Tibet Everest Base Camp Tour-8 days Tibet EBC Group Tour Package

Tibet Everest Base Camp Tour overs beautiful historical sites of Tibet like Lhasa, Gyantse, Shigatse and Rongbuk. As this tour begins from Lhasa and during Lhasa tour you will visit popular landmarks of Tibet that is Potala and Norbulinka palace, Barkhor bazaar and Gyantse Dzong. After Lhasa tour, you will also cross several passes and visit beautiful turquoise-Yamdrok Tso Lake. Impressive Tibetan monasteries like Sera, Drepung, Jokhang temple, Kumbum stupa, Tashi Lhumpo, Sakya and Rongbuk  are some of the best features of 8 days Tibet tour to Everest Base Camp. Everest Base Camp Tour covers a distance of 900 km, and offers you a complete tour that merges Tibet’s most famous and sacred sites of Tibet.

April to June, and September to December are a good time for Tibet EBC tour, but a bit cold as it is in winter, the weather is fairly ideal for travel since it is the dry season in Tibet. Thus, you can enjoy Mount Everest in clear weather. On the other hand, the traditional high season of tourism, July and August are not a good choice to appreciate Mount Everest, as it is the rainy season and the mountain is shrouded in cloud and mist.

Tibet Everest Base Camp Tour is amazing and beautiful. It offers a massive view of Mount Everest so that massive splendid view of Mount Everest and the North Everest Base Camp (5550m) that is also called Tibet Everest Base Camp where we can reach by overland drive without hiking.

Tibet travel permit and Tibet/China Paper Visa are necessary if you travel to Lhasa from Kathmandu. Please do not apply the China visa in advance in your country since this visa does not work while you are flying to Lhasa from Nepal. We will apply and make ready it at Chinese Embassy in Kathmandu, and it takes 4 working days. But if you are coming to Lhasa from mainland China, then you need to get China visa in advance in your country, and you need to carry your Tibet travel permit in your hand before boarding into train or flight to Lhasa. This we will make it in advance and give it you at your hotel where you are staying in China.

Day 1: Kathmandu: Arrival in Lhasa(3650m)
Upon your arrival in Lhasa, our tour guide will meet you and escort you at the Lhasa Airport or Lhasa Railway Station to your hotel in Lhasa. After checking into your hotel, the rest of the day is free for you to have a good rest and acclimatize yourself to the high altitude at Tibet. Get prepared for your tour in Lhasa. Stay overnight in Lhasa.
Day 2: Lhasa Group Tour
After breakfast in your hotel, your guide will pick you up to visit the splendid Potala Palace, the cardinal landmark in Lhasa. The whole morning is for you to appreciate this world-level architectural work. In the afternoon, you will visit the Johkang Temple, the spiritual centre of Tibet. Tibetan people from all over the world come here to kowtow in the front of the entrance with their pure heart. Finally, you can spend some time walking on around the Jokhang Temple in Barkhor Street where is full of religious atmosphere.
Day 3: Lhasa City Tour (20km)
After breakfast in your hotel, you will be picked up to visit Drepung Monastery, one of the "Great Three" Gelug monasteries of Tibet. In the afternoon, you will head to visit Sera Monastery, another one of the "Great Three" Gelug monasteries in Tibet that founded in 1419 by Jamchen Chojey, to see the famous scriptures debating in this monastery.
Day 4: Lhasa to Shigatse(260km, 3900m, 6/7 hours drive)
Today, you will be driven to view the Yamdrok Lake, one of the three largest sacred lakes in Tibet which you can never have a panorama. It is surrounded by snow-capped mountains and fed by numerous small Himalayan streams. Just enjoy the breath-taking blue Yamdrok Lake. Then, you will head to Gyantse and visit the Pelkor Monastery where displays sculptures, murals and carvings. After that, you will drive about one hour to Shigatse, the second largest city in Tibet. Upon arrival, you will visit Tashilumpo Monastery, the oldest and largest Gelugpa Monastery in Tibet.
Day 5: Shigatse to Everest Base Camp(340km,5200m)
After getting your Alien's Travel Permit, we will firstly drive to Lhatse and take lunch there. After lunch, we will keep driving to Shegar, where you may see the Mt. Everest in the distance if the weather is clear. After driving about 4 to 6 hours, you will reach to Rongbuk Monastery, the the highest monastery in the world with a height of 4,980 meters. On the way, you will pass Pang-la Pass at 5050 meters above the sea level, where you could see the whole five highest peaks in the world.
Day 6: Everest back to Shigatse(340km,3900m, 7/8 hours drive)
Get up in the early morning, you will view the sunrise over the Mt.Everest on a clear day. Then you may trek from tent to Base camp or go to EBC by local eco-bus. After visiting base camp, you can visit Rongphu Monastery, the highest monastery in the world (5000m) and belongs to Nyingma sect. Then, we will drive back to Shigatse. stay overnight in Shigatse.
Day 7: Shigatse to Lhasa(265km,3650m, 5 hours drive)
After breakfast, we will drive about 280km back to Lhasa along the Friendship Highway. The whole journey may takes about 6 hours and you can enjoy the beautiful landscape along the Yarlung Tsangpo River, which is the longest river in Tibet.
Day 8: Departure from Lhasa
Breakfast and final transfer to Lhasa airport or train station get your flight back to home.

Cost Included

• Airport pick up and departure transfer
• All travel documents needed in Tibet, including Tibet Travel Permit, Alien’s Travel Permit, Foreign Affairs Permit and Military Area Entry Permit;
• Group-shared transportation to the destinations and sites listed in the itinerary; ranging from 7 seats Van to 22 seats tourist bus depending on the group size;
• Lodging: four nights in Lhasa 3-star hotel; two night in Shigatse 3-star hotel; one night in Guest house or tent hotel in Everest Base Camp (single room supplement is required in Lhasa and Shigatse, if you travel individually and don’t what to share the room with another tourist);
• Experienced English-speaking Tibetan local tour guide;
• Entrance ticket fees for all the sight spots listed in the itinerary;
• First aid kit;

Cost Not Included

• International and domestic flight/train to Lhasa (Note: we accept the domestic flight/train tickets booking to Lhasa from other cities in advance)
• Meals that are not specified in the itinerary (Averagely a meal cost 3 to 15USD per person in Tibet);
• Tips and gratuities for the trip leader and driver;
• The expense of a personal nature like alcoholic beverages, laundry, phone call, etc;
• Optional activities and excursions not specified in the itinerary;
• China Entry visa fees;
• Travel Insurance