Schedule 1: 4 Days Lhasa Highlights
Tour code: CE-TB-01
D1 Arrive in Lhasa
Arrive in Lhasa by air or by train, meet your local guide and then transfer to hotel. Free in the afternoon to be acclimated. Night in Lhasa.
D2 Lhasa City Tours
The Potala Palace , the winter palace of former Dalai Lama, is the symbol of Tibet culture, so surely it will be in our visit today. You will enjoy the amazing wealth of Tibetan inside as well as its beautiful landscape outside. In the afternoon we will visit the ancient Jorkang Temple, and then enjoy the pleasure of bargaining in the Bazaar of Barkor Street. Night in Lhasa.
D3 Lhasa City Tours
Drive outside the city to Drepung Monastery in the morning, which was the largest monastery in the world with 10,000 resident monks in its peak. In the afternoon drop a visit in the Lhasa Tibetan Carpet factory. In the afternoon we will explore Grand Sera Monastery. If you are lucky enough, you can watch interesting Buddhism scripture debating by the monks. And we will also be guest in a local Tibetan family in the late afternoon. A Tibetan style dinner in Yak Restaurant and watching Tibetan dancing show in the evening will be the highlight of our trip! Night in Lhasa .
Drepung-Monastery/sera-monastery/debating-Buddhist-scriptures
D4 Lhasa Departure
We will bid farewell to Tibet and leave Lhasa by flight or train. End.
Schedule 2: 6 Days Tibet Travel
CE-TB-02
D1 Arrive in Lhasa
Arrive in Lhasa by air or by train, meet your local guide and then transfer to hotel. Free in the afternoon to be acclimated. Night in Lhasa.
D2 Lhasa City Tours
The Potala Palace , the winter palace of former Dalai Lama, is the symbol of Tibet culture, so surely it will be in our visit today. You will enjoy the amazing wealth of Tibetan inside as well as its beautiful landscape outside. In the afternoon we will visit the ancient Jorkang Temple, and then enjoy the pleasure of bargaining in the Bazaar of Barkor Street. Night in Lhasa.
Tibetan-style-dinner/Ganbala-Pass/Yamdok-Lake
D3 Lhasa City Tours
Drive outside the city to Drepung Monastery in the morning, which was the largest monastery in the world with 10,000 resident monks in its peak. In the afternoon drop a visit in the Lhasa Tibetan Carpet factory. In the afternoon we will explore Grand Sera Monastery. If you are lucky enough, you can watch interesting Buddhism scripture debating by the monks. And we will also be guest in a local Tibetan family in the late afternoon. A Tibetan style dinner in Yak Restaurant and watching Tibetan dancing show in the evening will be the highlight of our trip! Night in Lhasa .
D4 Lhasa /Gyantse / Shygatse
Drive across the Ganbala Pass ( 4200m ) will be a challenge to our physical ability, but we will be rewarded by the overview of beautiful Yamdok Lake immediately. After enjoyed the grassland and yaks en route, we will arrive in Gyantse at noon, then we will visit the extremely beautiful Palgor Chorten (Kumbu Monastery). In the late afternoon drive to Sygatse.
Palcho-Monastery-Palgor-Chorten/Tashilhunpo-Monastery/Yalongzangbu-River-Valley
D5 Shigatse / Lhasa
As the base of Panchen Lama, Shygatse was regarded as the business and political centre of back Tibet. The Grand Tashilunpo Monastery will show us again about the wealth and power of Tibetan Buddhism. We will drive back Lhasa along wide Yalongzangbu river in the afternoon via the new road. Then you will be free to explore the city.
D6 Lhasa Departure
We will bid farewell to Tibet and leave Lhasa by flight or train. End.
If you require, we can book hotels in Chengdu, and make private airport and city tour necessary.
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