Tour Brief

Trip Length: 5 days

Starting City: Lhasa

Ending City: Lhasa

Tibet is an eternal topic and dreams of so many people, with its unique high attitude, exotic culture, unique highland landscapes, and friendly people. This tour takes you to see the highlight of Tibet within the shortest time, including holy potala palace - the symbol of Tibet, Jokhang temple - the destination for millions of pilgrimages, and many many more...

Tour Itinerary:

Day01: Arrive in Lhasa.

Service Provided: Meeting at the Airport or the Rail Station. Overnight in Lhasa.

The guide will meet you at Gonggar Airport or Tibet Rail Station, and transfer you to Lhasa city. After arrive in Lhasa, rest and acclimatize.

Day02: Lhasa.

Service Provided: Breakfast, lunch, dinner, visiting Potala Palace, Jokhang Temple and Barkhor Street. Overnight in Lhasa.

---Potala Palace: The Potala Palace, which is now on the list of Chinese national key protected cultural relics, is the most valuable storehouse in Tibet. It is a huge treasure house for materials and articles of Tibetan history, religion, culture and arts. The Palace is widely known for the precious sculptures, murals, scripture, Buddha figures, murals, antiques, and religious jewelry treasured up, they are of great cultural and artistic value. In 1994, the Potala Palace was declared the United Nations World Cultural Heritage site.Perched upon the Marpo Ri Hill, 130 meters above the Lhasa valley, it is the greatest monumental structure in Tibet.

---Jokhang Temple: Constructed in the 7th century AD to house the statues of Buddha that princesses Bhrikuti from Nepal and Wen Cheng from Tang Dynasty China brought as gifts for their future husband, King Songtsan Gampo. The temple has been enlarged many times over the centuries and now also houses statues of King Songtsan Gambo and his two famous foreign brides. However, the original statue of Jowo Sakyamuni Buddha that Princess Wen Cheng brought from Chang’an over 1300 years ago is definitely it’s most sacred and famous possession, and is perhaps the most venerated religious artifact in all of Tibet. The temple, a splendid four-floor building facing west under a gilded rooftop, is located on Barkhor Square in the center of the old section of Lhasa.

--- Barkhor Street: The Barkhor is the oldest street in Lhasa as well as the center of old Lhasa and remains very traditional. It is a place where Tibetan culture, economy, religion and arts are assembled.

Day03: Lhasa- Shigatse.

Service Provided: Breakfast, lunch, dinner. Lhasa—Yamzhoog Yumco Lake –Qu Xu—China Nepal Highway---Shigatse. Overnight in Shigatse.

--- Yamzhoog Yumco Lake: Yamzhog Yumco covers an area of 678-square kilometers, at 4,441 meters above sea level. It is one of three holy lakes, the others being Namtso and Mampang Yumco. It is the largest inland lake at the northern foot of the Himalayas. Yamzhog means upper pastureland and "co" mans Lake in Tibetan. When overlooking the Yamzhog Yumco Lake, one might envision a gigantic sapphire within surrounding mountains.

Day04:  Tashilhungpo Monastery--Lhasa .Overnight in Lahsa.

Service Provided: Breakfast, lunch, dinner, visit the Tashilhungpo Monastery.

---Tashilhungpo Monastery: Built in 1447, the Tashilhungpo (meaning auspicious Sumeru) Monastery is located on the southern slope of the Nyima Mountain to the west of Xigaze City in Southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region. It is one of the "Four Famous Monasteries" of the Gelug Sect of Tibetan Buddhism, the other three are Sera, Drepung, and Gandain in Lhasa.

Day05: Leave Lhasa.

Service Provided: Breakfast, transfer you to the airport or the railway station.

Pack your luggage and get ready for leaving. The guide will transfer you to the airport. Say goodbye to Tibet .

Tour Price:

Tour Standard                 Price                  Accommodation

Standard Tour           2760RMB/per              2 star hotel

Luxurious Tour         2880RMB/per              3 star hotel