Tibet Tours: 5 day Tibet - Two Cities tour

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Tibet is an eternal topic and dreams of so many people, with its unique high attitude, exotic culture, unique highland landscapes, and friendly people. this tour takes you to see the highlight Tibet within the shortest time, including holy potala palace - the symbol of Tibet, jorkhangtemple - the destination for millions of pilgrimages, and many many more...

• Tour code: xz-3
• Destination: lhasa, tsetang
• Tour type: land tour + hotel. private guided
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day by day itinerary:

day 1

lhasa to tsetang

on arrival at lhasa, you will be met and transferred to tsetang. free at leisure to acclimatize yourself to the high latitude.

day 2 (b,l)

tsetang to lhasa

- yongbulakang: the palace for the 1st tubo king niechi in the yalong river valley. it is also called "the mosher and song holy hall". full day city tour of jokhang temple, barkhor street, and the potala palace.
-Trandruk Monastery: Built in the 7th century, the Trandruk Monastery is situated at the east bank of the Yalong River in the south of the Shannan District in Tibet. It is about 5km to the south of Tsetang city, just on the main road to Luotsa County (a border county in the south of Tibet, sharing border with India.)Trandruk Monastery lies on the southern side Mt. Gangpo Ri, on the east bank of the Yarlung River, about 2 kilometers south of Tradrug. You must see the most precious treasure in the monastery -- a pearl Thangka (Thangka is a kind of paintings illustrating Tibetan Buddhism and Tibetan arts This pearl Thangka is brought here by Princess Wencheng)

day 3 (b,l)

lhasa

- the jokhang temple: the jokhang is the most celebrated temple in Tibet. because the temple is not controlled by a particular sect of Tibetan buddhism it attracts adherents of all the sects as well as followers of bon-po, Tibet's indigenous religion.

- barkhor street: the barkhor is the oldest street in lhasa as well as the center of old lhasa and remains very traditional. it is a place where Tibetan culture, economy, religion and arts are assembled

- the potala palace: perched upon the marpo ri hill, 130 meters above the lhasa valley, it is the greatest monumental structure in Tibet.

day 4 (b,l)

lhasa

full day tours of trupeng monastery, norbulingka, sera monastery, and visit the carpet factory.

- trupeng monastery: it is one of the biggest monasteries in Tibet.

- norbulingka: norbulingka means "jeweled garden". it was constructed as a summer palace for the dalai lama and later served the whole governmental administration.

- sera monastery: it is known as one of the three greatest monasteries of Tibet.

- Drepung Monastery lies in west of Lhasa under Mt. Gambo Utse, clustered round by the black mountain, its white grand buildings shining under the sunlight. Built in 1416, it is considered as one of the largest monasteries in the six principle monasteries of Gelu Sect in China. Drepung Monastery used to be the living palace of Dalai Lamas before the reconstruction of Potala palace (after the 5th Dalai Lamas was bestowed by Qing emperor Qianlong).

- the carpet factory: the highland of Tibet is the actual home of the oriental carpets. by visiting carpet factory you will have a general idea how carpets are produced.

day 5 (b,l)
lhasa

free at leisure untill to be transferred to the airport in time for your flight to leave Tibet.
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