Arrive in Kathmandu. Receive at Airport, transfer to Hotel. Overnight Hotel in Kathmandu.

KATHMANDÚ – RASUWAGADHI BORDER (153 km) – KERUNG (24 km) – (3,200m: 8-9 hrs)

Drive from Kathmandu about 50 km down on the Kathmandu-Pokhara Highway (Prithvi Highway) then, continue drive with a right hand side turn to TRISHULI
from where our uphill drive starts passing by
DHUNCHE and SYABRUBESI townships on our way to RASUWAGADHI and TIMURE (Nepal side immigration point) and KERUNG (Tibet side immigration point).

KERUNG – NEW TINGRI (XEGAR) (4,350M): 260 KM

please request your guide to drive the top of the LALUNG LA (pass of 5,050 m), from where (weather permitting view of beautiful Himalayan ranges
including MT CHO OYU (8,201 m) & MT XISHAPAGMA (8,012 m), drive to OLD TINGRI, (weather permitting view of MT. EVEREST (8,848 m) but a bit far at a distance)

NEW TINGRI (XEGAR) - XIGATSE (3,900M): 244 KM

crossing over GYATSU LA (5,220 m), the highest pass en route to LHASA via LHATSE

XIGATSE - GYANTSE (3,950M): 90 KM

PANCHEN LAMA’S TASHILHUMPU MONASTERY, scenic drive to GYANTSE through the picturesque typical Tibetan farmland,
KUMBUM STUPA & PHALKOR MONASTERY

GYANTSE - LHASA (3,650M): 261 KM

POTALA PALACE (Dalai Lama’s winter palace), JOKHANG TEMPLE (central Buddhist cathedral of Lhasa city) and BARKHOR BAZAAR (downtown of Lhasa).

Visit DREPUNG MONASTERY (the biggest monastery in Tibet) and SERA MONASTERY (the 2nd biggest monastery with debating monks.

Lhasa - Kathmandu

Drive to Gongaar Airport (62+KMS) from your Hotel for the flight to Kathmandu

Departure transfer to Airport.