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Kalakule Lake
Kalakule Lake
Gebi Desert
Gebi Desert
Yamdok lake
Yamdok lake
Everest Base Camp
Everest Base Camp
Silk Road & Tibet Self Drive Tour by Own Vehicle
Silk Road and Tibet Self Drive Tour by Own Vehicle in China.Join-in overland tour of self drive in silk road and tibet. China Exploration has long been expert in the overland tour, we help you drive into China with your own vehicle.
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Have you thought of driving into China with your own vehicle?

It could be the most fantastic and amazing travel experience for overland tours in China, but it is a bit expensive for a single car to make such a trip. China Exploration pushed the join-in self driving tours for the overland tourist in order to cut down the budget as well as add more fun to the trip.

In this project, we will apply all of the government documents and apply Chinese driving license and plate for you. You just arrive at China boarder on time! And you can also fly to the boarder city and rent a Chinese car to join us! Come on!

China Exploration has long been expert in the overland tour: we know how to make self-drive overland in China ,how to enter china with a car,how to drive into china with permits, as well as how to get china driving license for foreigners.We will bring tourist to the remote and original reserved places and show you the authentic country side of this land.


Itinerary

 
D1 July 26th ,  July Enter China   
Cross China boarder of Turgart from Kyrgyzstan with your own vehicle, and meet with your guide. Boarder works and then transfer to Kashgar.


D2 July 27th,  Kashgar   
Get your Chinese driving license and Chinese plate today. And then start your self driving tours in the historical sites of city.

D3 July 28th , Kashgar / Kalakuli Lake  
Today we will start our China overland tours really. Firstly you will drive your car to Kalakuli lake, and enjoy the beautiful lake as well as Mt Mustag in distance.

 
Id kah mosque Kashgar  kalakuli-lake  mustag-mountain

D4 July 29th , Kalakuli Lake / Kashgar  
Drive back Kashgar in the morning, and continue to do some city tours by self driving.


D5 July 30th , Kashgar / Aksu   
Today we will begin our long expedition of Silk road by driving with your lovely vehicle. It is a long driving day overland, and you can enjoy the villages and desert en route.

D6 July 31th , Aksu / Kuche  
Continue the overland driving today, and visit the Mosque of Kuche. Continue to enjoy the village and desert en route.

 
Takelimakan-desert  Kuche-Mosque-wangfu  Flame-Mountain-Turpan

D7 August 1th , Kuche / Turpan   
Continue to drive your car in China along
the silk road, and arrive in Turpan, and enjoy the desert en route.


D8 August 2th , Turpan City Tour   
Leisure day, drive your car to visit the ruin of Jiaohe, Gaochang, the tomb,etc.

D9 August 3th , Turpan   
Spare in case any delaying at road, or we will continue to start our china overland tours.  

D10 August 4th , Turpan / Hami   
All the day drive to Hami, enjoy the Gebi Desert en route.

 
jiaohe-ruins  Gaochang-Ruins  gebi-desert

D11 August 5th , Hami / Dunhuang       
It is a long day of self driving again along the silk road, enjoy the Gebi desert. Arrive in
Dunhuang in the late afternoon.


D12 August 6th , Dunhuang City Tour  
Leisure day for city tours, such as the Mingshashan mountain, the Fresco of Mogaoku.

D13 August 7th , Dunhuang / Germud    
Driving day, and you will drive your car through the Gebi desert and enjoy the sparse west China. It is a long day’s overland tours with your car.

D14 August 8th , Germud / Toto River  
Start our overland tours in Tibetan plateau today. You will drive up the Tibetan highway gradually and enjoy the Tangkulashan mountain peaks en route.

 
mingsha-mountain  Mogao-Cave-Dunhuang  Tangkula-mountain-pass

D15 August 9th , Toto River / Namtso Lake   
Cross the mountain pass of Tangkulashan, and then enter the wide Tibetan grassland. If the famous
Naqu horse racing fesetival is just at this period, we can spend more day here to participate this big festival.


D16 August 10th ,   Namtso Lake / Lhasa    
Enjoy the huge and beautiful lake, and then drive to Lhasa in the afternoon. Arrive in Lhasa overland in 3 hours’ driving.

D17-18 August 11th - 12th ,   Lhasa    
Leisure day, visit Potala Palace, Monastery by driving your car.

 
Nagchu-Horse-Festival  namtso-lake-kora  Potala-Palace

D19 August 13th ,   Lhasa / Gyantse / Shigatse   
Start our Tibetan overland expedition again today. We will drive to Shigatse via Gyantse, and enjoy the
Yam dok Lake, Percum in Gyantse.


D20 August 14th , Shigatse / Tingri  
It is a long driving day,  but you can enjoy the big mountain en route.

D21 August 15th ,   Tingri / Everest / Tingri  
Today we reach the highlights of our China self driving tour: We will drive our car to the base of Mt Everest, and admire the highest peak in the world. In the late afternoon drive back Tingri.

D22 August 16th ,  Tingri / Zhangmu Boarder   
Drive to Zhangmu boarder.

D23 August 17th , Spare in case    
If we can arrive at boarder in time today, so we can cross the boarder to Nepal.

 
Yamdok-Lake  everest-base-camp  zhangmu-port

D24 August 18th ,   Spare in case

D25 August 19th ,   Spare in case

D26 August 20th ,   Boarder work and cross the boarder to Nepal.

Self driving china Overland Tour is complete.

Price: US $ 4950. 00 per car

Note
It is based on one car with only one driver. And US $ 350.00 per person will be charged for extra passengers, and US $ 75 per person will be charged for the extra driving license.

Price Included
1.  All of the government paper works, such as tourism, transportation, police, Custom, etc.
2.. One English speaking guide. He will seat in one of the car, so there must leave one seat for him. And he pay for his meals and accommodation himself.      
3. Vehicle Insurance of the accident.    
4. The travel permits for the traveler. 
5. The temporal driving license and driving plate of the car in China. Each car we provided only one free temporal driving licenses, and US $ 75 per person will be charged for the extra driving license.
6. Provide Visa invitation letter.

Price Excluded
1. Your vehicle. You can drive your vehicle into China, or rent a Chinese vehicle.
2. Your oil, vehicle maintenance, parking fee, toll gate fees.
3. Your meals, accommodation and tour site tickets. You can stay in motor home or camping when the condition is suitable. And you can also stay in hotel if you like and pay for it in cash yourselves. 
4. China visa or China visa extension fees.
5. Any of the medicinal cost due to your own health .
6. Any other cost we have not mentioned.

Files Required
1.  The information of your organization or travel agency or name, including your name, nationality, address, contact, the purpose of the travel.       
2. The vehicle’s files: The clear pictures of them in front, side, back. Each of them should be 2 pieces. The copies of vehicle's registration paper in your country. You also need to state clearly about the vehicle, including their brands, place of production, engine numbers, chassis numbers, their value, their driving plate in your country, the name of their owner.      
3.  The drivers’ files : their names, nationalities, gender, occupation, passport numbers. They should be accord with your passport. The copy of their driving license in their country or their international driving license, which should be qualified in driving your car. Their ID photo , which we will use to obtain driving license. 8 pieces.  
4. The information of passengers, including their names, nationalities, gender, occupation, passport numbers and copy of passport.     
5. The annual vehicle Test certificate. 

Note
1. All of the files you can send us through E-mail scanning copies.
2. The driver should obey China traffic laws.
3.  The overland travel we provided is only for sightseeing tours friendly, any activity disobeys China law should be handed up to police department. Any activities of taking film for the military base, trucks are absolutely dangerous and will cause problem.  
4. The obtaining work is a very complex procedure with strong government facilities, so we suggest early work on it in order to ensure everything runs smoothly.

Special Attention
1. Because it is group tours, all of the vehicles and travelers are bounded together, so you must enter and exit China together at the same boarder at the same time.
2. The route is permit by the government strictly, so you can not deviate it.
3. Because it is overland land tours, there are many unexpected facilities, so the might be flexibility in entering and leaving days, please leave certain margin for it when you apply files of other countries.
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