Shigatse - Lhasa

Tashilhunpo Monastery

08:00 AM - 08:30 AM    Pick you up at hotel by our guide and driver 
08:30 AM – 08:45 AM    Drive to Norbulingka    
08:45 AM – 10:30 AM    Norbulingka 
                                      This was the summer palace of the Dalai Lamas, stroll around                                           this peaceful palace and beautiful gardens, which has plenty of                                         plants and is full of oxygen.    
10:30 AM – 10:45 AM    Drive to Drepung Monastery    
10:45 AM – 12:15 PM    Drepung Monastery
                                       Drepung Monastery is the largest monastery in Tibet, which is                                          built on the hillside, there are Buddhist rock paintings, Flowery                                          murals and richly colored drapes scattered around this                                                      impressive lamasery. 
12:15 PM – 12:30 PM    Drive to lunch restaurant    
12:30 PM – 01:30 PM    Lunch at local Tibetan/Napal Cuisine Restaurant    
01:30 PM – 02:00 PM    Drive to Sera Monastery 
02:00 PM – 04:30 PM    Sera Monastery 
                                       Watch monks debate Buddhist scripture at 3:30 PM in a                                                    courtyard of Sera Monastery    
04:30 AM – 05:00 PM    Return to hotel by our guide and driver    

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08:00 AM - 08:30 AM    Pick you up at hotel and check out by our guide and driver

08:30 AM – 11:00 AM    Drive to Kambala Pass    
11:30 AM – 11:30 AM    Kambala Pass

                                        Located at an altitude of 4,990 meters, this pass offers amazing                                           views over Yamdrok Tso Lake    
11:30 AM – 12:00 PM    Drive to Yamdrok Tso Lake
12:00 PM – 01:00 PM    Yamdrok Tso Lake

                                        Walk around one of Tibet's three holy lakes, see hundreds of                                               swans and gulls in summer and enjoy a picnic by the lakeside.    01:00 PM – 03:00 PM    Drive to Karola Glacier    
03:00 PM – 04:00 PM     Karola Glacier

                                        The most accessible glacier site on the Tibetan Plateau   
04:00 PM – 07:30 PM     Drive to Shigatse city town
07:30 PM – 08:30 PM     Dinner at local restaurant    
08:30 PM – 09:00 PM     Check into hotel and free time   

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08:00 AM - 08:30 AM    Pick you up at hotel and check out by our guide and driver

08:30 AM – 08:45 AM    Drive to Tashilhunpo Monastery    
08:45 AM – 10:45 AM    Tashilhunpo Monastery

                                        One of the Six Big Monasteries of Gelugpa (or Yellow Hat Sect)                                           in Tibet, also the traditional seat of the Panchen Lama.    
10:45 AM – 11:00 AM    Drive to lunch restaurant
11:00 AM – 12:00 AM    Tibetan Cuisine Lunch    
12:00 PM – 06:00 PM    Return to Lhasa city town and hotel check in    

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08:00 AM - 08:30 AM    Pick you up at hotel by our guide and driver

08:30 AM – 08:45 AM    Drive to Jokhang Temple    
08:45 AM – 11:30 AM    Jokhang Temple 
                                       The most important and holy temple in Tibet, watch Buddhists                                            prostrating themselves at the front gate    
11:30 AM – 11:45 AM     Drive to lunch restaurant
11:45 AM – 01:00 PM     Lunch at Tibetan Hot Pot Cuisine Restaurant    
01:00 PM – 01:30 PM    Drive to Potala Palace    
01:30 PM – 03:30 PM    Potala Palace
                                       Potala Palace is one of the most magnificent heritages in China,                                          also is the highest altitude palatial architecture complex on                                                  earth, appreciate the majesty of this iconic Tibetan palace with a                                          large number of historical religious artifacts.    
03:30 PM – 04:00 PM    Drive to Barkhor Street

04:00 PM – 06:00 PM    Barkhor Street
                                       Follow in the footsteps of pilgrims past and presen in this                                                    marketplace of old Lhasa and still amazingly evocative of old                                              Tibet.    
06:00 PM - 06:30 PM    Return to hotel by our guide and driver    

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Lhasa airport drop-off by our guide and driver
Say goodbye to Lhasa, Tibet. Connect with your departure flight

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Lhasa airport/train station pick-up by our guide and driver

Morning flight to Lhasa is better for your trip because the air in Tibet has 40% less oxygen, and altitude sickness may occur, then you will have more time to acclimate the attitude in the afternoon.    

Our guide will hold a sign with your name on it after you enter the arrival hall

Our guide and driver will escort you to your hotel, assist you with hotel check-in

Have a rest at hotel to avoid the altitude sickness

Note: foreign travelers will need a Tibet Entry Permit. Please Send your passport and China visa copies to us 20 days in advance; we will arrange our staff to give you the Tibet Entry Permit in any Chinese city.

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