This 7-day Tibet tour takes you to enjoy the highlights of Tibet: Potala Palace, mysterious temples, the pious pilgrims and the simple-living Tibetan people with a small group visitors, sharing your tour guide and vehicle. Saving money is also the most attractive.
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Deparure Date: 22 May, 4 Sep, 11 Sep. 18 Sep. 9 Oct. 6 Nov, 13 Nov.
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Please arrive at the airport check-in counter at least 3 hours before departure time according to your flight ticket. Destination: Connecting city Activities: Transit to Lhasa Meals: N/A Transportation: Flight Accommodation: Arranged by the Airlines
Two methods of obtaining your Tibet Travel Permit (please provide us the correct address and contact No.):
A. Local delivery (available only in Beijing/Shanghai/Canton/Chengdu downtown or airport): extra USD80/transfer.
B. Express delivery (available in China’s major capital cities’ downtown
area): extra USD10/transfer.
Upon arrival at Lhasa Gonggar airport (LXA), you will be transferred to hotel. The rest of the day will be at leisure for you to relax and acclimatize yourself to the high altitude reaction.
(Free Airport Pick-up Period: 8:30a.m.-10:30a.m., 2:00p.m.-4:00p.m., passengers arriving adjacent within 2 hours will be picked up together).
This morning we will visit the landmark of Lhasa-【the Potala Palace】. Potala in Sanskrit means sacred place of the Goddness of Mercy. It is the ancient time castle-style architectures with the highest altitude. We will be viewing the Winter Palace within the Potala Palace. It is also the Tibetan Political Centre and resident for previous Dalai Lama since the seventh century AD. Then visit
the ancient【Jokhang Temple】which is the sacred place in the eye of all Tibetan Buddhism followers. Thereafter, walk around the most bustling handicraft market of Lhasa-【the Barkhor Street】, for some minority handicraft souvenirs. Later, visit a Tibetan tea store. To the Tibetans, tea is a beverage just like coffee to the westerners.
Today we will set off from Lhasa, climbing over the【Kambala Snow Mountain】with an altitude of 4900 meters to visit 【the Yamdrok Lake】-it is the world’s highest altitude fresh water lake and renown as the sacred lake in the sky. Then proceed to Shigatse via Gyangtse.
After breakfast, we will visit the【Tashilhunpo Monastery】, which is the rest in peace place of Panchen Lama and also one of the 6 major monasteries for Tibetan Yellow Sect. This monastery was built by the first Panchen Lama in 1447 and thereafter became the resident of all the previous Panchen Lama. There is a world tallest Mi’le Buddha statue, which is 28 meters tall in the monastery.
Then return to Lhasa.
After breakfast, visit the only Temple of wealth in Tibet-【Grashi Monastery】. Then proceed to the Geological Mining Museum where you can appreciate the mysterious Tibetan bead and the art of Tibetan Thangka. After lunch, visit one of the three largest monasteries in Lhasa-【Sera Monastery】. The Gelugpa or Yellow Hat Sect of Tibetan Buddhism studies Buddhist doctrines using a
step-by-step process. As a part of their study, lamas must participate in debates to further their comprehension and proceed to more advanced levels of study. The debating traditions in the Sera Monastery are unique among the three famous monasteries in Lhasa.
Thereafter, we will visit the Tibetan Pharmaceutical Factory where you can see the magic effect of Tibetan medicine
After breakfast, transfer to the airport for the flight to your next destination
