Shigatse - Qilin Gorge - East Slope of Mount Everest - Rongbuk Monastery - Everest Base Camp
After breakfast, you will depart from Shigatse and head to Everest Base Camp. Along the way, you will pass through the beautiful Kongma Grassland, then arrive at Gangba County, the land of divine water. Here you can gaze at China's most beautiful snow mountain, [Mother of Snow Mountains - Qomoyongqing]. Legend has it that it is the mother of the surrounding snow mountains, hence called the Mother of Snow Mountains. Afterwards, you will continue along Route 219, also known as the China-Nepal Border Highway, for another 45 kilometers, then arrive at the magical Qilin Gorge. [Qilin Gorge] is a famous canyon geological landscape located in a long, secluded canyon, recessed hundreds of meters below the surface. The earth forest rises like bamboo shoots, with massive rocks towering to the sky. They stretch out in vast, interlocking formations or in groups of three to five, arranged in order, like solemn and independent guards. At Qilin Gorge, you can personally feel the masterful work of nature and marvel at the geological wonders of Qilin Gorge: 'majestic, strange, perilous, and extraordinary.'
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, [Rimna Snow Mountain], locally known as Renqing Snow Mountain, and also enjoy China's largest wetland, [Dingjie Wetland]. Afterwards, you will follow the wetland to Dingjie County, the kingdom of wetlands. After a short rest here, you can gaze from afar along the Yeru Zangbo River Valley at [the world's fourth highest peak, Lhotse]. Then you will travel along the beautiful border rural road to the sacred mountain [Longren Mountain]. At Longren Mountain, you can closely view the world's fifth highest peak, Makalu, and the east face of Everest. Here is a 'grand feast of beautiful scenery,' with the golden sunrise on three 8,000-meter-class snow peaks — Everest (8,844m), Lhotse (8,516m, world's fourth), and Makalu (8,463m, world's fifth) — as well as Chomolonzo (7,804m), unfolding before your eyes one by one.
Subsequently, you will head to the world's highest temple - Rongbuk Monastery. [Rongbuk Monastery] is universally recognized as the best location to gaze up at Everest. Afterwards, you will arrive at [Everest Base Camp], take a photo with the altitude monument at Everest Base Camp, and here you will dance with the world's highest peak, Mount Everest. If lucky, you may also see the Everest banner cloud drifting like a fire of life.
Tip: In winter, the Rongbuk Monastery tent camp is not open, and accommodation will be changed to a multi-person room at Basong Village homestay.
🍽️ Breakfast included, Lunch included, Dinner included
🏨 Everest Base Camp