Self drive with rental car overland from Sichuan to Tibet via G318

Day01 Chengdu – Danba Rustic Danba,Kham,Sichuan

-Danba ( It has long been acclaimed as the Kingdom of Thousands of Ancient Blockhouses. )
-Suopo Village ( They were made of clay and block and look fine from outside with solid thick walls.)

Day02 Danba – Tagong – Xinduqiao Lhagong Monastery,Tagong,Kham,Sichuan

-Jiaju Village ( 10 kilometers away from the county city, is one of the rare places in China that has preserved complete Tibetan style residences. )
-Lamasery Lhagong Monastery
-the holy mountain Yala ( It is considered a trekking peak by the Nepal Mountaineering Association, and is a relatively simple, non-technical climb.)

Day03 Xinduqiao – Litang Lithang,Kham,Sichuan

-Litang monastery ( originally under the control of the Bon religion but converted into a Gelug Sect monastery in 1580 in the Ming Dynasty (1368 – 1644) by the third Dalai Lama.)
-Maoya Grassland ( horse-racing festival )

Day04 Litang – Markam Lithang Bayuk Grassland,Kham,Sichuan

-Haizi (4700 m) Mountain ( There are 1145 sizes of haizi. Its scale density is unique in our country.)
-Batang (2589 m) ( the west-most town in Sichuan Province, cross the Golden Sand River and you get into Markam in Tibet Autonomous Region. )

Day05 Markam – Zuogong Markam,Road to Tibet from Sichuan

-Mekong River ( It is the world’s 12th-longest river and the 7th-longest in Asia.)
-Joba and Dongda

Day06 Zuogong – Ranwu Lake Ranwu Lake,Tibet

-Ranwu Lake ( a spectacularly crystal blue lake cupped by snow peaks. )
-Palong Tsangpo ( a branch of The Yarlong Tsangpo River. )

Day07 Ranwu Lake – Bome Snowy Peak,Bome,Tibet

-Lush green forests, crystal blue alpine lakes, snowy peaks, and picturesque farm houses will be a feast to you all.
-Midui Glacier ( the glacier tongue of which reaches woodland flowers and bushes.Famous for its beautiful arching structure, it is the lowest glacier in China. )

Day08 Bome – Nyingtri Snow Capped Peaks with Forests in Nyingtri,Tibet

-Poto-chu Valley at Tramog ( located deep in the thickly forested gorge of Parlung Tsangpo with glacial waterfalls streaming from the mountainsides.)
-Tang-me ( where the Tsangpo and Parlung Tsangpo rivers meet.)
-Mt.Namche Barwa ( The traditional definition of the Himalaya extending from the Indus River to the Brahmaputra would make it the eastern anchor of the entire mountain chain, and it is the highest peak of its own section as well as Earth’s easternmost peak over 7,600 metres.)
-Buchu Temple ( a temple in an ancient monastery about 28 km south of the modern town of Bayi, which replaces the old village of Drakchi, in Nyingchi County of eastern Tibet.)
-Lamaling Temple ( a Buddhist monastery located near the village of Jianqie )

Day09 Nyingtri – Lhasa Basum Tso Lake,Tibet

-Basum Tso Lake ( also named as Cuogao Lake meaning green water in the Tibetan language. It is a famous holy lake of the Nyingma Sect. )

Day10 Lhasa Potala Palace,Lhasa,Tibet

-Potala Palace ( the landmark of Tibet and once served as the winter residence of the Dalai Lama. )
-Jokhang monastery ( the holiest temple in Tibet )
-the holy Barkhor circuit ( The Jambhala Lhakhang is below the chapel, with a central image of Marmedze, the past Buddha, and a small inner Kora path. Starting here, you can go back to the north or you can take the eastern way and join the Barkhor circuit.)
-Remoche Monastery ( It was originally built to house the Jowo Sakyamuni image brought to Tibet by Princess Wencheng but sometime in the 8th century the image was swapped for an image of Akshobhya, brought to Tibet in the 7th century as part of the dowry of King Songtsen Gampo’s Nepali wife, Princess Bhrikuti.)

Day11 Lhasa Norbulingka Park,the Summer Palace,Lhasa

-Drepung monastery ( one of the “great three” Gelug university gompas (monasteries) of Tibet.)
-Norbulingka Park ( the traditional summer residence of the successive Dalai Lamas from the 1780s up until the 14th Dalai Lama’s exile in 1959. Part of the “Historic Ensemble of the Potala Palace”, Norbulingka is recognized as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and was added as an extension of this Historic Ensemble in 2001.)
-the Sera Monastery ( one of the “great three” Gelug university monasteries of Tibet, located 1.25 miles (2.01 km) north of Lhasa and about 5 km (3.1 mi) north of the Jokhang.)

Day12 Depart Lhasa

Your guide and driver will transfer you to airport according to your flight schedule. End of your overland journey to Lhasa, Tibet.