Tibet Kharta valley trekking - 18 Days

A trek to the East Face of Everest

This trek is quite special with only a few people trekking this region in a year. A Journey through the Kharta Valley , passing through several other verdant tiny valleys along the way which are dotted with beautiful lakes on a journey to the Khangshung face, the Eastern face of the Mt. Everest.

This isolated region borders Mt. Everest in the West, to the South lies the jagged Himalayan range of Makalu. North and East lies the arid Tibetan Plateau. The region is famous for its pristine wilderness, beautiful lakes and superb views of Mt. Makalu (8475m), Mt. Karma Changri (6289m) along with the enormous Khangsung glacier.

Itinerary day by day

Day 1: Take flight from Chengdu to Lhasa. From Gongkar airport it is about 1 hour' drive to Lhasa , first along the Yarlung Tsangpo then into the Kyi Chu Valley.

Days 2 : Today, our highlights are Potala Palace and Jokhang temple. The cardinal landmark of Lhasa, Potala Palace, is a structure of massive portions. Its towering image already appearing on various occasions, but your first sight of the Potala will still be an awe-inspiring moment. Potala Palace is a place where you can appreciate the Tibetan culture, religion and art of architecture as well.

Jokhang Temple is the spiritual center of Tibet. Every day, pilgrims from every corner of Tibet trek a long distance to the temple to pray for their now and future. The temple is the product of Han, Tibetan and Nepalese architectural techniques. Around the temple is the Barkhor Street, the oldest street in a very traditional city in Tibet. We can have a visit after the Jokhang visit. Out there, we can visit a handcraft product store.

Day3: A long, yet scenic day's drive across the Khamba La and Kora La (passes), along the shores of Lake Yamdrok Tso to Gyantse. In the afternoon we make the short (2-3 hour) drive along the valley to Shigatse.

Day 4: Tashilhunpo is the seat of the Panchen Lama, second only in importance to the Dalai Lama. Its numerous halls contain a 21.6-meter wooden statue of Maitreya, the future Buddha and elaborate, jewel encrusted reliquary chorten. In the afternoon we drive to Xegar.

Day 5: Drive from Xegar to Kharta. Then we will seach for packing and hiring yaks for next few days trekking. O/n in camping.

Trekking begins from Day 6.

Day 6: Trekking: It takes about 2.5 hours from Kharta to Yueba. From Kharta, cross bridge over the Lang Chu, then follow left bank and head to westwards. O/n camping.

Day 7: Trek Yuepe to base camp of Langma La (5,100m). O/n camping. 6hrs.

Day 8: Trek about 2.5 hours from Langma La to the Cave. It is one difficult day. If weather clears, there are wonderful views of Mt. Makalu (8,463) and other high mountains. O/n camping. 5.5hrs.

Day 9: Cave to Pethang (4-hours). Heading down the valley from the cave to a long, narrow trail 300m form the bottom of the Karma Valley, after crossing the Karma Valley, the path leads to Karma chu to Pethang. O/n camping. 4hrs.

Day 10: Pethang-Pethang Ringmo, 5 hours walk, and camp at Kangshung Base Camp.
O/n in camping.5 hrs

Day 11: come back from Pethang Ringmo to Pethang but instead of turning left to the Langma La we will go straight ahead to the Shao La (5030m). 4.5hrs

Day 12: Pethang-Sharlung, 5.5hrs walk. Walk back up to a point just below the cave called Tangshum. Turn right along a ridge that overlooks the river valley, on the right, which extends to the northeast and the Chok la. Continue to the end of the ridge to its end and descend for a short distance to another cave, the Sharlung, situated next to an emerald lake within a cwn.

Day 13: Sharlung to Sharo, (5 hours). Turn north and cross two ridge to reach a wooden valley. The peaks of Makalu are directly opposite by viewing from the camp site. O/n in camping.

Day 14: Sharo to Kharta in 6 hours. O/n in camping.

Day 15: Drive to Rongbuk monastery (5,200m), which is the highest monastery in the world. It takes 6- hours drive to Rongbuk to view the North face of the Mt Everest (8,848 m). o/n camping.

Day 16: Drive back to Lhatse.

Day 17: Drive to Lhasa.

Day 18: Free action.

Day 19: Leave.

Price:

The price for above trekking tour is 2838USD/p.p.

What is Included
Accommodation Lhasa, Shigatse, Xegar, Lhatse - Twin share 
Breakfast on non-camping portion of trip
Meals whilst trekking / camping. (Since this is the isolated region, and no restraunt during the trekking, a cook and meals provided by us is necessary.)
 Porters or pack animals for personal gear whilst trekking. (Our guide will try to arrange yaks at Kharta. But if there is no yaks available during that period-golden season for climbing, we will try to arrange porters for carrying things for you.)
Transport as per itinerary
All airport transfers
Sightseeing as per itinerary
English speaking guide
Tibet entry permit and all necessary documents

What is not Included

Personal expenses such as drinks, postage, laundry
Lunch and dinner on non-camping portion of trip.
Emergency evacuation
Tips and gratuities
Costs arising from unforeseen events outside the control of ATT (eg. Landslides)

All camping equipment whilst trekking / camping. (You mentioned you will prepare them by yourselves. Or we can provide you ours, but you need pay extra.)

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