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5 Days Tibet Essence Tour

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Landmark of Tibet - Potala Palace
 
 Tour Code: HRC-TB03
 Destinations: Lhasa
 Duration: 5 days
 Departure date: Depends on your preferable schedule
 Tour Price: from $533 Based on high season, tourist class, 6 pax.
 Tour Type: Private escorted tour
 Tour highlights:
  • Potala Palace
  • Jokhang Temple
  • Barkhor Street
  • Tibet Museum
  • Sera Monastery
  • Drepung Monastery (Optional)
  • Lake Namtso
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 Tour Summary
 Tour Dates Destinations   Today's Activities Meals Included
Day 1 Arrive in Lhasa Tibet Museum

Tibet Museum

Arrival by train or air, transfer to Lhasa downtown hotel, rest for acclimatization. /
Day 2 Lhasa

Visit Potala Palace, Jokhang Temple and Bharkor Street;

B,L
Day 3 Lhasa

Visit Tibet Museum and Sera Monastery;
Another option: Visit Drepung Monastery and Sera Monastery;

B,L
Day 4 Lhasa - Namtso - Lhasa Natural views of Tibet

Beautiful Sceneries of Tibet

Visiting Lake Namtso, then back to Lhasa;

B,L
Day 5 Depart Lhasa Free time till leave Tibet for next destination. B
"B" = Breakfast, "L" = Lunch, "D"=Dinner
 Tour Package Includes:
Hotels: 4 nights in Lhasa. Dining: 7 meals, including 4 breakfasts and 3 lunches.
Tour Guide: a local experienced English-speaking guide. Admissions: Tickets including all scenic spots listed in the itinerary;
Vehicle: a private air-conditioned car, offering Round-trip transfers; Car Driver: an experienced licensed driver;
Water & Tissues: free purified water and tissues offered per day; Luggage Transfers: a hand for your heavy luggage;
Insurance: Travel Agencies Liability Insurance; Government taxes & Service charges
 Tour Package Excludes:
- Other optional tours / meals / flights not mentioned in itinerary; - Tips for tour guides and drivers.

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 Daily Itinerary
Day 1   Arrive in Lhasa (/)

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.


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.


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;


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 having breakfast, we will visit Tibet Museum for taking a glance of Tibetan culture development, and which opened in October of 1999. Later that day, the next visit is Sera Monastery, the second monastery in Tibet. Distinctively its famous debating activities are holding around 3-4pm regularly every working day that you should never miss.


Another Option of This Day: For buddhism enthusiasts, we plan another option for your preference, after having breakfast, we will drive to the west of Lhasa about 11 km for visiting the Drepung Monastery, and which is one of the 'Three Great Monasteries' and the largest one in Tibetan Buddhism. Later that day, the next visit is Sera Monastery, for its famous debating activities that you should never miss.


1. It is a good idea to pack some food, snacks, and drinking water along your trip.

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.


Tibet Museum: Opened on October 5 of 1999, Tibet Museum is the first large-sized modern museum in Tibet, housing thousands of precious collection related to the cultural history of Tibet.
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.
The Sera Monastery:

As one of most important Monastery in Tibet, it often holds debate about Buddhism, which attracts many monks, celebrities all over the world.


Day 4   Lhasa (B,L)   

After two days' 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. After, we will return to Lhasa downtown, then the rest of this day is for your free arrangement.


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!

Lake Namtso: Namtso is renowned as one of the most beautiful lake which has been the destination of Tibetan pilgrims for centuries.

Day 5   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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Tour Comments

 

"Hello, Sara. The trip was wonderful. Everything worked out perfectly in Tibet. The tours, guide and driver were excellent. The hotel was great although it was a bit removed from the center of town. The food was fine. My only recommendation is that additional restaurants be available for the included lunches. Thank you for all your help. It was a trip to remember!"
- Irene Kreuscher, April 22nd, 2011

 

"Dear Michelle, I have back home for a few days. I'd like to appreciate all your considerate arrangement and great help for my trip. As I told you before, visiting Tibet was always my longing. And I finally made it come true with your guys. The first day in Lhase was hard to me, I found a little bit difficulty in breathing, while a few hours later, I had adapted. Thanks to the tour guide, he was very helpful. And I liked getting along with him and the driver. Everything at there was so attractive and mysterious to me. I would never forget the beautiful things in Lhasa and Shigatze.
Last, thanks again. Attached my favorite photos to you. LOL."
- Leonard Lee, April 14th, 2011
 
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