| Day 1: Fly
to Lhasa airport, pick up and drive 2 hours (95 Km) to Lhasa city.
O/N at hotel.
Day 2-3: Sightseeing of Potala
palace and Jokang Temple and Barkhor market, Sera and Drepung
monasteries.
Day 4: Drive Lhasa to Gyangtse
(260 KM) southeast of Lhasa on the northern bank of Nyangchu River.
It takes around 8 hours to reach Gyangtse crossing the Kampala
Pass (4800m) via Yamdrok Lake and Mt. Nanchen Kangsar Glacier.
Day 5: Morning sightseeing in
Gyangtse Khubum and Pelkor monastery then drive to Shegatse. (Khubum
Choten and Monastery was built in 15th century by Rabten Kunsang
and first Penchen Lama. Afternoon sightseeing Tashilonpo Monastery
which was built in 1447 by first Dalai Lama.
Day 6: Drive to Lhatse via Sakya
Monastery (210 KM) it takes about 5 hours. The Sakya Monastery
tradition is one of the four main Buddhist schools in Tibet. It
was the monastery from where the whole of Tibet was governed during
the period of the Sakyapa hegemony (1268- 1365) and even now there
are buildings of historic important to be seen. Overnight at Guest
House.
Day 7: Drive to Ngamring Country,
the country is capital of Ngamring located to the north east of
Gekha on a turn off, (60 KM) from Lhatse, and (240 KM) from Saga.
After crossing the Brahmaputra at Lhatse Chaksam bridge, the recent
construction of which has put an end to the adventure of the ferry
crossing, Ngamring road ascends a rocky river valley, with mount
Yakri (Yakpo Gangri, 5614 meters,) to the north east and the bridge
over blue water of Lake Langtso to the south. A large valley leads
up to Ghekha township (53 KM) from Lhatse.
Day 8: Drive Ngamring to Chung
Riwoche (60 KM) it takes about 2 hours to Chung Riwoche at night
camping.
Day 9: Sightseeing of Chung
Riwoche stupa. (The stupa of Chung Riwoche overlooks the Barhmaputra,
from its vantagepoint at the base of mount Pal Riwoche and the
ruins of Chung Riwoche monastery. It was constructed during the
period 1449-56 and had associations with both the Sakyapa school
and Tangtong Gyelpo ‘s own Chang Tsammpa tradition. At night camping.
Day 10: Drive from Chung Riwoche
to Ralung Chotsen via Ngamring Kyetso (120 KM) it takes about
5 hours. Overnight camping (Ralung Choten means Hot spring).
Day 11: Drive to Saga (166 km)
it takes around 4 hours. (Saga country in North Lato is the region
occupied by the upper Brahmaputra and its tributaries: the Rukyok
Tsangpo and Kyibuk Tsangpo. The country’s capital is located at
Kyakyaru, 58 km from the Raga junction on the North Lato or Lhatse
road, 105 Km from Dzongka on the Zhangmu or south Lato road, and
146 Km from Drongpa on the southern route Mount kailash. Night
at Guest house
Day 12: Drive to Kyirong Zongka
(66 KM) it takes 2 hours. Kyirong country in South Lato occupies
the valleys of the Kyirong Tsangpo River (Trishuli) and its tributaries
as well as the adjacent Gungtang-Chu headwaters and the basin
of Lake Pelkhu Tso. To South straddling the Tibet - Nepal border
lie the mighty snow peaks of the Himalayan range. Overnight at
camping.
Day 13: Drive to Pelkhu Tso
(60 km) it takes about 3 hours at. (Pelkhu Lake 4600 m) And you
seen Mt. Shisha Pangma (8013 m). Overnight camping.
Day 14: Drive to Old Tingri
(130 Km) it takes about 2 hours. Tingri country occupies the upper
reaches of the Bam-Chu (Arun) river, and the lateral valleys formed
by its tributaries, the foremost of Ra-chu Tsangpo, and Lang Kor
Gya-chu. It also includes the valley of the Rongshar Tsanpo and
Lapchi Gang Tsangpo, which flow southwest into Nepal to join the
Sunkosi river. The county is bordered on the south by the formidable
barrier of the high Himalayan range, including Mount Everest,
Makalu, and Cho Oyo. Overnight at guesthouse.
Day 15: Drive to Zhangmu (180
KM) it takes about 5 hours via Lalung la Pass (5124 m) and via
Melarepa Cave, the temple of Pengyeling monastery (44 KM) south
of the last Himalayan pass, was built around the sacred Namkading
Cave of Milara cave, which overlooks the approach to the hidden
valley of Lapchi Gang. The buildings are invisible from the motor
road at road maker 683), some three Km below the highway and above
the West Bank of the Matsang Tsangpo. Same day cross into the
Nepal side.
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