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Tibetan Highlands – 21 Days

• Driving Holiday Overview
• Tibetan Highlands Itinerary
• Driving Tour Dates
• What's Included
• What's not Included
• Prices and Options
• Contact Us

Driving Holiday Overview

Our new 21-Day Tibetan Highlands driving journey is in the making. You’ll start in Chengdu, the capital of Sichuan.  The first third of the journey leads you along the fabled G318, China’s longest national road, to Lhasa, right in the midst of the mountainous and lush splendour of Tibet’s highlands.  From Lhasa, you’ll take a side-trip – a side-trip if ever there was one – to the Chinese base camp of Mount Everest.

During the second third, the journey leads you first back east for a while, then north into Qinghai province, one of China’s most isolated and sparsely populated province.  On the way to Qinghai’s capital, Xining, you cross the upper reaches of both the Yangtze as well as the Yellow River, those two waters that have shaped China’s civilisation more than anything else. After passing Golmud, a visit to Qinghai lake, an enormous body of water at 3,000+ meters elevation, is also being planned.

The final leg of the journey takes you through Lanzhou, the capital of Gansu province and a major city along that erstwhile pulsating vein of “global commerce”, the Silk Road.   At Lanzhou, the itinerary takes a turn southward back in the direction of Chengdu.  Before arriving in Chengdu, it will be worth stopping at Jiuzhaigou, a Chinese national park of worldwide renown for its pristine lakes and forests nearby which Pandas roam in the wild.

The three weeks of this journey will engrave memories of beauty and wonder forever into your mind.

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Since we are still putting the final touches on this itinerary, we welcome your suggestions.  Please write us with your ideas.

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Tibetan Highlands Itinerary

We have not yet finalised the itinerary.  If you’d like to know more, please Contact us.

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Driving Tour Dates

We have not yet finalised the dates when we will offer this itinerary.   In fact, we’re open to suggestions.  Please Contact us.

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What’s included

Even though we’re still working out the details of this itinerary, it will be run in the same spirit of all On the Road in China journeys, that is, everything will be included…so,

• Arrangement and fees for Chinese driving license application.
• Hotel rooms for all nights of the journey
• An SUV/4x4 rental car for all three driving days, including car insurance, of course.
• A state-of-the-art satellite navigation system with pre-programmed route for the journey. 
• Lunches and dinners – a culinary journey of discovery (in local restaurants where possible, otherwise in hotels; on some days picnics for lunch).  For dinners, feel free to choose any kind of drink, even alcoholic drinks.   It is all on us, but if you drink, please drink in moderation!
• Breakfast at the hotel every day which will include good coffee (from a plunge coffee maker), a choice of cereals, milk, soya bean milk, hard-boiled eggs and, of course, local fare.
• Entrance fees for all jointly attended activities.
• Toll fees for all roads along the itinerary.
• Petrol for your car.
• On the Road Home-Away-from-Home Kit and Goodies including … wet towels, anti-bacterial hand wash and basic toiletries, daily picnic basket containing fresh fruit, fruit juice, 1-litre bottle of water, a mixture of overseas and local sweets and nibbles.
• We also provide other essentials such as walky-talkies, thermos flasks, and oxygen bottles.
• A lead car that prepares the destination each day and will carry necessities, including a first-aid kit.
• Pre-departure traveller information pack.
• 24-hour medical assistance, evacuation and repatriation emergency service provided by International SOS.

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What’s not included

The price for the journey includes everything except your airfare to and from Chengdu and any purchases for gifts and souvenirs you choose to make.

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Prices and Options

We have a standard price for a couple that assumes two people sharing a car and hotel rooms.  If you book by the 'Early Bird Booking' date, we offer a 5% discount off the standard price.

We can offer several options to suit your needs:

• We can accommodate many different groupings.  In particular, if you are on your own and would like to join, don't worry.   We will do our best to find someone (1 or 2 others) whom you can join.
• Our standard car is a manual gear-shift, but we will endeavour to get you an automatic, if you prefer.
• If you'd really like join Tibetan Highlands – 21 Days, but would rather not drive the whole way (or not drive at all), we can also provide you a driver.
• And if you would want go get even more out of the journey, how about your own personal translator and guide?   We can arrange this, too.

For our price list, including all options, please be in touch (see Contact us).

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