Day 1 Arrival Lhasa
Upon your arrival at Lhasa airport, your guide will greet you and escort you to your hotel and help you check in. You will have the rest of the day and evening to rest and relax to become acclimatized the high altitude of Tibet.
【Notice】
- Pick up/drop off: Foreign and Taiwanese travelers need a tour guide to pick up/drop off according to the regulations of the Tourism Administration. Chinese traveler without foreign partner will pick up/drop off by local professional Transfer Center. Our staff/guide will contact you in advance, please ensure that your mobile phone is unobstructed.
- Altitude sickness：With its much higher elevation, some visitors may experience symptoms of altitude sickness. We recommend taking everything slowly, getting plenty of rest the first day and staying very well hydrated by drinking plenty of water to minimize the effects of the high altitude. Usually, you will be fine by the second day, but if you do experience severe and/or worsening symptoms, please contact your guide or a member of our staff immediately.
- Lhasa (Altitude: 3650m)
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Day 2 Lhasa City Tour：Lhasa Traditional Handicraft Center, Sera Monastery
【Traditional Handicraft Art center】
Today we will take you to fully immerse yourself in experiencing traditional Tibetan handcraft Center, including making Tibetan incense, Tibetan calligraphy – the methods behind Tibetan calligraphy and the secrets of block printing.
【Sera Monastery】
The monks’ debate is held in the courtyard almost every Monday to Saturday between 3:00pm and 5:30pm. Please note that in case of some special monastery activities such as the Dharma Meeting or the reception of VIPs, the monks’ debate may be canceled that day. After our visit to the monastery, feel free to stroll around the streets of Lhasa as you absorb the atmosphere and spirit of the devoted Tibetan people, or you may return to your hotel to rest and relax from this wonderful Tibetan cultural experience.
- Lhasa (Altitude: 3650m)
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Day 3 Lhasa City Tour：Potala Palace, Johkang Temple, Barhkor Street
【Potala Palace】
Initially built in 641 AD and listed as a world heritage site in 1994, the Potala Palace is the most popular tourist attraction in Tibet. The halls, murals, statues and mountain views will make you shocked even if you are not a Buddhist.
【Ticketing tips for Potala Palace】：
- The Potala Palacerequires real-name online ticketing and valid document (such as ID card, household registration book or passport) is required to make the reservation. Once the reservation made, the ticket cannot be re-booked within 7 days from the day of visit. If you can not enter the Potala Palace due to the wrong documents provided by yourself, we do not bear any responsibility or Therefore, it is important to take the valid documents. If the name or ID number is inconsistent with the actual ID used, you will not be able to enter the Potala Palace. Please note the ticket fee has actually been incurred and cannot be refunded.
- The visiting time of the Potala Palace is randomly issued by the Potala Palace Management Office and it can not designate the visiting time. Please note the actual visiting route sequences may be different from the provided one.
- In peak season, there has restrictions in visiting the Potala Palace and each travel agency has limited groupbookings quotas every day. In order to ensure the group tour visiting, we solve the problem through different channels. Due to the special requirements for ticket purchases in different channels, you are requested to follow the tour guide’s The normal arrangements are as below：
1）The group tour may be divided into multiple small groups (tourists who book together might be divided, and they join with other small group to visit the Potala Palace).
2）Each small group is divided into different times/dates to visit.
3）Each small group follows the different guide to visit.
【Johkang Temple】
The Jokhang Temple is the final destination for pilgrims. A statue of the 12-year-old Sakyamuni, who lived in India in the fifth century BC, and who was the creator of Buddhism, is collected in the monastery. This is the reason why Buddhists consider Lhasa a Sacred Land.
【Ticketing tips for the Jokhang Temple】：
- The Jokhang Templeneeds real-name online ticketing. Every day, from 7:00am to 23:59pm the tickets for the next day will be open to book through the WeChat applet “Jokhang Temple Reservation” until the number of reservations is full. Therefore, tickets must be reserved one day in advance. Please follow tour guide’s instruction to make the reservation
- The Jokhang Temple is a religious temple rather than a tourist attraction. Please note if encountering important religious activities, it will be closedto tourists.
【Barkhor Street】
Located near the Jokhang Monastery, the Barkhor Street was only a place for Buddhists to do a religious circumambulation in ancient times. Nowadays, tourists can buy exquisite souvenirs on the street, such as handicrafts, costumes, tea, prayer wheels and Tibetan incense.
1 free meal: Tibetan or Nepali specialty dishes
- Lhasa (Altitude: 3650m)
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Day 4 Lhasa→Yamdrok Lake→Karola Glacier→Shigatse（370km，7hrs）
This morning we’ll take a drive up to the Kampala Pass (elevation 4797 meters) where you’ll have a glimpse of 【Yamdrok Lake】down below as well as spectacular views of the holy Mount Nyenchen Khangsar in the distance. You will need your camera ready for the turquoise waters of Yamdrok Lake, which is one of the three holy lakes of Tibet, and the beautiful Mt. Nyenchen Khangsar glacier as seen from the Karol la Pass. Later on we’ll be able to visit the【Karola Glacier】.
【Notice】
- Foreign travelers who will visit Mt. Everest need to apply Aliens’Travel Permit in Shigatse. The tour guide may adjust the itinerary according to the travel permit application status.
- Please expect for a long queue time for the travel permit application during peak seasons due to system failure or a sudden increase in the number of applicants
- Shigatse (Altitude: 3840m)
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Day 5 Shigatse→Gawula Pass→Rongbuk Monastery→EBC（350km，7hrs）
After breakfast we’ll set out towards the peak of the world – Mount Everest. Departing from Shigatse you will see some of the most beautiful and unique scenery in the world – incredibly blue skies, floating high clouds, endless grasslands and the highest mountain peaks in the world. We’ll also stop by the【Rongbuk Monastery】– the world’s highest altitude monastery before spending the night at the【Everest Base Camp】.
【Notice】
- Tibetan Tent or guesthouse (8-15 pax/tent, multi-beds room). Every year from October to April of the following year, due to cold weather, the tents will be evacuated from the Everest Base Camp, travelers will stay in Basongcun/Tashizongcun guesthouse(multi-beds room)
- The food and accommodation is poor, the altitude is high, and the temperature is low at the Everest Base Camp.Please pay attention to keep warm and prevent altitude sickness. The temperature is about 0-8 degrees in summer night, so please bring down jackets, or rent one in the Base Camp
- 1 free meal: Mount Everest Hot pot
- EBC (Altitude: 5200m)
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Day 6 EBC→Gyatso La Pass→Shigatse（350km，7hrs）
We will get an early start today to cross the【Gyatso La Pass】, also known as the Dingri Boundary, At an altitude of 5248 meters. In the afternoon we will drive back to Shigaste.
【Notice】
If you are lucky enough, you can enjoy the sunrise at the Base Camp. It depends on the weather conditions and other factors
- Shigatse (Altitude: 3840m)
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Day 7 Shigatse→Tashilumpo Monastery→Lhasa（270km，5hrs） Back to Lhasa by train or tourist vehicle
【Tashilumpo Monastery】
Tashilumpo Monastery, the seat of Tibet’s second highest incarnation-the Panchen Lama. The immense complex is a rambling warren of chapels, shrines, and halls linked by mysterious alleyways and steep staircases. At the center of the monastery is a courtyard that was used as a theater for religious dances. Just off the great courtyard in Tashilumpo’s main hall, where, like the explorer Sven Hedin, we may hear “the monks…intone a chant…enthralling, mystical, full of yearning…soothing as a cradle, intoxicating as wine, and sedative as morphia.” We’ll visit this dark and evocative chamber and its many side altars, as well as a distinctive red building called the Jamkhang Chenmo, which houses a massive yet lyrical 90-feet tall statue of Maitreya, the Future Buddha, built in 1914 by the Ninth Panchen Lama while Europe was madly at war.
【Notice】
Please note we will arrange you to take train or tourist vehicle back to Lhasa from Shigatse according to conditions. No designation will be acceptable.
- Lhasa (Altitude: 3650m)
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Day 8 Lhasa Departure
Today you will have free time until your tour guide escorts you to the Lhasa train station or airport for your departing train or flight from Lhasa. This will end your tour services in Tibet.
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