Tibet Tours: best in 8 days

from only $1362

 

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...

 

 

 

day by day itinerary:

day 1

entrance city to lhasa

transfer via: flight on your own arrangement.

the local guide will meet you at the flight arrival. free at leisure for the rest of the day and acclimatize yourself to the weather of the highland.

 

day 2 (b,l)

lhasa

full day city tour of the potala palace, the jokhang temple, and barkhor street.

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

we kindly suggest you take taxi to the top of the palace which costs about 10 and then walk down after your visiting.

- 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.

 

day 3 (b,l)

lhasa

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

- sera monastery: it is known as one of the three greatest monasteries of Tibet.
it costs 15 to take a taxi to go, however, you can bargain with the taxi driver.

- trepung 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.

 

day 4 (b,l)

lhasa

drive from lhasa to shigatse (about 347km). on the way visit yamdrok lake, karola glacier and baiju monastery. stay overnight in shigatse.

- yomdrok lake: within langkamu county, with an area of 638 square km and a coastal line of 250 km.

- the palgor chorten: it is with 9 stories, 108 doors and 77 rooms. each room contains a different statue of buddha and the wall frescoes telling the story about it.

 

day 5 (b,l)

shigatse to dingri

you will cover some 260km to get to dingri from shigastze. visit sakya monastery on the way.

- sakya monastery: sakya monastery:this monastery is the center of the sakyapa sect (white earth order).

 

day 6 (b,l)

dingri

visit rongbuk monastery, where you get a close view of the highest peak in the world.
- rongbuk monastery: once the largest and highest monastic center in the region.
stay tonight dingri zhufeng hotel

 

day 7 (b)

dingri to zhangmu

you will experience some 340kkm tough road to get to zhangmu, a small town on the border of china and the kingdom of nepal. you will enjoy fantastic landscape all way long.

 

day 8 (b)

zhangmu / departure

after breakfast, drive to the border of china and the kingdom of nepal. you local guide will see you off at the friendship bridge.

service end.

tour price:

travel in party of	tourist class
1 person	$ 2791
2-5 persons	$ 1656
6-9 persons	$ 1362
Single room supplement	$ 315
Hotels in this tour	shangbala hotel
	Shigatse Shandong Hotel
	Dingri Zhufeng Hotel
	Zhangmu Hotel