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20 Days Tibet Train Tour from Chongqing |
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- Trip highlights: It is said the landscape alongside the road is part of Tibet attractions. The rail travel to Tibet is no doubt a good choice and opportunity to view the natural scenery and plateau landscape, and it is. Do you want to join in?
- Tour price: From
$
2,849.00
 Price including hotels, tours, meals...
- Destinations:
Shanghai, Yichang, Yangtze Cruise, Chongqing, Lhasa, Chengdu, Xian, Beijing
- Tour code:
SWTBT001
Private tour for a van with tour guide and driver, available every day
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| Day 7 Chongqing,Lhasa (B,L) |
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| Arrive in Chongqing pier in the morning. Be met by local English speaking tour guide and drive to Dazu to visit Baodingshan Buddhist Grottoes. You will catch the overnight train to Lhasa in the evening, train for soft sleeper class (4 berths in one compartment). Train No.: T222/3 leaves Chongqing at 19h42, arrives Lhasa at 17h21 the third day. 45 hours and 39 minutes. Stay overnight on the train. |
| Baoding Mountain Chongqing | Baoding Mountain (baoding shan), is renowned for the examples of stone carving that exist in the grottoes here. This is a Buddhist Mountain and held in high regard by local practicing monks in the area. | | Dazu Grottoes | In Dazu County, some 165 kilometers away from Chongqing, are more than 40 sites of stone carvings with over 50,000 statues of Buddha completed from the late Tang Dynasty (618-907) to the Song Dynasty (960-1279). |
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| Day 8 Lhasa |
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| On the train. There are nine sightseeing platforms designed on the way to give passengers the opportunity to view the unique plateau landscape. |
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| Day 9 Lhasa |
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| Upon your arrival at Lhasa railway station at 17h21 in the evening, you will be met by your local guide and transferred to the hotel. Leisure on your own at the rest of the day to adjust to Tibet's high altitudes. |
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| Day 10 Lhasa (B,L) |
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| The Barkhor Street | The Barkhor Street is Lhasa's inner pilgrim circuit shaped roughly like an octagon that runs around the Jokhang. The circuit is lined with markets, shops, stalls and street vendors providing every conceivable item a Tibetan could need. The best plac…… | | The Jokhang Temple | The Jokhang Temple is the spiritual centre of Tibet - a destination for millions of Tibetan pilgrims. The oldest part of the temple dates back to the 7th century AD - being one of the two temples built by King Songsten Gampo to house the statues of t…… | | The Potala Palace | The Potala Palace is a landmark of Lhasa and Lama Buddism. It is a 13 storey and 1000 rooms' palace and once winter residence of the Dalai Lama. The construction of the present structure began during the reign of the fifth Dalai Lama in 1645 and took…… |
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| Day 11 Lhasa (B,L) |
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| Lhasa Carpet Factory | Lhasa Carpet Factory is a factory south of Yanhe Dong Lu near the University of Tibet in Lhasa the capital of Tibet. It produces traditional Tibetan rugs. The highland of Tibet is the actual home of the oriental carpets. By visiting Carpet Factory yo…… | | The Drepong Monastery | The Drepong Monastery: a cluster of white buildings resembling a riceheap, against the backdrop of Mount Gyenbuwndze. Founded in 1416, Drepong is the biggest and richest monastery in Tibet that was divided into four Tantric colleges - that specialis…… | | The Sera Monastery | The Sera Monastery lies on the northern edge of Lhasa at the base of Tatipu Hill. 'Sera' means 'merciful hail' denoting its rivalry with the 'Rice Heap' (Drepong) since hail destroys rice. Sera was smaller than Drepong with about 7,000 monks but was …… |
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| Day 12 Lhasa,Chengdu (B,L) |
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| After breakfast, transferred to Lhasa Gongga airport for the flight to Chengdu. Upon arrival at Chengdu airport, picked up by local tour guide and drive to the hotel. We will visit Chengdu Panda Base in the afternoon. |
| Chengdu Panda Base | In 1987, the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding (Research Base) was established on Futou Shan, an almost barren hill, where the soil was poor and not suitable for farming. This first phase of the project only covered an area of 5.5 hectare…… |
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