Tsedang, Shigatse, Base Camp, Lhasa 8 Days Tour

Arrive in Tsedang

Attraction & Activities:

Yarlung Tsangpo River

Meals:

No meal

Accommodation: Luxury ★★★★★Yalong River Hotel Deluxe ★★★★Yalong River Hotel Tourist ★★★Yulong Holiday Hotel

Fly or take train to the holy city of Tsedang, capital of Tibet. Your tour guide and driver will meet you at the airport or train station with Tibetan Traditional welcome ceremony and then drive 150KM along east bank of Yarlung Tsangpo River side and arrive at Tsedang which is the birth place of Tibetan cultures. Rest for plateau acclimation. Take a good rest and get ready for the Tibet 8 days tour.

Tsedang

Attraction & Activities:

Samye Monastery, Chamdrok Monastery, Yumbuk Lhakang Palace, Tibetan Tombs

Meals:

Hotel breakfast, Chinese lunch

Accommodation: Deluxe ★★★★Yalong River Hotel Deluxe ★★★★Yalong River Hotel Tourist ★★★Yulong Holiday Hotel

Have Tsedang Full day tour: visit Samye Monastery, Chamdrok Monastery, Yumbuk Lhakang Palace and Tibetan Tombs.

Samye Monastery: The Samye Monastery, built during the Reigns of the Trisong Detsen in the 8th Century, was recording as the first monastery in Tibet featuring Buddhist, laws and monks, where the famous debate of doctrines between ancient Indian Buddhism and inland Buddhism happened.

Chamdrok Monastery: Chamdrok is one of the oldest temples in Tibet, 4KM away from the Tsedang hotel, built in the 7th century by the king Sontsan Gambu.

Yumbuk Lhakang Palace: Yumbuk Lhakang Palace, the first palace ever built in Tibet, is located on a hill named Zhaxi Ceri, about five kilometers southeast of Nedong County, Shannan Prefecture, Tibet.
 

Tsedang-Yamdrok Lake-Gyantse

Attraction & Activities:

Yarlung Tsangpo River,Yamdrok Lake

Meals:

Hotel breakfast, Chinese Lunch

Accommodation: Luxury ★★★★★Gyantse Hotel Deluxe ★★★★Gyantse Hotel Tourist ★★★Gyantse Hotel

After breakfast, drive westward to Chushur along Yarlung Zangpo River, traverse Gangbala Mountain Pass and appreciate the full scenery of Yamdrok Lake tour at the mountain pass. Overnight in Gyantse.

Yarlung Tsangpo River: The Yarlung Tsangpo River is the highest major river in the world.

Yamdrok Lake: Yamdrok Lake is one of the three largest sacred lakes in Tibet. It is over 72 km (45 miles) long. The lake is surrounded by many snow-capped mountains and is fed by a lot of small streams.
 

Gyantse-Shigatse

Attraction & Activities:

Pelkhor Chode Monastery

Meals:

Hotel breakfast, Chinese lunch

Accommodation: Luxury ★★★★★Tashichoeta Hotel Luxury ★★★★★Tashichoeta Hotel Luxury ★★★★★Manasarovar Hotel

Have Gyantse tour, then visit Pelkor Chode Monastery. The Monastery is founded in 1418, notable for its superb Kumbum Chode(10,000 Images Stupa). Then drive to Shigatse.

Shigatse-Lhasa

Attraction & Activities:

Tashilunpo Monastery

Meals:

Hotel breakfast, Chinese lunch

Accommodation: Luxury ★★★★★Manasarovar Hotel Deluxe ★★★★Gyanggan Hotel Tourist ★★★Himalaya Hotel

In the morning visit Tashilunpo Monastery—the Seat of Panchen Lama. Then drive back to Lhasa.

Tashilunpo Monastery: The Tashihunpo Monastery locates on the slope of Mount Niser, southwest of Shigatse. It has an area of about 300,000 square meters and has a floor space of about 30,000 square meters.
 

Lhasa

Attraction & Activities:

Potala Palace,Jokhang Temple,Barkhor Street

Meals:

Hotel breakfast, Chinese lunch

Accommodation: Luxury ★★★★★Manasarovar Hotel Deluxe ★★★★Gyanggan Hotel Tourist ★★★Himalaya Hotel

Have Lhasa one day city tour:

Usually your first visit is Potala Palace, built in the 7th century by the famous Tibetan king-Songtzen Gampo. It became the "Winter Palace" by the 1750, when the 7th Dalai Lama built the Norbulingka Park as his summer residence.

After lunch, you will visit the Jokhang Temple in the old section of Lhasa. King Songtzen Gampo built this temple in the mid-7th century A.D. Now it is the most sacred place where the pilgrims wordhiping the Temple. You may also ramble over the Barkhore Street and circleling the Temple with the pilgrims .

Note: For the protection of the Potala Palace, there is a restriction of 2000 tourists everyday and only one-hour- sightseeing for each tourist. So we may do the converse tour as Jokhang Temple may changed the schedule with Day 3 in the high season (From April to October)in Tibet.
 

Lhasa

Attraction & Activities:

Drepung Monastery,Sera Monastery,Tibet Museum

Meals:

Hotel breakfast, Chinese lunch

Accommodation: Luxury ★★★★★Manasarovar Hotel Deluxe ★★★★Gyanggan Hotel Tourist ★★★Himalaya Hotel

You tour will start with the tour to Drepung Monastery in the morning.It used to be the most large monastery in Tibet where lodged more than 10000 monks at its summit.

After that, you will visit the Sera Monastery which is famous for its Buddhism scriptures debating in the afternoon. Your tour will be finished by the visit to the Tibetan Museum, the exhibition center of Tibetan traditional handicrafts.
 

Depart from Lhasa

Attraction & Activities:

Pick up at the hotel and transfer to the airport or train station and leave for the next destination.

Meals:

Hotel breakfast

Pick up at the hotel and transfer to the airport or train station and leave for the next destination. Your tibet 8 days tour ends.