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| Splendid Sichuan-Tibet-Nepal North Way overland 15days tour |
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Sichuan-Tibet Highway begins at Chengdu, Sichuan and ends at Lhasa, Tibet. It extends via Ya`an and Kangding to Xinduqiao, where the road becomes crotched. The north way runs via Gantse, Dege, Qamdo to Bamda, where the south way joins in. The road goes on via Baxoi, Ranwu, Bomi, Nyingchi ,covering a distance of 2412km, and finally reaches Lhasa. Drivers prefer the south way because it is shorter ( 2149km ) and its average altitude is lower.
Day 1: Chengdu-368km-Kangding (2500m)
152km ride on Chengdu Basin to Ya`an and over Mt Er`lang mounting Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. In a river valley Dreams Travel`s clients find Kangding, a twon famous for its love songs.. Visit Dorje Drak Monastery (a branch of the Dorje Drak Monastery in Lhasa), Lhamo Tsering Monastery & Ngachu Gompa (a branch of the Drepung Loseling Monastery). Overnight at Hotel.
Day 2: Kangding-214km-Daofu (3040m)
Daofu or Tawu(in Tibetan) is a small town situated in a narrow basin along the Zhe-chu river. As you approach the town you will see a huge chorten & an immense 10 m-sq pile of mani prayer stones nearby. Nyitso Gompa, is an important Gelukpa Monastery. At an abservation point beyond the gompa you can see the 3 sacred mountains (Rigsum Gompo), to the south over the river.
Day 3：Daofu-376km-Dege (3270m)
Kanze is a small riverside trading town & the largest in the area. On the northern side of the town is the Kanze Gompa spread over a hill commanding a fine view of the snow mountains & Kanze Dege, is the cultural center of Eastern Tibet. Here the clients of Dreams Travel visit Dege Gonchen Monastery founded in 1448 & belongs to the Sakyapa order of Tibetan Buddhism. Also visit the famous Dege Parkhang where Tibetan Buddhist sutras are printed.
Day 4: Dege-338km-Qamdo (3240m)
Drive from Jomda to Qamdo. Reaching the end of the day would seem like a mighty feat as we will be crossing over no less than four passes - Khargang La (4,352 m/14278 ft), Lashi La (4,450 m/14600 ft), Jape La (4,680 m/15354 ft), and Tama La (4,511 m/14800 ft), with clutters of prayer flags waving in the wind on the peaks and friendly nomads waving at us from the grasslands. Stay in a 3 star hotel in Chamdo.
Day5: Qamdo Stay
Straddling the Mekong river, Chamdo possesses a rich history as one of the earliest centers of the Tibetan plateau and home to Kalden Jampaling, the great monastery founded between 1436-44 and developed through the centuries by successive incarnations. While the original monastery was destroyed in 1912 by the Chinese, it was rebuilt when the Tibetan army seized Chamdo in 1917. We will spend the day stretching our legs, exploring the monastery and shopping in Tromzikhang, an open-air market where colorfully dressed Tibetans pawn their wares and antique goods.
Day6: Qamdo-248km-Dengqen(4500m)
There are rich tourist resources in Dengqen. Either on far-flung grassland or waving mountainous area beautiful scenery is beheld everywhere.
Tsedru Monastery is of Bon, the native religion in Tibet, which is said to be traced back to 3,000 years ago. It is the only one that still offers courses of Bon sutra and Supremacy Yoga. Monks keeps on their Nude Dance.
Day7: Dengqen-273km-Sog Xian(4600m)
Sog is what Tibetans call Mongolia. Overnight at Guesthouse
Day8: Sog Xian- 549km-Lhasa.
Religious Circumambiency is a practice of Tibetan Buddhism. Pilgrims believe that it enables them to gain more merits and virtues to trek around a lake in the Sheep Year and around a mountain in the Horse Year
Day 9-10: Lhasa Visit
Potala, the largest castle in the world used to be the religio-political center of Old Tibet, the winter palace of Dalai Lama and the cemetery stupas of deceased Dalai Lamas and now it is a great museum of art and teasures.
Jokhang, the final destination of all sects, is where the city and Tibetan Buddhism began.
Norbulinkha, Dalai Lama`s summer palace, gives you some ideas of Dalai Lama`s life and the history of Tibet.
Day 11: Lhasa-260km-Gyantse(3900)
Yamzho Yumtso is one of three great holy lakes in Tibet. It is perhaps the most sacred place for a meditator.
Gyantse means Castle of Triumphy, a typical Tibetan town with Pelko Chode the main attraction, which is eight-storeyed and has 71 chapels. The exquisite building is called 100,000-Buddha Pagoda.
Day12: Gyantse-240km-Sakya
The monastery of Shalu was founded by Chetsun Sherab Jungnay in the region of Nyangro near the present day town of Shigatse. In the early fourteenth century it became the most important centre of learning under Butön Rinpoche (1290-1364), one of Tibet`s greatest scholars. There he brought together the one hundred and eight volumes of the fundamental texts of Buddhism, the Kanjur, and the two hundred volumes of "treaties and commentaries", the Tenjur. At the same time he supervised the execution of 499 tantric mandalas, a few of which can be still seen in two chapels on the first floor. In 1305, Butön Rinpoche advised Prince Drakpa Gyaltsen to extend the monastery, following which Shalu was decorated by Tibetan and Nepalese artists who had been trained in the Mongol imperial workshops under the famous Newari master, Arniko (1245-1306). Due to Butön`s activity, the monastery became one of the most important centres of study in Tibet, continuing on as an influential, non-sectarian monastry for centuries to come. The association has adopted the name of Shalu, as an exceptional repositary of Tibetan religious art, and in memory of this great Buddhist teacher.
Sigatze is famous for Tshilunpo, which houses a gigantic copper figure of zmaitreya Buddha, and it is the seat of Banchan Lama, the Capital of Rear Tibert.
The Sakya Monastery ( built in 1073) is the premier monasyery of Sakya Sect or Gray Sect
Overnight at Guesthouse.
Day 13: Sakya-360km-Rongbuk (5200m)
Rongbuk Monastery is said to be the highest monastery on our planet. Its altitude is 5,100 meters (16728 feet). The monastery was built in 1899, as a Nyingmapa monastery since it was said that once Padmasambhava, founder of Nyingmapa, preceded his religious cultivation here. It is a right sopt to see the north face of Mt Qomonama or Mt Everest called by Westerners. Overnight at Guesthouse.
Day 14: Rongbuk-360km-Zhangmu(2800m)
It is an exciting trip to have a sharp descending from over 5000 meters to some 2000 meters in just half an hour and Dreams Travel`s clients are suffering from temporary deafness when they realize that they have crossed Himalyas.
Day 15: Exit
Dreams Travel`s Nepal Agent are expecting the clients.
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(based on per person and shown in US dollars)
Departure Date:Apr.
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*Transport:air-conditioned bus on seat-shared basis+ experienced driver
*Guide:An English speaking guide or one upon request
*Rooms:two-bed basis
*Meals:all meals of the best available
*Entries:The admission to all indicated in the itinerary
*Permit:TTB permit and anything else necessary. |
*Personal expenses and entertainment excluded in the itinerary
*Any air fare
*anything paid by the insurance company |
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No recommendation |
1.It is inadvisable for those who suffer from hypertension, cardiopathy and anything unsuitable to alpine areas to take this tour.
2.When ascending an area over 3,000 meters, one may, more or less, suffer from his reaction to the high altitude: dry lips, nose-bleeding, headache, dyspnea, naupathia, vomit, insomnia or something uneasy, which will vanish in a couple of days.
3.Do take along warm clothes, sunglasses, suntan oil, lipstick and anything on standby
4.Drink enough water and avoid running or sports. Yak-butter tea, milk products and bverage with sachalin rhodiola rhizome help one`s acclimation....... |
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