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1: Kathmandu |
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Arrival in Kathmandu and transferred to Hotel |
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2: Kathmandu |
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Necessary visa and other arrangements in Kathmandu |
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3: Kathmandu - Zhangmu - Nyilamu |
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Overnight at a guest house with breakfast. |
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4: Nyilamu - Tingri - Lhatse |
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Morning: after breakfast we will start easy ride up, there is the main checkpost to enter further up at Nyalam. We will be visiting Milarepa's cave enroute. One can ride to Lhatze (300 km) this day but we are treating this trip as a pleasant journey, spending the night in Tingri makes you more comfortable having the great views of the Himalayas in the South including Mt. Everest. Overnight at a guest house with breakfast. |
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5: Tingri - Lhatse |
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The riding is pleasant, you will be passing a 5220 meters pass called "Gyatso La" today and continueing riding down to the fertile valley of Lhatze for tonight stay at a local guest house with breakfast.
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6: Lhatse - Shigatse |
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A typical day riding between the villages to Xigaze or Shigatse, the second largest city of Tibet . The ride today is across Yulung La (4,950 m), over fairly unpaved roads in the plateau area. After reaching Shigatse, we will transfer you in a better hotel and relax. If interested, you can visit the "Tashilhumpo Monastery", a vast monastery with its own streets, housing sectors, plazas, back alleys and complex of temples and halls. Overnight at a guest house with breakfast. |
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7: Shigatse - Gyantse |
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Your drive on to Gyantse takes us through intensely agricultural, cultivated areas. Much of the gravel road is lined with poplar trees, which are a distinctly Tibetan feature. The drive on this day is just 90 km but, if interested, you can drive to the small, picturesque village of Kardoi from Gyantse (120 km round trip). This excursion will also take you to an old castle, Kumbum and Palcho Chode monastery. The hotel in Gyantse has good facilities, like the one in Shigatse with breakfast. |
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8: Gyantse - Lhasa via the Yamdrok Tso |
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You will drive mostly on a paved road, though there is an off-road route from Gyantse to the turquoise Lake "Yamdrok Tso". You will be crossing the high pass of "Karo La" at 5,050 m then continue your drive to Lhasa. On arriving you may feel as though we have left Tibet and entered China , for the Chinese influence - signs, people on the street, development - is ever more pervasive. And upon reaching Lhasa itself, you will see the suffocation of the old Tibet by the new layers of Chinese infrastructure, covering nearly 100% of the city. Lhasa is a sprawling, modern Chinese city with polluted air and horn-honking traffic congestion but we will stay there for two full days to acclimatise and take in the awe-inspiring Potala and other parts of this World heritage site Elevation - 3,650 m. |
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9: around Lhasa |
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Riding around Lhasa visiting the various interesting sites ( Potala Palace , Sera monastery, Drepung Monastery, Norbulingka palace etc). |
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10: Lhasa - Shigatse |
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Your riding today will be on paved road. After having breakfast we'll follow the riverbed of the Kyi Chu River , this is the same way back until road adjacent to a bridge at the Brahmaputra valley. Then we take the straight highway riding on the riverbed of the "Yarlung Tsangpo" to Shigatse, stay at the hotel. |
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11: Shigatse - Xegar |
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After a good breakfast, we start riding from Shigatse to Lhatse then ascent to the Gyatso La (5,220 m), finally descend into Xegar and stay at Everest Hotel (luxurious accommodation after Shigatse). |
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12: Xegar - Rongbuk - Everest BC - Rongbuk |
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Today you will find much excitement. Here starts the taste of the "Top of the World"; the remoteness shows the real beauty of the area that makes you pride of your awaiting since long time. Riding through the remoteness you will be ascending to the Rongbuk. Excursion to Everest Base Camp (5,200 m) and back to Rongbuk and overnight stay at Rongbuk Guest house. |
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13: Rongbuk - Tingri - Nyalam |
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Enjoy the early morning views of Mt. Everest and after breakfast, set out on a long days ride. Set out retracing the route from Everest Base Camp for about 40 kilometers to arrive at Tashi Dzom. From here continue a bit further to arrive at a marker showing the direction to Tingri. Leave the main trail and set off for Tingri through small scattered ethnic villages and farm lands which takes about 3 hours. From Tingri we drive on the highestplateau of the world with typical view of the Tibetan landscape offering sheer feeling of standing on the roof of the world. Cross the Lalung La (5,200 m) and Thong La (5,050 m) from where, weather permitting, here is a breathtaking panorama of beautiful Himalayan ranges including Mt. Everest (8,848 m) but is dwarfed by the vastness of the Tibetan plateau. Descend down for about an hour to arrive at a familiar setting - the Milerapa Cave, where Milerapa is said to have meditated but we continue further to Nyalam (25 minutes) for overnight stay at guest house in Nyalam. |
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14: Nyalam - Zhangmu - Kathmandu |
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After breakfast, drive to Zhangmu (30 km - 1 hour drive). Complete the Chinese Immigration and border formalities. The permits and motorcycles are checked once again and then we drive down 8 kilometers to Kodari and the Nepal Tibet Friendship Bridge. Here the porters will transfer the luggage to the Nepal side and we bid farewell to our guide and drivers from Tibet. Cross the Friendship Bridge, complete Nepal Customs and Immigration and drive 128 km (4 hours) to Kathmandu. Check the motorcycles at the workshop and then transferred to the hotel. |
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15: Kathmandu |
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Drive out from Kathmandu |
