Highlights: Potala Palace, Chamji Temple, Jokhang Temple, Barkhor Street, Drepung Monastery, Sera Monastery, Yamzhoog Yumco Lake, Quxu Bridge, Tashilumpo Monastery, Mt. Everest, Rongphu Monastery, Palkhor Monastery, the Gyangze Anti-British castle ruins, Pala Manor - the best manor in Tibetan.
Tour Itinerary:
Day 1, Feb 4th: Lhasa. Upon your arrival at Gonggar Airport or Tibet Railway Station, your guide will meet and transfer you to the hotel at Lhasa city. Rest and acclimatize in the hotel. Overnight in Lhasa.
Day 2, Feb 5th: Potala Palace. Begin the sightseeing with Potala Palace which is more than 117 meters (384 feet) in height and 360 meters (1180 feet) in width. There are 13 floors. Potala is composed of White Palace which is for secular use and Red Palace for religious use. After lunch, we will have a visit of Local Tibetans home at 15:00. A welcome ceremony (including Chemaf, highland barley wine) will be held in state on the very edge of the village.
At 15:30 introduce members to the host families; make special traditional food-Guthuk with Tibetan friends. At 19:00 have dinner together with Tibetan friends and then see the New Year activity which is called drive away the ghost. Here you can taste the unsophisticated zealous way of treating guest and the traditional festival. Overnight in Lhasa. Includes: (B), (L), (D).
Day 3, Feb 6th: Chamji Temple, Jokhang Temple, Barkhor Street. This morning you will visit Chamji Temple, the God of Wealth Temple in Tibet. Then visit Jokhang Temple, which has a 1350-years history and is the oldest temple in Lhasa. The quadrangle streets surrounding Jokhang Temple is the Barkhor Street - Lhasa's most interesting pilgrimage circuit.
It is not only the spiritual heart of Lhasa but also the main commercial district for Tibetans in the Old Town. Around 18:00, dinner time (wine and soft drinks provided). Get together for the coming of the New Year. Then go back to your hotel to watch Spring Festival Gala on CCTV at 20:00. At 23:40, we will make firework to celebrate the New Year. Overnight in Lhasa. Includes: (B), (L), (D).
Day 4, Feb 7th: Drepung Monastery, Sera Monastery. Drepong Monastery used to be the living palace for the 1st to 5th Dalai Lamas before the reconstruction of Potala Palace. There are thousands of Cultural relics stored. Sera Monastery is known as one of the three greatest monasteries of Tibet, the representative temple for Gelugza. There are lots of Buddhist sutras, Buddhist instruments, Cassocks, gold and silver articles in this temple. Overnight in Lhasa. Includes: (B), (L), (D).
Day 5, Feb 8th: Lhasa, Yamzhoog Yumco, Quxu, China Nepal Highway, Tashilumpo, Shigaste. Drive to Yamzhoog Yumco Lake. Its 638-square kilometers, 250 kilometers at length and at 4,441 meters above sea level. It is renowned as one of the three Holly Lakes by the Tibetan, the others are Namtso and Mampang Yumco. Then go back to Quxu Bridge and arrive at the important town named Shigaste. Visit Tashilumpo Monastery in which theres the statue of Buddha Qingba, the biggest copper statue in the world. Overnight in Shigaste. Includes: (B), (L), (D).
Day 6, Feb 9th: Shigatse, Tingri. Pass Lazi - the origin of Tibetan Knife, and drive to the new county of Tingri - Xegar. Enjoy a wonderful view of Mt. Everest when approaching Xegar. You can buy the fossil organisms collected by the Tibetan children from the sea. Overnight in Tingri. Includes: (B), (L), (D).
Day 7, Feb 10th: Tingri, Rongphu Monastery, Shigatse. Rongphu Monastery of Kagyupa cloister in Tibet, built in 1899, which is the highest temple over sea level 5800 meters in the world. There will hold 3-day sorcerers activities on the 15th of the 4th month and a Ghost Beating Festival on the 29th of the 11th month of the Tibetan Calendar every year.
Around 20 kilometers from here to the Mt. Everest (Mountain Qomolangma), you can enjoy the majestic appearance of the Mt Everest, the highest peak in the world. You can also walk (or choose gharry) to base camp. Fortunately you are sure to see the floating clouds as the flare of the life across the Mt everest. Overnight in Shigaste.
Day 8, Feb 11th: Shigatse, Gyantse, Palkhor Monastery, Gyangze Anti-British castle ruins, Palha Manor, Lhasa. Have a visit to the Palkhor Monastery, which is famous for the excellent fresco and imagery. It is called lakh stupa and collected the three churches in a whole in Tibet. Then we visited the Gyangze Anti-British castle ruins, also called historical site for resisting the English enemy.
Pala Manor (the best manor in Tibetan) is the reduction of feudal serf system. How did the last Tibetan noble live in past. Pala Manor has shown us an alive sample. At last we go back to Lhasa by China Nepal Friendship Highway. Overnight in Lhasa. Includes: (B), (L), (D).
Day 9, Feb 12th: Departure from Lhasa. Depart Lhasa after breakfast. Includes: (B).
Notes:
Airfare is not included in the tour price.
Price Includes:
- Entrance fees as mentioned in the itinerary;
- Meals as listed in the itinerary, B=breakfast, L=lunch, D=dinner;
- Shared Guide and Driver + Shared car/ van for transfer and sightseeing;
- Three star or local best Hotels;
- Service Charge and Government Taxes.
Price Excludes:
- Entry or Exit China International transportation;
- Visa Fees;
- Excess Baggage Charges;
- Personal Expenses;
- Single Room Supplement;
- Gratuities, Tips to guides or drivers.
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