Tour Code: IFH-TB-02
Tour days: 6 Days
Join us on this special 5-day tour of Tibet. You can take this incredible opportunity to explore Tibet's hisotry, culture, art, religion, tradition, landscape, including Lhasa, Gyantze and Shigatse.
Transfer via: flight - your arrangement
Activities for today: airport transfer
Upon arrival at the Gonggar Airport, our guide will meet you and transfer to your hotel. Free time to acclimatize for the rest of the day.
Transfer via: private vehicle
Activities for today: Potala Palace, Jokhang Temple, Barkhor Street
This morning, your guided sightseeing is rich in religious and ancient history. Visit the Potala Palace to see its amazing treasures. The palace is a monumental building of Lhasa served as administrative center, seat of government, monastery, fortress and the home of all the Dalai Lamas from the Fifth to the Fourteenth in the past, a UNESCO world cultural heritage site of 1994.
Afternoon pay a visit to the Jokhang Temple, 1300 years old with a golden roof and one of Tibet's holiest shrines. Today's tour ends at the Barkhor Street. It is is essentially a pilgrim circuit, which is followed clockwise round the periphery of the Jokhang. Shaped roughly like an octagon, it is also a hive of market activity. Proceed to visit Barkhor Street, a magical place showing the original outlook of Lhasa. It is a very ancient round street surrounding the Jokhang Temple and the locals are always proud of it. As a symbol of Lhasa, it is also a must-see place for visitors.
Transfer via: private vehicle
Activities for today: Sera Monastery, Drepung Monastery, Norbulingka
After hotel breakfast, admire the Sera Monastery. It was first built in 1419, and the debating among monks is a very interesting scene of this monastery. Followed by a visit to the Drepung Monastery which was once the biggest monasteries in Tibet. In the afternoon, pay a visit to Norbulingka which used to be the Summer Palace of the Dalai Lama.
Transfer via: private vehicle
Activities for today: Yamdrok Lake, Palcho Monastery
After breakfast, drive about 350km to Shigatse (Xigazê). En route, you will have an opportunity to take some picutures of the beautiful Yamdrok Lake. The lake is one of the three Holy Lakes in Tibet, also a pilgrimage site for Tibetans. And also pay a visit to the famous Palcho Monastery (Palkhor Monastery) in Gyantse.
Transfer via: private vehicle
Activities for today: Tashi Lhunpo Monastery
Morning visit Tashi Lhunpo Monastery. It is one of the Six Big Monasteries of Gelugpa (or Yellow Hat Sect) in China and the seat of the Panchen Lama since the Fourth Panchen Lama took charge in the monastery. Afterwards, drive along the Yaluzangbu River back to Lhasa.
Transfer via: flight - your arrangement
Activities for today: airport transfer
Today your vacation ends with a transfer to the airport.