5 Days Tibet Highlights Tour

Day 1
Destination: Arrival at Lhasa
Meals:N/A
Detailed Itinerary: Be met by English tour guide at airport or railway station and take the private vehicle to the hotel. Free for the rest of the day. You can walk slowly near your hotel to get yourself to accommodate to the anoxic altiplano.
Hotel: Luxury Tour: Four Points By Sheraton Lhasa / Stardard tour: Rainbow Bridge Hotel Lhasa 3 star

Day 2
Destination: Lhasa
Meals: Breakfast, Chinese Lunch, Chinese Dinner
Detailed Itinerary: About 8:00am, you will be Pick up by our tour guide to visit the Potala Palace - the architectural wonder in the center of Lhasa, is the symbol of that sacred land. When the thirty-third King of Tibet, Soongtsan Gampo, was married in 641 to Princess Wen Cheng of the Tang Dynasty, it has 999 houses built on Hongshan Hill for his bride, as well as the red building at the top of the hill.

In the afternoon, we will visit the Jokhang Temple. This temple is one of the most sacred shrine in Tibet and there is always a procession of devout Tibetan Buddhist within the premises. And then, we talk a walk through Barkhor Street, which is the oldest street in Lhasa and remains very traditional. It is a place where Tibetan culture, economy, religion and arts assemble and a place to which a visit must be paid. Back to you Hotel.
Hotel: Luxury Tour: Four Points By Sheraton Lhasa / Stardard tour: Rainbow Bridge Hotel Lhasa 3 star

Day 3
Destination: Lhasa
Meals: Breakfast, Chinese Lunch, Chinese Dinner
Detailed Itinerary: About 8:00am, you will be Pick up by our tour guide to visit Norbulingka - the summer palace of the Dalai Lama, two kilometers west of the Potala Palace, located at the bank of the Kyichu River. The garden covers an area of 360,000 square meters, with 374 rooms inside. It is the biggest man-made gardens in Tibet Autonomous Region. Then we visit the Drepung Monastery, which was established near Lhasa, Tibet in 1416 by Chojey Tashi Palden. It had four departments, of which Loseling, or "The Hermitage of the Radiant Mind," was the largest, housing more than three quarters of Drepung's ten to fifteen thousand monks. Now it is one of Tibet’s premier monastic educational institutions
At the last, we will visit Sera Monastery, founded in 1419, at its height, Sera monastery was residence to more than 5,000 monks and five monastic colleges. Although much less active now, with only several hundred monks currently in residence, one of the most interesting times to visit the monastery is in the afternoon when monks, after finishing their morning scripture classes, can be seen debating in the courtyard.
Hotel:Hotel: Luxury Tour: Four Points By Sheraton Lhasa / Stardard tour: Rainbow Bridge Hotel Lhasa 3 star

Day 4
Destination: Lhasa - Namtso Lake - Lhasa
Meals: Breakfast, Chinese Lunch, Chinese Dinner
Detailed Itinerary: About 8:00am, you will be pick up by our tour guide and take 4 hour driving to Namtso Lake, which was selected as one of the five most beautiful lakes in China by Chinese National Geography magazine. Namtso Lake's touching beauty should not be missed by any traveler who visits Tibet. Its purity and solemnness are symbols of Qinghai-Tibet Platean. In Tibetan, Namtso means 'Heavenly Lake.' Namtso is famous for its high altitude (4720 meters (about 3 miles)), vast area (1961 square kilometers (about 757 square miles) and beautiful scenery. Being the second largest saltwater lake in China only after Qinghai Lake, Namtso Lake is the biggest lake throughout Tibet. Meanwhile, it is the highest altitude saltwater lake in the world. The water here is a storybook crystal-clear blue. Clear skies join the surface of the lake in the distance, creating an integrated, scenic vista. Soul of every visitor who has ever been here seems to be cleansed by the pure lake water.
Hotel:Hotel: Luxury Tour: Four Points By Sheraton Lhasa / Stardard tour: Rainbow Bridge Hotel Lhasa 3 star

Day 5
Destination:Lhasa Exit
Meals: Breakfast
Detailed Itinerary: Transfer from Hotel to Airport or Railway Station