6 Days Tibet Typical 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 - Yamdrok Lake - Shigatse
Meals: Breakfast, Chinese Lunch, Chinese Dinner
Detailed Itinerary: About 8:00am, you will be pick up by our tour guide and take 3 hour driving to Yamdrok Lake. The lake lies to the Shannan Region in Tibet, one of the threebiggest lakes in Tibet. Its altitude 4441 meters (about 14,570 feet) . This turquoise green and freshwater lake is a countless depth and is spread in 624 square kilometers making about ten independent hilly islands inside. And then we will visit the Pelkhor Choede, which is a typical Tibetan Buddhist style monastery, lying about 230 kilometers (143 miles) south of Lhasa and 100 kilometers (62 miles) east of Shigatse. Pelkhor Choede enjoys a high status in Tibetan Buddhism history because it houses three sects - Sakyapa, Kadampa and Gelugpa together.

About 04:00pm, we will arrival in Shigatse, the second biggest city in Tibet is situated at the altitude of 12,600 ft. It is the famous city for its great Tashilhunpo Monastery - the seat of the Panchen Lama, who is regarded as the reincarnation of the Buddha of Endless Enlightenment.
Hotel:Hotel: Shigatse Hotel

Day 5
Destination: Shigatse - Lhasa
Meals: Breakfast, Chinese Lunch, Chinese Dinner
Detailed Itinerary: About 8:00am, you will be pick up by our tour guide and visit Tashilunpo Monastery, which is is one of the Six Big Monasteries of Gelugpa (or Yellow Hat Sect) in Tibet. Also called the Heap of Glory, the monastery is located at the foot of Drolmari (Tara's Mountain), Shigatse. Founded by the First Dailai Lama in 1447, the monastery's structure was expanded by the Fourth and successive Panchen Lamas. Tashilhunpo Monastery covers an area of nearly 300,000 square meters (3,229,279 sq. ft.). The main structures found in the Tashilhunpo Monastery are The Maitreya Chapel, The Panchen Lama's Palace and The Kelsang Temple. Tashilhunpo is the seat of the Panchen Lama since the Fourth Panchen Lama took charge in the monastery, and there are now nearly 800 lamas. In the afternoon,back to Lhasa
Hotel:Hotel: Luxury Tour: Four Points By Sheraton Lhasa / Stardard tour: Rainbow Bridge Hotel Lhasa 3 star

Day 6
Destination:Lhasa Exit
Meals: Breakfast
Detailed Itinerary: Transfer from Hotel to Airport or Railway Station