To be Tibetan Tour

Detailed Itinerary of the To be Tibetan Tour

Day 1 Arrival and acclimatization

Highlights: No visiting today, better take rest in hotel.

Schedule:

Arrive at Lhasa train station or airport, your guide and driver will pick you up there in person with a warm Tibetan style welcome ceremony by presenting you Khata and afterwards transfer you to the hotel, suggest you stay at hotel to have good rest for better acclimatization.

Day 2 Sightseeing in Lhasa

Highlights: Potala Palace, Johkang Temple, Barkhor Street

Schedule:

In the morning, visit Lhasa's landmark-Potala Palace, in which myriad chapels, audience halls, Buddhist frescoes, Thangkas, combinations of Mandela, figures of the Buddha stored. In the afternoon, visit the Johkang Temple, the center of Tibetan Buddhism, built during Songtsen Gonpo's reign by princess Wencheng of the Tang dynasty, 647 A.D. After the Johkang Temple, we will start a circular pilgrim route along Barkhor Street where you can purchase traditional Tibetan and Nepalese artifacts, religious implements, antiques, books, music instrument, Thangkas, and etc.

Day 3 Sightseeing in Lhasa

Highlights: Drepung Monastery, Sera Monastery

Schedule:

In the morning, drive to Drepung monastery which used to serve as the government center in Tibet until the fifth Dalai Lama moved to the famous Potala Palace. It is the biggest Buddhism College in Tibet and once homed to more than 10000 monks. In the afternoon, drive to visit Sera monastery which is famous for its scripture debate session among monks that starting every afternoon except Sunday.

Day 4 Lhasa- Nyemo County-Lhasa

Highlights: Experience real Tibetan life, learn their secrets

Schedule:

Tibet is more than mountains, lakes and monasteries. This mysterious snow land has a long history with great civilization. Are you interested in learning how Tibetan make smelly Yak dung into useful fuel? Are you interested in discovering the secrets behind the dazzling array of beautiful commodities at Barkhor Street, such as Thangka, scripture block and Tibetan joss stick? We will bring you to those secrets, and you can even participate by yourself. We will arrange you different activities in different seasons.

Day 5 Departure transfer

Schedule:

Our guide and drive will transfer you to train station or airport, tour ends.