TIBET TOUR » Lhasa- Draksum Lake - Payi - Pome - Yunnan - Dechen
08 Nights - 09 Days

Itinerary:

• Day 01: Fly Kathmandu to Lhasa airport and transfer to Lhasa. Afternoon rest for acclimatization in hotel. O/n in hotel.
• Day 02-03: SIGHTSEEING IN LHASA (3,600m)
  Full day sightseeing tour of Lhasa with POTALA PALACE, JOKHANG TEMPLE, BARKHOR BAZZAR, DREPUNG & SERA MONASTERY. O/n in hotel.
• Day 04: Drive Lhasa to Draksumtso (260 km) via small town of Kongpo Gyamda north of Bayi and northeast of Lhasa. This is an area of stunning natural beauty of forests and clear running streams abound, and there are incredible lakes, epitomized by the Island Lake of Draksum tso. O/n hotel.
• Day 05: Drive Draktsum Tso to northeast of Kongpo Bayi (127 km). Kongpo is the name given to the Nyangchu river and the area of Brahmaputra into which flows, extending from the high Mamzhong La pass (5,000 m) west of Gyamda to Menling in the south west of and the massive snow peaks of Namchak Barva and Gyala Pelri in the southeast. O/n in guesthouse.
• Day 06: Drive Bayi to Pome (230 km) crossing over the Serkhyen La pass (4,700m) into the flowering Rongchu valley. There are spectacular views of mount Namcha Bawa (7,756 m) and MT Gyala pelri (7,150m) to the east and northeast respectively.
• Day 11: Drive Pome to Basho (200 km), the highway from POME to BASHO continues to follow the PARLUNG Tsangpo up stream through alpine forests landscape for 200 km.
• Day 07: Drive Basho to Dzogong (190 km), it is the valley of salween south of Basho and those of its tributaries, the Le-chu and the Yuchu (south of Pomda ).
• Day 08: Drive Dzogong to Markham (160 km), this truly memorable journey combines the route from Lhasa to Dechen in Tibet border of Yunnan with the plunging glacier of the sacred mountain Karwa Karpo (6,740m) in to the rich flowering landscape of Dechen County and Yunnan.
• Day 09: Departure to Dechen.

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