Shigatse - Kongma Grassland - Qomoyongqing - Qilin Gorge - Dingjie Wetland - Mount Everest Base Camp
After breakfast, you will set off from Shigatse to the Everest Base Camp. Along the way, you will pass through the beautiful Kongma Grassland, then arrive in Gangba County, the land of divine water. Here you can gaze into the distance at one of China's most beautiful snow mountains, [Qomoyongqing, Mother of Snow Mountains]. Legend says it is the mother of the surrounding snow mountains, hence the name Mother of Snow Mountains. Then you will continue along Route 219, also known as the China-Nepal border highway, for 45 kilometers, and arrive at the magical Qilin Gorge. [Qilin Gorge] is a famous canyon geological landscape set in a long, secluded valley, recessed hundreds of meters below the surface. The earth forest rises like bamboo shoots, with huge rocks holding up the sky. They stretch out in vast, interwoven, scattered formations, or in groups of three or five in orderly rows, like stern and independent guards. At Qilin Gorge, you can personally feel the uncanny workmanship of nature and marvel at its geological wonders of "majesty, wonder, danger, and uniqueness."
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], known locally as Renqing Snow Mountain, and also see 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 into the distance along the Yeru Tsangpo River valley at [Lhotse, the world's fourth-highest peak]. After that, you will follow the beautiful border village road to the sacred mountain [Longren Mountain]. At Longren Mountain, you can view up close Makalu, the world's fifth-highest peak, and the east face of Everest. Here it is like a "grand platter of beautiful scenery," with the golden sunrise or sunset on three 8,000-meter snow peaks - Everest (8,844 meters), Lhotse (8,516 meters, world's fourth), and Makalu (8,463 meters, world's fifth) - as well as Chomolonzo (7,804 meters), unfolding one by one before your eyes.
Then you will head to the world's highest temple, Rongbuk Monastery. [Rongbuk Monastery] is universally recognized as the best place to look up at Everest. Afterward, you will arrive at [Everest Base Camp], take a photo with the altitude stone marker at Everest Base Camp, and dance with the world's highest peak, Mount Everest. If you are lucky, you may also see the Everest banner cloud drifting like a flame of life.
Tip: In winter, the Rongbuk Monastery tent camp is not open, so accommodation will be changed to a multi-person room in a guesthouse in Basong Village.
🍽️ Breakfast included, lunch included, dinner included
🏨 Everest Base Camp Tent