Jorkang Monastery
Namtso Lake
Tashilunpo Monastery
Kumbu Monastery
Tibet Nagchu Horse Racing Festival
CE-TB-09
The Nagchu Horse Festival is the most important festival in north Tibet plateau. Nagchu is one of the highest, coldest and most windswept towns in Qiangtang Grassland. In this breathtaking spot on the road between Qinghai and Tibet, from August 10-13, more than 10,000 nomads, with their tents, children and animals come to participate and enjoy the colorful Nagchu Horse Festival.
A gathering of traders, pilgrims, dancers, gamblers, drinkers, and picnickers, Nagchu is a cultural fair representing a wide range of ethnic and tribal groups. There will be horse racing and acrobatics, dancing and singing at night, and the chang, or Tibetan beer will flow freely.
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$1000.00
Duration: 10 days
Tour Code: CE-TB-10D05
Departure Date: Every Day
Tour Attractions:Potala Palace,Drepung Monastery,Sera Monastery, Tashilunpo Monastery,Kumbum Monastery
Feature：Culture & Folklore
Tour Type: /Land tour + Private English speaking guide+Private driver+Hotels
Tour Code: CE-TB-10D05
Departure Date: Every Day
Tour Attractions:Potala Palace,Drepung Monastery,Sera Monastery, Tashilunpo Monastery,Kumbum Monastery
Feature：Culture & Folklore
Tour Type: /Land tour + Private English speaking guide+Private driver+Hotels
Schedule:
D1 Arrive in Lhasa.
Arrive in Lhasa, check in the hotel.
Arrive in Lhasa, check in the hotel.
barkhor-street/jorkang/Potala-Palace
D2 Potala Palace / Jorkang Temple / Barkor Square (B)
In the morning visit Potala Palace, then visit Jorkang Temple and spend sometime shopping at Barkhor Square.
D3 Lhasa - Yangpachen - Namtso Lake ( B)
Morning drive to Yangpachen, where we will take a Hotspring dip followed by lunch. Then drive to Namtso Lake. Night in Tashi Do guest house.
Yangpachen-hotspring/namtso-lake/zhaxi-peninsula
D4 Namtso Lake - Nagchu ( B)
Morning drive to Nagchu. Night in guest house.
D5 10th August Chang Tang Nagchu-Chachen Horse Race Festival ( B)
Today, you will attend the Horse Racing Festival.
D6 Nagchu - Namtso Lake ( B)
In the morning, attend the festival and proceed to Tashi Dor, situated in the south-eastern corner of the Namtso Lake. Night in Tashi Do guest house. ( B )
In the morning, attend the festival and proceed to Tashi Dor, situated in the south-eastern corner of the Namtso Lake. Night in Tashi Do guest house. ( B )
Tashi-Dor-Monastery/Tsurpu-Monastery/Yalongzangbu-River-Valley
D7 Namtso Lake - Lhasa ( B)
In the morning we can take a hike around Namtso Lake, then drive back to Lhasa in the afternoon via Tsurpu Monastery which lies 44 miles before Lhasa. Night in hotel.
Tashilhunpo-Monastery/Palcho-Monastery-Palgor-Chorten/ta-er-monastery-Kumbum-Monastery
D8 Lhasa / Shigatse / Gyantse (12,785ft, 156 miles, 6hrs) ( B)
Nagqu Prefecture
Drive to Shigatse via new road that runs parallel to the Yarlung Tsangbo River. Visit Tashilhunpo Monastery. Then continue to Gyantse.
D9 Gyantse / Lhasa
( 4040m / 13467ft , 86km / 57miles, 2 ½ hrs) ( B)
After breakfast, visit the Pelkor Chode & Kumbum Monastery which are the highlights of Gyantse. Then leave Gyantse to return to Lhasa via Yamdok lake. Arrive in Lhasa in the late afternoon.
After breakfast, visit the Pelkor Chode & Kumbum Monastery which are the highlights of Gyantse. Then leave Gyantse to return to Lhasa via Yamdok lake. Arrive in Lhasa in the late afternoon.
D10 Lhasa ( B)
In the morning we will bid fare well and depart Tibet. END.
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