Khashgar, also called Khashi, was once a major halt for caravans on the Silk Road .It is now a prosperous commercial centre with a population composed of Uighur, Tajik and Kirgiz nationalities. Here it is the Han Chinese who are in the minority.

This tour can be commenced either from Kathmandu , OR from Lhasa OR mainland China ( Chengdu or Beijing ). The trip can be designed as per your amount of time and the places you would like to cover within the tour.

Here, we have offered a program that commences from Kathmandu with an hour & 10 minutes flight to Lhasa where we spend a few days to look around. From Lhasa , we take our journey to Mt. Kailash via Gyantse (the ancient trading center of Tibet ) and Shigatse (the second largest city of Tibet ). We make a 3 days trek around the Mt. Kailash then continue our journey to Khasgar via Tirthpuri, Tholing, Shiquanhe and Yecheng. Please check the itinerary:

OUT-LINED ITINERARY:

Day 01: Fly to Lhasa . You will be met at the airport and transferred to your hotel. It is a two hours drive to reach Lhasa from the Airport.

Day 02: A full day sightseeing tour within Lhasa . We visit Potal Palace , Norbulinkha Palace and Barkhor Square today.

Day 03: Today, we visit Drepung Monsatery and Sera monastery. Evening free on your own.

Day 04: Drive, Lhasa to Gyantse. We visit Kumbum stupa, Pelkor Chode Monastery and Gyantse Dzong.

Day 05: Drive to Shigatse. We visit Tashilunpu Monastery here.
Day 06: Shigatse/Lhatse via Sakya monastery
Day 07: Drive Lhatse/Sangsang/Saga, camping
Day 08: Drive Saga/Paryang, o/n camping
Day 09: Drive Paryang to Lake Manasarovar , walk around the lake, camping
Day 10: Lake Manasarovar to Darchen. Overnight at lodge
Day 11: Drive to Darboche and trek to Dera Phuk Gomba
Day 12: Continue trek to Zhutulphuk Gomba
Day 13: Finish trek and back to Darchen
Day 14: Drive Darchen to Tsaparang
Day 15: Visit Tholing and Guge Kingdom
Day 16: Drive to Shiquanhe (Gar)
Day 17: Drive Shiquanhe/Ritok
Day 18: Drive Ritok/yecheng
Day 19: Drive Yecheng/Kashgar