(see also Overland to Tibet)
Day 1 ? Chengdu/Kunming (By Air) ? Lhasa (PM: Barkhor) Day 2 ? Lhasa (Jokhang Temple, Norbulingka) Day 3 ? Lhasa (Potala Palace) Day 4 ? Lhasa (Drepung and Sera Monasteries) Day 5 ? Lhasa (Day trip to Ganden Monastery) Day 6 ? Lhasa (By Air) ? Chengdu/Kunming (or Kathmandu, Nepal)
Day 1 ? Lanzhou, Gansu (By Bus) - Xiahe Day 2 ? Xiahe (Labrang Monastery) Day 3 ? Xiahe (By Bus) ? Tongren, Qinghai (Rongbo Monastery) Day 4 ? Tongren (By Bus) - Xining Day 5 ? Xining ? Ta_fer Monastery (Day Trip) (Arrange train tickets before leaving Xining in the morning) Day 6 ? 8 ? Trip to Qinghai Hu Day 9 ? Xining City Sightseeing Day 10 ? Xining (By Train) - Lhasa Day 11 ? Arrival at Lhasa
Day 1 ? Lhasa (By Bus) - Xigatse Day 2 ? Xigatse (Tashilhunpo Monastery) (Arrange alien travel permits in the morning) Day 3 ? Xigatse ? Sakya (Sakya North Monastery) Day 4 ? Sakya (AM: Sakya South Monastery) ? (PM: By Bus) - Xigatse Day 5 ? Xigatse (By Bus) - Gyantse Day 6 ? Gyantse (Pelkhor Choede) Day 7 ? Gyantse (By Bus) ? Shigatse (By Bus) ? Lhasa
Day 1 ? Lhasa (By Bus) ? Entrance to Drachi Valley (2-3 Hr Walk) ? Mindroling Monastery (Stay) Day 2 ? Mindroling Monastery (Walk, Hitch, Boat and Truck) ? Samye (Stay) Day 3 ? Samye (Samye Monastery) Day 4 ? Samye ? Chimphu Hermitage (Day Trip) Day 5 ? Samye (By Boat, Bus) - Tsethang Day 6 ? Tsethang ? King_fs Tombs at Chongye (Stay) Day 7 ? Chongye ? Tsethang (Yumbu Lagang, Traduck Temple) Day 8 ? Tsethang (By Bus) ? Lhasa
Day 1 ? Lhasa - Mindroling Monastery - Tsethang Day 2 ? Tsethang Area (King_fs Tombs, Yumbu Lagang, Traduck Temple) Day 3 ? Tsethang (Both Ways by Boat) ? Samye ? Lhasa
Day 1 ? Lhasa ? Yamdrok Yumtso Lake ? Nangartse - Gyantse Day 2 ? Gyantse (Pelkhor Choede) Day 3 ? Gyantse ? Zhalu Monastery - Shigatse Day 4 ? Shigatse (Tashilhunpo Monastery) ? Sakya Day 5 ? Sakya (Sakya South Monastery) - Shelkar Day 6 ? Shelkar ? Jomolangma (Everest) Base Camp Day 7 ? Jomolangma (Everest) Base Camp Day 8 ? Jomolangma (Everest) Base Camp ? Tingri ? Milarepa Monastery ? Dram (Border, Land Cruiser terminates here) Day 9 ? Dram ? Kodari (Nepalese Border) ? Kathmandu
Day 1 ? Lhasa ? Kongpo Gompa Day 2 ? Kongpo Gompa - Basong Tso Lake Day 3 ? Basong Tso Lake Day 4 ? Basong Tso Lake - Bayi Day 5 ? Bayi ? Nyingtri ? Serhyim La - Menling Day 6 ? Menling ? Lhopa village - Nang Dzong Day 7 ? Nang Dzong - Tsethang Day 8 ? Tsethang Area (King_fs Tombs, Yumbu Lagang, Traduck Temple) Day 9 ? Tsethang (By Bus) ? Mindroling Monastery - Lhasa
Day 1-6 ? Lhasa (North Route) ? Ali Day 7 ? Ali - Toling Day 8 ? Toling ? Guge Ruins (Day Trip) Day 9 ? Toling - Montser Day 10 ? Montser ? Tirthapuri ? Darchen (Mt Kailash) Day 11-15 ? Pilgrimage around Mt Kailash Day 16 ? Darchen - Lake Manasarover Day 17-22 ? Lake Manasarover (South Route) ? Lhasa
Xining, Qinghai - Yushu - Manigango, Sichuan - Dege - Chamdo - Nakchu - Lhasa Bus runs to Yushu