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Lhasa Central Tibet Tour

tibet toursThis short tour to Lhasa City is suitable for the adventure seekers with small leave plans. This tour covers some adventure tour to the centre of Tibet- Lhasa. This is also a perfect small vacation for the busy students and workers looking forward for a short yet very refreshing and adventurous vacation. This tour costs you very small amount of money and whatever you spend in this tour will prove to be worthy.

The very first day of this tour will be exciting for you as you climb from Kathmandu (1,300 m) to Lhasa (3,650m). You will be flying over the ranges of stunningly beautiful high mountains. This flight will be like a free mountain flight to you. After you land in Tibet you will be taken to your room and you can get acclimatized to the Tibetan altitude there while enjoying the swift services of the hotel. From the second day your adventure in Tibet starts and will continue to the fourth day of the tour. You will visit Jokhang Temple, Barkhor Streets, Potala Palace, sera and Drepung monasteries, Norbulingka palace i.e. the garden palace or the summer palace and the Nunnery along with many other places in Tibet. You can enjoy the rickshaw ride in the city and shop at the Barkhor Street. The fifth day will be the day to return back to Kathmandu and finally to your home or some other destinations.

Lhasa Central Tibet Tour Itinerary:

Day 01: Arrival at Lhasa 3,658m
You will be greeted by your Tibetan guide once you arrive in Lhasa Gonggar airport or train station, from airport to Lhasa city is 68km, around an hour drive will take you to the holy city. Driving along the Brahmaputra river and Lhasa river, you will not only amazed by the spectacular plateau scenery but also have a chance to see flocks of black-necked crane, wild duck and many other kind of wild birds, if you are not tired, stop at Nethang Giant Buhhda caving on the way, then check into hotel, have a good rest to acclimatize the high altitude. Overnight at Lhasa.

Day 02: Lhasa City sightseeing, visit Potola Palace and Jokhang Temple
Today is your first day of sightseeing on the high plateau, so we have purposely arranged only Jokhang temple and Potala Palace. Jokhang temple is Tibet's most scared shrine built in 7th century, Located at the heart of old town of Lhasa and the circuit around it called Barkhor street. Potala Palace is the worldwide known cardinal landmark of Tibet. The massive structure itself contains a small world within it. Mostly it is renowned as residence of the Dalai Lama lineages (Avalokiteshvara). Both of them are the focal points of pilgrims from entire Tibetan world, multitudinous pilgrims are circumambulating and prostrating in their strong faith. After the sightseeing continues acclimatize for rest of the day or your can walk around the Barkhor street. Overnight at Lhasa.

Day 03: Lhasa City sightseeing, visit Drepung monastery and Sera monastery
Today we will visit Drepung monastery in the morning and Sera monastery in the afternoon. Both Drepung and Sera monasteries are Gelugpa (yellow hat) sect monastic colleges. Drepung monastery was the seat of the Government prior to Potala, it was once the world largest monastery in the history with 10,000 monks hailed from different monasteries all over Tibet. Sera monastery is famous for its Buddhism philosophical debate practice, the clapping sound and aggressive expression of the monks are well worth to see. Overnight at Lhasa.

Day 04: Lhasa / Drak Yerpa / Lhasa, 35KM, 1.5 hours
Morning drive to Drak Yerpa caves, which is one of the holiest caves in Lhasa surroundings. Nowadays you can still find monks and nuns are meditating there. At Drak Yerpa you can do some hiking around. Afternoon drive back to Lhasa, you will be arranged to visit one local Tibetan family. Overnight at Lhasa.

Day 05: Lhasa airport -Kathmandu
Our guide and driver will drop you off at the airport.