Bicycle Tour in Tibet

Upon your arrival at the Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu, you will be received by our representatives at the Airport and then be transferred to the hotel safely. After reaching the hotel, you will be briefed in short about the travel itinerary. Overnight stay at a guesthouse.

On the second day of your itinerary, you will be busy sightseeing around different places of Kathmandu like Swyambhunath Stupa, Pashupatinath Temple, and three different Durbar Squares of Kathmandu, Patan, and Bhaktapur, among other sites. Most of the places you visit on the second day are enlisted in UNESCO’s list of world heritages that carry historical and religious significance. Overnight stay at a guesthouse.

On the 3rd day of the itinerary, you will be flying to Lhasa, the capital city of the autonomous province of Tibet, from Kathmandu. Upon reaching Lhasa, you will visit different places including the monasteries in Lhasa. Among the different monasteries, Sera Monastery is the most popular and the best-preserved monastery in Tibet. After taking lunch at the hotel, you will then walk around Lhasa exploring the beauty of the place. Overnight stay at a hotel.

On the 4th day, you will acclimatize and rest while also exploring the remaining places of Lhasa which you did not finish on the 3rd day. So, you have one more day to explore more about Lhasa before you move on with your bicycle tour in Tibet. There are lots of things for the tourists to do while in Lhasa and hence a couple of days in Lhasa might actually not be enough to explore Lhasa. Overnight stay at a guest house.

On the fifth day, you will be involved in more sightseeing tours in Lhasa, the Tibetan capital, before you set yourself on the bicycle tour. On this day, you will also visit the iconic Potala Palace which is the center of attraction for many tourists. The grandeur of the palace will attract you like nothing else. After visiting the palace, you will return to the hotel in Lhasa.

The sixth day is the beginning of the bicycle tour in Tibet. You will start the tour from Lhasa and head on to the Kamba La Pass which is located at around 3600 meters altitude. You will cover around 80 kilometers on the day, bicycling from Lhasa to Kamba La Pass.

The next day, we will be crossing the Kamba La Pass which is located at around 4800 meters by bicycle. Crossing the Pass will be an adventurous memory that will be embedded in your mind for a long time.

We will move further to Karo La Pass after crossing the Kamba La Pass (5032m). Karo La Pass is another important and beautiful pass in Tibet and you will great time visiting the pass in Tibet.

On the ninth day, you will be crossing the Karo La Pass and then bicycle down to Gyangtse which is located at around 4000 meters. You will be cycling down more than 1000 meters on the day. Gyangtse is popular for the several monasteries present in the region which draw the attention of thousands of tourists.

The next day, we will be visiting the Gyantse Dzong and Gyantse Kumbum. The Dzong is a fort dating back to the 14th century which allows amazing views of both Gyantse and the surrounding Nyang Chu Valley. The Kumbum is a large gold-domed Stupa and its many small chapels house an inspiring collection of Tibetan Buddhist wall paintings. We will then continue to Shigatse (3850m) where you will take your lunch. Shigatse is the second largest city in Tibet.

On the eleventh day, we will be sightseeing around the Rongbuk Monastery in Tibet. It is an important and popular monastery in Tibet and you will have a great time visiting the monastery and learning about the historical significance of the Gompa.

The next day, you will return to the city of Lhasa from Rongbuk Monastery. It will be a short bicycle ride and after some hours of cycling, you will be back to the hotel in Lhasa where you stayed earlier. Overnight stay at the hotel.

On the 13th day of the itinerary, you will catch a flight from Lhasa to the Nepali capital after completing the bicycle tour in Tibet. Upon reaching the Nepali capital, you will be transferred back to the hotel where you will spend the rest of the time.

On the last day of the itinerary, you will be transferred to the TIA in Kathmandu from where you will take a flight back to your home country or move towards the next favored destination.