Overland Travel in Ali (Ngari) ( Route North) (22 days)

Code Id NAVO-O-Tibet-004
Title Overland Travel in Ali (Ngari,Route North)
P.S.
Duration 22 days ; 21 days and 20 nights in China
Areas Tibet, Sichuan
Itinerary Chengdu/Lhasa/Gyangze/Xigaze/Lhaze/
Tingri(Shegar)/ Pegutso/ Saga/ Zhongba/
Manasarowa(Manasarovar)/
Darchen(Mt. Kailash)/Zanda/ Shiquanhe/
Ge’gyai/ Gerze/Dongco/ Jiwa/ Bange/
Namco/ Lhasa/ Chengdu
Season From May to October
Difficulty
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Overland Travel In Ali (ngari) ( Route North)
Overland Travel In Ali (ngari) ( Route North)
Highlights The Potala Palace, Jokhang Temple, Pakor Street, Sera Monastery, Drepung Monastery, Tashilhunpo Monastery, Norbulinka, Rongbuk Monastery, Pegutso, Manasarovar Lake, Darchen(Mt. Kailash), Toilin Monastery, Guge Kingdom, scenery of depopulated zone in North Tibet, scenery of highland, lakes on highland, wild animals, Bangong Co Lake, Siling Co Lake, Nam Co Lake
Introduction of the itinerary
Itinerary day by day
01 Setting Off
02 **/Chengdu Hotel
Arrive in Chengdu., and transfer to hotel. Free time for guest.
03 Chengdu/Lhasa(3658M) Hotel
Fly off in the morning and arrive in Lhasa then have lunch. Rest and acclimate the climate and altitude in the afternoon.
04 Lhasa Hotel
Visit The Potala Palace, Jokhong Temple, Barkhor Street.
05 Lhasa Hotel
Visit Sera Monastery, Drepung Monastery, Norbulinka, etc
06 Lhasa/Xigaze Hotel
Head for Xigaze. Visit Tashilhunpo Monastery.
07 Xigaze/Lhatse/ Old Tingri(Shegar) Hotel
Head for Tingri via Lhaze.
08 Old Tingri(Shegar)/Rongbuk Monastery/Tingri Hotel
Here is mountain road. From Shegar to Rongbuk Monastery by bus needs 3 hours. Return to Tingri by bus.
09 Tingri/Peigucuo Lake/Saga Hotel
Visit the grassland and the lake. Head for Saga, crossing the Yarlung Zamgbo River by ferryboat.
10 Saga/Zhongba/Paryang Hostel
View the specialties of Tibet. Visit sand hills, valleys, grassland, tents and Tibetan families. The accommodation condition is poor.
11 Paryang/ Manasarovar Hostel
Cross over Pass of Mt. Mayoumula. Visit the grassland, tents and Tibetan families. Arrive at Holy lake – Manasarovar Lake.
12 Manasarovar/ Darchen ( Mt. Kailash) Hostel
Head for Darchen and visit Holy Mountain- Mt. Kailash.
13 Mt. Kailash/ Zhada Hotel
Enjoy the culture of Tibetan area: grassland, snow mountain, Zhada
14 Zhada/ Shiquanhe Hotel
Take picture of the relic of Guge Kingdom.
15 Shiquanhe/ Ge’gyai/ Xiongba Hostel
The hungriness in tableland, snow mountain, lakes
16 Xiongba/ Gertse Hostel
Thisis the hungriness area with lots of snow mountains and lakes. Guest can see gang of antelopes and donkeies and wild animal along the road. As the condition there is very poor and seldom has people went there.
17 Gertse/ Dongco/ Gyewa Hostel
The road situation is getting worse after pass Dongco. There are hungriness , snow mountain, lakes and wild animals.
18 Gyewa/ Palgon Hotel
One day hard driving via Seling Tso and Pangkog tso and arrive the Palgon county.
19 Palgon/ Namtso Hostel
The road is in poor condition. Arrive Namtso lake in the afternoon. And stay at the hostel beside the lake.
20 Namtso/ Dangxiong/ Lhasa Hotel
Back to Lhasa
21 Lhasa/ Chengdu Hotel
Airport send off .
22 Chengdu/ Exit
Airport send off
Price
Pax 2 3-5 6-9 Over 10
Price
Extra for the single room
The price includes
Transport
Mini bus: D02-D05 D21-D22
4X4 D06-D20
Plane: Chengdu/ Lhasa/ Chengdu
Accommodation
Hotels with 2 or 3 stars or the best local hotels or hostels.
Tour guide
We could arrange the guide according to the client’s language requirement. But for the French or German group, we could guarantee you the French or Germany speaking guide, only if there’re more than 10 people in your group.
Meals
BLD
Tickets
All the entrance fees are included.
Permits for entering Tibet:
It takes 7-10 days for us to apply for the permits; thus, the copy of your passport (including the visa page) is supposed to be sent to our company by fax or email couple weeks before clients set off.
Offer
Air tank, etc.
Individual preparation
personal clothes; camera; sunglasses; suncream; topi; medicine for high attitude; etc
The price doesn’t include
International air tickets.
Tips.
Drinks.
The price is not available for:
The Spring Festival;
The Labor’s day (May.01-07);
The National Celebration Day (Oct.01-07)
Remark
A: You can arrive Chengdu via Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Hong Kong, Bangkok, etc.
B: You can leave Lhasa or Chengdu via Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Hong Kong, Bangkok, Kathmandu, etc.
C: The latest time running French group in this itinerary was 2004.The latest time running Taiwan group in this itinerary was in 2005..
D: The accommodation along the road is in poor condition and NAVO suggests our guest to take their personal sleeping bag.