Day 1  Kunming

Arrival in Kunming, met and taken to your centrally located hotel. Group welcome dinner.

Day 2  Kunming – Dali

Getting Chinese driver licenses in the morning. We shall then drive to Dali in the afternoon.

Day 3  Dali – Lijiang

Drive to Lijiang, Check in your hotel in the old town.

Day 4  Lijiang to Shangri_la

Drive to Shangri_la, via tiger leaping gorge.

Day 5  Shangri_la to Deqen

Continue to Deqin, first view of mighty Kawakarpo Mountain.

Day 6  Deqin to Markham to Zogang

Drive cross Salween River and over Tongdala Pass. We will reach Zogong.

Day 7  Zogang to Rawu lake

We will have a short hike around Ranwu Lake.

Day 8  Rawu to Bayi

Continue to Lunang, on the foot of Sechela Mouantin. Drive to Bayi.

Day 9  Bayi to Lhasa

We reach Lhasa in early afternoon.

Days 10-11   Lhasa

Visit Potala Palace, Sera, Drepung and Jokhang. Lots of things and monuments to visit.

Day 12 Lhasa - Gyangtse (4000m)

We leave the Yarlung valley and wind our way up the road to Gambala pass (4800m) and have a great view of Yumdrok Lake, the second largest lake in Tibet, we climb up to Gambala mountain and have a great view of Yumdrok lake, onward over the 5,100 m Karo La Pass to Gyangtse. 

Day 13 Gyangtse - Sakya (4300m)

We will visit the Gyangtse Dzong, the old fortress of the town. We also visit the Buddhist Pelkhor Monastery was built in 1427 with a Nepalese influence and is known as the monastery of the ten thousand paintings. We take the final ride on a side road to Sakya where the Sakya Monastery based.

Day 14 Sakya - Everest Base Camp（5200m）

On the way down to Shegar you will view the Mt, Everest in the distance. Ride cross the Pang La we arrive at Rongbuk monastery, this will the highlight of the adventure to ride over the Himalayas to Everest base camp. We will have the view the 8000 meter mountains on the pass. From Rongbuk Monastery, we take a short hike to base camp and watch the sunset on the highest mountain in the world.

Day 15 Everest Base Camp - Shigatse  (3900m)

Nothing compares to waking up in the glorious morning of Chomolungma. We ride to Shigatse, the second largest city of Tibet, is also the home to Panchan Lama. 

Day 16  Shigatse - Lhasa

We drive back to Lhasa via another road with its fantastic panoramas to Lhasa. We ride on roads through the valley with its farms and pastures. We will follow the Yarlungzangpo river and finally reach Lhasa. Upon arrive in Lhasa we check in the hotel and celebrate out adventure with a Lhasa beer, or maybe two ! 

Day 17 Lhasa to Chengdu

We will transfer you to the airport for your flight to Chengdu.

Tour Prices in US$

$4200/person for 6+ persons

Photographing enthusiasts' family from Toronto, hired ActiveChina to organize our month long overland tour to Tibet. We drove from Kunming to Lhasa with our guide. Once in our life time journey, travelled through the least visited region of Tibet. Thousands of pictures of nomads, monks, festivals, temples and mountainscape taken. We highly recommend this company to anyone plans to visit China.

David Liang - Canada 

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We joined ActiveChina's self driving tour to Mt.Everest base camp and it was one of our best adventures. As big fans of remote corners f the world, we actually felt this experience was precious and unforgettable. The driving was long but never a dull moment, the journey took us from the foothills of the Himalayas to the heart of the greatest mountain range. Hotels were surprisingly good even in these remote towns, our guide and assist driver did everything to make a wonderful journey for us ！ 

Paula - Chile