Tibet Tour Price: US$3500 per person, to be further adjusted per your group situation.
Day 01Arrival in Lhasa, airport Lhasa transfer
Our
guide and driver will meet you outside the baggage claim area at Lhasa Gonggar
Airport, which is located 3,650 meters
above sea level, and then transfer you to the hotel in downtown Lhasa. Have a good rest
for acclimatization to the altitude in the afternoon. In the early evening
time, you may walk little bit in Barkhor Traditional Streets. One welcome
dinner is to be served in local restaurant with traditional dance and culture
program.
Accommodation:
Gang-Gyan Lhasa Hotel or Dhood Gu Hotel or Yak Hotel
Day 02 Guided sightseeing tour in Lhasa
The
morning excursion will take you to explore
Tibet Museum and the Carpet Factory. Tibet
Museum is the first modern museum in Lhasa which looks the Potala Palace
to the north. Completed and opened in October of 1999, it is mainly composed of
the exhibition area and the house of cultural treasures. By touring the Carpet
Factory, you could learn how the carpets with bright colors, soft surface and
strong Tibetan flavor are manually waved. After lunch, you will go ahead to
visit the Sera Monastery and the Norbulingka Park.
Built from 1419 to 1434, the Sera Monastery is one of the three greatest
monasteries in Lhasa.
It collects a large quantity of precious cultural relics and crafts, such as
sutras, Buddha statues, scent cloth and murals. The most attractive activity
here is the sutra-debating among lamas. The Norbulingka Park
is a peaceful garden embodying the ethnical, religious features of the Tibetan
people as well as the Tibetan traditional architectural style.
Accommodation:
Gang-Gyan Lhasa Hotel or Dhood Gu Hotel or Yak Hotel
Day 03 Guided sightseeing tour in Lhasa,
Potala Palace, Jokhang Temple, Barkhor streets
The
tour today will begin with an exciting visit to the magnificent Potala Palace,
which was initially built by the ruler of Tubo kingdom (nowadays Tibet)
Songtsen Gampo for his wife, Princess Wencheng from central plain of China in
641. It is also a truly art
museum of Tibetan
history and culture. Then, you will enjoy the lunch. Afterwards, proceed to
visit the Jokhang Temple, the thriving bazaar of the Barkhor Street and the Tibetan Traditional
Medicine Hospital.
Lying in the center of Lhasa, the Jokhang Temple is considered as a nice place for
visitors to know about the Tibetan Buddhism. Paved by hand-polished stones, the
Barkhor Street
has been a symbol of Lhasa City due to its Buddhism background which shows the
original look of Lhasa.
In its thriving bazaar, you could find many Tibetan handicrafts and souvenirs.
In the Tibetan Traditional Medicine
Hospital, you could get
some basic knowledge about the Tibetan medicine, which rivals traditional
Chinese medicine.
Accommodation:
Gang-Gyan Lhasa Hotel or Dhood Gu Hotel or Yak Hotel
Day 04 Lhasa -Yamdrok Tso-Gyantse-Shigatse (350km)
Today,
you will be transferred to Shigatse. On the way, visit the Yamdrok Lake,
one of the three largest holy lakes in Tibet. Yamdrok means jasper in
Tibetan language. It is named so because the water is very clear and in the
color of blue for reflecting the sky. Upon arrival in Shigatse, check in at the
hotel.
Accommodation:
Shigatse Manasarovar Hotel or same standard
Day 05 Shigatse - Lhatse - Saga
The
tour will be extended to Saga via Lhatse along Brahmaputra River.
You will have a short stop at Lhatse which is one of the best counties of
Shigatse. Tonight, you will stay at Saga in a tent or a local guest house.
Meals:
Western buffet breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Accommodation:
Saga Hotel (best hotel)
Day 06 Saga-Paryang-Manasarovar Lake
You
will head to Manasarovar
Lake today. Along the
way, you could enjoy the snow covered mountain peaks and the typical plateau
scenery and landscape.
Accommodation:
Qiu Gompa Guesthouse
Day 07 one day Leisure time beside Manasarovar
Day 08 Manasarovar Lake-Tarchen,
base camp of Kailash Kora (Trekking)
Day 09 Kailash Circuit trek-Dira
Puk: (6 hrs)
This
Kailash circuit covers 53 km
and can be done in 3 days. We head west in clockwise direction and after a few
kilometers the trail climbs up to a cairn at 4730 m from where the southern face of Mt. Kailash
comes to view. En route we will visit Tarboche where annual flagpole raising
ceremony takes place during Saga Dawa. Accommodation: Camping or in local
tented camp or simple guesthouse.
Day10 Dira Puk-Zuthul Puk, 6 hrs
Today
we cross Drolma la pass (5630m)
and Gauri Kund Lake (5608m)
where Hindus worship and immerse themselves in the icy waters of the lake.
Accommodation: Camping or in local tented camp or simple guesthouse.
Day11 Trek back to Darchen (trek
ends)
The
final end of the Parikrama is an easy 2-3 hrs walk down to where the river
emerges on to the Barga plain. We complete the 3 day circuit trek of Mt. Kailash.
Accommodation: Camping or in local tented camp or simple guesthouse.
Day 12 Tarchen - Tsada
As
the trek around Mt.
Kailash ends, we will
transfer you to Tsada and stay overnight there.
Accommodation:
Tsanda hotel or similar one if late booking
Day 13Tsanda Tholing
Monastery-Tsaparang-Guge Kingdom-Tsanda
Today's
tour will cover the Tsanda
Earth Forest,
the Ruins of Guge Kingdom and the Tholing Monastery. The Earth Forest
is the most famous natural scenery in Tsada, which is a special landscape
shaped from the wind erosion of the dried lake. Here, you could see many
differently mannered and postured 'trees' scattering randomly. The Ruins of Guge
Kingdom is located in a small earth mountain. This 300-meter high mountain was
covered by the yellowish constructions and caves, where you could find some
special statues and murals. The Tholing Monastery incorporates the craftwork of
the architecture and Buddhist statues of neighboring India, Nepal and Ladakh
(the present area of Kashmir), which includes halls, monks' residences and
pagodas, among which the most worth seeing are Jiasha Hall, Red Hall, White
Hall and the 108 Pagodas.
Accommodation:
Tsanda hotel or similar one if late booking
Day 14Tsada - Seng Ge Tsangpo-Siquanhe
(Ngari Region’s main town)
Today
you will be driven to Shiquanhe and check in the hotel upon arrival.
Accommodation:
Shiquanhe Hotel
Day 15 Seng Ge Tsangpo - Palgon Lake
- Seng Ge Tsangpoanhe
The
excursion today will take you to the Palgon
Lake and the Bird Island.
The Palgon Lake is a holy lake from the aspect of
religion and a world renowned rift valley lake. The Bird Island
in the lake is especially famous for the inhabited precious birds. You could
find many bird nests and bird eggs on the island, which are not allowed to take
away. After the sightseeing tour, you will go back to Shiquanhe and stay
overnight there.
Accommodation:
Shiquanhe Hotel
Day 16 Seng Ge Tsangpo - Gertse
Today,
you will depart to Gertse. To consume the time, you could watch the wild
animals running and playing around on this vast highland during the journey.
Meals:
Chinese breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Accommodation:
Tent or Local Guest House
Day 17 Gertse - Tsochen - 22 Highway
Maintenance Squad
The
journey will extend to 22 highway maintenance squad via Tsochen and you will
stay overnight there.
Meals:
Chinese breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Accommodation:
Tent
Day 18 22 Highway Maintenance Squad
- Lhatse - Shigatse
You
will travel back to Shigatse today. Upon arrival, check in at the downtown
3-star Shigatse Hotel.
Meals:
Chinese breakfast, Lunch Accommodation: Shigatse Hotel
Day 19 Shigatse-Tashilhunpo
Monastery-Lhasa
(280km)
Today,
you will pay a visit to the Tashilunpo Monastery and the New Palace of Panchen.
Tashilunpo Monastery is one of the six largest monasteries of Gelugpa (or
Yellow Hat Sect) in Tibet
and the seat of the Panchen Lama since the Fourth Panchen Lama took charge in
the monastery. You could appreciate the grand palace, gigantic statues as well
as the characteristic murals in the monastery. The New Palace of Panchen was
built by the Tenth Panchen in 1954 as a summer palace. It is splendid and
elegant and collects many Tibetan historical relics and artworks.
Day 20 Departure from Lhasa
Breakfast
in hotel, free morning on your own leisure time, after early Lunch, Your Tibetan
tour guide and driver will transfer you to airport for the final departure,
enjoy the flight to next destination!
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