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Namtso Lake Trekking

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To the southeast of the Namtso Lake is the main peak of snow-covered Danggula Mountains , and continuous highlands and hills stand on the north side of the lake. Surrounded by vast grassland, the lake looks like a huge mirror. With the clear blue sky over the dark blue lake, white snow, green grass, colorful wild flowers and herdsman's ox-hair tents make a beautiful and appealing natural landscape. The Namtso Lake is abundant in precious medicinal materials such as Chinese caterpillar fungus, fritillaria, and snow-lotus and as well as various fish species such as highland thin-scale fish and no-scale fish. The lake is also a habitat of various wild animals such as black bear, wild ox, wild donkey, blue sheep and marmot, etc.

Mani stone mounds can be found everywhere along the Namtso Lake . Every Tibetan Buddhist throws a stone on every mound he or she comes across. To throw a stone represents to recite the scriptures once. Hanging on the Mani stone mound are pieces of cloth in five different colors, blue, white, red, green and yellow. The cloth waves in the wind and one wave means sending the scriptures to the Heaven once. With the elapse of time, separate stone mounds have joined together to form a grand sight of Mani wall, which is over one hundred meters long and about one meter high. Regarded as a holy lake by pious Buddhists, the lake attracts pilgrims from as far as India and Nepal.

Itinerary in Details:

Day 1  Kathmandu / Lhasa
Lhasa airport picking up, to be met and transferred to your hotel in Tsedang, the left time is for you to acclimatize the high altitude. Overnight at Tsedang
Day 2  Tsedang / Lhasa
Breakfast at hotel, then do excursion at Tsedang to visit Yumbulakhang Palace, Trandruk Monastery. Afternoon drive to visit Samye Monastery which is believed to be the first monastery in Tibet with over 1200 years history, then along the Yarlung valley drive to Lhasa. Overnight at Lhasa
Day 3 Lhasa sightseeing
Today you will visit the World Heritage Sites of Potola Palace, Jokhang Temple and Barkor Market and also you will be arranged to visit one local Tibetan family, overnight at Lhasa.
Day 4 Lhasa sightseeing
Today you will visit two Gelupa monasteries Drepung and sera, and summer palace - Norbulingka, overnight at Lhasa.
Day 5 Lhasa / Yangbachen hot-spring / Namtso Lake, 500km, 6-7hour drive
Day tour to Namtso Lake via Yangpachen hot-spring. You will have a chance to see Nyenchen Thanglha snow mountain ranges, and pass the Nagela. Namtso Lake is the sky lake which is one of the three holy lakes in Tibet, also the highest salt lake.You can do a little hiking around. On the way back, have hot-spring at Yangbachen(Fee on your own). Overnight at Lhasa.
Day 6 Lhasa / Yamdrok Lake / Gyangtse, 270KM, 6-7hour drive
Morning drive up to Kambala pass(4794m), you will have a glimpse of Yamdrok-tso there, which is one of the three holy lakes in Tibet. Then along the Friendship southern Hwy to Gyantse, visit the famous stupa - Gyantse Kumpum, the most stunning architectural wonder in Tibet. Overnight at Gyantse
Day 7 Gyantse / Shigatse / Sakya / Lhatse, 290KM, 5-6 hour drive
Morning drive to Shigatse, about 90KM from Gyantse, visit Tashilunpo Monastery and the spectacular tombs of Panchen Lamas, do its kora. Afternoon drive to visit Sakya Monastery which is the main monastery at Sakyapa. Overnight at Lhatse
Day 8 Lhatse / New Tinggri (Shegar) / Rongphu Monastery / E.B.C, 190KM, 5-6hour drive
Early morning start driving to Rongbuk via Shegar, cross over Gyatsola Pass and Pang-la, where you will see the Himalaya mountain ranges in a clear day. Rongbuk is the highest monastery in Tibet, still a good point to see Mt.Everest. Afternoon trek from Rongphu to E.B.C, it takes about 2 hours. Or you can take animal carriage ( 30rmb/per person,round-trip). Overnight at Rongbuk guest house.  
Day 9 Rongphu / Shegar / Old Tingri, 160KM, 3-4hour drive
If you are lucky enough, you will see sunrise at E.B.C. Afternoon driving to Old Tingri via Shegar. Old Tingri is a small town on the friendship Hwy, where is the best place to see Mountain Chooyu. Overnight at Old Tingri local hostel.
Day 10 Old Tingri / Zhangmu, 180KM, 6-7Hour drive
After having breakfast, start driving from Old Tingri to Zhangmu, en route you will view Mt.Everest, Mt.Chooyu, Mt.Shishapangma. The road from Nyalam to Zhangmu is quite rough. Walk around Zhangmu town on your own. Overnight at Zhangmu local hostel
Day 11 Zhangmu / Old Tingri / Lhatse, 330Km, 8-10 hour drive
Morning explore Zhangmu and be ready back to Lhatse. Overnight at Lhatse
Day 12 Lhatse / Lhasa, 450KM, 7-8hour drive
Morning drive from Lhatse to Shigatse, visit Shigatse old Market, then start driving back to Lhasa along the friendship way. Overnight at Lhasa.
Day 13 One rest in Lhasa
Day 14 Lhasa airport dropping off
Morning explore Lhasa on your own, then Lhasa airport dropping off, end the trip