• 17Days

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  • DESTINATIONS:

    Tibet and Hailuogou
  • TRIP STYLE:

    Overland adventure
  • ALTITUDE:

    400m-5300m
  • TRIP CODE:

    YATO150515 AB

D1, Fly from KL to Chengdu, arrive Chengdu in the evening, Have rest inhotel. 


D2,  Chengdu—Xining—Tibet Train. Take morning flight from Chengdu to Xining,have lunch in Xining, and then board on late afternoon train to Lhasa. Trainwill drive from Xining to Germud at night time. 


D3,  Tibet Train—Lhasa. Train start to climb over Kunlun Mountain pass in the morning, you willhave unique chance to see the no man land Kekexili in the day time in thecomfortable high air pressure cabin. Grass land, Snow Mountains and lot’s ofanimals will full fill your memory card. Train will arrive Lhasa in theafternoon and then transfer to hotel to have rest to get use to the altitude. 


D4,  Lhasa. Today we will continue our cultural exploration of Tibet. Wewill visit Dalai Lama’s summer palace—Luobulinka in the morning, experienceTibetan style garden art. We will visit Jokhang Temple in the afternoon.Jokhang Temple which was built in the 7th century and enshrined with the statue of Sakyamuni which the PrincessWencheng brought to Lhasa., has been a key center for TibetanBuddhist pilgrimage for centuries. Afterwards, you could wander around thefamous Bakhor Street. 


D5,  We will visit Potala Palace in the morning. The Palace is widely known for the precious sculptures, murals,scripture, Buddha figures, murals, antiques, and religious jewelry treasuredup, they are of great cultural and artistic value. In 1994, the Potala Palacewas declared the United Nations World Cultural Heritage site.In the afternoon,we will visit Sera Monastery, one of the six main monasteries of the Gelugpa ofthe Tibetan Buddhism. As one of the three main monasteries of Lhasa, it is herethat the monks “famous daily debates” take place. 


D6,  Lhasa—Nangselinlord residence—Zedang—Sangye Monastery—Qingpu—Zedang. Wewillstart in the morning drive from Lhasa to Shannan, visit Nangselin old lordresidence on the way. After that, we are going to visit Sangye Monastery—one ofthe biggest three Geluba monastery in Tibet, which was designed follow theBuddhism idea of universe, with Tibetan, Chinese and India three stylebuildings. And then we will visit Qingpu—the holy land where many famousancient monks meditate. We will back to Zedang in the late afternoon and staythere overnight. 


D7,  Zedang—Yongbulakang–Minzhulin Monastery—Gongga.In the morning, wewill visitYongbulakang, the first fortress and palace of Tibetan Kings, was firstly builtin 200BC by the first Tibetan King Sepudezan. It was used as summer palace forfollowing Kings and then was change into a Monastery during 5thDalai Lama in 17 century AD. After that, we drive to visit the mystery Ningmaba Tibetan Buddhist temple Minzhulin monastery, fully enjoy the deep Tibetanculture and beautiful view in Shannan. Drive to Gongga county in the lateafternoon and stay there overnight.


D8,   Gongga---YamdrokLake—Gyantze. Leave Zedang in the early morning, visit the beautiful YamdrokLake en route. Yamdrok Lake also called YamdrokYumtso, is one of the three largest sacredlakes in Tibet. Enjoy the scenery of the lake and the snow-capped mountainsaround the lake. We will arrive Gyantze in the late afternoon. Enjoy the GyantzeFort, one of the best preserved dzongs in Tibet. Stay in Gyantze overnight.


D9,  Gyantze—Shigartze.Visit Pelkor Chode Monastery in theearly morning. The Pelkhor Choede, also called “the Ten Thousand BuddhaPagodas” is the most famous architecture in the monastery, also believed as thelargest one in Tibet. After the visit, we would head toward Shigartze. VisitTashlunpo Monastery in the afternoon, as one of the six holiest monasteries ofGelukpa, it is the traditional seat of successive Panchen Lamas. 


D10,  Shigazte—Tibetandog base—Lhasa. We will head back to Lhasa today,visit Tibetan dog feeding center on the way. We will back to Lhasa in the lateafternoon, visit Medicine Buddha Mountain after arrive Lhasa, and stay thereovernight.


D11,  Lhasa—NamucuoLake—Dangxiong. We are going to visit the mostbeautiful heavenly plateau lake—Namucuo Lake, which is 4700m above sea leave,is one of the highest lake in the world, surrounded by snow covered Tanggulamountains. After a relax time on the lake side, we will heading back toDangxiong and stay there overnight.


D12, 26th May, Dangxiong—Lhasa, We will heading back to Lhasa in the morning, after lunch inLhasa, we are going to visit Tibet Museum in the afternoon. You will have chanceto see many remarkable treasures of ancient Tibet. Free evening in Lhasa, don’tmiss your last chance to enjoy the fantastic night view of holy Potala.


D13,  Lhasa—Chengdu—Hailuogou.Take morning flight from Lhasa toChengdu. Drive to Ya’an to have lunch after airport pick up, continue drive toMoxi town beside Hailuogou Glacier Park in the afternoon. Enjoy beautifullandscape of Dadu River valley on the way, stay in Moxi town overnight.


D14,  Hailuogou Glacier Park day trip. We will take green bus and cablecar up to the camp 2 of Glacier park, get close to this massive glacier on theMt. Gongga (7556m)—the King of Sichuan Mountains. Enjoy hot spring beside theglacier camp after visit. Stay overnight in Moxi town. 


D15,  Hailuogou—Yanzigou—Moxi. Whole day visit new developed Yanzigou valley, where was thebase camp of mountaineering teams to climb Mt. Gongga. Ancient glacier,beautiful flowers and red stone beach are very nice and special. After visitYanzi valley, we will go back to Moxi town to rest, stay overnight in Moxi. 


D16,  Moxi—Ya’an—Chengdu. Drivefrom Moxi town to Chengdu in the morning. We will arrive Chengdu in the afternoon,visit Jinli Old Street, and have Chengdu hotpot for dinner. Watching Sichuanopera and mask changing show in the evening, stay overnight in Chengdu. 


D17,  Chengdu. Freemorning in Chengdu to walking around Chunxi road, after lunch transfer to Chengduairport and take afternoon flight back to KL.


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