10 days Tour to Everest Basecamp

Ten days Tour to Everest Basecamp offers you a one of a unique advantage of exploring most of the attraction Tibet has to offer to international travellers. Everest in Tibet side has a considerable advantage for the travellers as it provides a motorable road till the foot of Everest.

In this tour, you spend some days in Lhasa. Where you will visit some significant monastery in Lhasa including Potala Palace, Jokhang Temple, Sera Monastery, Drepung Monastery, you will then drive on friendship highway towards Nepal. In this way, you will visit Gyantse town, Shigatse city, and Sakya monastery. Then you will see the Everest basecamp.

At the Everest base camp, you will visit spent a night in the tent guest house near Rongbuk Monastery. After Everest base camp, you will then drive back to Lhasa for the flight or train to your destination.
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Destination:- Lhasa, Gyantse, Shigatse, Sakya monastery, Mount Everest Basecamp
Duration:- 10 Days and 9 Nights
Difficulty: Easy
Best Time to Travel:- April to Febuary

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Tour Itinerary of 10 days Tour to Everest Basecamp

Day 1: Arrival in Lhasa

We will welcome you at the Airport or The Lhasa train station. Then you will be escorted to your hotel. It is always advice the travellers to take a good rest for proper acclimatization. Please do not any activities which would lead you to dehydrate, like taking a bath. And avoid hard work for the first day. Many traveler prefer to take a nap. By the evening we will come to meet you at the hotels and discuss the itinerary and other stuff. If time let, we will have dinner at a Tibetan restaurant.

Day 2: Lhasa guided tour

Visit Jokhang Temple and Sera monastery.

In the morning, after having your breakfast, your guide will meet you at the hotel. Then you will first go to the Jokhang Temple, the holiest temple in Tibetan Buddhism. Since your hotel is in the Tibetan quarter of Lhasa city, you will walk to the Jokhang Temple. After visiting the temple, you can some time to explore the Old Lhasa city on your own for a couple of hours.

The guide will fix you a time and place to visit. In the afternoon, you will see the Sera monastery. This is the most well-preserved monastery in Tibet. The monastery you can sit in the courtyard where monks will be debating on Buddhist philosophy. You can stay there sometimes. This is an excellent opportunity for many travellers to take a picture of the monks’ debate. You can tell your guide to give you some free times to explore the monastery on your own if you would like to live in peace for sometimes.

Day 3: Lhasa guided tour

Visit Potala Palace, and Drepung Monastery.

In the morning you will visit the grand Potala palace. Your guide will fix and time as per the ticket timing. Please do not bring any drinking water or any liquid to drink. You will be asked to either drink it or throw it at the checkpoint. Plus please do not take a picture inside of the palace is restricted. There is a time limitation to two hours to stay inside the palace to fit in all those travellers in limited time and state of vulnerability of century-old palace against thousands of visitor alike. Your guide might hurry you. But if you would like to see something or spend a few moments in a specific place, please let us know.

In the afternoon we will visit the Drepung Monastery. It is one of the three most significant monasteries in Lhasa and central Tibet. In the early 20th Century, it is the world biggest monastic complex. The Kora around the monastery takes about an hour of spectacular views.

Day 4: Drive from Lhasa to Gyantse via Yamdrok lake and Carola Pass

Distance: 263km Drive: 6hr.

It is advised to start the journey a little earlier in the morning. So in most of the cases, we leave Lhasa at 7 in the morning after having breakfast at your hotel. By 11:00 Am you will reach the Kampa-la pass (4700 m). The car will stop here for some time of the beautiful view to Yamdrok Lake below the access and the mighty mount Mount Nojin Kangtsang (7191 meters). After some time at the pass for the picture, we will then drive down to the lake. It is about a 15 minutes drive, and we will descend about 700 meters to the shore. We will stop at the shore, and you will have some time to enjoy the beautiful lake from its shore.

After the lake, we will continue to drive to the Nangartse town for lunch. From Yamdrok lake to Nangartse is 50 km and we will drive along the shore until we divert to the town. If you are travelling during the winter, you can see lots of wild birds on this road. It is advised to bring a binocular if you are the bird lover. Once when we reach the town we will stop here for lunch, and after lunch, you can explore this little Tibetan town for sometimes.

After lunch, we will have one stop at the Karola Glacier. Karola is the biggest Glacier on the Mount Noijin Kangsang. After this, we will then continue to Gyantse town. You will reach the Gyantse town about the 3:00 pm. We will then check in to our hotel for the night and then we will continue to visit the Gyantse Palchoe monastery and Kumbum Stupa. Visiting the monastery would take about one and a half hours. If you still have some energy, we can see the Gyantse fort.

Day 5: Drive from Gyantse to Shigatse via Shula monastery

Distance: 95kms Drive: 2:30hrs

You will start your journey at about 9:00 am. Once when you drive out of the Gyantse town, we will stop at photography spot outside the town. From there you can see the entire town of Gyantse including its monastery, stupa and the fort. It is one of my favourite places in Tibet to take the picture.

From Gyantse, we will first go to Shalu monastery. Many travel and tour operator in Tibet skips in their itinerary. But to me, it is a must place to visit. The painting inside the monastery is very different. Those are the original Newari style paintings.

After Shalu Monastery we will continue to Shigatse. On arrival at Shigatse, we will first visit the Tashi Lhunpo monastery. Built by the first Dalai Lama and official residence of the Panchen Lama. Then we will drive to the hotel and rest of the day is free for you and the group members. But we will have to go to apply for the permit for Everest basecamp.

Day 6: Drive to new Tingri via Sakya monastery

Distance: 286kms Drive: 7hrs

We will start our day little earlier today to have more time Sakya monastery. We will drive on the friendship road. From the Tibetan town of Lhatse, we will take a detour to Sakya monastery. The monastery is the main principle monastery of the Sakyapa school of Tibetan Buddhism. The monastery looks like a medieval fort. This architecture and painting of the Sakya monastery are entirely different from any other attraction you will visit in this tour. There are lots of things you can see in the monastery, that is why we leave from Shigatse earlier. After the Sakya Monastery, we will continue driving to Tingri, and we will stop for the night before going up to Everest basecamp.

Day 7: Drive to Everest Base Camp

Distance: 110kms Drive: 4hrs

If you would like to see the sun shine over the mighty Himalayas and Everest in the morning you will have to start the journey earlier before sunshine. We always recommend all the travelers to leave before the sun shine to see the beautiful sun shine over Everest and its sisters mountains. Before we reach the Basecamp, we will have to change our car to Eco electric bus to the basecamp. Once when we reach at the Rongbuk monastery. We will take some time in Rongbuk Monastery Hotel and then we will go ahead to Everest Base Camp.

We will spend a night in EBC guest house or Tent hostel. The tent could become smoky sometimes. If you think you have an altitude issue, we can return back to Thingri. Please be decisive and decide before every one sleeps.

Day 8: Everest Base Camp to Shigatse

Distance: 350kms Drive: 4hrs Sleeping Elevation: 3848m

First, in the morning we will see the sunshine over Mount Everest. After breakfast, we will go for a little hiking to proper basecamp. There is a small cave of Guru Padmasambhava. You can visit if you walk. After the small hiking, we will drive to the Shigatse.

Day 9: Shigatse to Lhasa

Distance: 280kms Drive: 4hrs Sleeping Elevation: 3656m

We will travel back to Lhasa, the distance for the return journey is 280 kilometers and It will take only 6 Hours traveling. We will have enough time to do the last minute souvenir shopping or walking the pilgrimage circuit around Jokhang Temple one more time.

Day 10: Departure from Lhasa

Your tour guide will escort you to the Train station or the Airport as per you departure. We will one airport drop off and One train station drop per group. If your train or flight time is not similar with majority of your travel, we will either take a taxi or Airport Bus Service.

Our Special Arrangement with 10 days Tour to Everest Basecamp

Village Home-Stay

We offer Homestay in Traditional rural villages for our clients in Tibet. Our village homestay allows you to experience Tibetan Custom, Tradition and the Way of Life in towns, which would not be available by staying in Hotels and Guesthouse. By living with a village family, you will enjoy the beautiful sceneries of the Tibet countryside and better understand the local culture. Most importantly, our host family we very welcoming and friendly. So, come and enjoy our special arrangement with i-Tibet Travel.

Nomad Tent-Stay

In the Tibetan Plateau, Our Tibetan Nomads live with their herd’s harmony with the fertile environment. We can organize the Nomad Tent-stay for all our clients. In this arrangement, travelers can get the first-hand experience of the lifestyle of Tibetan Nomads. You can join them in herding yaks and sheep, Making cheese, yoghurt, Butter and try riding a Yak. By the end of the day, you can relax drinking Yak Butter tea. Enjoy the authentic nomad experience with our specialist at I-Tibet Travel.

Dinner with Tibet Expert

At the end of the tour on the last night in Lhasa, would you like to have dinner with a Tibetan expert and discuss all the questions you might have about Tibet and Tibetan culture? If yes, have us arrange your dinner with our Tibetan expert. Our renowned Tibetan Expert provides an inspirational and enlightening talk to suit your interest. The theme of the talk can be range from Tibetan History, Tibetan Medicine, Astrology, Culture, Architecture, Tibetan Buddhism and festivals. Our arrangement of dining with Tibetan expert can help you learn a lot about Tibetan people and theirs culture.

Tibetan Calligraphy Class

Tibetan traditional Calligraphy is unique and very popular in western for tattoo art. It is not only a visual art form but also a means to convey though of the beauty of the Tibetan scripts and rejuvenate the energy through its holy mantras. While you are in Tibet, we can arrange a session of Tibetan calligraphy class with a Tibetan expert to learn how to write a basic Tibetan mantra of Om Mani Padme Hum. During the class, you will be using traditional Tibetan Bamboo pen, traditional inkpot, and Traditional Tibetan writing board. You can also bring home your piece of art.

Visit Handicraft Center

Many local initiatives are dedicating themselves to the preservation and promotion of Tibetan arts and Crafts. Your trip will be incomplete without visiting one such initiative where you can see the craftsmen working on their art piece. We will visit one such initiative where you can see artist painting on their Thangka, working on pottery wares, stone carving, and wood printing blocks. In our unique arrangement, there will be a local guide from the institution, who can explain in-depth of Tibetan art and their institution.

Tibetan Cooking Class

With a partnership with Tibetan Family Kitchen, the best restaurant in the entire Tibet. We make a special arrangement for organizing the Tibetan cooking Class. In our Tibetan cooking class, the main chef Namdol will take you to the local market to buy ingredients for the food you are going to learn how to make. After the short visit to the market, she will teach you to step by step in how to make a food of your choice. The popular choice is Momos. Momos is a Tibetan meat Dumplings. It is the most famous Tibetan food. If you are a vegetarian, she can teach you how to make veg momos.

Thangka Class

Thangka is one of the most important local Tibetan Artwork and known the world over. We organize the Thangka class for our visitors to a Thangka class. In Our Thangka class arrangement, you will visit the Thangka master, where you will observe Tibetan artisan and their apprentice at work. You will have a Thangka teacher to teach you about the basics of Thangka painting and teaching you how to draw the face or eye of Buddha. This should be quite an exposure and experience.

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