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Lhasa to Everest Base Camp: 8-Day Tibet Tour & Monasteries
Lhasa to Everest Base Camp: 8-Day Tibet Tour & Monasteries★★★★★★★★★★ 4.92 (732)8dYou’ll walk through Lhasa’s ancient streets with locals, sip yak butter tea (maybe twice), cross mountain passes toward turquoise lakes and glaciers, then wake up beneath Everest’s silent peak. With permits handled and pickups included, you’ll have time to notice the little things — like prayer flags snapping in the wind or laughter over lunch in a village kitchen.Free cancellationTravelers' pickMost bookedfromUS$ 949View ›
Lhasa to Kathmandu: Everest Base Camp Overland Small Group Tour
Lhasa to Kathmandu: Everest Base Camp Overland Small Group Tour★★★★★★★★★★ 4.93 (265)7dYou’ll ride from Lhasa’s ancient streets across high Himalayan passes to Everest Base Camp with a small group and local Tibetan guide. Expect moments of silence under golden peaks, salty butter tea shared in mountain villages, and a real sense of crossing worlds as you descend toward Nepal. It’s not always easy — but it feels honest and unforgettable.Free cancellationTravelers' pickTop ratedfromUS$ 989View ›
Tibet: Lhasa to Mount Kailash Trek & Everest Base Camp
Tibet: Lhasa to Mount Kailash Trek & Everest Base Camp★★★★★★★★★★ 4.88 (178)15dYou’ll start in Lhasa’s winding alleys before crossing high passes toward Everest Base Camp, then circle sacred Mount Kailash alongside pilgrims and yaks. Expect long drives through wild valleys, nights in guesthouses, honest food (yak butter tea is everywhere), all guided by locals who know every story behind each monastery wall.Free cancellationTravelers' pickfromUS$ 2,219View ›
Tibet: Everest Base Camp & Namtso Lake 10-Day Tour
Tibet: Everest Base Camp & Namtso Lake 10-Day Tour★★★★★★★★★★ 4.80 (143)10dYou travel 2,000 kilometers across Tibet's highest plateaus, visiting Potala Palace, five major monasteries, two sacred lakes, and Everest Base Camp. Your Tibetan guide handles all permits and logistics; you get accommodation, meals, entrance fees, oxygen in the vehicle, and airport pickup included. The ten days move you from 3,600 to 5,200 meters and back, so book at least 20 days ahead so the tour operator can secure your Tibet Permit.Is it for me?Book this if you want to see Everest, Tibet's sacred lakes, and major monasteries in one trip without arranging permits, transport, or timing yourself—the ten days pack all the logistics into a fixed schedule, though you'll need to book at least 20 days ahead so the tour operator can secure your Tibet Permit.Free cancellationTravelers' pickfromUS$ 1,329View ›
4-Day Lhasa Tour: Potala Palace, Jokhang Temple & Monk Debates
4-Day Lhasa Tour: Potala Palace, Jokhang Temple & Monk Debates★★★★★★★★★★ 4.80 (89)4dA 4-day guided tour of Lhasa covering Potala Palace, Jokhang Temple, Barkhor Street, Drepung Monastery and Sera Monastery with an English-speaking Tibetan guide, three nights in a 3-star hotel, all entrance fees, airport or train station pickup, and a welcome dinner. The tour includes time to watch monks debate their religious interpretations at Sera Monastery in the afternoon and to walk the kora (pilgrimage circuit) around Jokhang Temple with local devotees. Book at least 20 days ahead so the operator can arrange your Tibet travel permit.Is it for me?You'll walk alongside active pilgrims and watch monks debate in real time rather than observing from a distance, and a shared group with a Tibetan guide means you experience the sites as they function daily, not staged for visitors.Free cancellationTravelers' pickBest valuefromUS$ 509View ›
Mt Kailash and Everest pilgrimage tour from Lhasa: 15 days
Mt Kailash and Everest pilgrimage tour from Lhasa: 15 days★★★★★★★★★★ 4.62 (21)15dA 15-day group pilgrimage tour from Lhasa visiting Potala Palace, Jokhang Temple, Mount Everest Base Camp and Lake Manasarovar, culminating in a three-day kora (circumambulation) trek around Mount Kailash at 5,630 meters. An English-speaking guide leads the entire journey; all Tibet permits, hotel stays, entrance fees and airport pickup are included. Solo travelers are welcome with advance booking; the tour requires high physical fitness for the trekking sections.Is it for me?Book this tour if you want the full pilgrimage arc—from Lhasa's temples through Everest Base Camp to a three-day trek around Mount Kailash—with a guide handling permits, logistics and all site access so you focus on the altitude and the walking. The 15-day span and included accommodations mean you're not piecing together separate bookings across Tibet's remote regions, and the fixed itinerary keeps the group moving together through high passes and sacred sites.Infants freefromUS$ 2,280View ›
Lhasa: 5-Night Train Tour from Chengdu & Potala Palace
Lhasa: 5-Night Train Tour from Chengdu & Potala Palace6dYou take a two-night train journey from Chengdu across the Qinghai-Tibet Railway, watching the landscape shift from desert to grassland to snow peaks. In Lhasa, you visit Potala Palace and Jokhang Temple on day three, then spend day four at Drepung and Sera monasteries, where you can watch monks debate in the afternoon. Your guide, hotels, train ticket, permits and transport are all included, which means you don't arrange any of it yourself — you just show up at Chengdu station with your documents.Is it for me?This tour is built for travelers who want to see Lhasa's main monasteries and palaces without arranging permits, train tickets, hotels or transport separately — the fixed itinerary and two-night train journey mean you commit to the dates, but everything else is handled for you.Free cancellationfromUS$ 815View ›
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