The Lhasa to Kathmandu tour through Mt. Everest north face trip is one of Tibet’s most popular selling tours. Unfortunately, the Everest base camp (5200m) was closed in mid-2018 for environmental protection purposes. However, it’s still open to visit till the Rongbuk Monastery (4980m), from where we have the stunning north face view of Mt. Everest.
This Lhasa to Kathmandu tour includes the top destinations of Tibet like the holy city Lhasa, the old town of Gyantse, the Shigatse city, Everest base camp at Rongbuk, and Kyirong border town.
This tour is one of the world’s most famous classic tour itineraries in Tibet. Every year more than thousands of the tourist choose Lhasa to Kathmandu tour for their vocation in Tibet. All our tours are tailor-made trips as you can choose to get to Kathmandu by overland or fly to Kathmandu.
As a local Tibetan travel agency in Lhasa, we designed many different Lhasa to Kathmandu tour packages by land or flight. We will surely give you the best tour of your next vacation. Tibet Focus Travel & Tours is waiting for your travel to Tibet.
Lhasa Gongkar Airport (Google Map)
Upon arrival at the Lhasa Gongkar airport / Lhasa train station, our client will warmly welcome our Tibetan local tour guide and the driver with the traditional Tibetan white scarf.
Your Lhasa to Kathmandu tour starts today. We were driving for about an hour from the airport to Lhasa. Suppose you take the train to Lhasa, just half an hour from the train station to the hotel. After check-in at the hotel, the guide will be briefing the tour itineraries for the next day.
The rest of the day is to relax in the hotel to acclimatise to the high altitude.
We will begin our visit from Jokhang Temple, one of the most sacred temples in Tibet built in the 7th century by the 33rd king of Tibet – Songtsen Gampo.
“Jokhang” means the temple of the Buddha builds for the enshrinement of the Shakyamuni image. The statue of Buddha Shakyamuni was made during the lifetime of Shakyamuni. After visiting the temple, you can explore the surrounding Barkhor street and spend time walking around the temple following pilgrims from all over the Tibetan plateau.
In the afternoon, we will visit the Sera Monastery, one of the three great monasteries of Gelugpa school. At there, we will attend the monks’ debating session, which is quite popular in Sera.
Today we visit the stunning Potala Palace – the landmark of Lhasa and Norbulingka Palaces in the afternoon. Potala is the winter palace built in the 17th century by the fifth Dalai Lama. The visit provides impressive views of the entire city while climbing up to the top.
Inside the Potala Palace, there are more than thousands of rooms, including the private quarters of the Dalai Lama.
In the afternoon we will visit the Norbu Lingka Palace. The Norbu Lingka Palace is the summer palace of the Dalai Lama, built in the 18th century by the seventh Dalai Lama.
Today is the scenic drive with breathtaking high passes and the holy lake. First, driving along the Lhasa River to the Lhasa Airport, and we cross Kampa-la Pass [4797m] and then Karo-la Pass [5050m], where Mt. Nyanchen Khangsar [7206m] glacier lies near the road.
In the middle, we enjoy the unreal turquoise waters of holy lake Yamdrok-Yumtso. Finally, we arrive at Gyantse town to visit the considered best Tibetan art paintings in Kumbum Stupa inside Pelkor Chode Monastery. Also, we admire the majestic Gyantse Dzong (fortress) overlooking the valley.
After breakfast, we visit the Gyantse Dzong, and then we drive North-West to reach the second largest city in Tibet Autonomous Region – Shigatse.
At Shigatse, we will visit the Tashilhunpo Monastery, built in the 15th century by the first Dalai Lama. Nowadays, the monastery is the spiritual seat for the successive Panchen Lamas.
We recommend doing Kora around Tashilhunpo Monastery if times allow. The kora path will give us an incredible panorama view of the valley and impressive Dzong (fortress).
The journey to the Rongbuk monastery involves crossing Tso La (4700m) pass, Gyatso La (5220m) pass and Pang La (5150m) pass. Thus, driving 330km to Rongbuk Monastery takes about 5hrs.
It can enjoy the amazing views of several peaks like Makalu, Lhotse, Cho Oyu, Shishabangma and Mt. Everest from the top of the Pang-la pass (5150m).
It’s worth taking some pictures of the sunrise on Mt. Everest early morning. But the temperature can get freezing, so wear enough clothes to protect yourself from the extreme cold.
After breakfast, your guide will take you to visit the Rongbuk monastery – the highest monastery in the world. Then drive to Kyirong County.
Your Guide and Driver will drop you at the border between Nepal and Tibet, China, in the morning.
After the border formalities, you need to walk for 50m to the Nepal side. From there, our Nepal counterpart agency will pick you up and drive you to Kathmandu.
From today our Lhasa to Kathmandu tour in Tibet officially end. Have a safe journey after that
