Kathmandu - Lhasa - Holy Mt Kailsah:
A latest short tour from Kathamandu - Lhasa Tibet is more easy to get there, visitors who have time more than two weeks time to travel in western Tibet Ali Goge Kingdom. Before five years the friendship highway between Nepal - Tibet was a bit harder to drive. Now a days the road have fully constructed well. But you have to fly one way from Kathamandu to Lhasa or fly back from Lhasa to Kathamandu.
In Lhasa there are famous sakyapa and Mingmapa Buddhist monastries. Among this the Potala palace was very old monument, where spent 14 th re-incarnation of the Dalai Lamas. By political evacuated by People Repulic of China the palace was as like a museum since 1954 for the locals. Tibet Tourism Board was eastabilished since 1989 than it was fully opened for the western visitors. Shera Monastry on norhtern part of city, Ganden Monastry on southern part of capital city Lhasa are more popular and very old monuments. Gyantse, the day drive from Lhasa on the way have very old Khumbum Chorten and castle are very famous. Shigatse is another beautiful quite and clean city where is situated famous Panchen Lamas palace and his temple called Tashi Lompo. Sakya where is situated Sakyapa Gompas. Nyalam another place near Nepal border line fiinally to get nepal has a famous Milarpas Cave, where spritual leader Padmasambhava was mediatated final departure from Tibet during his religious tour to focusing Budhism in Tibet on the way to Nepal and India.
Itinerary
Day 01: Kathamdnu - Fly and drive 90 km to Lhasa (3670 m)
Day 02: In Lhasa city sight seeing (visit Shera Monastry, Norbhu Linkha, Ganden Monastry)
Day 03 :In Lhasa visit Potala palace, Bharkor Square and Other famous Monastries
Day 04: Lhasa - Gynntse (3950 m) 7 hours drive
Day 05 :Gyantse - Shigatse (3900 m) 3 1/2 hour drive
Day 06 :Shigatse - Sakya (4000 m.)
Day 07: Sakya - Saga (4600 m)
Day 08: Saga - Parying (4750 m)
Day 09: Parying - Darchen (4675 m)
Day 10:Darchen - terk to Dira Phuk(5210 m)
Day 11: Dira Phuk - cross Droma La to Zutrul Phuk Gompa(5636 m)
Day 12: Zutrul Phuk - trek to Darchen (4675 m)
Day 13: Darchen - drive to Lake Manasarovar (4560 m)
Day 14: Manasarovar - Paryang (4750 m)
Day 15: Paryang - Saga (4600 m )
Day 16: Saga - Nyalam (3750m)
Day 17: Nyalam - Kathmandu (1300 m)
