OLA03 Explorwestchina Trans Kham Sichuan-Tibet on Northern & Southern Route Overland Adventure 14 Days Tour
fromRoute:Chengdu – Wolong – Danba – Bamei – Kasa Lake – Garze – Yilhun Lhatso – Dege – Chamdo – Bangda – Baxoi – – Ranwu – Bome – Nyingchi – Basum Tso Lake – Lhasa – Potala Palace – Jokhang monastery – Drepung monastery – Chengdu.
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Vacation Style Holiday TypeDiscovery
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Activity Level Strenuous
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Highilights:
Hard overland tour by 4WD vehicle.
Visit Panda in Wolong.
Highland-lakes and grassland.
Folkway of Qiang-Minority, Khampa- and Gyarong-Tibetan.
1000 year old block houses and beautiful Tibetan village in Danba.
On the roof of the world to Lhasa.
Beautiful landscapes Nyingchi.
Three nights in Lhasa with great sightseeing program.
This epic journey through Sichuan, across the Tibetan Plateau to Lhasa, has attracted explorers and adventurers, pilgrims, traders, and even missionaries for hundreds of years. The journey is a long one, and requires a certain dedication on the part of the traveler, as well as a certain resilience to bumps! We have considerable experience of this route and know exactly what is required in terms of transportation, accommodation, and red tape, not to mention the fascinating sights along the way. The first step of this great overland adventure takes us to Pandas in Wolong. Then we drive to the 1000 year old block houses and beautiful Tibetan village in Danba. We head west to Garze which currently boasts the largest monastery in Kham and then continue to the sacred lake of Yilhun Lhatso (Xinlu Hai Lake) and finally the cultural centre of Dege where we can relax for a day. Cross Jinsha Jiang (upper reaches of Yangtse) we entry in Tibet. In Chamdo, the biggest city in East-Tibet we’ll visit Kalden Jampaling Monastery which dates from the 15th century, and forms the focal point of this important market town at the confluence of two tributaries of the Lancang Jiang (Mekong). At this point we take the southern route to Lhasa: cross Nu Jiang (Salween), pass by Ranwu Lake, cross Lulang forests and visit Basum Tso Lake, at last we reach the holy city Lhasa. In Lhasa we visit the Potala Palace, which stands on the Red Hill in the city proper, the holiest place Jokhang as well as Drepung and Sera.
- Day 01 Arrive in Chengdu
- Day 02 Chengdu - Wolong - Danba
- Day 03 Danba - Bamei
- Day 04 Bamei - Kasa Lake - Garze
- Day 05 Garze - Yilhun Lhatso - Dege
- Day 06 Dege - Chamdo
- Day 07 Chamdo - Bangda - Baxoi
- Day 08 Baxoi - Ranwu - Bome
- Day 09 Bome - Nyingchi
- Day 10 Nyingchi - Basum Tso Lake
- Day 11 Basum Tso Lake - Lhasa
- Day 12 Lhasa
- Day 13 Lhasa
- Day 14 Lhasa - Chengdu