6-Days Lhasa and Shigatse Tour

6-Days Lhasa and Shigatse Tour

This tour includes three biggest ancient cities: Lhasa, Gyantse and Shigatse. By visiting these places, tourists will get an overview of Tibet's religion, cultural treasures, and dream-like landscapes. The highlights of this tour will be the Tibetan architectural treasure, the Potala Palace, Jokhang and Sera, Holy Yamdrok Lake and Karo glacier as well as Tashilumpo Monastery which stores the biggest copper Buddha statue in the world.

Highlights:
- Potala Palace: Winter palace of the Dalai Lama
- Jokhang Temple: Spiritual Center for Buddhists in Tibet
- Sera Monastery: One of the “great three” Gelug monasteries of Tibet, the hot attraction is monks debate.
- Drepung Monstery: Drepung used to be a seat of central government until the 5th Dalai Lama built Potala Palace.
- Yamdrok-tso: A sacred lake with stunning blue water on a almost desert mountain background.
- Tashilunpo monastery: The seat of the Panchen Lama.

Itinerary

Day 1: Arrival in Lhasa.

Pass By: Lhasa, Lhasa, Tibet
After arriving in Lhasa, local tour guide will welcome you at the airport/train station, then transfer the guests to the hotel. Acclimatize the high altitude in the hotel.

No meals included on this day.
Accommodation included: Economy Hotel twin sharing


Day 2: Lhasa City, Potala Place and Barkhor Street (B,D).

Stop At: Potala Palace, No.35 Gongqian Alley, Beijing Middle Road Cheng Guan District, Lhasa 850000 China
Lhasa City Tour
*Potala Palace
*Johkang Temple
*Barkor Street
The tour will begin from UNESCO World Heritage site - Potala Palace, which is also the winter palace of Dalai Lama. It's situated at 12,139 feet above sea level. It's a 13-story high building that contains over 1,000 rooms, various statues, stupas, murals and artifacts.
Duration: 4 hours

Stop At: Jokhang Temple, Barkhor Street, Chengguan District, Lhasa 850000 China
Then continue to Jokhang Temple, another UNESCO World Heritage site. It’s a spiritual center for Buddhists in Tibet. Next to the temple there is Bakhor Street, filled with pilgrims and street vendors, selling traditional Tibetan items such as prayer wheels and jewelry.
Duration: 4 hours

Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Dinner: Welcome Dinner
Accommodation included: Economy Hotel twin sharing

Day 3: Monasteries in Lhasa, Drepung and Sera (B).

Stop At: Drepung Monastery (Zhebang Si), Southern Slope of Genpeiwuzi Mountain, Chengguan District, Lhasa 850000 China
Lhasa City Tour
*Drepung Monastery
* Sera Monastery
In the morning, tourists are going to visit Drepung monastery which was one of the “three greet” Gelug monasteries of Tibet and was founded in 1416. Ganden palace is used as Dalai Lama’s palace in the Drepung before moving to the Potala palace.
Duration: 4 hours

Stop At: Sera Monastery, Wuze Hill , Sera Chengguan District, Lhasa 850000 China
Afternoon, Sera Monastery---It was one of the “three great” Gelug monasteries of Tibet and was founded in 1419. The highlight is the Monks debate at around 3 - 5 in the afternoon.
Duration: 4 hours

Meals included:
• Breakfast
Accommodation included: Economy Hotel twin sharing

Day 4: Lhasa to Gyantse to Shigatse (370km)

Pass By: Jiangzizhen, Gyangze, Xigaze, Tibet, China
*Yamdrotso Lake
*Karola Glacier
*Gyantse Kumbum & Pelkor Monastery

Drive from Lhasa to Gyantse.
Admire the Gampala pass (4790 m) on the way, and get a glimpse of Yamdrok-tso (4400m), which is surrounded by many snow-capped mountains.
Then continue to drive west towards Gyantse.
In Gyantse, tourists will visit the famous Pelkor Monastery and Gyantse Kumbum.
After one and a half hour's drive, clients will arrive in Shigatse, which is the second largest city in Tibet.

Meals included:
• Breakfast
Accommodation included: Economy Hotel twin sharing

Day 5: Shigatse to Lhasa (270km)

Stop At: Shigatse, Shigatse, Tibet
*Tashilunpo Monastery
*River View of Brahmaputra

Today, explore Tashilunpo monastery of Gelug Sect, the seat of the Panchen Lama, built in 1447.
The monastery houses a giant statue of the Maitreya Buddha - the biggest gilded statue of Maitreya (Buddha of the future) in the world and a tomb of all the Panchen Lama, containing jewels and gold.
In the afternoon, you will drive back to Lhasa, which will take around 6 hours.
（Shigatse to Lhasa’s transfer perhaps by train）

Duration: 10 hours

Meals included:
• Breakfast
Accommodation included: Economy Hotel twin sharing

Day 6: Depart from Lhasa (B).

Pass By: Lhasa, Lhasa, Tibet
Hotel to Airport/Train station transfer at designated period of time
End the tour


Meals included:
• Breakfast
No accommodation included on this day.