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Tibet: Optional Tours for Great Wall of China Marathon 2024 (February 27,2024)

Following the 23rd Great Wall of China Marathon on May 1st, 2024 in Beijing, you have the opportunity to select from our top 10 optional tours to journey 3,730km to Tibet for an unforgettable travel experience. You will be traveling alongside the marathon runners who will be participating in the Roof of the World Marathon 2024 and sharing accommodations at the same hotel each night.

Options 8: Beijing/Tibet
Feature:
Feel the truth of life at the place closest to the paradise.

D1(Thu/May 2.2024)Beijing-Lhasa
In the morning,our bus will take all the guests from the 4-star official hotel MERCURE BEIJING ZHONGGUANCUN to the airport.Then,we will take the plane from Beijing to Lhasa.And we will arrive Lhasa at around 7pm.We would be accepted by the Tibetan guide at the airport with the Tibetan rituals HADA.We would be send to the hotel at Lhasa.We are required to take the enough rest at the 3-star hotel.Dinner in Lhasa.

D2(Fri/May 3.2024):Potala Palace,Jokhang Temple and Barkhor Street.
After the breakfast,we go to visit Potala Palace,winter palace of the Dalai Lama since the 7th century, which symbolizes Tibetan Buddhism and its central role in the traditional administration of Tibet. In the afternoon,we visit Jokhang Temple,which is the the most sacred and important temple for Tibetan. The two statues of the Buddha brought by Princess Wencheng were worshipped here.Later,we visit the Barkhor Street.Each day hundreds of Buddhist pilgrims flow in from every corner of Tibet and across China to make the trek through Barkhor Street,the Tibet's "Sacred Way".

D3(Sat/May 4.2024):Namtso and Yangbajing
In the early morning,we leave for Namtso(Heavenly Lake),around 190km northwest of Lhasa.En route,we would be able to enjoy the Lhasa River,the broad prairie of north of Tibet,Qinghai-Tibet Highway. While we visit this sacred lake,we can enjoy the Nyenchen Tonglha Mountains(7162metre) afar.In the afternoon,we visit the Yangbajing,hotspring site surrounded by the snow-capped mountains.You can take the hotspring bath there with your own swimming suit,then you would get much relaxed.Then back to Lhasa.

D4(Sun/May 5,2024):Lhasa-Beijing
Morning flight from Lhasa to Beijing,arrive in Beijing in the afternoon.Free activity in Beijing.Overnight at the 4-star official hotel MERCURE BEIJING ZHONGGUANCUN.

D5(Mon/May 6.2024):Fly back to your country.
See you off at Beijing Capital International Airport.They you flight back to your country.

Price Offer:US$1,468

About Options 8
1)You will be on the tours with the other world participants.
2)Two persons share one room at the 3-star hotel in Lhasa, Single Occupancy US$229.
3)English-speaking guides.
4)Tour Application Deadline:April 9,2024(Tue.)
5)We suggest you to listen to the tour direction and suggestion by the local Tibetan tourguide.
6)The air tickets between Beijing and Lhasa are included.
7)Please prepare some tips for the Tibetan tourguide and the driver in Lhasa before you fly back to Beijing on May 5,2024.

If you have already registered the 23rd Great Wall of China Marathon to be held on May 1st,2024,and you would like to join the tour to Tibet,please write email to us or Wechat us.Thank you very much!

Reference:

Two Itineraries for the Roof of the World Marathon on May 6 and May 9,2024

Useful:The Total Registration List of the Great Wall of China Marathon/the Roof of the World Marathon in 2024 


            

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