Tibet travel review 2014-Reliable Tour Agency Recommended
Tibet local travel agency review April 2014 by french travelers
Travelers' Name: XAVIER FLAVIANO, JADE LAM FLAVIANO, PAULINE GARANCE FLAVIANO, JEAN FLAVIANO and Joe Lam
(see handwriten Tibet Highlights tour review)
Nationality: French and China Hongkong
Tibet Travel Period: April12-22, 2014
Tibet Tour Itinerary: 10 days Famous Tibet cultural and adventure discovery (tour outline as below)
April12 Day1 fly from HK to Chengdu, to be picked up (by driver and van, no tour) to downtown Chengdu
April13 Day2 fly to Lhasa, rest for altitude
April14 Day3 (B) Highlight Sightseeing tour in Lhasa: Potala Palace, Jokhang Temple, Barkhor Streets, Sera Monastery
April15 Day4 (B) Lhasa-Drak Yerpa Hermitage cave monastery-Taktse county- (Tibetan village view—take a Tibetan family-Ganden Monastery-Lhasa
April16 Day5 (B) Lhasa-Namtso Lake-Lhasa (highlight landscape trip covering about 500 km)
April17 Day6 (B) Lhasa-Lake Yamdrok Tso-Karola Glacier-Gyantse (Pelkhor Monastery and Kumbum Pagoda)-Shigatse city
April18 Day7 (B) Shigatse (Tashilumpo Monastery)-local Tibetan streets-Shegar town-Old Tingri, o/n in Amdo hotel
April19 Day8 (B) Old Tingri-Rongphu monastery (100 km rough road)-(trek about 8 km to visit Everest in Everest base camp, if you do not want to trek this distance, you can take the local environmental vehicle to base camp) back to Rongphu monastery, o/n in guesthouse nearby
April20 Day9 (B) Everest-Shigatse, o/n in Shigatse Manasarovar hotel
April21 Day10 (B) Shigatse-Lhasa
April22 Day11 (B) hotel to airport transfer, leave Lhasa for Chengdu by MU5474 12:50-2:40pm
Lhasa Tour and travel agency review 2014
Travelers' Name: Mr. BERNHARD EDER and Mr.MICHAEL HUEMER (see handwriten Tibet Lhasa cultural tour review)
Nationality: Austria
Tibet Travel Period: April17-21, 2014
Tibet Tour Itinerary: 3 days Famous Lhasa cultural tour
April18 arrive in Lhasa by train from Xi'an,your Tibetan tour guide and driver will pick you up and transfer to downtown Lhasa, o/n in House of Shambhala
April19 Lhasa highlight tour (walking tour): Potala Palace, Jokhang Temple, Barkhor Streets, o/n in House of Shambhala
April20 east Lhasa countryside village tour: Lhasa-Drak Yerpa Hermitage-Taktse county (Tibetan countryside village-family visit)-Tsubshi Village view-Ganden Monastery (View to Ganden Valley)-Lhasa- o/n in House of Shambhala
April21 Lhasa-Lake Yamdrok-Airport (you can have lunch nearby airport), fly to Peking by CA4111, 4:10pm-9:45pm
Tibet-Ctrip-Travel-Agency-Recommendation, 8 days Lhasa EBC Nepal
Name: Miss TEODORA FELIZA ROSETE and friends-4 pax (see handwriten Tibet Travel Agency 2014 review)
Nationality: Philippines and USA
Tibet Travel Period: April12-19, 2014
Tibet Tour Itinerary: 8 days Tibet Everest-Base-Camp-Kathmandu Overland Landscape Adventure:
April12 Day01 arrive at Lhasa airport by flight from Chengdu, to be picked up and transfer to downtown Lhasa, rest for altitude in Lhasa [with altitude of 3650m] o/n in Dhood Gu Hotel. Note, on today afternoon we would drive to visit Sera Monastery for the interesting Buddhism study activities because on Sunday (April13, there is no activity of the monk’s debate).
April13 Day02 Guided sightseeing tour in
April14 Day03 Countryside trip (better experience than one day city tour): Lhasa-Drak Yerpa Meditations caves-Taktse County-Ganden Monastery-Tibetan Village view (if you are interested, we can take you to have a visit to local Tibetan family where allowed), around 6-7 pm, we drive back to
April15 Day04
April16 Day05 Shigatse [3900m], visit Tashilhunpo Monastery and local Tibetan streets, then around 2:30pm, we drive to Shegar, 240 km landscape trip [New Tingri] [4050m], accommodation in Hotel best available
April17 Day06 Shegar-Rongphu [4900m]-Everest Base Camp, 5150m, (4 km trek from campsite to Base Camp or you can take local environmental vehicle by yourself if you feel too hard to do the 4 km trekking on the high altitude)-Rongphu, enjoy the view to Mt. Everest, sunset pictures, in the afternoon, we trek back to stay in Campsite (tent guesthouse if available) which is about 4 km to Everest Base Camp or stay in Rongphu Monastery guesthouse;
April18 Day07 Rongphu Monastery-Old Tingri [4390m]-Zhangmu around 8 pm; this morning we may be able to have the sunrise photos of the
April19 Day08 leave Tibet for Kodari-Kathmandu, Nepal [1400m] 123km, to be picked up and transfer to Kathmandu (tour ends when you get to Kathmandu), hotel by yourself
Thailand travelers in Tibet, Tour Agency Reviews-7 days Tibet tour
Name: Miss PRANITI DANPORNPRASERT, Miss RUETHAITIP PHUANGKASEM, Miss PRAW YINGTAVEESAK (see handwriten Tibet tour review)
Nationality: Thailand
Tibet Travel Period: April14-20, 2014
Tibet Tour Itinerary: 7 days Famous Tibet cultural and landscape tour: Lhasa-Namtso-Yamdrok-Gyantse-Shigatse-Lhasa
April14 Day1 fly from Xi’an to Lhasa by MU2333, 7:40am-10:40am, Sera Monastery, airport-hotel transfer, rest well for altitude-Dhood Gu Hotel
April15 Day2 highlight tour in Lhasa: Potala Palace, Drepung Monastery, and Jokhang Temple & Barkhor Bazaar, hotel as above
April16 Day3 Lhasa-Drak Yerpa Hermitage monastery-Ganden Monastery-Lhasa (east Lhasa countryside tour), hotel as above
April17 Day4 Lhasa-Yangpachen Geothermal-Damxung county-Namtso-Lake-Lhasa [500km roundtrip], hotel as above
April18 Day5 Lhasa-Lake Yamdrok-Gyantse (Palkhor Monastery & Kumbum Stupa)-Shigatse (350km), o/n in Shigatse Manasarovar hotel
April19 Day6 Shigatse (Tashilhunpo Monastery & Local free market)-Lhasa (280km), hotel as above
April20 Day7 free morning in Lhasa on your own, hotel-airport transfer, leave Lhasa for next stop. Flight takes off at 3:30 pm
2014 Tibet latest tour review
April 19th, 2014: We really enjoyed our trip in Tibet. Pasang is a very knowledgeable tour guide also is Migmar. Both of them are casing and punctual at all time. Kalsang is a man of few and one of the best driver in the world. here below is the travel reference (read the handwritten Tibet travel review here).
April11 HK-Chengdu by flight 3U8618 5:10PM-7:40PM, permits to be sent to your hotel, leisure time by yourself
April12 Day1 Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport, Terminal 2, MU5473 9:55am-11:55am, Arrival in Lhasa (3680m) Pick up and transfer to hotel, rest at hotel. o/n Dhood GU Hotel
April13 Day2 (B) Sightseeing in Lhasa Potala Palace, Jokhang Temple, Barkhor Bazaar, Sera Monastery, o/n Dhood GU Hotel
April14 Day3 (B) Lhasa-Nam-Tso Lake-Lhasa (500 km round trip great landscape and Nomad culture tour), o/n Dhood GU Hotel
April15 Day4 (B) Lhasa-Yamdrok-Karola Glacier-Gyangtse-Shigatse (3900m), 350km, approx. 7hrs Manasarovar Hotel
April16 Day5 (B) Shigatse-Tashilhunpo, Sakya Monastery-Gyatsola Pass (4500m)-Shegar (4050m), 240km, approx. 4hrs O/n in 2 star standard hotel
April17 Day6 (B) Shegar-Rongbuk Monastery(5000m)-Everest Base Camp (5200m), 100km, approx 4-5 hrs (rough road) Guesthouse or Campsite tent (Dormitory basis)
April18 Day7 (B) Rongbuk-Old Tingri-Zhangmu(2350m, 280 km), visit Matsang river, Mt.Shishabangma, 280km, approx. 6hrs Zhangmu Hotel (best one)
April19 Day8: (B) Pick up from Kodari to Nagarkot, Transfer to resort. Overnight hotel, BB basis
April20 Day 9: (B) Nagarkot to Kathmandu (Kathmandu sightseeing –Bhaktapur Durbar Square, Kathmandu Durbar square and Swayambhunath Stupa Tour) and drive to hotel, overnight hotel, BB basis
April 21Day10: (B+L+D) from Kathmandu drive to Chitwan National Park (175 km), overnight resort, BLD basis
April 22 Day11: (B) Drive Chitwan to Pokhara, Overnight at Hotel, overnight hotel, BB basis
April 23 Day12: (B) Pokhara, Tour of Guptsehore Cave, Fewa Lake, Davi's Fall, overnight hotel, BB basis
April 24 Day13: (B) Drive from Pokhara to Kathmandu (200 km), overnight hotel, BB basis
April 25 Day14: (B) Transfer to airport for final departure, flight KTM-Mumbai 9W267, 12:00pm-2:25pm, April26 Day17: 9W76 MUMBAI-Hong Kong, 1:25AM-9:40AM
BB = Bed and Breakfast, BLD= Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner