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A Sahara desert tour is an adventure and a once-in-a-lifetime experience. Here are my detailed tips on how to plan the perfect Sahara trip

None Day 6: Head back to Shigatse visiting Gyantse on the way – 350 km (7 hours) For those who prefer to experience trekking in Tibet and not just drive up to Everest Base Camp like most tourists do, consider doing the Everest Kangshung Face trek. After the 2015 earthquake, the Tibet-Nepal border was closed for an extended period of time, however it has now recently re-opened making an overland trip from Tibet to Nepal accessible once again. You can easily book a Lhasa to Kathmandu overland trip, which will be similar to a Tibet Everest Base Camp tour, except that you’ll continue driving onto the Nepal border instead of turning back to Lhasa. You need to have at least some multi-day hiking experience and preferably experience traveling to high-altitude regions before you attempt a trek here.

How Easter Island Got its Name Easter Island got its present name when the first-recorded European, Jacob Roggeveen from Netherlands, landed here on Easter Sunday in 1722. The most popular time to visit Easter Island is during the first two weeks of February when the annual Tapati Rapa Nui festival takes place. I stayed on Easter Island for four days and found it sufficient, though I was so captivated by Rapa Nui that I wished I could stay longer. The most traditional Rapa Nui dish is the Umu Rapa Nui or Easter Island curanto, which is cooked in a hole in the ground with firewood and red-hot stones, the same way it was made hundreds of years ago.

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