1350m.)
Upon your arrival at Kathmandu Airport, you will be acknowledged by our representative and transfer you to the hotel. Later afternoon includes a short briefing of the trip. And the first night will be spent with a typical Nepali dinner and folk dance show at the hotel
Day 02: Kathmandu Sightseeing Tour (Swayambhunath/Patan/ Kathmandu Durbar square)
After Breakfast, sightseeing to self born Swayambhunath Stupa will be organized. Soon after, you will be headed towards one of the beautiful city of Kathmandu valley, Patan, rich in its prehistoric culture and tradition, especially the very famous Durbar Square, After our lunch, you will visit beautiful Kathmandu Durbar Square. All places are historic and enlisted in the UNESCO’s world heritage list. Later, the night will be spent in the hotel.
Day 03: Kathmandu Sightseeing Tour – Nagarkot (2915m.)
After Breakfast, we offer you a sightseeing tour to Pashupatinath temple, famous Hindu shrine in Nepal with different varieties of Temple, cremation of dead body on the bank of Bagmati River, devotees and so on. Then you will continue the tour of Patan to visit the remaining spots missed on the earlier day study numerous striking and fascinating arts and architecture and cultural and historic phenomena. Subsequently, you will move to Bhaktapur City which is 14 km east of Kathmandu. Bhaktapur, the city of devotees is a center of intriguing masks and potters. The major attractions are: Nyatapola, Durbar Square with 55 windows palace, Dattatreya Temple, Bhairavnath Temple, etc. Later in the evening, you will drive to Nagarkot and overnight stay at the hotel.
Day 04: Nagarkot – Kathmandu (1350m.)
Early morning, you start the day with a beautiful sunrise view including the panorama of Great Mt. Everest. After your breakfast, you gradually drive down to Kathmandu. Today you have a free afternoon, therefore you can either go for shopping or explore around the city. The night will be spent at the hotel.
TIBET
Day 05: Fly Kathmandu to Lhasa (3660m.)
After breakfast, you will be transferred to the Airport for your interesting flight to Lhasa which will take around an hour. This is one of the exhilarating days of your Tour over the mountain peaks to Gongar Airport. You will be warmly greeted by our special Tibetan guide after your arrival and transfer you to the hotel. After check in, you have a free afternoon for rest and overnight stay.
Day 06: Sightseeing Tour in Lhasa (3680m.)
On this second day morning you will take an extremely trouble-free visit to Barkhor Bazaar and Jokhang Temple. Jokhang temple, Nepalese and Tibetan architectural methods, is the most adored place of pilgrimage in the entire Tibet which is continuously bustling with devoted pilgrims. Every day, the worshippers from various corners of Tibet walk an extensive distance to the temple. In the afternoon, you will visit Sera Monastery, a 15th century sprawl of whitewashed walls and golden roofs. This utterly conserved monastery is situated in the north of central Lhasa city. Sera may not be as ostentatious as Drepung, but is more peaceful which is surrounded by a lot of small temples. After visiting Sera, with a walk for an hour, you can extend your voyage further to Pabonka Monastery and it is well worth the effort.
Day 07: Sightseeing Tour in Lhasa
A trip to Tibet is a big loss, if you won't visit the imperative Potala Palace which is a structure of enormous portions. It's very tall image appears on various occasions, but your foremost view of the Potala will still be an overwhelming moment. You will visit those rooms, chapels and halls. You will further visit to Drepung Monastery, formerly the world's biggest monastery, sheltering 10,000 monks; it lies concealed in rock-strewn ridges beyond the town. Drepung Monastery is almost 8km west from central Lhasa holding pasty Spartan structures piled up on the hillside. From the top of Monastery, you can have great views of the entire Lhasa city and the far-flung mountains. You then walk to Nechung Monastery, the place of State revelation, is a peculiar place linked with exorcism, possession and other pre-Buddhist sites.
Day 08: Lhasa - Damxung County - Lake Nam- Damxung
Today's journey will offer a huge chance to see the existent Tibet. You will observe the great mountains, local nomads, huge grasslands, yaks, horses, sheep, goats, and most importantly, you will see the unadulterated grand lake-Nam-Tso, located at an elevation of 4718m. It is the second-largest brine lake in China; the first one is Koko Nor, Qinghai-Lake in Qinghai region. In clear weather, the lake will be seen as an astonishing shade of turquoise with the splendid panorama of the nearby mountains. In the afternoon, you drive to reach Damxung and stay overnight at the hotel.
Day 09: Damxung – Shigatse (3900m.)
Today is an amazing day as you can see more Natural side of Tibet. You will closely view the vast plains of Changtang, animals, nomads, snow-covered mountains, Tibetan landscapes, Brahmaputra River. You then move towards Shigatse, have lunch, and then visit Tashilunpo Monastery (or you can visit there tomorrow and organize a relaxing afternoon on your own).
Day 10: Shigatse - Gyantse – Lhasa
Early morning, take a visit of Tashilunpo Monastery, Panchen Lama's residence. It is one of the monasteries that battered the turbulent seas of the Cultural rebellion relatively unharmed. You then visit the sepulcher of Panchen Lamas (from 4th to 10th, Panchen), Panchen means Great Scholar in Tibetan language and the name was traditionally given on abbots of Tashilunpo. After exploring in Shigatse, you drive 90 km to Gyantse, have lunch and visit Gyantse Dzong and Pelkor Choede Monastery which is also called Gyantse Khumbum. Later, you drive all along the southern route to visit Lake Yamdrok, and then you drive securely to Lhasa.
Day 11: Fly to Kathmandu (1350m.)
Today you will be driven by the Tibetan driver or guide to the Airport and after a flight for an hour, you will arrive at Kathmandu. You get a free day after transferred to the hotel with an overnight stay
Day 12: Departure
You will finally be taken to the airport for your final departure or to next destination.
