Tibetan Highlands - Kunming to Lhasa
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"Tibetan Highlands (Kunming to Lhasa)" is a discovery of one of the world’s most beautiful landscapes; the valleys, mountains and forests of eastern Tibet. ...Read More

Set out from Kunming, and travel through some of Yunnan’s best loved destinations – Dali, Lijiang and Shangri-La – as well as some of its most remote, before driving onwards and upwards to Lhasa.

En route, drive past Yunnan’s highest peak, Mount Kawakarpo (6,740 metres). Join Tibetan worshippers as they sing hymns in a remote Catholic church on the border of Yunnan and Tibet. Cross high mountain passes near Zogang, before driving through the lushly forested valleys around Pomi and along the banks of the Brahmaputra. Finish your journey in Lhasa, and join scores of other modern-day pilgrims around the Jokhang, Tibetan Buddhism’s holiest shrine.

Join this spectacular journey and discover why mysterious Tibet has captured the imagination of explorers for centuries…

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What's Included:

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Day by Day:
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Arrival in Kunming
Preparing for Your Journey
2
 
Dali and Xizhou
To the heart of the Nanzhao Kingdom
3
 
Xizhou to Lijiang
To Yunnan’s UNESCO world heritage town
4
 
Lijiang to Shangri-La
Via the Tiger Leaping Gorge to the Edge of Tibet
5
 
Shangri-La to Deqin
Gorgeous scenery and glaciers
6
 
In and around Deqin
Exploring the foot hills of Meili Snow Mountain
7
 
Deqin to Markham
Onto the ‘Roof of the World’ and into Tibet
8
 
Markham to Zogang
Adventure on the high plateau
9
 
Zogang to Rawok
Mountain passes and riverside roads...
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Rawok to Pomi
Through the spectacular Sundzom Valley
11
 
Pomi to Bayi
The road to Lhasa - the best and worst of the G318
12
 
From Bayi to Lhasa
Arriving in Lhasa at last!
13
 
Farewell Lhasa
Life must go on....or continue?
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Distance: 2400 KM
High Altitude: For more information on how to travel safely at altitude, please read our High-Altitude Travel Briefing Paper

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