15-Day Ancient Silk Road Adventure

Daily Itinerary Briefings

1st Day: Arrival in Beijing
You'll be met upon arrival at the Capital Airport of Beijing with comfortable private transfer and check into your hotel. The left hours of the day are for free individual activities. No scheduled program is arranged.

2nd Day: Beijing (B+L+D)
You will be thrilled the whole day when you visit the Tiananmen Square - one of the largest and grandest city squares in the world; the Forbidden City - the imperial palace of Ming and Qing Dynasties and the Temple of Heaven - once was the royal temple. The Beijing Duck Dinner is served as Welcome Dinner at the renowned original Quan Ju De Restaurant, which boasts a history of over 100 years. The cheering Peking Opera (the national opera) is scheduled as evening delight after dinner.

3rd Day: Beijing (B+L+D)
You will be accompanied by our local professional guide to one of the greatest world heritage sites - the Great Wall, Badaling section. Drive to escape the shopping site tourist restaurants near the Great Wall to have a decent meal -Sichuan food, for lunch. The visits continue to the Sacred Way and the Ming Tomb in the afternoon. You will sample Cantonese cuisine for dinner at a top restaurant in the Wangfujing Street, a la carte style.

4th Day: Beijing - Urumqi (B+L)
After the morning duration at the Royal Garden - Summer Palace. Head for Urumqi by flight and your local professional tour guide will expect you with comfortable airport-hotel transfer service.

5th Day: Urumqi - Kashgar (B+L)
This morning, you will board flight for Kashgar - 'the pearl on the Ancient Silk Road'. Upon arrival, your local professional tour guide will expect you with comfortable airport-hotel transfer service. After settling in the hotel, have the must-see visits to Sunday Market. Throughout the bazaars, you will find some stalls that sell everything while others specialize and sell local produce, arts and crafts, garments, knives, timber, coal, and animals.

6th Day: Kashgar - Urumqi - Turpan (B+L)
A new day exploration start from a tour to the Id Kah Mosque located on the center of square in Kashgar City, then walk across the Old Street, follow a visit to the Abakh Khoja Tomb which admired as a well-preserved Islamic architectural complex. Head for Urumqi by flight and your professional tour guide will transfer you to Turpan. Check procedures will be followed.

7th Day: Turpan (B+L)
The first stop of Turpan focus on the Jiaohe Ruins, which is known as the largest, oldest and best-preserved earthen city in the world. As a leading way of fetching water in the past, the visit to Karez Well will inspire your interest. Then conclude the day by visit to the Sugong Pagoda.

8th Day: Turpan - Dunhuang (B+L+D)
The Turpan tour continue with the Gaochang Ruins in the morning, then head for Baizikeli Thousand Buddha Cave, the most valuable Buddhist caves in Turpan and have a glimpse of the legendary Flaming Hill in the novel of 'The Journey to the West'. Board the overnight soft sleeper train to Dunhuang.
Accommodation: an overnight soft sleeper train

9th Day: Dunhuang (L)
Our local tour guide will expect you at the Liuyuan railway station with comfortable transfer to the hotel in Dunhuang. Breakfast is handled by your own. After settled in the hotel, start a tour to Mogao Grottoes, a shrine of Buddhist art treasures. The tour ends with a visit to Dunhuang Museum.

10th Day: Dunhuang - Xian (B+L+D)
An amusive camel-riding experience to Echoing-Sand Dune and Crescent Lake will pack your Dunhuang travel. Head for Xian by flight and be transferred to check in at the well selected hotel, where a luxurious buffet dinner is served at your convenience.

11th Day: Xian (B+L+D)
You will have a visit to the Terracotta Warriors and Horses Museum which is said to be the Eighth Wonder of the world. Drive back by highway to downtown to have a decent lunch at a well-known Cantonese cuisine restaurant. Visit the Big Wild Goose Pagoda and the Great Mosque and the City Wall after lunch. In the evening, we arrange the Dumpling Banquet which is unique in Xian, the marvelous Tang Dynasty Music and Dance Show is scheduled afterwards.

12th Day: Xian (B+L)
Have a visit to the Provincial History Museum in the morning. After an a la carte lunch is served at a famous restaurant, have a visit to the Great Mosque and a local family.

13th Day: Xian - Shanghai (B+L)
Visit the Hanyangling Museum, the Mausoleum of Western Han Emperor Liu Qi on the way to the airport. After lunch, head for Shanghai by afternoon flight and your professional tour guide will meet you with comfortable airport-hotel transfer.

14th Day: Shanghai (B+L+D)
The first stop of Shanghai is to visit the Shanghai Museum which houses large collections of historical items. Then go ahead to the famous Yuyuan Garden. After lunch, take a cruise tour on the Huangpu River. The Farewell Dinner is arranged at Central Hotel as the fitting finale to your discovery of China, the restaurant Wang Bao He in the hotel has a history of over 260 years and is the best place to serve Shanghai Cuisine. You will enjoy an amazing Portman Acrobatic Show at the Shanghai Centre Theatre.

15th Day: Departure from Shanghai (B)
Board your homebound flight. Comfortable hotel-airport transfer is arranged according to your flight schedule.

05 nights / 06 days - fly in fly out).

Day 01 Kathmandu (1,300m.) - Lhasa (3,650m.)
Fly to Lhasa crossing over the panoramic Himalayan ranges (1 hr.). Transfer and check-in to your hotel. Full rest for acclimatization.

Day 02 - 03 in Lhasa
Two full day sight-seeing tour in Lhasa - jokhang temple & barkhor bazaar, potala palace, drepung & sera monasteries.

Day 04 Lhasa - Tsedang
Scenic drive Lhasa - Tsedang with a visit to samye monastery.

Day 05 in Tsedang
Visit yumbulakang & thandruk monastery.

Day 06 Tesedang - Kathmandu
Transfer to the airport and fly back to Kathmandu or to your onward destination.

(4 Nights / 5 Days - Fly in / Fly out) (Departure Every Tuesday)

Day 01 Kathmandu (1,300m.) - Lhasa (3,650m.) : Flight
Fly to Lhasa crossing over the panoramic Himalayan ranges (1 hr.). Transfer and check-in to your hotel. Full rest for acclimatization.

Day 02 - 04 in Lhasa
Two full day sight-seeing tour in Lhasa - jokhang temple & barkhor bazaar, potala palace, drepung & sera monasteries, norbulingka & nunnery, etc.

Day 05 Lhasa - Kathmandu : Flight
Transfer to the airport and fly back to kathmandu or to your onward destination.

7 Nights / 8 Days Drive In - Fly Out Or Vice Versa ( Every SATURDAY/ TUESDAY )

Day - 01 Kathmandu / Kodari / Zhangmu (Drive Trek)
This morning we depart Kathmandu by surface on a scenic drive to Kodari (Nepal-Tibet border), through the beautiful Nepalese countryside. We leave our vehicals here and start a short walk of about one hour 30 minutes uphill with porters to Shangmu Immigrations - known to Nepalese as Khasa, hangs on a cliff face, its boom town architecture having a temporary look; even the monastery roofs are sheathed in corrugated iron sheets and is situated at a height of 2,500 m. Overnight stay at the Hotel.

Day - 02 Zhangmu / Xegar
Today we drive uphill to the highest plateau of the world with the typical view of Tibetan landscape, crossing over Nyalam Pass (3,800 m) and Lalung-La (Pass) at 5,050m, with views of beautiful Himalayan Ranges panorama including the Mt. Everest (8,848 m) to Zhangmu (244 Kms).

Also called "new tingri", is surrounded by mountains, Zhangmu is another town that lies in the shadow of a great fortress. Even in ruins it is majestic. Seeming to grow out of the craggy brown rock, its sinous wall bristles with watchtowers like stegosaurus spines. Isolated in 1855 by Nepalese in search of booty, the Gurkhas cut off the Dzong's water supply and settled in for a long siege. Overnight stay at the Hotel.

Day 03 Xegar / Xigatse (Drive)
We continue on our drive to Lhatse (T-cross to Mt. Everest), and crossing over the Gyatsola Pass at 5,220 m, which is the highest enroute to Xigatse (240 Kms). Xigatse is the second largest town in Tibet and the capital of Tsang, lying 354 Kms. west of Lhasa at an altitude of 3,810 m. Overnight stay at the Hotel.

Day - 04 Xigatse / Gyantse (Drive)
This morning we will visit the Panchen Lama's Tashilhumpu Moanastery, and continue on our drive to gyantse (90 Kms) - is a pastoral town between Lhasa and xigatse. It is 264 Kms. southwest of Lhasa, and still retains the charm of a traditional Tibetan town untouched by modern expansion. As a crossroad on the principle trade route to India, it used to be renowned for the excellence of its carpets. The compound, encircled by on impressive wall, once contained 19 monasteries, presided over by the still intact fortress perched atop a nearby mountain.
Later in the day visit the Kumbum Stupa and Phalkor Monastery. Overnight stay at the Hotel.

Day - 05 Gyantse / Lhasa (Drive)
We continue on a full day picturesque drive crossing over Karola Pass at 5,010m, Kambala Pass at 4,794 m. and a colourful Yamdrok Lake, sometimes along the Tibetan lifeline river Brahmaputra also known as yarlung Tsangpo, to the capital town Lhasa (264 Kms).

Day - 06 Lhasa
Today we will visit the Jokhang Temple, situated in the heart of Old Lhasa, it houses Tibet's most precious religious relic, a golden Shakyamuni Buddha which was brought as a gift bythe Chinese Princess Wen Cheng on the occasion of her wedding to the Tibetan King, Songtsen Gompo. Surrounding the Jokhang Temple is the bustling Barkhor Market place which is the religious and social focus of Lhasa.

Later in the day visit the Potala Palace, this legendary palace built atop a single hill is synonymous with Tibet by the first foremost king Songtsen Gompa. It was expanded to its present structure during the 17th century by the 5th Dalai Lama. This 13 story 1000 room citadel served as the headquarters of the former "church-state" of Tibet and was home to successive Dalai Lamas, who from the latter half of the 18th century used it as their Winter palace. Overnight stay at the Hotel.

Day - 07 Lhasa
Day free at leisure in Lhasa

Day - 08 Lhasa / Kathmandu (Flight)
Early this morning you will be picked up from you respective hotel to be transferred in time to gangaar airport to connect your flight to Kathmandu.

Day 01 - Kathmandu/ Lhasa Flight
This morning you will fly for about an hour over the panoramic Himalayan Ranges to the capital of Tibet " Lhasa" - at an altitude of 3,650 mt, is situated on the north bank of Kyichu River. Lhasa in Tibetan means "Place of the Gods", the residence of the Dalai Lama. Life is unhurried, its people jovial and yet remaining staunchly independent.

On arrival you will be met by the local representative and transferred to your respective hotel. Balance off the day free to relax and acclimatize to the altitude.

Overnight stay at the Hotel

Day 02 - Lhasa / Sightseeing
Today we will visit the Jokhang Temple, situated in the heart of Old Lhasa, it houses Tibet's most precious religious relic, a golden Shakyamuni Buddha which was brought as a gift by the Chinese Princess Wen Cheng on the occasion of her wedding to the Tibetan King, Songtsen Gompo. Surrounding the Jokhang Temple is the bustling Barkhor Market place which is the religious and social focus of Lhasa.

Later in the day visit the Potala Palace, this legendary palace built atop a single hill is synonymous with Tibet by the first foremost king Songtsen Gompa. It was expanded to its present structure during the 17th century by the 5th Dalai Lama. This 13 story 1000 room citadel served as the headquarters of the former "church-state" of the Tibet and was home to successive Dalai Lamas, who from the latter half of the 18th century used it as their Winter palace.

Overnight stay at the Hotel.

Day 03 - Lhasa Excursion
This morning we will drive to Drepung Monastery, 8 Kms west of Lhasa - said to be the largest monastery in the world, housing over 10,000 monks. It was founded in 1416 by the disciple of Je Tsonkhapa, founder of the Yellow Hat Gelukpa sect of Tibetan Buddhism. The second, third and fourth Dalai Lamas lived and were entombed here. Drepung in Tibetan means "Richmond".

Also visit the Sera Monastery, 5 Kms north of Lhasa, Sera setting is one of Lhasa's prettiest monasteries. Once a community of more than 5,000 monks resided here and was virtually extinguished by the Chinese. The restored monastery sits below the brow of hill on which tsongkhapa built a hermitage and spent several years mediating. One of the monks disciples began building Sera in 1419, completing it a few years later.

Overnight stay at the Hotel.

Day 04 - Lhasa / Kathmandu Flight
You will be picked up from your respective hotel in time to connect your flight back to Kathmandu.

Day 1 ( )
Arrival / Lhasa
On arrival at the Gonggar airport, be met and transferred to your hotel in Lhasa. Free at leisure to acclimatize yourself to the high latitude for the rest of the day.]

Day 2 (B,L)
Lhasa
Full day city tour of The Potala Palace, The Jokhang Temple, and Barkhor Street.
The Potala Palace: Perched upon the Marpo Ri Hill, 130 meters above the Lhasa valley, it is the greatest monumental structure in Tibet.
We kindly suggest you take taxi to the top of the palace which costs about 10 and then walk down after your visiting.

The Jokhang Temple: The Jokhang is the most celebrated temple in Tibet. Because the temple is not controlled by a particular sect of Tibetan Buddhism it attracts adherents of all the sects as well as followers of Bon-Po, Tibet's indigenous religion.

Barkhor Street: The Barkhor is the oldest street in Lhasa as well as the center of old Lhasa and remains very traditional. It is a place where Tibetan culture, economy, religion and arts are assembled.

Day 3 (B,L)
Lhasa
Full day city tour of Sera Monastery, Drupeng Monastery, Norbulingka, and visit The Carpet Factory.
Sera Monastery: It is known as one of the three greatest monasteries of Tibet.

It costs 15 to take a taxi to go, however, you can bargain with the taxi driver.

Trupeng Monastery: It is one of the biggest monasteries in Tibet.

Norbulingka: Norbulingka means "Jeweled Garden". It was constructed as a summer palace for the Dalai Lama and later served the whole governmental administration.

The Carpet Factory: The highland of Tibet is the actual home of the oriental carpets. By visiting Carpet Factory you will have a general idea how carpets are produced.

Day 4 (B,L)
Lhasa
Drive from Lhasa to Shigatse (about 347km). On the way visit Yamdrok Lake, Karola Glacier and Palgor Monastery. Stay overnight in Shigatse.

Yomdrok Lake: Within Langkamu county, with an area of 638 square km and a coastal line of 250 km.

The Palgor Chorten: It is with 9 stories, 108 doors and 77 rooms. Each room contains a different statue of Buddha and the wall frescoes telling the story about it.

Day 5 (B,L)
Lhasa
Visit Tashilumpo Monastery, free market. Drive along the Yaluzangbu River back to Lhasa.

Tashilhunpo Monastery: Painted in red and white, the buildings in the monastery stand closely together in terraced rows, offering a grand and majestic view.

Day 6 (B,L)
Lhasa to Tsedang
Drive to Tsedang, capital of shannan region(about 175km). visit Yumbulhakang and Tradruk Temple.

Yumbulhakang: the palace for the 1st tubo king niechi in the Yalong river valley. it is also called "the mosher and song holy hall".

The Tradruk Temple: on the east bank of the Yalong river in the district of Lhoka.

Day 7(B,L)
Tsedang
Drive to Samye Monastey,(about 175km). visit the Samye monastery.

Samye Monastery is located in Danang county, the north bank of Yarlung Tsampo River, 38km to Tsedang. This Monastery was built in accordance of an aspiration of king Trisong Detsan and the construction was directed by the famous Indian Masters Padmasambava and Shantarakshita.

Day 8 (B)
Tsedang to Airport.
Free at leisure untill to be transferred to the airport in time for your flight to leave Tibet.
Services End.

Day 1
Entry Lhasa
Be met & transferred to airport, take the flight to Lhasa Transfers from the airport to the hotel.
Arriving at Lhasa Gongar Airport , be met and transferred to your hotel. Take a rest to acclimatize yourself to the high latitude.

Day 2 (B, L )
Lhasa
Visit Potala Palace , Jokhang Temple and Barkhor Street

The Potala Palace : Perched upon the Marpo Ri Hill, 130 meters above the Lhasa valley, it is the greatest monumental structure in.
 
The Jokhang Temple : It is the spiritual center of.

The Barkhor Street : The Barkhor is the oldest street in Lhasa as well as the center of old Lhasa and remains very traditional. It is a place where Tibetan culture, economy, religion and arts assemble.

Day 3 (B, L, )
Lhasa
Visit Drepung Monastery, Sera Monastery,Norbulingka and Tibetan Family.

The Drepung Monastery: It is one of the biggest monasteries in .

The Norbulingka Park : Norbulingka means " Jeweled Garden ". It was constructed as a summer palace for the Dalai Lama and later served as the whole governmental administration.

The Tibetan Family: Common Tibetan people welcome you to their homes, greet you in their traditional way and entertain you with their typical food.

Day 4(B, L, )
Lhasa
Visit the Yamdrok Lake and Ganden Monastery.

The Yamdrok Lake: Lamdrok It is 150km far from Tsedang yumtso,meaning dark blue lake looks like jasper,located in Nhagartse county en route to Gyantse.With an altitude of 4480 metres and a coverage of 638 square kilometres,its shore is as long as 250 kilometres.

Ganden Monastery : Gandan Monastery is one of the three great monasteries of the Yellow Sect. It is located in the pass of the Wangguer Hill in Dagze County. It was built in 1409 by Zonggaba, the ancestor of the Yellow Sect, and is one of the birthplaces of the Yellow Sect. Gandan Monastery is an important cultural site under the state protection.

Day 5(B, )
Lhasa To Chengdu or other city
Depart from Lhasa.
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GENERAL RULES

1 Tourist is advised is not to carry any precious items while in tour. 2 Tourist can enroll his/her names for the tours by paying initial advance. The balance amount must reach Delhi Office at least 5 days before scheduled departure of the tour without waiting for reminder from our side. If the full amount is not paid in the time the company reserves the right to cancel the bookings with consequent loss of deposit and apply the cancellation charges. 3 Tourist travel at their own risk. Neither the tour operator nor their representative or staff accept any liability or responsibility for an kind of risk, theft, delay, damages, loss, injury, accident, death etc. during their tour howsoever it might have caused. 4 The operator has also right to cancel at any time any or all the tours announced without assigning any reason whatsoever. In such case the operator's responsibility will be only to refund the amount by such passengers, without any compensation whatsoever. 5 The hotels are subject to change without prior notice. 6 The seats in the bus are allotted on "first comr first serverd basis" at the time of booking of the tour. 7 If there is any loss or damage by any passengers to the property of the hotel, bus, tour, operator or any other concerned parties or person during the tour then such passengers have to compensate the concerned parties or person for the same immediately. 8 During sightseeing we will take the bus /car up to the point it is allowed or can be taken. There offer if any vehicle or other arrangements are to be made then the expenses should be paid by the passengers only. 9 Timings mentioned in the itinerary for the bus/car tour are only estimated time for the sake of knowledge. There are always chances of delay in arrival at the destination due to various reasons. 10 Refunds, if any, will be given after a periods of ten days from the date of claim. Refunds will be paid only by cheque and only against receipts. 11 Due to unavoidable circumstanmces, if there is aloes in the stay of hotel or sightseeing or missed then no refund will be granted to the passengers in this respect. 12 If any passengers decide to break their journey after commencement of the tour, they can do so, but no refund for the balance periods of the tour will be granted to them and their all onwards journey arrangements will be the sole responsibility of such passengers only. 13 All disputes /legal claims subject to Delhi Jurisdiction only.

CANCELLATION RULES

1 20 Days or More days before departure of Tour 10% on Full amount 2 10 days before departure tour 25% on full amount. 3 06 days before departure of tour 40% on full amount. 4 Within 04 days before departure of tour :No Refund.

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