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1 Arrive in Lhasa (L) |
Upon your arrival at Lhasa, our Tibetan local guide and driver will pick you up at Gonggar Airport or Lhasa Newwu Train Station, then transfer you to downtown hotel. The rest of the day is free for you to adapt yourself to the high altitude of 3,650 meters above sea level. |
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Start taking anti-AMS medicines a week before your trip. When you arrived at the hotel, please be not so curious to walk much around the hotel, and all you need is a good rest in your room for necessary acclimatization, otherwise you may easily get mountain sickness. Besides, try to aviod catching a cold. And a first aid kit including aspirin, antibiotics and AMS medication is highly recommended. |
| Day 2 Lhasa (B,L) |
It believes that this day must leave a lifetime memory for your whole life. In the morning, you will visit the splendid Potala Palace, which originated from 7th century and once homed to Dalai Lamas. The Jokhang Temple, we head to later, as the spiritual center of Tibet, will deeply impressed you by its magnificence and sincere pilgrims. Barkhor street, hugging the jokhang temple, is regarded as the crowded central Market in ancient section of Lhasa, and at where you can buy various Tibetan or other minorities’ souvenirs for your family and friends. |
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1.Usually, the visiting time for Potala Palace is limited, 2 hours in summer and 2-3 hours in winter, but only 2 hours obviously are not enough to take a full visit of Potala Palace, and many of our customers are willing to spend more time there, so we will arrange another day for this attraction according to your preference;
2. When you are in a monastery or a museum, please do not smoke, consume alcohol or make unnecessary noise; neither, do not touch, walk over or sit on any religious texts, objects or prayer flags.
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| The Potala Palace: |
Blend with Tibetan and Han architecture, it used to be Tibetan imperial palace. Built at an altitude of 3,700 m, it is the highest palace in the world. |
| The Jokhang Temple: |
Jokhang Temple is the spiritual center of Tibet and the holiest destination for all Tibetan Buddhist pilgrims. |
| The Barkhor Street: |
Barkhor Street is a place full of religious atmosphere and a world of exotic articles. Believe your eyes, and you will get a lot of surprise there. |
| Day
3 Lhasa (B,L) |
After the visit of Tibetan human landscapes, today we will drive about 2.5 hours to appreciate the beautiful natural views of the famous Sacred Lake of Tibet - Namsto Lake. The surface of the lake seemly looks like a green jade, hence it was praised as the most beautiful lake all over the world. Later on the way back to Lhasa, we will take you to a local Tibetan family, here you can know more about local culture, customs and life condition of tibetan people.
Another Option of This Day:
1.Visit Drepung Monastery and Local Family Visit;
2.Visit Yamdrok Yumtso Lake and Family Visit;
3.Visit Gandan Monastery and Family Visit; |
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1. For amazing sceneries and beautiful legend, Namsto Lake attracts seas of travelers from all over the world, also it is an excellent spot for photographic lovers, kindly well prepare your camera for taking a valuable photo!
2. This tour specially provides a chance to you to visit a local Tibetan Family, let you grasp a real tibet and tibetan people's life. |
| Lake Namtso: |
Namtso is renowned as one of the most beautiful lake which has been the destination of Tibetan pilgrims for centuries. |
| Local Family Visit: |
Wanna know the true life of common Tibetan people? Come on to join us with this trip, and we will take you to experience a total different Tibetan world! |
| Drepung Monastery: |
Drepung is the largest of all Tibetan monasteries, and indeed at its peak was the largest monastery of any religion in the world. |
| Yamdrok Yumtso Lake: |
An area of tranquility and beauty; remains almost intact; one of the three holy lakes in Tibet, looks like a sapphire inlaid in the mountains in a bird's-eye view... |
| Gandan Monastery: |
Ganden Monastery was founded in 1409 by Tsongkhapa, the originator of the Gelugpa, or Yellow Hat, branch of Tibetan Buddhism. |
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4 Depart Lhasa (B) |
After breakfast, you can enjoy free time till our driver and tour guide see you off at airport or railway station, and your Tibet tour ends. And hopefully it will leave you unforgettable memory. |
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For more travel tips for Tibet tour, kindly visit here. |
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Tour Package Includes: 
Hotels: 3 nights in Lhasa. 
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