World’s Highest Train Journey

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This tour presents a delightful potpourri of high adventure and exotic culture. Exploration of the ancient palaces, monasteries and temples and a ride on the world’s highest train, a journey to -almost- the top of the world, the Everest Base camp. This exciting trip takes travellers on a whirlwind tour to three oriental cities: Beijing, Lhasa and Kathmandu.

In Beijing some incredible historical sites awaits the travellers. Leaving Beijing they embark on a train journey to Lhasa, aboard the world’s highest railway, the Qinghai–Tibet railway. As the train trundles along the high Tibetan plateau, picturesque scenes of Tibetan countryside whiz by. Owing to Tibet’s high altitude the train has been equipped with oxygen–supplying equipment. The train journey ends in Lhasa. In Tibet, participants take a guided tour to Lhasa, plus excursions to the cities of Shigatse, Gyantse and Shegar. On reaching Rongbuk, the world’s highest mountain Mount Everest can be admired. Once crossed the Friendship Bridge, travellers enter Nepal. There they get to explore the three medieval cities of Kathmandu, Patan and Bhaktapur.