Lhasa - Mira Mountain Tunnel - Basum Lake - Tashi Island - Tsozong Monastery - Gala Peach Blossom Village - Nyingchi
Today you will depart from Lhasa for Nyingchi. Along the way you will pass through the [Mila Mountain Tunnel]. Mila Mountain is the boundary mountain between Lhasa and Nyingchi (central Tibet and eastern Tibet). Mila Pass is 5,013 meters above sea level, and snowflakes fly here year-round. The Mila Mountain Tunnel running through this mountain began operation in 2019. It is the world's highest-altitude extra-long highway tunnel and a beautiful scenic line on the Lhasa-Nyingchi Expressway.
Afterwards you will arrive at the Basum Tso scenic area. [Basum Tso] is the only natural 5A-level scenic area in Tibet and is known as Nyingchi's 'Little Switzerland'. The scenic area integrates snow mountains, lakes, forests, waterfall pastures, cultural relics and historic sites, and famous ancient temples. The scenery is extraordinary and differs in all four seasons, with many rare wild plants gathered here, truly a paradise on earth. About one hundred meters from the shore of Basum Tso is a small island called Tashi Island. Legend says the island is a 'hollow island', meaning it is not connected to the lake bottom but floats on the lake water. On the island is the Tang Dynasty building 'Cuozong Gongba Monastery', a famous Nyingma school monastery of Tibetan Buddhism.
After visiting Basum Tso, you will head to [Gala Peach Blossom Village]. Around mid-March each year, when Nyingchi in Tibet is still chilly, peach blossoms bloom fully under the caress of the spring breeze, and the delicate blossoms look especially charming beneath the snow-capped mountains. Unlike other places, the peach trees here are tall and sturdy, comparable in grandeur to plane trees. Even peach trees in the Tibetan region do not forget to show their ruggedness; the blossoms are relatively small but densely clustered, giving the impression of thousands upon thousands at a glance. This is also the main venue for the annual Nyingchi Peach Blossom Festival opening ceremony in Tibet. Whenever the peach blossoms bloom, the beautiful Gala village is wrapped in wild peach blossoms. The peach trees in the village are all wild peach trees, and many are so thick that it takes two or three people to encircle them. For this reason, people call it Nyingchi's 'First Peach Blossom Tree'.
🍽️ Breakfast not included, Lunch included, Dinner included
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