The road from Lhasa to Kathmandu offers the most awesome views in all of Tibet Nepal travel and perhaps even Asia. On this Tibet tour we will travel from the barren Tibetan Plateau to the lush, semitropical scenery of Nepal, the scent of yak butter giving way to curry and incense as we descend into the subcontinent. Beginning in Lhasa, we will explore the major monasteries, temples and sacred sites of Tibet under the guidance of our experts. We will take part in prayer ceremonies, visit the homes of local Tibetans and discuss religious customs throughout the trip. After exploring the Holy City, we will then take the spectacular overland drive through Central Tibet to Nepal, stopping along the way at Central Tibet's highlights - Yamdrok Tso, a stunning turquoise blue lake at 4488m; Gyantse, where we'll have the chance to view the magnificent murals of Kumbum Stupa; Shigatse, Tibet's second largest town and home to Tashilhunpo Monastery, the seat of the Panchen Lama. We will also make a detour to Everest (Mt. Qomolangma) base camp and spend a day hiking at the base of the mountain and admiring the world's highest peak.

Day 1 Chengdu :
You will be met at the airport in Chengdu. The rest of the day is open for you to either take a rest or stroll around the city to buy souvenirs or necessities. Chengdu is a prosperous and lively metropolis famous for its delicious spicy food and attractive tea houses.

Day 2 Chengdu - Lhasa :
We will take a morning flight to Lhasa. Lhasa is an amazing city where devout Buddhists and the fashionable set enjoy their lives in different ways. Crowded discos vie with praying pilgrims outside the Jokhang Temple. Since we have just made a sudden ascent from the lowland Sichuan Basin to an altitude of over 3,700 meters (12,139 ft), the afternoon is left free for you to acclimatize to the new environment. As we will be living in the old town, we recommend you venture around Bakhor market, where you will feel you are right at the heart of Tibet.

Day 3 Lhasa :
After breakfast we will drive to Drepung Monastery, which lies 8km (4.96 mi) west of Lhasa. The monastery, which was founded in 1416 and miraculously survived the ravages of civil wars and the Cultural Revolution, still stands as Tibet's most important and largest monastic university in Tibet, with 700 monks residing in its 20,000-sqm complex. We will get off our car to join a crowd of pilgrims - most of whom have arrived from their distant homes by foot - for a 30-minute walk to the entrance of the walled monastery. We will continue touring the monastery before heading back to Lhasa to visit Jokhang Temple, the holiest of temples in Tibet.

Day 4 Lhasa - Gyantse :
In the morning we will visit the Potala Palace, landmark of Lhasa and spiritual symbol of Tibet. Perched on top of the slopes of Mt. Mapori, this 13-storey architectural wonder is reputed to contain more than 1,000 rooms. Here, we will join many pilgrims on our way to the top of a hill where this 13-storey architectural wonder is perched upon. After lunch we will begin the overland drive along the old road which runs alongside the sprawling high altitude lake of Yamdrok Tso. We will stop for a picnic tea lake at Yamdrok Tso (4408 m), where you will enjoy the unforgettable vista of its princer-shaped expanse of turquoise water, with the mysterious Mt. Donang Sangwari (5,340m) on the peninsula beyond, and the snow peaks of Nojin Gangzang (7,191m) in the distance. Many Tibetans believe that the life of Tibet will no longer continue when the lake dries up. We will hike around the lake before continuing our drive across the narrow Karo-La pass and descending to Gyantse.

Day 5 Gyantse - Shigatse :
Gyantse is an attractive, relaxed town offering a splendid sight of the Kumbum Stupa situated at its Northern edge. Housed within the compound of a rather barren looking Pelkor Chode Monastery, Kumbun consists of 8 levels and contains a total of 75 chapels with wonderful murals revered by art scholars around the world. We will visit the Pelkor Chode monastery and its associated Kumbum (three dimension mandala) temple in the morning. After lunch, we will make a relatively short drive to Shigatse and explore the Tashilhumo Monastery, the seat of Panchen Lama built in 1447. The monastery houses a giant statue of the Maitreya Buddha and a tomb of the 4th Panchen Lama containing masses of jewels and gold.

Day 6 Shigatse - Sakya - Shegar :
After breakfast we will drive southwest across the vast expanse of Tibetan plateau and visit Sakya monastery enroute. Sakya Monastery, center of the Sakya sect, one of the four main schools of Tibetan Buddhism. The monastery is divided by the river into the Southern Monastery depicting a unique Mongol-style architecture and the Northern Monastery, whose original buildings were completely destroyed during the Cultural Revolution. The walls of fortress-like Southern Monastery are painted gray with white and red vertical stripes denoting its importance within the Sakya Principality. We will stay the night in the shadow of another hilltop fortress at Shegar.

Day 7 Shegar - Rongbuk :
Today, we will take our diversion south to the Rongbuk Monastery, and have ample time to view the looming north face of Mt. Everest.

Day 8 Rongbuk/Everest B.C. - Tingri :
We will hike to the Everst base camp (15 km) and enjoy views of the tallest mountain in the world. We will return to Tingri in the late afternoon.

Day 9 Tingri - Zhangmu - Kathmandu :
Leaving Tingri in the morning, we will drive an entire day to Kathmandu. The altitude makes a sudden drop once we go past Lielamu; the view along road here includes some of Tibet's most spectacular scenery. Nearing Zhangmu, the scenery quickly changes to lush hills with clear water cascades - the semitropical scenery is a marked contrast to the barren Tibetan plateau. We will cross the border into Nepal in the afternoon. The altitude and climate continues to change dramatically. We will reach Kathmandu, Nepal's capital city, in the evening.

Day 10 Kathmandu :
At a designated time, you will be transferred to the airport.

So this holiday plan your Tibet Nepal tour to enjoy the beauty of this barren land with a number of tourist places.