Overview Trexmount Ventures welcomes you to join in our remarkable and fascinating Tibet Everest Base Camp Tour, where you can experience a journey of a life time, with views of Mt. Chomolungma (Everest), and several other well-known peaks Mt. Cho Oyu to Shispangma area on the world’s highest and largest plateau of Tibet. Overland Journey around Tibet, with scenic flight to Lhasa and journey back to Nepal, offers breathe taking views of worlds high mountains of Everest (8,848m / 29, 029ft) Lhotse (8,516 m-27,940 ft), Nuptse (7,855m-25,771 ft) Lho – La (6,036 m – 19,803ft) Cho-Oyu (8,201 m / 26,906 ft) 14th highest Mt. Shispangma (8,013 m / 26,289 ft) and as far world’s 5th highest Mt. Makalu (8,463 m / 27, 766 ft) and many other adjoining smaller unnamed peaks. Overland Journey around Tibet with Trexmount Ventures, starts with an interesting flight over high Himalayan mountains above the Tibetan plateau with views of the world’s highest Mt. Everest, Cho Oyu, and Mt. Makalu on this one-hour flight to Lhasa, on reaching Lhasa airport which is called Gongar International Airport, received by our Tibetan counter agent guide and driver, an hour drive to Lhasaat 3,660 meters high with views of Potala palace as the drive enters the city area. Lhasa at present is a mixture of the old and modern city, our hotels are located in the old part of Lhasa around Barkor market square, the hub of Lhasa where you can observe the old culture, Buddhist pilgrims, and religious way of life with impressive customs of Tibetans from various parts of Tibet. In Lhasa with two nights’ ample time visiting famous its old interesting places monasteries, monuments and market place including the Potala Palace which stand high majestically on top of red hill, overlooking the beautiful Kyuichi valley where Lhasa city located. After visiting the old Drepung monastery the largest in Lhasa, Sera monastery to observe young monks in the debate which is interesting to watch, ancient Jorkang Temple in the middle of Barkor square which is the earliest temple built by the king Songsen Gompa in the early 6th century, time permitting visit summer palace of Dalai Lama at Norbu Linka with a nice immaculate garden. In Lhasa enjoying the tour with Tibetans food and lifestyle, drive leads towards south on Lhasa / Kathmandu highway leading towards high pass of Khamba-la with picturesque views of Tibetan plateau with snow capped peaks, then heading downhill towards beautiful turquoise Yamdrok Tsho (Lake) and then over Karo-la pass at 5,010 meters high pass with awesome views of Nzongkhangsa peak which is over 7,000 meters high, where the ice fall and glacier flows just next to the roadside, the drive leads past small farm villages and nomads area with Yaks and sheep grazing over yonder of green pasture fields, as the drive reach at Gyantse city a busy bustling place, here tour of famous terracotta stupa and the huge fort (Dzong). The next morning drive leads to Tibet’s 2nd largest city after Lhasa, here tour of magnificent Tashilumpo monastery seat of his holiness Panchen Lamas and visiting the local market observing the simple and impressive daily life of Tibetans. After overnight in this nice city, heading further south to our next destination at Everest North Face base camp, first, the drive leads over the highest pass of this trip at Gyatso-la at 5,220 meters high and then towards Rongbuk through another scenic Pang-la pass at 5,200 meters high, with spectacular views of a snow-capped mountain range from far east Mt. Kanchenjunga, Makalu, Everest, Lhotse, Cho-Oyu towards Shisapangma with another array of peaks. After a fabulous moment heading towards Rongbuk River and the on the winding uphill reaching at Rongbuk Monastery for overnight stop with close and classic view of Mt. Everest (Chomolungma in Tibetan), here visit the small monastery, actually a nunnery in early days and then s a short drive to Everest base camp with overwhelming feeling at 5,200 meters high in the shadow of world’s highest Mt. Everest. From here heading towards Nepal back on the Friendship Highway, after Old Tingri, and then driving towards the last high pass of this journey over Laylung-la at 5,050 m with grand views of Mt. Shisa Pangma and a range of high peaks that borders Nepal / Tibet barrier, heading downhill to Nylam and end of Tibetan high plateau and barren landscapes, after Nylam into a gorge with green tree lines of rhododendron, pines, oaks, and firs, slowly the drive end at the frontier town of Zhangmu in Tibet / China side. After Zhangmu heading downhill to warmer green areas over Nepal side and then driving back to Kathmandu after an awesome Overland Journey around Tibet.