Tibet Everest Base Camp tour

country:	Tibet
location:	Tibet Everest base camp
trip type:	High altitude & very challenging trekking holidays
departures:	Up to 4 departures a month on every Thursday throughout the year except January - March.
price:	From £1227 (14 days) including Lhasa to Kathmandu flight as per itinerary. Fully inclusive package. Group discount available 4+. Please request for private departure.
vouchers:	Gift vouchers can be used with this holiday

Everest base camp holidays

High altitude trekking

the amazing things you'll be doing

This is one of the most cultured and wilderness tours on the Tibetan Plateau, which starts once we follow Friendship Highway through some of the most amazing landscapes on Earth. We pass small Tibetan settlements, nomadic herdsmen wandering across the wide arid plains and awe-inspiring mountain peaks.

Equally as fascinating is the wealth of cultural interest and we will have plenty of opportunity to explore this side of Tibet, both in Lhasa and the other towns we pass through on our journey to Kathmandu.

We spend 3 nights in Lhasa, staying right in the centre of the old city. This will allow us plenty of time for acclimatization and easy access to the city's main attractions - the Potala Palace and Jokhang Temple. Leaving Lhasa in our 4 wheel drive, we'll travel through this amazing country, staying in the best traditional hotels Tibet has to offer.

In the towns of Gyantse and Shigatse we visit further monasteries and fully immerse ourselves in the Buddhist culture.

day-by-day itinerary

Day 1:	Arrive at Kathmandu airport (1345meters). Overnight at hotel.
Day 2:	Sightseeing around Kathmandu. Overnight at hotel.
Day 3:	Fly from Kathmandu to Lhasa (3660meters). Overnight at hotel.
Day 4:	Sightseeing in Lhasa. Overnight at hotel.
Day 5:	Second day of sightseeing in Lhasa. Overnight at hotel.
Day 6:	Drive to Gyantse (3950meters) - 261 k.m. Overnight at hotel.
Day 7:	Drive to Shigatse (3900meter) - 90 k.m. Overnight at hotel.
Day 8:	Drive to Shegar (New Tingri) (4050meters) - 244 k.m. Overnight at hotel.
Day 9:	Drive to Ronguk (5000meters) - 68K.m. Overnight at hotel.
Day 10:	Hike to Everest Base Camp and back to Rongbuk (5000meters) and drive back to Tingri (4390meters) - 65 k.m. Overnight at hotel.
Day 11:	Drive to Zhangmu (2300meters) - 181 k.m. Overnight at hotel.
Day 12:	Drive to Kathmandu(1345 meters). Overnight at hotel.
Day 13:	Leisure day in Kathmandu. Overnight at hotel.
Day 14:	Transfer for your final flight departure.

travelling with a local operator

This holiday is operated by a company based in the holiday destination and they will be able to provide expert local knowledge. They will be able to tailor make your holiday to suit your requirements not only concerning the dates of travel but also typically the standard of accommodation, and thus price. It is rare for local operators to be able to help with the booking of your flights.

how this holiday makes a difference

Although this is mainly a driving tour we continue to support Responsible Tourism through ensuring all local vehicles used for transportation are serviced frequently in addition we fully comply with Government Road Worthy standards. This ensures minimal gas emissions are lost from our vehicles, poorly maintained or malfunctioning vehicles can release as much as 10 times the emissions of a well-maintained vehicle.

The accommodation along this tour is of a very basic standard, as our accommodation partners provide basic facilities, minimal energy is used for the operation of the Guest Houses along with minimizing the use of non-bio degradable products, organic vegetables, fruits and consumables which are sourced from the surrounding communities to benefit the local villages.

With the help of our local Tibetan guide our passengers genuinely gain a firsthand experience and insight as they travel through the different areas with a great benefit from their knowledge on places to eat and stay which best support the local people.

Project for the blind commenced in 1998 in Lhasa with the opening of the first rehabilitation and training centre for the blind in the Tibetan Autonomous Region. We encourage individuals and groups to visit and make contributions both through interaction and financial donations. This centre provides four main services:

A preparatory school for children from all over the Tibet Autonomous Region, who are first given intensive ‘orientation and mobility’ training and then learn to read and write the Tibetan, Chinese and English Braille scripts.
Training for teachers in mainstream schools that receive children who have been prepared by the centre.
A Braille book printing house where schoolbooks are printed in Tibetan Braille, using a computer programme developed by a blind, German mathematician to convert Tibetan script into Tibetan Braille.
Vocational training courses in areas such as medical massage and physiotherapy, music, animal husbandry, agriculture and handicrafts.

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