Lhasa Kathmandu Overland tour:
A latest short tour from Kathamandu - Lhasa Tibet is more easy to get there, visitors who have short time. 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 within 8 days.
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:Kathmandu - Fly drive Lhasa transfer to hotel (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 - Sigatse (3900 m) 3 1/2 hour drive
Day 06:Shigatse - Sakya (4000 m)
Day 07: Sakya - Nyalam (3750 m)
Day 08: Nyalam - Kathmandu (1300 m)
