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5 Days Pilgrimage of Lhasa's Shrine

Price from $460 per person
5 Days 4-12 Pax Click view Departure
Lhasa - Drak Yerpa - Ganden Monastery - Lhasa
Potala Palace, Johkang Temple, Backhor Street, Drepung Monastery, Sera Monastery, Drak Yerp Hermitage, Ganden Monastery
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Trip Day By Day

Day 1 Arrival & Acclimatization
Day 2 Lhasa city tour
Day 3 Lhasa city tour
Day 4 Lhasa-Ganden Monastery-Lhasa
Day 5 Tour ends

Tour features:
1. Tour all the holy cultural landmarks in Lhasa
2. Hiking around Drak Yerpa Hermitage known as Lhasa’s Shrine
3. Visiting Ganden Monastery that is the first Gelupa Sect monastery in Tibet
4. Do a kora around the Ganden Monastery, while on the way you could see the very beautiful Lhasa River Valley. The Ganden Monastery kora is known as the most beautiful monastery kora in Tibet

Trip Overview

Lhasa Shrine pilgrimage tour is a 5 day package. Some of the activities include touring all the holy cultural landmarks in Lhasa, hiking around Drak Yerpa Hermitage, visiting Ganden Monastery.
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Detailed Itinerary

Day 1: Arrival & Acclimatization

Airport pick-up Train station pick-up
Airport pick-up Train station pick-up

Schedule today: Arrival in Lhasa at airport or train station, pick-up and transfer to hotel for acclimatization, or you can have your free time hanging out at this holy city to get the first impression of Tibet.

Day 2: Lhasa city tour (Tour of the world heritages and Tibetan history)

Highlights: Potala Palace, Johkang Temple, Backhor Street

Potala Palace Jorhkang Temple
Potala Palace Jorhkang Temple

Schedule today: In the morning, visit the symbol or landmark of Lhasa-Potala Palace, the successive Dalai Lama's winter residence. In the afternoon, visit the center of Tibetan Buddhism-Jorhkang Temple, where you will come across lots of devoted pilgrimages coming from every corner of Tibet. Both sites are under the list of the world cultural heritages by the UNISCO.

Day 3: Lhasa city tour (Tour of the most important monasteries in Tibet)

Highlights: Drepung Monastery, Sera Monastery

Drepung Monastery Sera Monastery
Drepung Monastery Sera Monastery

Schedule today: In the morning, we will visit Drepung Monastery which is the biggest Tibetan Buddhism College with the biggest number of monks in Tibet. The monastery used to be the winter residence of the Dalai Lama before the 5th Dalai Lama moved his residency to the Potala Palace. And in the afternoon, we will visit another influential Gelugpa Monastery-Sera Monastery, where the largest scale of scripture debating among monks is famous all across Tibet. We will watch the debate session and you may join in too with the help your guide.

Day 4: Lhasa-Drak Yerp Hermitage-Ganden Monastery-Lhasa (Tour of shrine of Lhasa)    

Highlights: Drak Yerp Hermitage, Ganden Monastery

Drak Yerp Hermitage Ganden Monastery
Drak Yerp Hermitage Ganden Monastery

Schedule today: In the morning drive to visit Ganden Monastery which is 65 km away from Lhasa, Ganden Monastery was founded by Tsongkhapa in 1409 as the first and main Gelug monastery in Tibet, by doing a kora around it you could see fabulous and inspiring Lhasa River Valley views. On the way, we will have a short detour to Dark Yerpa Hermitage that is seen as the holiest cave retreat ever, there is a saying that 'Lhasa is the shrine of Tibet, Drak Yerpa is the shrine of Lhasa. Not seeing Drak Yerpa in Lhasa is just like making a dress without the collar.'

Day 5 Tour ends, departure transfer to train station or airport.

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Price Guide

Nov-Mar April - June July - Aug Sep Oct
USD 460 p/p USD 500 p/p USD 585 p/p USD 550 p/p USD 500 p/p
What's included in this price?
1. Free group pick-up from airport & free group drop-off from hotel, BUT only three times available, surcharge (RMB 450) occurs if your flight schedule does not meet the free transfer time. Stay at airport for 1-2 hours to await other tourists is possible since this is a group pick-up service.
Group Pick-up Time at airport 09:30 - 10:30 12:30 - 13:30 15:30 - 16:30
Group Drop-off Time leaving hotel 06:30 from hotel 08:30 from hotel 12:30 from hotel
A. The drive length is about one hour between airport and downtown
B. It’s free to have pickup and drop-off between train station and downtown
2. English speaking local Tibetan Guide.
3. Well maintained vehicle throughout the whole tour.
4. All Tibet traveling permits concerned, such as TTP and PSB.
5. Clean and comfortable 3 star standard hotels with private bath room and breakfast. The quote is based on 0.5 room per person, twin sharing.
Lhasa (Day1-Day4) Yak Hotel or Gangyen Hotel  3*
6. Oxygen supply on Vehicle.
7. Delivery fee of Tibet permits.
8. Guide and driver's food and accommodations.
9. One welcome dinner in Lhasa.
What's excluded in this price?
1. Lunches and Dinners.
(In Tibet, it's about USD 5 per meal per person if you order normal average food)
2. Entrance fee to all the scenic spots mentioned.
(Potala Palace = RMB200, Johkang Temple=RMB 85, Drepung Monastery = RMB 60, Sera Monastery= RMB 50, Drak Yerpa Hermitage = RMB 30, Ganden Monastery = RMB 40, amounts to RMB 465 = USD 69 totally)
3. Tips to driver and tour guide.
(Not compulsory, but tips to guide and driver are encouraged)
4. Single room supplement fee if you travel alone and occupy a single room.
5. Bank service fee when you transfer deposit to our company.
6. Air or train tickets into and out of Lhasa
7. Single supplement.
(The single supplement occurred when solo traveler stayed in a twin room alone. To help our solo travelers to save money, you may agree to share a room with another independent traveler. In this way, no extra charge is needed. We offer the opportunity for tourists to share a room with others during the tour. So they do not need to afford the single room supplement. When you accept this offer, we would assume that tourists are willing to share the twin room with any group member. The gender and age difference is not taken into our consideration. If you do mind these differences or are sensitive to accommodation with strangers especially with opposite sex, you may pay single room supplement for a single room when booking.)

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user portrait Mr. Ju*** from: 4 Days Lhasa Holy Landmarks Express

Hi, I plan to arrive in Lhasa on the 9th of March in 2020 by train and would like to do a 4 day tour. Unfortunately there are no tours scheduled between January and April, will there be tours added or are there not any planned?

Kind regards

Julian Franz

Answered by Helen

Hello Mr. Ju***,

    Thanks very much for your inquiry. We currently have no group tour in February and March, if you would like to travel Tibet in these months, we are able to arrange a private tour for you. While there are several confirmed departure date for the group tour in January and April, if your time is flexible, you may consider joining a group tour in April. I will send detailed itinerary to your email, please check it. Warm regards.

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