TIBET EXTENSION

The 55 minutes flight to Lhasa offers spectacular views of the Himalaya including flying above Mt. Everest. In Lhasa day upon day can be spent marveling at the colossal palaces and monasteries. Lhasa, which in Tibetan means, Palace Of Gods is the earthly representation of the Celestial Palace of Avaloketeshwora, the Buddha of Infinite Compassion whose incarnation in the human form is believed to be the Dalai Lama.

In a huge country of nearly 800,000 square kilometers with the terrain lying mostly between 4,000 to 5,000 meters, there are many other places beyond Lhasa with equally captivating sights. Lhasa sightseeing tours range between 4 and 5 days while tours progressing beyond the capital stretch from 7 to 12 days with the longest duration - 19 days being required for the Mt. Kailash-Lake Manasarovar Tour which lies in the far western corner of the country.

Forbidden to the outside world for centuries, this vast expanse of land is awesomely beautiful and offers fantastic vistas of mountains, plains, lakes, people and culture belonging to a lost world far beyond this planet. Even today, Tibet's past grandeur, majesty, magic and mystery still remains undiminished and one can still today see nomads herding their yaks, pilgrims worshipping at sacred shrines, and the expansive, striking and enduring trans-Himalayan topography.