Overland tour in Tibet is always the greatest challenge to tourist worldwide both in health condition and spirit. Tourist need to deal with the high sea level and poor road, but it is deserved for the extremely blue sky, beautiful grassland, snow mountain, lakes, Tibetan culture, etc. In Tibet, the land around Gar and Guge ruin is the most mysterious place in the world, and the overland from Lhasa to Deqin via Markham is the also the famous off-road route.
Now it could be much easier due to the completion of the road condition between Xinjiang and Tibet, in this route, you will drive through Tibet from Xinjiang to Yunnan via Gar and Markham.
Itinerary
D1 Konjiala Pass / Kashgar (Paved road, 101kms )
Cross the boarder today, meet with your guide, after complete the boarder works, you can driver toKashgar.
D2 Kashgar Driving license application
Have your car tested and get your Chinese temporal driving license and plate.
D3 Kashgar City Tour
Feel free to explore the city today. You can visit the old town, Antigar Mosque, Bazaar,etc.
D4 Kashgar - Mazar Driving 496km,
Drive to Mazar from Kashgar today. It will be a long driving day.
D5 Mazar - Red Willow Beech Driving 417km, 8 hs
Drive to Red Willow Beech today and enjoy the scenery.
D6 Red Willow Beech – Douma Driving 413km , 8 hours
Drive to Douma. Drop a visit to Bangongcuo Lake if time permits.
D7 Douma -Gaer Driving 113km, driving 3 hours
Drive to Gaer today, enjoy the mountain view on the way. Rest in the afternoon in the Garr city.
D8 Gaer-Lake Masarovar 345kms, driving 7 hours.
Drive to Zhada, visit Guge ruin, Manasarovar Lake and visit Mt. kailash.
D9 Lake Masarovar-Paryang-Zhongba Driving 7 hrs, 353kms
Drive to Zhongba via Paryang, enjoy the beautiful grassland and plateau en route.
D10 Zhongba-Angren Driving 8.3 hrs, 438 Kms.
Drive to Angren via Saga.
D11 Angren-Dingri- Everest Base Camp Driving 8 hrs, 290kms.
Drive to Everest Base Camp via Dingri county.
D12 Mt Everest Base Camp-Lazi Driving 7hrs, 225kms.
Visit Mt Everest Base Camp Drive to Lazi county
D13 Lazi – Shigatse Driving 3 hrs, 163kms.
Drive to Shigatse in the morning, and then visit the Tashlunpo monastery in the afternoon.
D14 Shigatse-Gyantse-Lhasa Driving 8 hours, 388kms
Drive to Gyantse in the morning and visit the Percum, in the afternoon continue to drive to Lhasa and visit the Yamdo Lake en route.
D15 Lasha Tour
In the morning,visit Drepung Monastery which is the largest monastery of Gelug Sect.In the afternoon, visit Sera Monastery.
D16 Lhasa Tour
Visit Potala Palace in the morning,you can hace a bird-eye view of the whole city at the top of the Temple. In the afternoon, visit Jokhang Temple and Barkhor Street.
D17 Lhasa-Linzhi Driving 7.5 hrs, 431 kms.
Drive to Linzhi all the day and enjoy the big mountains en routes.
D18 Linzhi –Bomi Driving 5 hrs, 240kms
Drive to Bomi, very good scenery along the way.
D19 Bomi-Ranwu-Basu- Zuogong Driving 8.5 hrs, 435kms,
Drive to Zuogong via Basu and visit Ranwu lake and see the beautiful Ranwu glacier far away.
D20 Zuogong –Mangkang- Deqin Driving 8 hrs, 388kms.
Drive to mangkang and leave Tibet into Deqin of Yunnan province. Enjoy the wonder of Three River flowing en route.
D21 Deqin- Shangri-la-Lijiang Driving 7 hrs, 365kms
Driving to Lijiang via Shangri-la all the day, enjoy the grassland, Yangtze river en route. And enjoy the old town of Lijiang in the evening.
D22 Lijiang –Dali- Kunming Driving 6.6 hrs, 513 kms.
Driving to Kunming via Dali all the day, drop a tour in Dali, visit the Dali old town, Erhai lake, etc.
D23 Kunming – Jinghong Driving 7 hrs, 557 kms.
Driving to Jinghong all the day.
D24 Jinghong – Mohan Driving 3.5 hrs, 185kms
Drive to the border, and prepare for border works, if possible, exit Laos today.
D25 Mohan – Laos
Exit China today.
China Custom deposit is a must to pay at Chinese border, which can be different amount at different border, and at Kyrghyzstan border it is about USD 7000 per car (and the more expensive the car is, the higher deposit charges), it is high for many guests so noramally as tour agency we will pay for the guests, but guests are expected to pay some service charge to us, as it is a lot of money and we will take risk. Some guests still think it's better that they pay the deposit on their own, but guests can't pay directly to the border, they have to pay to us in advance, and the deposit will be returned to us after you come back to your own country and even 2 months later. And finally we can return back to you. So most guests think the dervice charge way is more convenient.
It is based on one car with two passengers, and only one driving license provided, extra diving license US $ 150.00. If there are more passengers in the car, extra US $ 300.00/ per person will be charged.
1. All of the government paper works, such as tourism, military, police, transportation, China Custom, etc.
2. One public English speaking guide. He or she will seat in one of the cars time to time, so each car should leave a seat for him or her.
3. Traveler accident injury insurance with the highest refund of RMB 250,000.00.
4. The travel permits for the traveller.
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 $ 150 per person will be charged for the extra driving license.
6. Provide free visa invitation letter.
7. Obliged vehicle insurance. Explanation of Obliged Vehicle Insurance: Any of the vehicle owner is obliged to buy this insurance in China, and it is to compensate the accidents to the third party ( Not inlucded insurant’s vehicle or passengers)
1). When insurant has responsibility for the accidents, so the highest refund to the third party is RMB 2000 in property, RMB 10000 in medicinal treatment, and RMB 110000 for death or physical disability.
2).When the insurant has no responsibility for the accidents, so the highest refund to the third party is RMB 100 in property, RMB 1000 in medicinal treatment, and RMB 110000 for death or physical disability.
And the compensation is to be paid by the insurance company after it received qualified files and official letter from traffic police department. The compensation terms are subjected to the insurrance company. Part B is not responsible for any accident cause by the vehicle or driver of Part A, and any accident by the thrid party.
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. The deposit required by China Custom.
7. Any other cost we have not mentioned.
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.
1. All of the files you can send us through email 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.
5. The information of road and distance is only for referrence.
1. The route is permit by the government strictly, so the group can not deviate it except on urgent situation.
2. 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.
3. Unexpected facilities existed in the overland tours, so it is flexible in entering and leaving days, please leave certain margin for it when you apply files of other countries.
4. If for anyone's own irresistible reason that makes other guests can't go in or out on time, such as illness and car accident, etc, he or she should take responsibility for that.
