8 Days Travel to Everest Base Camp

Day 1 Arrival in Lhasa - Lhasa Airport Pick Up Upon your arrival at the Lhasa airport, your tour guide will greet you and escort you to your hotel and help you get checked in. You will have the rest of the day and evening to rest and relax to become acclimatized to the higher altitude of Tibet. Accommodation: Overnight at Lhasa Himalaya Hotel or Four Points by Sheraton Lhasa Meals: Dinner Day 2 Potala Palace - Jokhang Temple - Barkhor Street After breakfast at the hotel, we will visit the incredible Potala Palace – the highest palace in the world. Then we will move on to the spiritually significant Jokhang Temple. To see the “real” Lhasa, we’ll stroll through Barkhor Street with its thriving local market where you can pick up some local Tibetan, Nepalese and Indian handicrafts and souvenirs. Accommodation: Overnight at Lhasa Himalaya Hotel or Four Points by Sheraton Lhasa Meals: Breakfast Day 3 Drepung Monastery - Sera Monastery Today features visits to 2 of the most important monasteries in Tibetan Buddhism – the Drepung and Sera Monasteries. Drepung Monastery is located on the hillside west of Lhasa – at one time the world’s largest monastery with about 10,000 monks living there. After Drepung, we will move on to the Sera Monastery. The main highlight of the Sera Monastery is watching the crowd of monks debating inside the shady courtyard behind the main temple. Accommodation: Overnight at Lhasa Himalaya Hotel or Four Points by Sheraton Lhasa Meals: Breakfast Day 4 Lhasa - Yamdrok Lake – Karola Glacier – Gyantse (Kumbum Monastery) – Shigatse This morning we’ll take a drive up to the Kampala Pass (elevation 4797 meters) where you’ll have a glimpse of Yamdrok Lake down. Later on we’ll be able to visit the Karola Glacier before continuing along the southern Friendship Highway to Gyantse, where you will be able to see the famous Gyantse Kumbum, one of the most stunning architectural wonders in Tibet. Late in the afternoon we will continue on to Shigatse where we will spend the night. Accommodation: Overnight in Shigatse Meals: Breakfast Day 5 Shigatse – Tingri – Rongphu Monastery – Everest Base Camp After breakfast we’ll set out towards the peak of the world – Mount Everest. Departing from Shigatse and traveling via Lhatse and Tingri, you will see some of the most beautiful and unique scenery in the world – incredibly blue skies, floating high clouds, endless grasslands and the highest mountain peaks in the world. We’ll also stop by the Rongbuk Monastery – the world’s highest altitude monastery before spending the night at the Everest Base Camp. Accommodation: Overnight at the Everest Base Camp Meals: Breakfast Day 6 Everest Base Camp – Shigatse Enjoy a breathtaking sunrise at the Everest Base Camp before we journey back through the spectacular scenery to spend the night again in Shigatse. Accommodation: Overnight in Shigatse Meals: Breakfast Day 7 Shigatse - Tashilunpo Monastery – Lhasa We will get an early start today to visit the Tashilunpo Monastery, which was founded in 1447 by the 1st Dalai Lama. After visiting this ancient monastery, one of the most important sites in Tibetan Buddhism, we will head back to Lhasa. Accommodation: Overnight at Lhasa Himalaya Hotel or Four Points by Sheraton Lhasa Meals: Breakfast Day 8 Lhasa Departure Today you will have free time until your tour guide escorts you to the Lhasa train station or airport for your departing train or flight from Lhasa. Accommodation: No Accommodation Meals: Breakfast

Day 1 Arrival in Lhasa - Lhasa Airport Pick Up Upon your arrival at the Lhasa airport, your tour guide will greet you and escort you to your hotel and help you get checked in. You will have the rest of the day and evening to rest and relax to become acclimatized to the higher altitude of Tibet. Accommodation: Overnight at Lhasa Himalaya Hotel or Four Points by Sheraton Lhasa Meals: Dinner Day 2 Potala Palace - Jokhang Temple - Barkhor Street After breakfast at the hotel, we will visit the incredible Potala Palace – the highest palace in the world. Then we will move on to the spiritually significant Jokhang Temple. To see the “real” Lhasa, we’ll stroll through Barkhor Street with its thriving local market where you can pick up some local Tibetan, Nepalese and Indian handicrafts and souvenirs. Accommodation: Overnight at Lhasa Himalaya Hotel or Four Points by Sheraton Lhasa Meals: Breakfast Day 3 Drepung Monastery - Sera Monastery Today features visits to 2 of the most important monasteries in Tibetan Buddhism – the Drepung and Sera Monasteries. Drepung Monastery is located on the hillside west of Lhasa – at one time the world’s largest monastery with about 10,000 monks living there. After Drepung, we will move on to the Sera Monastery. The main highlight of the Sera Monastery is watching the crowd of monks debating inside the shady courtyard behind the main temple. Accommodation: Overnight at Lhasa Himalaya Hotel or Four Points by Sheraton Lhasa Meals: Breakfast Day 4 Lhasa - Yamdrok Lake – Karola Glacier – Gyantse (Kumbum Monastery) – Shigatse This morning we’ll take a drive up to the Kampala Pass (elevation 4797 meters) where you’ll have a glimpse of Yamdrok Lake down. Later on we’ll be able to visit the Karola Glacier before continuing along the southern Friendship Highway to Gyantse, where you will be able to see the famous Gyantse Kumbum, one of the most stunning architectural wonders in Tibet. Late in the afternoon we will continue on to Shigatse where we will spend the night. Accommodation: Overnight in Shigatse Meals: Breakfast Day 5 Shigatse – Tingri – Rongphu Monastery – Everest Base Camp After breakfast we’ll set out towards the peak of the world – Mount Everest. Departing from Shigatse and traveling via Lhatse and Tingri, you will see some of the most beautiful and unique scenery in the world – incredibly blue skies, floating high clouds, endless grasslands and the highest mountain peaks in the world. We’ll also stop by the Rongbuk Monastery – the world’s highest altitude monastery before spending the night at the Everest Base Camp. Accommodation: Overnight at the Everest Base Camp Meals: Breakfast Day 6 Everest Base Camp – Shigatse Enjoy a breathtaking sunrise at the Everest Base Camp before we journey back through the spectacular scenery to spend the night again in Shigatse. Accommodation: Overnight in Shigatse Meals: Breakfast Day 7 Shigatse - Tashilunpo Monastery – Lhasa We will get an early start today to visit the Tashilunpo Monastery, which was founded in 1447 by the 1st Dalai Lama. After visiting this ancient monastery, one of the most important sites in Tibetan Buddhism, we will head back to Lhasa. Accommodation: Overnight at Lhasa Himalaya Hotel or Four Points by Sheraton Lhasa Meals: Breakfast Day 8 Lhasa Departure Today you will have free time until your tour guide escorts you to the Lhasa train station or airport for your departing train or flight from Lhasa. Accommodation: No Accommodation Meals: Breakfast

Day 1 Arrival in Lhasa - Lhasa Airport Pick Up Upon your arrival at the Lhasa airport, your tour guide will greet you and escort you to your hotel and help you get checked in. You will have the rest of the day and evening to rest and relax to become acclimatized to the higher altitude of Tibet. Accommodation: Overnight at Lhasa Himalaya Hotel or Four Points by Sheraton Lhasa Meals: Dinner Day 2 Potala Palace - Jokhang Temple - Barkhor Street After breakfast at the hotel, we will visit the incredible Potala Palace – the highest palace in the world. Then we will move on to the spiritually significant Jokhang Temple. To see the “real” Lhasa, we’ll stroll through Barkhor Street with its thriving local market where you can pick up some local Tibetan, Nepalese and Indian handicrafts and souvenirs. Accommodation: Overnight at Lhasa Himalaya Hotel or Four Points by Sheraton Lhasa Meals: Breakfast Day 3 Drepung Monastery - Sera Monastery Today features visits to 2 of the most important monasteries in Tibetan Buddhism – the Drepung and Sera Monasteries. Drepung Monastery is located on the hillside west of Lhasa – at one time the world’s largest monastery with about 10,000 monks living there. After Drepung, we will move on to the Sera Monastery. The main highlight of the Sera Monastery is watching the crowd of monks debating inside the shady courtyard behind the main temple. Accommodation: Overnight at Lhasa Himalaya Hotel or Four Points by Sheraton Lhasa Meals: Breakfast Day 4 Lhasa - Yamdrok Lake – Karola Glacier – Gyantse (Kumbum Monastery) – Shigatse This morning we’ll take a drive up to the Kampala Pass (elevation 4797 meters) where you’ll have a glimpse of Yamdrok Lake down. Later on we’ll be able to visit the Karola Glacier before continuing along the southern Friendship Highway to Gyantse, where you will be able to see the famous Gyantse Kumbum, one of the most stunning architectural wonders in Tibet. Late in the afternoon we will continue on to Shigatse where we will spend the night. Accommodation: Overnight in Shigatse Meals: Breakfast Day 5 Shigatse – Tingri – Rongphu Monastery – Everest Base Camp After breakfast we’ll set out towards the peak of the world – Mount Everest. Departing from Shigatse and traveling via Lhatse and Tingri, you will see some of the most beautiful and unique scenery in the world – incredibly blue skies, floating high clouds, endless grasslands and the highest mountain peaks in the world. We’ll also stop by the Rongbuk Monastery – the world’s highest altitude monastery before spending the night at the Everest Base Camp. Accommodation: Overnight at the Everest Base Camp Meals: Breakfast Day 6 Everest Base Camp – Shigatse Enjoy a breathtaking sunrise at the Everest Base Camp before we journey back through the spectacular scenery to spend the night again in Shigatse. Accommodation: Overnight in Shigatse Meals: Breakfast Day 7 Shigatse - Tashilunpo Monastery – Lhasa We will get an early start today to visit the Tashilunpo Monastery, which was founded in 1447 by the 1st Dalai Lama. After visiting this ancient monastery, one of the most important sites in Tibetan Buddhism, we will head back to Lhasa. Accommodation: Overnight at Lhasa Himalaya Hotel or Four Points by Sheraton Lhasa Meals: Breakfast Day 8 Lhasa Departure Today you will have free time until your tour guide escorts you to the Lhasa train station or airport for your departing train or flight from Lhasa. Accommodation: No Accommodation Meals: Breakfast

Day 1 Arrival in Lhasa - Lhasa Airport Pick Up Upon your arrival at the Lhasa airport, your tour guide will greet you and escort you to your hotel and help you get checked in. You will have the rest of the day and evening to rest and relax to become acclimatized to the higher altitude of Tibet. Accommodation: Overnight at Lhasa Himalaya Hotel or Four Points by Sheraton Lhasa Meals: Dinner Day 2 Potala Palace - Jokhang Temple - Barkhor Street After breakfast at the hotel, we will visit the incredible Potala Palace – the highest palace in the world. Then we will move on to the spiritually significant Jokhang Temple. To see the “real” Lhasa, we’ll stroll through Barkhor Street with its thriving local market where you can pick up some local Tibetan, Nepalese and Indian handicrafts and souvenirs. Accommodation: Overnight at Lhasa Himalaya Hotel or Four Points by Sheraton Lhasa Meals: Breakfast Day 3 Drepung Monastery - Sera Monastery Today features visits to 2 of the most important monasteries in Tibetan Buddhism – the Drepung and Sera Monasteries. Drepung Monastery is located on the hillside west of Lhasa – at one time the world’s largest monastery with about 10,000 monks living there. After Drepung, we will move on to the Sera Monastery. The main highlight of the Sera Monastery is watching the crowd of monks debating inside the shady courtyard behind the main temple. Accommodation: Overnight at Lhasa Himalaya Hotel or Four Points by Sheraton Lhasa Meals: Breakfast Day 4 Lhasa - Yamdrok Lake – Karola Glacier – Gyantse (Kumbum Monastery) – Shigatse This morning we’ll take a drive up to the Kampala Pass (elevation 4797 meters) where you’ll have a glimpse of Yamdrok Lake down. Later on we’ll be able to visit the Karola Glacier before continuing along the southern Friendship Highway to Gyantse, where you will be able to see the famous Gyantse Kumbum, one of the most stunning architectural wonders in Tibet. Late in the afternoon we will continue on to Shigatse where we will spend the night. Accommodation: Overnight in Shigatse Meals: Breakfast Day 5 Shigatse – Tingri – Rongphu Monastery – Everest Base Camp After breakfast we’ll set out towards the peak of the world – Mount Everest. Departing from Shigatse and traveling via Lhatse and Tingri, you will see some of the most beautiful and unique scenery in the world – incredibly blue skies, floating high clouds, endless grasslands and the highest mountain peaks in the world. We’ll also stop by the Rongbuk Monastery – the world’s highest altitude monastery before spending the night at the Everest Base Camp. Accommodation: Overnight at the Everest Base Camp Meals: Breakfast Day 6 Everest Base Camp – Shigatse Enjoy a breathtaking sunrise at the Everest Base Camp before we journey back through the spectacular scenery to spend the night again in Shigatse. Accommodation: Overnight in Shigatse Meals: Breakfast Day 7 Shigatse - Tashilunpo Monastery – Lhasa We will get an early start today to visit the Tashilunpo Monastery, which was founded in 1447 by the 1st Dalai Lama. After visiting this ancient monastery, one of the most important sites in Tibetan Buddhism, we will head back to Lhasa. Accommodation: Overnight at Lhasa Himalaya Hotel or Four Points by Sheraton Lhasa Meals: Breakfast Day 8 Lhasa Departure Today you will have free time until your tour guide escorts you to the Lhasa train station or airport for your departing train or flight from Lhasa. Accommodation: No Accommodation Meals: Breakfast

Day 1 Arrival in Lhasa - Lhasa Airport Pick Up Upon your arrival at the Lhasa airport, your tour guide will greet you and escort you to your hotel and help you get checked in. You will have the rest of the day and evening to rest and relax to become acclimatized to the higher altitude of Tibet. Accommodation: Overnight at Lhasa Himalaya Hotel or Four Points by Sheraton Lhasa Meals: Dinner Day 2 Potala Palace - Jokhang Temple - Barkhor Street After breakfast at the hotel, we will visit the incredible Potala Palace – the highest palace in the world. Then we will move on to the spiritually significant Jokhang Temple. To see the “real” Lhasa, we’ll stroll through Barkhor Street with its thriving local market where you can pick up some local Tibetan, Nepalese and Indian handicrafts and souvenirs. Accommodation: Overnight at Lhasa Himalaya Hotel or Four Points by Sheraton Lhasa Meals: Breakfast Day 3 Drepung Monastery - Sera Monastery Today features visits to 2 of the most important monasteries in Tibetan Buddhism – the Drepung and Sera Monasteries. Drepung Monastery is located on the hillside west of Lhasa – at one time the world’s largest monastery with about 10,000 monks living there. After Drepung, we will move on to the Sera Monastery. The main highlight of the Sera Monastery is watching the crowd of monks debating inside the shady courtyard behind the main temple. Accommodation: Overnight at Lhasa Himalaya Hotel or Four Points by Sheraton Lhasa Meals: Breakfast Day 4 Lhasa - Yamdrok Lake – Karola Glacier – Gyantse (Kumbum Monastery) – Shigatse This morning we’ll take a drive up to the Kampala Pass (elevation 4797 meters) where you’ll have a glimpse of Yamdrok Lake down. Later on we’ll be able to visit the Karola Glacier before continuing along the southern Friendship Highway to Gyantse, where you will be able to see the famous Gyantse Kumbum, one of the most stunning architectural wonders in Tibet. Late in the afternoon we will continue on to Shigatse where we will spend the night. Accommodation: Overnight in Shigatse Meals: Breakfast Day 5 Shigatse – Tingri – Rongphu Monastery – Everest Base Camp After breakfast we’ll set out towards the peak of the world – Mount Everest. Departing from Shigatse and traveling via Lhatse and Tingri, you will see some of the most beautiful and unique scenery in the world – incredibly blue skies, floating high clouds, endless grasslands and the highest mountain peaks in the world. We’ll also stop by the Rongbuk Monastery – the world’s highest altitude monastery before spending the night at the Everest Base Camp. Accommodation: Overnight at the Everest Base Camp Meals: Breakfast Day 6 Everest Base Camp – Shigatse Enjoy a breathtaking sunrise at the Everest Base Camp before we journey back through the spectacular scenery to spend the night again in Shigatse. Accommodation: Overnight in Shigatse Meals: Breakfast Day 7 Shigatse - Tashilunpo Monastery – Lhasa We will get an early start today to visit the Tashilunpo Monastery, which was founded in 1447 by the 1st Dalai Lama. After visiting this ancient monastery, one of the most important sites in Tibetan Buddhism, we will head back to Lhasa. Accommodation: Overnight at Lhasa Himalaya Hotel or Four Points by Sheraton Lhasa Meals: Breakfast Day 8 Lhasa Departure Today you will have free time until your tour guide escorts you to the Lhasa train station or airport for your departing train or flight from Lhasa. Accommodation: No Accommodation Meals: Breakfast

Day 1 Arrival in Lhasa - Lhasa Airport Pick Up Upon your arrival at the Lhasa airport, your tour guide will greet you and escort you to your hotel and help you get checked in. You will have the rest of the day and evening to rest and relax to become acclimatized to the higher altitude of Tibet. Accommodation: Overnight at Lhasa Himalaya Hotel or Four Points by Sheraton Lhasa Meals: Dinner Day 2 Potala Palace - Jokhang Temple - Barkhor Street After breakfast at the hotel, we will visit the incredible Potala Palace – the highest palace in the world. Then we will move on to the spiritually significant Jokhang Temple. To see the “real” Lhasa, we’ll stroll through Barkhor Street with its thriving local market where you can pick up some local Tibetan, Nepalese and Indian handicrafts and souvenirs. Accommodation: Overnight at Lhasa Himalaya Hotel or Four Points by Sheraton Lhasa Meals: Breakfast Day 3 Drepung Monastery - Sera Monastery Today features visits to 2 of the most important monasteries in Tibetan Buddhism – the Drepung and Sera Monasteries. Drepung Monastery is located on the hillside west of Lhasa – at one time the world’s largest monastery with about 10,000 monks living there. After Drepung, we will move on to the Sera Monastery. The main highlight of the Sera Monastery is watching the crowd of monks debating inside the shady courtyard behind the main temple. Accommodation: Overnight at Lhasa Himalaya Hotel or Four Points by Sheraton Lhasa Meals: Breakfast Day 4 Lhasa - Yamdrok Lake – Karola Glacier – Gyantse (Kumbum Monastery) – Shigatse This morning we’ll take a drive up to the Kampala Pass (elevation 4797 meters) where you’ll have a glimpse of Yamdrok Lake down. Later on we’ll be able to visit the Karola Glacier before continuing along the southern Friendship Highway to Gyantse, where you will be able to see the famous Gyantse Kumbum, one of the most stunning architectural wonders in Tibet. Late in the afternoon we will continue on to Shigatse where we will spend the night. Accommodation: Overnight in Shigatse Meals: Breakfast Day 5 Shigatse – Tingri – Rongphu Monastery – Everest Base Camp After breakfast we’ll set out towards the peak of the world – Mount Everest. Departing from Shigatse and traveling via Lhatse and Tingri, you will see some of the most beautiful and unique scenery in the world – incredibly blue skies, floating high clouds, endless grasslands and the highest mountain peaks in the world. We’ll also stop by the Rongbuk Monastery – the world’s highest altitude monastery before spending the night at the Everest Base Camp. Accommodation: Overnight at the Everest Base Camp Meals: Breakfast Day 6 Everest Base Camp – Shigatse Enjoy a breathtaking sunrise at the Everest Base Camp before we journey back through the spectacular scenery to spend the night again in Shigatse. Accommodation: Overnight in Shigatse Meals: Breakfast Day 7 Shigatse - Tashilunpo Monastery – Lhasa We will get an early start today to visit the Tashilunpo Monastery, which was founded in 1447 by the 1st Dalai Lama. After visiting this ancient monastery, one of the most important sites in Tibetan Buddhism, we will head back to Lhasa. Accommodation: Overnight at Lhasa Himalaya Hotel or Four Points by Sheraton Lhasa Meals: Breakfast Day 8 Lhasa Departure Today you will have free time until your tour guide escorts you to the Lhasa train station or airport for your departing train or flight from Lhasa. Accommodation: No Accommodation Meals: Breakfast

Day 1 Arrival in Lhasa - Lhasa Airport Pick Up Upon your arrival at the Lhasa airport, your tour guide will greet you and escort you to your hotel and help you get checked in. You will have the rest of the day and evening to rest and relax to become acclimatized to the higher altitude of Tibet. Accommodation: Overnight at Lhasa Himalaya Hotel or Four Points by Sheraton Lhasa Meals: Dinner Day 2 Potala Palace - Jokhang Temple - Barkhor Street After breakfast at the hotel, we will visit the incredible Potala Palace – the highest palace in the world. Then we will move on to the spiritually significant Jokhang Temple. To see the “real” Lhasa, we’ll stroll through Barkhor Street with its thriving local market where you can pick up some local Tibetan, Nepalese and Indian handicrafts and souvenirs. Accommodation: Overnight at Lhasa Himalaya Hotel or Four Points by Sheraton Lhasa Meals: Breakfast Day 3 Drepung Monastery - Sera Monastery Today features visits to 2 of the most important monasteries in Tibetan Buddhism – the Drepung and Sera Monasteries. Drepung Monastery is located on the hillside west of Lhasa – at one time the world’s largest monastery with about 10,000 monks living there. After Drepung, we will move on to the Sera Monastery. The main highlight of the Sera Monastery is watching the crowd of monks debating inside the shady courtyard behind the main temple. Accommodation: Overnight at Lhasa Himalaya Hotel or Four Points by Sheraton Lhasa Meals: Breakfast Day 4 Lhasa - Yamdrok Lake – Karola Glacier – Gyantse (Kumbum Monastery) – Shigatse This morning we’ll take a drive up to the Kampala Pass (elevation 4797 meters) where you’ll have a glimpse of Yamdrok Lake down. Later on we’ll be able to visit the Karola Glacier before continuing along the southern Friendship Highway to Gyantse, where you will be able to see the famous Gyantse Kumbum, one of the most stunning architectural wonders in Tibet. Late in the afternoon we will continue on to Shigatse where we will spend the night. Accommodation: Overnight in Shigatse Meals: Breakfast Day 5 Shigatse – Tingri – Rongphu Monastery – Everest Base Camp After breakfast we’ll set out towards the peak of the world – Mount Everest. Departing from Shigatse and traveling via Lhatse and Tingri, you will see some of the most beautiful and unique scenery in the world – incredibly blue skies, floating high clouds, endless grasslands and the highest mountain peaks in the world. We’ll also stop by the Rongbuk Monastery – the world’s highest altitude monastery before spending the night at the Everest Base Camp. Accommodation: Overnight at the Everest Base Camp Meals: Breakfast Day 6 Everest Base Camp – Shigatse Enjoy a breathtaking sunrise at the Everest Base Camp before we journey back through the spectacular scenery to spend the night again in Shigatse. Accommodation: Overnight in Shigatse Meals: Breakfast Day 7 Shigatse - Tashilunpo Monastery – Lhasa We will get an early start today to visit the Tashilunpo Monastery, which was founded in 1447 by the 1st Dalai Lama. After visiting this ancient monastery, one of the most important sites in Tibetan Buddhism, we will head back to Lhasa. Accommodation: Overnight at Lhasa Himalaya Hotel or Four Points by Sheraton Lhasa Meals: Breakfast Day 8 Lhasa Departure Today you will have free time until your tour guide escorts you to the Lhasa train station or airport for your departing train or flight from Lhasa. Accommodation: No Accommodation Meals: Breakfast

Day 1 Arrival in Lhasa - Lhasa Airport Pick Up Upon your arrival at the Lhasa airport, your tour guide will greet you and escort you to your hotel and help you get checked in. You will have the rest of the day and evening to rest and relax to become acclimatized to the higher altitude of Tibet. Accommodation: Overnight at Lhasa Himalaya Hotel or Four Points by Sheraton Lhasa Meals: Dinner Day 2 Potala Palace - Jokhang Temple - Barkhor Street After breakfast at the hotel, we will visit the incredible Potala Palace – the highest palace in the world. Then we will move on to the spiritually significant Jokhang Temple. To see the “real” Lhasa, we’ll stroll through Barkhor Street with its thriving local market where you can pick up some local Tibetan, Nepalese and Indian handicrafts and souvenirs. Accommodation: Overnight at Lhasa Himalaya Hotel or Four Points by Sheraton Lhasa Meals: Breakfast Day 3 Drepung Monastery - Sera Monastery Today features visits to 2 of the most important monasteries in Tibetan Buddhism – the Drepung and Sera Monasteries. Drepung Monastery is located on the hillside west of Lhasa – at one time the world’s largest monastery with about 10,000 monks living there. After Drepung, we will move on to the Sera Monastery. The main highlight of the Sera Monastery is watching the crowd of monks debating inside the shady courtyard behind the main temple. Accommodation: Overnight at Lhasa Himalaya Hotel or Four Points by Sheraton Lhasa Meals: Breakfast Day 4 Lhasa - Yamdrok Lake – Karola Glacier – Gyantse (Kumbum Monastery) – Shigatse This morning we’ll take a drive up to the Kampala Pass (elevation 4797 meters) where you’ll have a glimpse of Yamdrok Lake down. Later on we’ll be able to visit the Karola Glacier before continuing along the southern Friendship Highway to Gyantse, where you will be able to see the famous Gyantse Kumbum, one of the most stunning architectural wonders in Tibet. Late in the afternoon we will continue on to Shigatse where we will spend the night. Accommodation: Overnight in Shigatse Meals: Breakfast Day 5 Shigatse – Tingri – Rongphu Monastery – Everest Base Camp After breakfast we’ll set out towards the peak of the world – Mount Everest. Departing from Shigatse and traveling via Lhatse and Tingri, you will see some of the most beautiful and unique scenery in the world – incredibly blue skies, floating high clouds, endless grasslands and the highest mountain peaks in the world. We’ll also stop by the Rongbuk Monastery – the world’s highest altitude monastery before spending the night at the Everest Base Camp. Accommodation: Overnight at the Everest Base Camp Meals: Breakfast Day 6 Everest Base Camp – Shigatse Enjoy a breathtaking sunrise at the Everest Base Camp before we journey back through the spectacular scenery to spend the night again in Shigatse. Accommodation: Overnight in Shigatse Meals: Breakfast Day 7 Shigatse - Tashilunpo Monastery – Lhasa We will get an early start today to visit the Tashilunpo Monastery, which was founded in 1447 by the 1st Dalai Lama. After visiting this ancient monastery, one of the most important sites in Tibetan Buddhism, we will head back to Lhasa. Accommodation: Overnight at Lhasa Himalaya Hotel or Four Points by Sheraton Lhasa Meals: Breakfast Day 8 Lhasa Departure Today you will have free time until your tour guide escorts you to the Lhasa train station or airport for your departing train or flight from Lhasa. Accommodation: No Accommodation Meals: Breakfast

Day 1 Arrival in Lhasa - Lhasa Airport Pick Up Upon your arrival at the Lhasa airport, your tour guide will greet you and escort you to your hotel and help you get checked in. You will have the rest of the day and evening to rest and relax to become acclimatized to the higher altitude of Tibet. Accommodation: Overnight at Lhasa Himalaya Hotel or Four Points by Sheraton Lhasa Meals: Dinner Day 2 Potala Palace - Jokhang Temple - Barkhor Street After breakfast at the hotel, we will visit the incredible Potala Palace – the highest palace in the world. Then we will move on to the spiritually significant Jokhang Temple. To see the “real” Lhasa, we’ll stroll through Barkhor Street with its thriving local market where you can pick up some local Tibetan, Nepalese and Indian handicrafts and souvenirs. Accommodation: Overnight at Lhasa Himalaya Hotel or Four Points by Sheraton Lhasa Meals: Breakfast Day 3 Drepung Monastery - Sera Monastery Today features visits to 2 of the most important monasteries in Tibetan Buddhism – the Drepung and Sera Monasteries. Drepung Monastery is located on the hillside west of Lhasa – at one time the world’s largest monastery with about 10,000 monks living there. After Drepung, we will move on to the Sera Monastery. The main highlight of the Sera Monastery is watching the crowd of monks debating inside the shady courtyard behind the main temple. Accommodation: Overnight at Lhasa Himalaya Hotel or Four Points by Sheraton Lhasa Meals: Breakfast Day 4 Lhasa - Yamdrok Lake – Karola Glacier – Gyantse (Kumbum Monastery) – Shigatse This morning we’ll take a drive up to the Kampala Pass (elevation 4797 meters) where you’ll have a glimpse of Yamdrok Lake down. Later on we’ll be able to visit the Karola Glacier before continuing along the southern Friendship Highway to Gyantse, where you will be able to see the famous Gyantse Kumbum, one of the most stunning architectural wonders in Tibet. Late in the afternoon we will continue on to Shigatse where we will spend the night. Accommodation: Overnight in Shigatse Meals: Breakfast Day 5 Shigatse – Tingri – Rongphu Monastery – Everest Base Camp After breakfast we’ll set out towards the peak of the world – Mount Everest. Departing from Shigatse and traveling via Lhatse and Tingri, you will see some of the most beautiful and unique scenery in the world – incredibly blue skies, floating high clouds, endless grasslands and the highest mountain peaks in the world. We’ll also stop by the Rongbuk Monastery – the world’s highest altitude monastery before spending the night at the Everest Base Camp. Accommodation: Overnight at the Everest Base Camp Meals: Breakfast Day 6 Everest Base Camp – Shigatse Enjoy a breathtaking sunrise at the Everest Base Camp before we journey back through the spectacular scenery to spend the night again in Shigatse. Accommodation: Overnight in Shigatse Meals: Breakfast Day 7 Shigatse - Tashilunpo Monastery – Lhasa We will get an early start today to visit the Tashilunpo Monastery, which was founded in 1447 by the 1st Dalai Lama. After visiting this ancient monastery, one of the most important sites in Tibetan Buddhism, we will head back to Lhasa. Accommodation: Overnight at Lhasa Himalaya Hotel or Four Points by Sheraton Lhasa Meals: Breakfast Day 8 Lhasa Departure Today you will have free time until your tour guide escorts you to the Lhasa train station or airport for your departing train or flight from Lhasa. Accommodation: No Accommodation Meals: Breakfast