Lhasa Gyantse Shigatse Tour - 7 Days

After your arrival at Lhasa, Our guide will be waiting to assist you at the airport with necessary permit to check in Tibet. You will be cleared immigration and then drive to your booked hotel at Lhasa city. Lhasa city is 65km far from the Gongar Airport.

Today fully guided sightseeing will be commenced, Today first you will visit Norbulinka the summer palace of HH Dalai Lama and then Drepung Monastery and then Nechung Monastery and Evening Jokhang Temple.

Today another fully guided sightseeing of Potala Palace and Then Sera Monastery and Tibet Musium after that Evening walk arround Barkhor Tibetan Market.

It is a scenic drive via Yamdrok Lake and Karola (5100m). The drive follows first Karola pass then being Karola glacier and then through the bank of Yamdrok Lake. You could explore local Tibetan village and yaks and also You could witness Tibetan mastif along the way. Once you arrived Gyantse you will visit Kubum stupa. The first Kumbum was founded in the fire sheep year 1427, by a Gyantse prince. It has nine lhakangs or levels, is 35 metres (115 ft) high surmounted by a golden dome, and contains 77 chapels which line its walls. Many of the statues were damaged during the Cultural Revolution but have since been replaced with clay images, though they lack the artistic merit of the originals. The 14th century murals showing Newar and Chinese influences, survived much better. Then after we visit Palchor Chod Monastery The earliest history of the Penchor Chode Monastery is traced to the ninth century. Pelkhor-tsen, son of Langdarma (anti Buddhist King of West Tibet) after whom the monastery is named as Pelkor Chode, lived here and attempted to perpetuate the Yarlung dynasty of his father who had been assassinated. After that time permiting visit Gyantse Dzong.

Today we have a short drive to Shigatse, after arriving Shigatse we will start to visit Tashi Lhungpo Monastery. It takes time as the area of monastery is big, The Tashi Lhungpo monastery was founded in 1447 CE by Gedun Drub, the disciple of the famous Buddhist philosopher Je Tsongkhapa and later named the First Dalai Lama. The construction was financed by donations from local nobles. Two novice monks. Tashi Lhunpo, 1993 Later Lobsang Chökyi Gyalsten, the Fourth Panchen Lama and the first Panchen Lama to be recognized as such by the rulers of Mongolia, made major expansions to the monastery. Since then, all Panchen Lamas have resided at Tashi Lhunpo, and have managed to expand it gradually.

Today we will drive back to Lhasa via shorter way directly from Shigatse to Lhasa. You will arrive Lhasa early evening, so you have enough time to visit Tibetan market near your hotel for shopping or walk around the city.

You are free until your reporting time for airport and train station. After that you will be dropped off to airport or train station for final departure.