Booking Deadline
The last booking date of above tour is 45 days prior to the departure date of tour for Tibet and Bhutan and 15 days prior for Nepal.

Day 01: -KATHMANDU
Arrive Kathmandu meet at the airport and transfer to hotel welcome drink, check in, fixed the room and luggage. Completely free day rest or short walking. (Service starts)

Day 02: KATHMANDU
Kathmandu sight seeing for Hindu temple: Pashupatinath, Buddhist shrine Swayambhu Stupa.

Day 03: KATHMANDU
Free day for your own your shopping and personal interest.

DAY 04 DRIVE KATHMANDU - ZHANGMU (2300 METERS)
An early start around 6 am from Kathmandu should mean arrival at the border by 11.30 is. Nepal time. If clear en - route there are fine mountain views of Langtang, to the north, and Gauri Shanker, Melungtse and the Khumbu Himal (range) to the east. Driving east the road drops down and joins the Sun Koshi (river of gold), which after about two hours changes its name to become the bhote (Tibet) Kosi higher up. From the Kodari border and Friendship Bridge there is often a 530-meter climb to Zhangmu Hotel. The guide will meet the group on arrival at the check post, and the famous (infamous) Zhangmu Guest house. The guide will meet the group on arrival at the check post. Note - the bank here is usually closed. Also we hope to be using another hotel situated 11 / 2 hours drive above. Zhangmu.

DAY 05 ZHANGMU - XEGAR CHECK POST (4350 meters)
From Zhangmu the road follows the deep valley of the Bhote Kosi on a spectacular road with lots of waterfalls on both side of the valley. After 21 / 2 hours drive Nielamu Pass (3800m) is reached from where there are views of the Jugal Himal. 15 minutes after crossing the great barrier of the Himalayan range, Nielamu is reached, the starting point of the Xixapangma trek. The road follows the valley passing some Tibetan villages where we often stop. The Lalung Leh (5050m) is about 21 / 4 hrs drive from Nielamu and from this pass a very long range of mountains may be visible - Langtang (7245m), Xixapangma (8013m) and Dorje Lakpa (6980m) in the west. And in the east, Makalu (8463m), Everest (8848m), Lhotse (8516m), Cho Oyu (8201m), and Gauri Shanker (7134m). So five peaks of more than 8000 meters high can be seen. From the pass the decent is down to the plateau of Thingri, which takes about 2 hours, then another 2 hours to Xegar Check Post. Night stop at Dzong rest house.

DAY 06 XEGAR CHECK POST - XIGATSE (3900 meters)
Lhatze is 3 hours away over a 5220-meter pass. There is a small restaurant in front of the petrol station where there are tea and snacks available. If the road condition is good there is a possible 21 / 2 hours detour to Sakya Monastery, which is 26 km off from the main road. Sakya is one of the oldest and most important Bon Po Monasteries. On the direct route from Xegar, Xigatse is reached in about 7 hours. The famous Tashi Lumpo Monastery, seat of the Panchen Lama until is large and inefficiently run and alternatives to the hotel restaurent can be found the hotel main gate. Night at Xigatse hotel.

DAY 07 XIGATSE - GYANGTSE (3950 meters)
We visit the Tashi Lumpu Monastery in the morning. The tour includes the temple of the large future Buddha that is 26 meters high and is gilded eith gold and decorated with valuable jewels. The main and biggest monastery has prayer halls, printing blocks and altars of different gods and goddesses. Below often monks and lamas can be found studying and debating. Afterwards it is interesting to visit the market and old town. After lunch the drive to Gyangtse is a pleasant 2 hrs. Gyangtse is a small bustling town steeped in history. It lies 264-km southwest of Lhasa on the northern bank of the Nyang Chu River. In the 15 Th centuries it served as the capital of a small kingdom. The beautiful Kumbum Chorten, built around 1400 AD, and the huge ruined castle bear witness to the powers that ruled then. It later became the main center for trade with British India and the focal point of Younghusband's British Expedition to Tibet in 1904 when his soldiers defeated some 5000 Tibetans and destroyed the fort by cannon fire. The Gyantse hotel has two styles of rooms - Tibetan and Chinese and usually immediately after arriving, a tour of the Kumbum and Pelkor Chode Monastery is made. Then it can be very rewarding to have a look around the fascinating typically Tibetan town or even climb to the top of the fort (but first the gate must be opened). They're eating traditional momos, balls of meat encased in dough, and change, a "beer" from barley.