You'll begin your journey to the diverse and captivating province of Yunnan from the capital city, Kunming. Upon arrival at the Kunming International Airport, meet your local guide and transfer to the hotel.
 
You will take a leisurely stroll along the Green Lake, a charming area of teahouses and small boutiques selling handicrafts and beautiful local paintings. If time permits, you will have a Kunming city tour. Enjoy welcoming dinner of Yunnan Flavouring food with crossing Bridge Rice Noodle and Steam Pot Chicken/Qiguoji.
 
-- Kunming is the capital of southwest China's Yunnan province, a primarily agricultural province of 45 million. Kunming has a population of five million and is located in one of the world's most geographically, ethnically, biologically and linguistically diverse regions. Situated at 1,900 meters (6,233ft) above sea level and 25° north of the Equator it has a rather unique and pleasant climate for a Chinese city.

You will drive 86 km to the Stone Forest. An old local saying says that 'If you have visited Kunming without seeing the Stone Forest, you have wasted your time.' Truly, the Stone Forest is one of the most important attractions of Yunnan. After lunch drive back Kunming to visit the Guandu Ancient Town which is a famous historical & cultural town in Kunming; it keeps the main architectural style of Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming, and Qing Dynasties.
 
After dinner, you will have an option to enjoy the large-scale dance drama "Dynamic Yunnan" which has been an outstanding innovation on the Chinese stage in recent years directed by Yang Liping. Primitive, unsophisticated folk dances and a fresh artistic concept converge in the programme, giving audiences a unique "Yunnan Impression." Sixty-two drums and 120 masks of strong ethnic characteristics are incorporated in the performance.
 
 -- The Stone Forest is in Shilin Yi Nationality Autonomous County, which is about 120 kilometers from Kunming and requires only a three-hour drive. It covers an area of 400 square kilometers (96,000 acres) and includes both large and small stone forests, as well as many other scenic spots. The Stone Forest has unique karst topography which is one of the best of its kind within China. There are six scenic spots in the Stone Forest: the Greater Stone Forest, the Lesser Stone Forest, the Naigu Stone Forest, the Zhiyun Cave, the Long Lake, the Da Dieshui Waterfall and the Qifeng Cave.

In the morning, take the flight to Baoshan City, visit Yuhuang Pavilion in Taibao Mountain. After lunch, drive about 3hours from Baoshan to Liuku(120KM), the county seat of Nujiang Lisu and Pumi Nationalities Autonomous Prefecture.
In the afternoon, you will walk around Liuku Town, visit Nujiang River and Nujiang River Bridge.
 
-- The Nujiang River is China's important river flowing from north to south. It has its source on the southern slope of the Tanggula Mountain Range in Tibet Autonomous Region, flowing across the Tibet Autonomous Region and Yunnan Province, with a total length of 2,816 kilometers and a drainage area of 324,000 square kilometers.
 
The name of the river is changed into the Salween River after flowing into Burma from China, and it finally empties into the Andaman Sea of Indian Ocean at the Moulmein. The upper reaches of the river are known as the Naqu River in Tibetan. The river is called Anurimei by the Nu ethic minority, Anu is the name of the Nu people called by themselves, the Rimei means the river, so Anurimei means the river dwelled by the Nu people.

Drive from Liuku to Gongshan. On the way you can enjoy the beautiful landscapes of the Nujiang Grand Canyon with Laohutiao Gorge, the Flying Stones and the Stone Moon.
 
The 247-kilometer-long Nujiang River Gorge is flanked by two 4,000-meter-high mountains. The mountain peaks on the two sides have an average altitude of over 3,000 kilometers. The gorge is located in Yunnan Province in southwestern China, an area rich in ethnic minority culture. It is now a first choice for many domestic and foreign travelers.
 
--The Dulong (also known as Drung) ethnic group is one of the smallest ethnic groups in China. With a total population of about 5,816 (data from the census in 2000), the Dulongs mainly live in the Dulong River Valley in the Gongshan Dulong and Nu Autonomous County in north-western Yunnan Province. There are also a small number of them, about 10 percent of the total, distributed in the areas along the Nujiang River in the north of Gongshan County.

One full day excursion to Bingzhongluo, sightseeing includes the first bend of Nujiang River (Salween River), the stone house of the Nu Nationality, Peach Island, the Tibetan Puhua Temple. You will then have the chance to visit a minority household and experience the life of the local people. You will do about 4 hours trekking along Nujiang River to Bingzhongluo Town, the trekking is really wonderfull wit green water and trees.
 
In the late afternoon, visit the Lisu family, drink the liquor with Lisu people and have Lisu ethnic rice and food.
 
--The Lisu ethnic group numbers 634,912 people, and most of them live in concentrated communities in Bijiang, Fugong, Gongshan and Lushui counties of the Nujiang Lisu Autonomous Prefecture in northwestern Yunnan Province. The rest are scattered in Lijiang, Baoshan, Diqing, Dehong, Dali, Chuxiong prefectures or counties in Yunnan Province as well as in Xichang and Yanbian counties in Sichuan Province, living in small communities with the Han, Bai, Yi and Naxi peoples.

After breakfast, enjoy the sunrise view of Kawakapo Peak of Meili Snow Mountain which looks like a colorful dragon flying in the sky.
Visit these farmland, temples and gardens in the village. With Mudan Lake in the village, Bingzhongluo is a Xanadu town for every tourists.

This is the 8th new road to Tibet, there are very few people know this road, it was built in 2009.It is also the second road to Tibet from Yunnan. Chayu County is located in the south Tibet, with 1000 meters above the sea level.
 
--The County of Chayu lies in the southeast of Tibet, 900 km from Lhasa and 500 km from Bayi. It borders with Yunan in the east, with Bomi, Basu and Zuogong Changdu Prefecture in the north, with Motuo in the west and with Burma and India in the south. At east longitude of 95°41 ′- 98°45′and north latitude of 27°44′- 29°32′, Chyu (250 km long and 180 km wide) has a land area of about 31,659 square kilometers. Its national borderline with India is 400 km in length and with Burma 188 km. There are six townships and 114 villages in the county. 
 
Entering Tibet via the Sichuan-Tibet Highway and having arrived at Ranwu, one can have a really pleasant stay in Chayu for sightseeing. The nice climate and pretty landscape make Chayu a place better than the real Jiangnan. People always liken Chayu (in Tibetan it means a pile of rocks), “the Jiangnan of Tibet”, to a green pearl on the national border. This mountainous region is the native land to the Deng People who have no literature and use robe knotting and wood carving to keep records. Mostly engaged in agriculture, the Deng men wear sleeveless shirts long enough to reach one’s thigh while women dress themselves with short-sleeve blouse, amice and carry big bag.
 
Because of its wet subtropical climate of south Himalaya and lower latitude than that of Suzhou and Hangzhou (two cities in east China known as a piece of land flowing with milk and honey), Chayu has very pleasant natural conditions where a large variety of plants can grow. Besides corns, rice, wheat, peanut, highland barley and sesame, Chayu is home to fruits like banana, orange, grape, water melon, sugar cane and guava; to medical herbs like Tianma, Beimu Sanqi; and to such rare animal species as tiger, gold coin leopard etc. 
 
Its complex physiognomy consists of high peaks, deep valleys, snow mountains and grasslands. The northwest part of Chayu is higher than the southeastern side. The town is 2,360 meters above the sea level while the average latitude of the whole county stays at about 2,800 meters. The lowest place, the Rima Village of the Township of Xiachayu, is only 1,400 meters. 60% covered by forest, Chayu boasts a number of rivers like the Nu River, the Chayu River and Qingshui River etc. that mostly originates from the snow mountains. 

After breakfast come back to Guyu peachblossom valley from Chayu. The Peach Blossom Valley is a wonderful natural paradise and fruit base. In these villages, the view of Guyu town is most special and valuable to shoot. Leave from Guyu and come over Mt.Delama again. We will visit Laigu village.
 
You could take fine picture for Laigu glacier across a small lake-side village, where erecting snow peaks, mirror-like lake, pure-white ice lid & live houses bless your film with blue immense sky. The village is known as the most scenic village in China for its snow kingdom surrounding. Then go back to Ranwu along Ranwu Lake.
Stay in hotel of Ranwu.

A drive of 129km would take us about 5 hours to Bomi.
You will wander along the Poto-chu Valley at Tramog (2,743 m/8999 ft), located deep in the thickly forested gorge of Parlung Tsangpo with glacial waterfalls streaming from the mountainsides. You will go down several hundred meters in altitude as you reach the lowland jungle settlement of Tang-me where the Tsangpo and Parlung Tsangpo rivers meet.

Drive across Serkhyem La Pass (4,515 m/14813 ft), the last major pass before reaching Lhasa, you will have spectacular views of Mount Gyala Pelri (7,150 m/23458 ft) and Mount Namchak Barwa (7,756 m/25446 ft). On the way to Nyingchi, you pass through Bayi, originally a military base, which has now become the capital of Nyingchi District.
 
North of Bayi, Bajie village lies on the edge of a primary dense forest with sacred cypress trees which are more than two thousand and five hundred years old. Around May, you would be able to see three to five-meter rhododendrons in full bloom. Visit the Bayi Cypresses Park (with a 2000 year old Juniper tree), then drive to Bayi Town in Linzhi (Nyingchi) Prefecture.

Drive along the beautiful Niyang River drive to visit Draksumtso (Basumtso) and Kading Holy Mountain Waterfalls. Take a ferry ride off the southern shore of the lake to visit the Tsodzong Monastery.
 
Bayi to Basong Lake ( Gongbujiangda Town ) ( 159 km, 6-7 hours ) Today we drive along with the nearby town of Bayi, with its famed Buddhist Buchu Monastery and Lamaling Temple. It is a temple of the Red Sect and is the most important place for the Tibetan Buddhism in Nyingchi. We finally arrive at the crystal clear waters of the Basong Lake ( Basum Tso Lake ), another place you would be reluctant to leave. 

Basong Lake to Lhasa ( 310 km, 10-11 hours ) Leaving the lake after breakfast, we arrive at Gongbujiangda in time for lunch. The afternoon will be left open for you to take a walk or explore the nearby glacier. Continue driving along the Niyang River towards Lhasa, passing through lush alpine forests, clear snow-melted streams and over the impressive Mi La pass (4865 m). Have a visit to Gandan Monastery en route.
 
 
After the 9-day-long challenging overland trip, you will understand why Tibetans regard the journey to Lhasa as one of the most sacred of pilgrimages.

Morning section to visit the famous Potala palace and explore the grandest of this myriad chapels, its audience halls, the jeweled and Golden burial chortens(stupa Tombs) of past Dalai Lamas, and tremendous number of Buddhist frescoes, thangkas, combinations of mandala, figures of the Buddha. Made of precious metal.
 
Afternoon section visiting to the holist temple in Tibet, the Johkang Temple, built during songtsen gonpo’s reign by princess wencheng of tang dynasty, 647 A.D. The inner circuit is also situated inside the temple and is lined with prayer-wheel and murals outlined in gold on red background, which depict the thousand buddhas, interspersed with stupas and relief-images. Johkang is circuit.
 
The circular pilgrim route around Jokhang temple is called barkhor and later flourished, forming the embryo of the city. The barkhor market itself is the most active in all tibet,and it is possible to purchase traditional Tibetan artifacts, religious implements, antiques, books, Tibetan music instrument, Thangkas, and tradition tibetan clothes etc.

Drepung monastery is situated at the foothill of a mountain and was founded by Jamyang Choeje in 1416. It was once home of 10000 monks and Ganden podrang in Drepung is famous it was the government centre during fifth dalai lama and later moved to the famous potala palace during fifth dalai lama. By the time you can also vist the Nechung monastery located 1km southeast of Drepung and is the abode of the protector deity pehar and the seat of the state Oracle of Tibet.
 
In the afternoon exploring the Sera monastery which was founded in 1419 by Tsongkapa’s disciple Jamchen Choeje. The most attractive is that Monks debiting is held there in the courtyard at around 6-7:30 in the afternoon section. Overnight at Lhasa (Notice, the sequence of sightseeing of first two days may be adjusted according to the reservation of visiting Potala Palace)

Passing by the green farmland of Nyangchu Valley, Yamdro-tso lakes, karo-la glacier roadside at 4960m, We move westwards to the second biggest city Shigatse, the Area spiritually hosted by Pamchan Lama.
 
The most important attraction for today is Yamdro-tso Lake and Kubum monastery in Gyantse. From the top of the pass kangpa-la at 4700m high in clear weather, you can see the fabulous shade of deep turquoise, Yamdro-tso Lake is shaped like coiling scorpion with deep blue in colour.
 
Kubum monastery, means 100,000 images in Tibetan, is the town's foremost attraction, The 35m-high chorten (stupa) with its white layers trimmed with decorative stripes and its crown-like golden dome, is awe-inspiring. You can visit every chambers in the monastery.

Drive westwards the Friendship way to Tingri. On the way you will pass the checking point with your TTB permit, travel permit and passport, and purchase the entrance of Everest Base Camp.
 
There is about 90km bumpy road from Tingri to Rongpuk, road is under construction. From Tingri to E.B.C with the very rough road, pass the wild grassland, cross the rapids river and high mountains. If it is in clear whether, you can have a glimpse of 4 mountains which is 8000m high or more, such as: Mt. Lhotse(8516m),Mt. Everes(8848m), Mt. Qowowuyag(8201m),Mt Mayalu(8463m).
Overnight at Rongphu Monastery Tent

Early in the moring to see the sunrise from Rongphu then to view Mt. Everest. It is fabulous and splendid.After walking arrive the place get on the animal carriage then use half of an hour arrive at Everest Base camp ( Or you also can trekking to Base Camp around 1.5-2 hours one way. It's interesting and much more warm, but hard to breath).
 
Hiking up to the top of the photo point to take pictures of the splendid- Mt. Everest. Then late in the afternoon around 13:00 go down from E.B.C back to Tingri by friend-ship highway back to Shigaste.

We spend about 4 hours to drive back to Lhasa from Shigatse, on the way, we will visit the largest Monastery in west Tibet, the Tashilunpo monastery, as the last but famous historic sites for your Tibet tour. Tashilunpo monastery is one of the the six great Gelukpa institutions and was founded in 1447 by a disciple of Tsongkapa, Genden drup who was first dalai lama. Jamkhang Chenmo, containing the world's largest gilded copper image(26m high) of future god Jampa.
Drive along the Friend-ship Highway back to Lhasa.

 Departure from Lhasa