11 Days Chengdu to Tibet Train Tour with Everest Base Camp
Route: Chengdu – Xining – Qinghai-Tibet Railway – Lhasa – Gyantse – Shigatse – EBC – Shigatse – Lhasa – Chengdu | From $1,790/person
Day 1: Arrive Chengdu
Local guide pickup at airport. Transfer to Wenjun Mansion Hotel near Kuanzhai Alley. Free time: Chunxi Road, Taikoo Li, People’s Park tea house.
Day 2: Chengdu Panda Base + Overnight Train to Xining (B)
Morning: Giant Panda Breeding Base (best at feeding time, ~2.5hrs). Afternoon: board overnight train Chengdu → Xining (soft sleeper).
Day 3: Xining → Tibet Train (B)
Arrive Xining, breakfast. Visit Kumbum Monastery (Tsongkhapa’s birthplace, Gelug sect) or Dongguan Mosque. Board Tibet train Xining → Lhasa (soft sleeper, oxygen supplied).
Day 4: Qinghai-Tibet Railway → Lhasa
Most scenic day: snowfields, deserts, grasslands, mountains, lakes. Arrive Lhasa (3650m). Tibetan guide welcome, hotel transfer. View Yarlung Tsangpo River. Rest & acclimatize. Overnight Gang-Gyan Hotel.
Day 5: Lhasa — Drepung & Sera Monasteries (B, D)
Drepung Monastery (Tibet’s largest), Loseling College. Sera Monastery monk debate (Mon-Sat). Welcome dinner with Tibetan gifts. Overnight Lhasa.
Day 6: Lhasa — Potala Palace & Jokhang Temple (B)
Potala Palace (gilded stupas, meditation cave), Longwangtan Park. Jokhang Temple (12-year Buddha statue), Barkhor Street kora, Tibetan tea house. Overnight Lhasa.
Day 7: Lhasa → Shigatse via Gyantse (B, L)
Yamdrok Lake (4400m), Nyenchen Khangsar (7191m). Village family lunch. Karola Glacier. Simila Pass prayer flags. Gyantse Old Town. Arrive Shigatse. Overnight Shiga Yangcha Grand Hotel.
Day 8: Shigatse → Everest Base Camp (B)
Gyatsola Pass — 1st Everest view. Gawula Pass — Himalaya panorama (5 peaks). Zigzag road to EBC (5200m). Golden sunset on Everest. Overnight EBC tent.
Day 9: EBC → Sakya → Shigatse
Rongbuk Monastery (5154m). Dinggye Xilin viewpoint (Everest + Lhotse 8516m). Sakya Old Town. Langma Hall Tibetan dance dinner. Overnight Shigatse.
Day 10: Shigatse → Lhasa (B)
Zashilhunpo Monastery (Panchen Lama’s seat, world’s largest Maitreya Buddha). Yarlung Tsangpo River drive. Free time Barkhor Street. Overnight Lhasa.
Day 11: Lhasa → Chengdu (B)
Airport transfer. Fly back to Chengdu (included). Tour ends.
2026 Price (per person, USD)
| Nov-Feb | Mar-May | Jun-Aug 20 | Aug 21-Sep 19 | Sep 20-Oct 10 | Oct 11-31 |
| 1,790 | 1,890 | 1,990 | 1,990 | 1,990 | 1,890 |