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This unique trip takes you on a journey to the small village of Moyey near Yueba, where Tenzing Norgay Sherpa was born. His direct relatives still live there – beneath the great east face of Mt Everest. You will travel with Tenzing’s grandson Tashi, who climbed Everest twice, himself in 1997 -2002– first flying from Kathmandu to Lhasa for a tour of this ancient and magical city. You then drive on to Gyantse, site of Tibet’s great battle with the British Younghusband expedition of 1903/4 and one of Tibet’s great fortress towns.. The great Kumbum pagoda here, crafted by artisans from the Kathmandu Valley, is remarkable. Then on to Shigatse – home of the Panchen Lama and Tashilumpo Monastery, one of Tibet’s greatest and still most active.
From here you drive east towards Everest, which towers above the vast Tibetan plateau. Yueba village is located very near to Kharta, a rather substantial village on the north-astern side of Everest. You will spend three nights here, visiting the Tenzing family in Yueba and Kharta and soaking up the atmosphere of life in a remote and traditional village.
From Kharta you will drive around the massive base of Everest to the snout of the Rongbuk Glacier which flows down from Everest’s north face. Camp will be made here and you will have two full days to absorb this magnificent view of Everest – easily the best aspect of the great mountain from any side. You will visit the small but most revered Dza Rongphu or Rongbuk Monastery. This remote and very austere set of buildings is highly regarded across the Himalaya and a visit here brings great blessings on those few privileged to come.
From Rongbuk you will travel by road back across the great Tibetan plateau and through the narrow and dramatic gorge of the Sun Khosi River which cuts through the main Himalayan Range and flows into Nepal. Once through the gorge you exit Tibet and drive down to cross the Sun Khosi and enter Nepal. A most scenic drive brings you to Kathmandu – the “city of wood” and your journey’s end.
This trip offers a truly personal insight into Tibet, its history and culture and as a guest of the Tenzing family you will be welcomed as no others can be.
The 3,000 kilometre chain of the Himalayas have prevented passage to life-giving monsoon rains and foreign invaders alike. North of their ramparts the land suddenly and dramatically changes to the dry and unforgiving high altitude wilderness of the Tibetan Plateau. This most isolated region in the world, the earth's highest ecosystem and one of its last remaining wild places defies belief in its stark beauty and grandeur. Its people also are some of the most resilient and self sufficient. Their spiritual riches and deep religious convictions grew a cohesive and peaceful society in balance with itself and nature, alone and undisturbed on the Roof of the World. These riches, physical and spiritual, live on in Tibet's fabulous gilded monasteries, holy places and monuments. |
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