China & Central Tibet
Beijing - Xi'an - Lhasa - Gyantse - Shigatse - Lhasa - Beijing

Take a day trip to the Great Wall of China followed by a Beijing Duck dinner and explore the Forbidden City. Marvel at the Terracota Warriors and indulge in a traditional dumpling banquet.
Be awestruck by the Potala and the Jokhang, explore the great monastic universities of Drepung and Sera and top it off with a traditional Tibetan buffet dinner and cultural show. A spectacular drive over high passes leads to the historic trading center of Gyantse with its famous 'kumbum' and hill-top fort and on to the splendors of Tashilumpo's reliquary chorten. Join pilgrims on a kora around the spectacularly situated monastery at Ganden.

Tibet by Train
Beijing - Lhasa - Gyantse - Shigatse - Lhasa

Explore Tiananmen Square and the Forbidden City - traverse the vast Tibetan Plateau via the new Qinghai-Tibet rail line - wonder at the Potala Palace - join pilgrims in the Jokhang Temple and shopping on the Barkhor - witness the college of philosophy in action at Sera Monastery - enjoy a Tibetan buffet dinner & cultural show.

Eastern Tibet: Kham & the Great River Gorges
Chengdu - Lhasa - Samye - Lamaling - Mt Bonri
Tsangpo Gorge Region - Brahmaputra, Mekong &Yangzi Valleys & Gorges - Chengdu/Zhongdian

In eastern Tibet lie the regions of Kongpo and Kham - geographically, politically and historically separate from central Tibet. Explore the religious and cultural highlights of central Tibet before heading east through awesome landscapes and tiny settlements to cross the deep gorges of the Brahmaputra, Mekong and Yangzi rivers as they descend from the Tibetan Plateau.

There are a number of possible routes through this region following either / or a combination of the northern and southern branches of the Sichuan-Tibet highway.

Eastern Tibet: Kham & Amdo
Lhasa - Namtso - Nakchu - Sokshan - Chamdo - Yushu - Mato - Huangzhong - Xining

Travel east through the heart of Kham - geographically spectacular and culturally fascinating - and north to the vast grasslands of Amdo - realm of nomadic herders and home to some of the regions oldest and most sacred monasteries and temples.

Tibetan Grasslands
Chengdu - Wolong - Danba - Tagong - Chengdu
Chengdu - Lhasa -Wolong - Danba - Dege - Litang - Tagong - Chengdu

The vast grasslands of west Sichuan are culturally, ethnically and historically Tibetan - although always distinct and separate from the political power of Lhasa. Add one of these short trips before flying to Lhasa to experience a distincly different Tibetan world.

Pandas & Central Tibet
Chengdu - Lhasa - Gyantse - Shigatse - Lhasa - Chengdu

Delight in the successes of the Panda Breeding Sanctuary and discover Chengdu's ancient tea houses and explore the historic sights of central Tibet.
Be awestruck by the Potala and the Jokhang, explore the great monastic universities of Drepung and Sera and top it off with a traditional Tibetan buffet dinner and cultural show. A spectacular drive over high passes leads to the historic trading center of Gyantse with its famous 'kumbum' and hill-top fort and on to the splendors of Tashilumpo's reliquary chorten. Join pilgrims on a kora around the spectacularly situated monastery at Ganden.