Shigatse-Kongma Grassland-Qomoyongqing Snow Mountain-Qilin Gorge-Dinggye Wetland-Rimana Snow Mountain-Lhotse-Longren Mountain-Everest Base Camp
After breakfast, you will depart from Shigatse for Everest Base Camp. Along the way, you will pass through the beautiful Kongma Grassland, then arrive in Gamba County, the land of sacred water, where you can gaze at China's most beautiful snow mountain, [Qomoyongqing]. Legend says it is the mother of the surrounding snow mountains, hence it is called the Mother of Snow Mountains. Afterwards, you will continue along Route 219, also known as the China-Nepal border highway, for 45 kilometers, then arrive at the magical Qilin Gorge. [Qilin Gorge] is a renowned canyon geological landscape recessed hundreds of meters below the surface within a long, secluded canyon. The earth forests rise like bamboo shoots, with massive rocks towering into the sky. They stretch out in vast, interlocking formations or in small clusters arranged in sequence, like stern and independent guards. At Qilin Gorge, you can personally feel the masterful work of nature and marvel at its geological wonders — "majestic, extraordinary, precipitous, and unique."
After lunch, you will continue along the China-Nepal border Route 219 for about 30 kilometers. Along the way, you can admire one of China's most beautiful snow mountains, [Mount Rima Na], known locally as Mount Renqing, as well as China's largest wetland, [Dinggye Wetland]. Then you will follow the wetland to Dinggye County, the kingdom of wetlands. After a short rest here, you can look out along the Yeru Tsangpo River valley at the world's fourth-highest peak, [Lhotse]. Afterwards, you will travel along a beautiful border village road to the sacred mountain [Longren Mountain]. At Longren Mountain, you can view up close the world's fifth-highest peak, Makalu, and the east face of Mount Everest. This is truly a "grand platter of beautiful scenery," with the golden sunrise on three 8,000-meter snow peaks — Everest (8,844 m), Lhotse (8,516 m, world's fourth), and Makalu (8,463 m, world's fifth) — as well as Chomolonzo (7,804 m), unfolding before your eyes one after another.
Afterwards, you will visit Rongbuk Monastery, the highest-altitude monastery in the world. [Rongbuk Monastery] is universally recognized as the best place to gaze upon Mount Everest. Then you will arrive at [Everest Base Camp] and take a photo with the altitude monument at Everest Base Camp. Here you will dance with the world's highest peak, Mount Everest, and if you are lucky, you may also see the Everest banner cloud drifting like a flame of life.
Tip: In winter, the Rongbuk Monastery campsite tents are not open; accommodation will be changed to a multi-person room at a guesthouse in Pasum Village.
🍽️ Breakfast included, lunch included, dinner included
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