Nepal – China – Mongolia overland road trip

Route: Nepal – China – Mongolia

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Drive or ride from India & Nepal, through China, to Central Asia and even Europe

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Duration of Nepal – China – Mongolia: 25 Days

Nepal-China-Mongolia Roadtrip Highlights

Everest Base Camp, Lhasa, Potala Palace, Jokhang Temple, plateau lakes and snow mountains, Giant pandas, Leshan Giant Buddha, terracotta warriors, several sites of world natural and cultural heritage of UNESCO, Beijing, Great Wall of China…

Itinerary

Day 1: Nepal-Gyirong , 40km, 2800m
Immigration and customs formalities. The altitude of the border is only 1800 m. drive  about 40km to Gyirong town(2800 m).

Day 2 Gyirong – Basong Village, 330km, 4200m
Finish other formalities formalities in the morning, drive 330km to Basong Village in Tingri County before EBC. We need to acclimatize to altitude today.

* Altitude will be from 2800m to 4200m today, it is a challenge for, it’s better we stay somewhere between 3200m-3700m for a few hours before arrive the 4200m village.

Day 3 Basong Village – Mt. Everest Base Camp – Shigatse, 300km, 3845m
Visit opportunity: Mt. Everest Base Camp
Drive to Shigatse after visiting the EBC.

Day 4 Shigatse, 3845m
Apply for temporary driver’s license and temporary number plate.
Visit opportunity: the Tashilunpo Monastery

Day 5 Shigatse – Gyantse, 100km, 4000m
Get chinese temporary driver’s license and temporary number plate this morning, drive 100km to Gyantse County.
Visit opportunity: Pelkor Chode or Palcho Monastery, Kumbum the largest stupa in Tibet, GYANTSE DZONG FORT, GYANTSE OLD TOWN

Day 6 Gyantse – Lhasa, 300km, 3663.5m
Visits: Yamzho Yumco Lake, Yarlung Zangbo River Water Burial Platform

Day 7 Lhasa, 3663.5m
Visit opportunity: the Potala Palace, the Jokhang Temple, the Barkhor Street

Day 8 Lhasa – Nyingchi – Lulang, 460km, 3385m
Visits: Lulang Forest, Nnamjagbarwa Mountain

Day 9 Lulang – Bomi – Ranwu – Baxoi County, 370km, 3260m
Rakwa Tso Lake

Day 10 Baxoi County – Mangkang, 360km, 3880m
Visit opportunity: Mangkangdian Snub-nosed Monkey Nature Reserve

Day 11 Mangkang – Litang, 300km, 4000m
Visit opportunity: the Mingyong Glacier and Meili Snow Mountians

Day 12 Litang – Ya’an, 400km

Day 13 Ya’an – Leshan, 100km
Giant Panda, Giant Buddha

Day 14 Leshan – Chengdu, 150km
Rest and reorganize

Day 15 Chengdu – Guangyuan, 300km

Day 16 Guangyuan – Xi’an, 450km

Day 17 Xi’an
The Terracotta Army

Day 18 Xi’an – Hancheng ancient city – dangjia village – Pingyao ancient city, 520km
visits: Hancheng ancient city, dangjia village, World Cultural Heritage Pingyao Ancient City

Day 19 Pingyao – Yingxian – Hunyuan, 400km
The Sakyamuni Pagoda of Fogong Temple of Ying County.
Hanging Temple: Built more than 1,500 years ago, this temple is notable not only for its location on a sheer precipice but also because it is the only existing temple with the combination of three Chinese traditional philosophies or three religions: Buddhism, Taoism, and Confucianism.

Day 20 Hunyuan – Datong, 70km
Yungang Grottoes: UNESCO World Heritage Site, they are an outstanding example of the Chinese stone carvings from the 5th and 6th centuries.

Day 21 Datong – Great Wall of China, 280km

Day 22 Great Wall – Beijing City, 70km
Forbidden City, Temple of Heaven

Day 23 Beijing
Rest and enjoy beijing

Day 24 Beijing – Erenhot, 670km, highway, 8hours

Day 25 Erenhot – Exit formalities – Mongolia
Goodbye China, Hello Mongolia