Day 01:Arrival
Meet your guide at Lhasa Railway Station or Lhasa Airport. From Lhasa Airport to Lhasa city, usually takes abt 1.5hrs; from Lhasa Railway Station to Lhasa city, abt 20mins.
After transfer to hotel, try to rest & drink as much water as you can to better acclimatize the high altitude. Overnight in Lhasa.
barkhor-street/Potala-Palace/jorkang
Day 02: Lhasa City (B)
Highlights: Potala Palace, Jokhang Temple,Barkhor Street
This morning, visit Potala Palace. It is more than 3,700 meters above sea level and it is the highest palace in the world! At the top the palace called golden roofs, you can have a bird-eye view of the whole of Lhasa. In the distance there are undulating mountain ranges, the beautiful Lhasa River, tracts of fields, tree-shaded villages and the glistening Jokhang Temple.
Afternoon, visit Jokhang Temple, it is the first built during the period of Sontsan Gambo in the 7th century, features Buddhist prayer wheels, reclining deer, golden sutra streamers. You'll find that many Pilgrims pray before the monastery.
The circuit around it called Barkhor Street, a famous local handmade crafts market, which is a good place to purchase souvenirs.
Overnight in Lhasa.
Drepung-Monastery/Drak-Yerpa/ganden-monastery
Day 03: Lhasa Suburb (B)
Highlights: AM-- Subject to change! one of these three: Drepung Monastery,Drak Yerpa, Ganden Monastery, PM-- Sera Monastery
AM: Drepung Monastery was built in 1416 and is the largest monastery of the Gelug Sect. It covers an area of 250,000 square meters. Drak Yerpa is a place that has deep meanings in the Tibetan spiritual culture. There is a saying goes like this: "Lhasa is the shrine of Tibet, Drak Yerpa is the shrine of Lhasa. Not seeing Drak Yerpa in Lhasa is just like making a dress without the collar." The entrance to the Yerpa Valley is about 16 km northeast of Lhasa on the northern bank of the Kyichu River. From there, it is another 10 km to the famous ancient meditation caves.
Ganden Monastery is one of the 'great three' Gelukpa university monasteries of Tibet, located at the top of Wangbur Mountain, Tagtse County, 36 kilometers ENE from the Potala Palace in Lhasa, at an altitude of 4,300m.
PM: Sera Monastery is located in the northern suburb of Lhasa City. The monastery was named Sera which means wild rose in the Tibetan language, because the hill behind it was covered with wild roses in bloom when the monastery was built. From of Mon ~ Fri., every afternoon, you 'll be able to see monks debating at Sera Monastery.
Overnight in Lhasa.
sera-monastery/Yamdok-Lake/Karo-la-Glacier
Day 04: Lhasa-Gyantse-Shigatse (B)
Highlights: Yamdrok Lake, Karo-la Glacier, Pelkhor Monastery
It takes you about 1.5 hrs to drive from Lhasa to Kambala Pass[4794m high], visit Yamdrok Lake there, which is one of the three holy lakes in Tibet.
Mt Nojin Kangsang stands tall with an elevation of 7,191 m (23,592 ft.) between Gyantze County and Nagarzê County, with several snow-capped mountains over 6,000 m (19,685 ft.) surrounding it. Mount Nojin Kangsang is the most accessible glacier site on the Tibetan Plateau. The famous Kharola Glacier (elevation 5,560 m or 18,241 ft.) is below the south ridge of Nojin Kangsang.
Palkhor Monastery lies about 230 kilometers south of Lhasa and 100 kilometers east of the Shigatse Prefecture, at the foot of Dzong Hill. It is well-known for its Kumbum, which has 108 chapels in its four floors. The multi-storied Kumbum Stupa was crowned with a golden dome and umbrella, surrounded with more chapels filled with unique religious statues and murals.
Overnight in Shigatse.
Day 05: Shigatse –Lhasa (B)
Highlights: Tashilhunpo Monastery
Optional: Dolma Lhakhang Temple
Visit Tashilunpo Monastery in the morning. It is one of the Six Big Monasteries of Gelugpa (or Yellow Hat Sect) in Tibet. Also called the Heap of Glory, the monastery is located at the foot of Drolmari (Tara's Mountain), Shigatse. Founded by the First Dailai Lama in 1447, the monastery's structure was expanded by the Fourth and successive Panchen Lamas. It covers an area of nearly 300,000 square meters.
On the way back to Lhasa, we offer optional visit to Dolma Lhakhang Temple at your own expense.
Dolma LhaKhang Temple is a monastery in Nyethang founded most probably by Atisha. It is located in twelve miles southwest of Lhasa.
Overnight in Lhasa.
Palcho-Monastery-Palgor-Chorten/Tashilhunpo-Monastery/Dolma-Lhakhang
Day 06: Lhasa-Airport/ Train Station(B)
Transfer to Lhasa Railway Station or Lhasa Airport.
End of tour! in Lhasa
Meet your guide at Lhasa Railway Station or Lhasa Airport. From Lhasa Airport to Lhasa city, usually takes abt 1.5hrs; from Lhasa Railway Station to Lhasa city, abt 20mins.
After transfer to hotel, try to rest & drink as much water as you can to better acclimatize the high altitude. Overnight in Lhasa.
barkhor-street/Potala-Palace/jorkang
Day 02: Lhasa City (B)
Highlights: Potala Palace, Jokhang Temple,Barkhor Street
This morning, visit Potala Palace. It is more than 3,700 meters above sea level and it is the highest palace in the world! At the top the palace called golden roofs, you can have a bird-eye view of the whole of Lhasa. In the distance there are undulating mountain ranges, the beautiful Lhasa River, tracts of fields, tree-shaded villages and the glistening Jokhang Temple.
Afternoon, visit Jokhang Temple, it is the first built during the period of Sontsan Gambo in the 7th century, features Buddhist prayer wheels, reclining deer, golden sutra streamers. You'll find that many Pilgrims pray before the monastery.
The circuit around it called Barkhor Street, a famous local handmade crafts market, which is a good place to purchase souvenirs.
Overnight in Lhasa.
Drepung-Monastery/Drak-Yerpa/ganden-monastery
Day 03: Lhasa Suburb (B)
Highlights: AM-- Subject to change! one of these three: Drepung Monastery,Drak Yerpa, Ganden Monastery, PM-- Sera Monastery
AM: Drepung Monastery was built in 1416 and is the largest monastery of the Gelug Sect. It covers an area of 250,000 square meters. Drak Yerpa is a place that has deep meanings in the Tibetan spiritual culture. There is a saying goes like this: "Lhasa is the shrine of Tibet, Drak Yerpa is the shrine of Lhasa. Not seeing Drak Yerpa in Lhasa is just like making a dress without the collar." The entrance to the Yerpa Valley is about 16 km northeast of Lhasa on the northern bank of the Kyichu River. From there, it is another 10 km to the famous ancient meditation caves.
Ganden Monastery is one of the 'great three' Gelukpa university monasteries of Tibet, located at the top of Wangbur Mountain, Tagtse County, 36 kilometers ENE from the Potala Palace in Lhasa, at an altitude of 4,300m.
PM: Sera Monastery is located in the northern suburb of Lhasa City. The monastery was named Sera which means wild rose in the Tibetan language, because the hill behind it was covered with wild roses in bloom when the monastery was built. From of Mon ~ Fri., every afternoon, you 'll be able to see monks debating at Sera Monastery.
Overnight in Lhasa.
sera-monastery/Yamdok-Lake/Karo-la-Glacier
Day 04: Lhasa-Gyantse-Shigatse (B)
Highlights: Yamdrok Lake, Karo-la Glacier, Pelkhor Monastery
It takes you about 1.5 hrs to drive from Lhasa to Kambala Pass[4794m high], visit Yamdrok Lake there, which is one of the three holy lakes in Tibet.
Mt Nojin Kangsang stands tall with an elevation of 7,191 m (23,592 ft.) between Gyantze County and Nagarzê County, with several snow-capped mountains over 6,000 m (19,685 ft.) surrounding it. Mount Nojin Kangsang is the most accessible glacier site on the Tibetan Plateau. The famous Kharola Glacier (elevation 5,560 m or 18,241 ft.) is below the south ridge of Nojin Kangsang.
Palkhor Monastery lies about 230 kilometers south of Lhasa and 100 kilometers east of the Shigatse Prefecture, at the foot of Dzong Hill. It is well-known for its Kumbum, which has 108 chapels in its four floors. The multi-storied Kumbum Stupa was crowned with a golden dome and umbrella, surrounded with more chapels filled with unique religious statues and murals.
Overnight in Shigatse.
Day 05: Shigatse –Lhasa (B)
Highlights: Tashilhunpo Monastery
Optional: Dolma Lhakhang Temple
Visit Tashilunpo Monastery in the morning. It is one of the Six Big Monasteries of Gelugpa (or Yellow Hat Sect) in Tibet. Also called the Heap of Glory, the monastery is located at the foot of Drolmari (Tara's Mountain), Shigatse. Founded by the First Dailai Lama in 1447, the monastery's structure was expanded by the Fourth and successive Panchen Lamas. It covers an area of nearly 300,000 square meters.
On the way back to Lhasa, we offer optional visit to Dolma Lhakhang Temple at your own expense.
Dolma LhaKhang Temple is a monastery in Nyethang founded most probably by Atisha. It is located in twelve miles southwest of Lhasa.
Overnight in Lhasa.
Palcho-Monastery-Palgor-Chorten/Tashilhunpo-Monastery/
Day 06: Lhasa-Airport/ Train Station(B)
Transfer to Lhasa Railway Station or Lhasa Airport.
End of tour!