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“The Himalayan Motorcycle tour confirmed departure for 2012"
Tibet: Spring 2012
01 May - 12 May ( We already have confirmed on 1st MAY  to 12th MAY 2012 )

Tibet: Autumn 2012
4-15 September
( We already have confirmed on 4th Sept to 15th Sept 2012 )
Duration : 12 Days

Minimum : 07 Pax Cost per person : US$ 3150.00
 

We operate Motorbiking tours in Tibet. You will take part from Kathmandu and the tour ends with Kathmandu. You will follow the route to Zhangmu, Xigatse and you will sightseeing to Lhasa. We will provide hotel/ Guest house accommodation along the way. This tour also called "Royal Enfield tour" because we use Royal Enfield Motorcycle on that tour.

EMAIL US TO JOIN this fixed departure tour to TIBET

 
 ITINERARY:
 DAY 01  Arrival to Kathmandu. Transfer to hotel. O/N hotel
 DAY 02  This day, we get your Visa processed in Monday, Wednesday or Friday). Also check the motorcycles and spare parts etc. 
 DAY 03 Kathmandu - Zhangmu - Nyilamu (180 km); 3500m. Overnight at a guest house with breakfast
 DAY 04 Drive to Tingri (approx 160 km) 4000m. Overnight at a guest house with breakfast.

Morning:after breakfast we will start easy ride up, there is the main checkpost to enter further up at Nyalam. We will be visiting Milarepa's cave enroute. One can ride to Lhatze (300 km) this day but we are treating this trip as a pleasant journey, spending the night in Tingri makes you more comfortable having the great views of the Himalayas in the South including Mt. Everest. Overnight at a guest house with breakfast.
 DAY 05 Tingri - Lhatse (approx 150 km); 3900m
The riding is pleasant, you will be passing a 5220 meters pass called "Gyatso La" today and continueing riding down to the fertile valley of Lhatze for tonight stay at a local guest house with breakfast.
 DAY 06 Lhatze - Xigatse (approx 150 km); 4000m
A typical day riding between the villages to Xigaze or Shigatse, the second largest city of Tibet . The ride today is across Yulung La (4950 metres), over fairly unpaved roads in the plateau area. After reaching Shigatse, we will transfer you in a better hotel and relax. If interested, you can visit the "Tashilhumpo Monastery", a vast monastery with its own streets, housing sectors, plazas, back alleys and complex of temples and halls. Overnight at a guest house with breakfast.
 DAY 07 Shigatse - Gyantse (90 Km); 4000m
Your drive on to Gyantse takes us through intensely agricultural, cultivated areas. Much of the gravel road is lined with poplar trees, which are a distinctly Tibetan feature. The drive on this day is just 90 km but, if interested, you can drive to the small, picturesque village of Kardoi from Gyantse (120 km round trip). This excursion will also take you to an old castle, Kumbum and Palcho Chode monastery. The hotel in Gyantse has good facilities, like the one in Shigatse with breakfast.
 DAY 08 Gyantse - Lhasa (280 km) via the Yamdrok Tso
You will drive mostly on a paved road, though there is an off-road route from Gyantse to the turquoise Lake "Yamdrok Tso". You will be crossing the high pass of "Karo La" at 5050m then continue your drive to Lhasa. On arriving you may feel as though we have left Tibet and entered China , for the Chinese influence - signs, people on the street, development - is ever more pervasive. And upon reaching Lhasa itself, you will see the suffocation of the old Tibet by the new layers of Chinese infrastructure, covering nearly 100% of the city. Lhasa is a sprawling, modern Chinese city with polluted air and horn-honking traffic congestion but we will stay there for two full days to acclimatise and take in the awe-inspiring Potala and other parts of thisr World heritage site Elevation - 3650 metres.
 DAY 09 Sightseeing tours in and around Lhasa
Riding around Lhasa visiting the various interesting sites( Potala Palace,Sera monastery,Drepung Monastery,Norbulingka palace etc).
 DAY 10 Lhasa - Shigatse (250 Km)
Your riding today will be on paved road. After having breakfast we'll follow the riverbed of the Kyi Chu River , this is the same way back until road adjacent to a bridge at the Brahmaputra valley. Then we take the straight highway riding on the riverbed of the "Yarlung Tsangpo" to Shigatse, stay at the hotel.
 DAY 11 Shigatse - Xegar (250 km); 4400m
After a good breakfast, we start riding from Shigatse to Lhatse then ascent to the Gyatso La-5220m, finally descend into Xegar and stay in a Everest hotel (luxurious accommodation after Shigatse).
 DAY 12 Xegar-Rongbuk-Everest Base camp-Rongbuk(130 Km)
Today you will find much excitement. Here starts the taste of the "Top of the World"; the remoteness shows the real beauty of the area that makes you pride of your awaiting since long time. Riding through the remoteness you will be ascending to the Rongbuk.Excursion to Everest base camp- 5200m and back to Rongbuk and overnight stay at Rongbuk Guest house.
 DAY 13 Rongbuk / Tingri (4,250m) / Nyalam 288 Km.
Enjoy the early morning views of Mt. Everest and after breakfast, set out on a long days ride. Set out retracing the route from Everest Base camp for about 40 kilometers to arrive at Tashi Dzom. From here continue a bit further to arrive at a marker showing the direction to Tingri. Leave the main trail and set off for Tingri through small scattered ethnic villages and farm lands which takes about 3 hours. From Tingri we drive on the highest  plateau of the world with typical view of the Tibetan landscape offering sheer feeling of standing on the roof of the world. Cross the Lalung La (5,200m) and Thong La (5050 m) from where, weather permitting, here is a breathtaking panorama of beautiful Himalayan ranges including Mt. Everest (8,848m) but is dwarfed by the vastness of the Tibetan plateau. Descend down for about an hour to arrive at a familiar setting - the Mileapa Cave, where Milerapa is said to have meditated but we continue further to Nyalam (25 minutes,) for overnight stay at guest house in Nyalam.
 DAY 14 Nyalam / Zhangmu / Kathmnandu
After breakfast, drive to Zhangmu (30 kilometers ? 1 hour drive). Complete the Chinese Immigration and border formalities. The permits and Motorcycles are checked once again and then we drive down 8 kilometers to Kodari and the Nepal Tibet Friendship Bridge. Here the porters will transfer the luggage to the Nepal side and we bid farewell to our Guide and drivers from Tibet.

Cross the Friendship Bridge, complete Nepal Customs and Immigration and drive 128 Kms. (4 hours) to Kathmandu. Check the Motorcycles at the Workshop and then transferred to the Hotel. Tour ends?
 DAY 15 Free day in Kathmandu for souvenir shopping & independent activities.
 DAY 16 Transfer to the airport and fly out of Kathmandu
 

Cost Includes:
# Arrival and Departure transfer to and from Kathmandu Airport
# 3 nights hotel in Ktm and 11 nights Guesthouse/ hotels accommodation in Tibet on twin sharing with breakfast
# Royal Enfield motorbikes 350/500 cc and one mechanic
# Kathmandu-Zhangmu-Kathmandu transfer for luggage
# All entry fees to the sites and monasteries for both Motor bikes and members
# Everest Conservation fee for members, bikes, Crews and vehicle
# Engine oil and fuel (petrol) as required for the motor biking tours
# Bike rental cost
# Tibet Alien as well as TTB Permits.
# All necessary Tibet entry and road permits
# All special necessary permits for Motor bikes
# Motor bike custom entry fee at China custom
# Temporary Motor Bike license and driving license
# One Local Tibetan English speaking guide
# Transportation by one 4500cc Toyota Land cruiser
# Oxygen incase needed

Cost Excluded:
- Air ticket and Air tax if needed
- Lunch and dinner in Nepal and Tibet
- Tibet/China Visa fee US$ 114 per person extra US$ 84 per person for American nationals
- Personal biking clothing including Helmets
- Emergency and Evacuation costs, travel / medical insurance / Personal insurance of the riders
- Nepal visa fee of $ 40.00 for 30 days upon arrival at the Kathmandu airport or Nepal Border. Need two passport size photos.
- Any extra cost in the event of landslides and personal nature expenses
- Medical treatments
- Costs associated with cancellations, delays & porters due to roadwork.
- Bank transfer fees, cancellation fee if there is unforced situation, Politically disturbance any region of Visa rejected by Chinese Embassy.
- Personal nature expenses such as tips, alcoholic beverages, and Sleeping bags
- Fuel and Spare parts of the bikes

Please you will send me flight details and passport details as following...............

# Scanned color passport copies of each member through email attachment.
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Scanned color passport size photographs of each member through email attachment.
# Scanned international driver license of each
member through email attachment.

We will also need your passport details including your name, date of birth,passport no, passport issue date, passport expiry date, nationality, Place (Province/state, country) of birth, occupation, name of your employer or school, daytime phone number, address of your employer or school,nighttime phone number, your home address, your email.

- Also do not forget to bring 4 passport size photos for the Nepal Visa at Kathmandu airport.

*MORCYCLE RIDING EQUIPMENT*
If you are going for a motorbike tour, we recommend that you bring your own gears, as helmet, jacket, pants, booths or what you else use to have when you are riding your bike. Sometimes it's warm with all the gears, but we will put the safety in first place. But, it's totally up to you what you are wearing on the tour we just give some recommendations.

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