6 Days China Tour of Lhasa Gyangtse Shigatse Lhasa

Detailed Itinerary

• Day 1. Arrive in Lhasa, Nietang Buddha.  
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• Reach Lhasa airport or railway station. Your private guide will wait at the exit and escort you to hotel.
  View the Nietang Buddha on the way to your hotel. Nietang Buddha is the biggest stone statue engraved on a cliff in Tibet and the first attraction to welcome visitors to Lhasa.
  Check in the hotel and have a good rest.
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• Day 2. Lhasa: Potala Palace, Sera Monastery, Norbulingka Park.  
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  Your guide will pick you up from hotel at 09:00am.
  Start your trip with Potala Palace. Originally built in the seventh century, Potala Palace is the highest ancient palace in the world. It is famous for its grand architecture, delicate artworks as well as the strong religious atmosphere.
  Continue to Sera Monastery. As one of the three largest monasteries in Lhasa, Sera Monastery enjoys good reputation among visitor by its buildings of Tibetan style, Buddhist culture, and Buddhist Scriptures debating.
• Visit Norbulingka Park in the afternoon. Built in 1751 during the reign of the seventh Dalai Lama, Norbulingka Park was served as a summer palace for the Dalai Lama. It has 374 rooms of different sizes.
  Transfer you back to the hotel after the tour.
•   Breakfast, Lunch,
• Day 3. Lhasa: Drepung Monastery, Jokhang Temple, Barkhor Street.  
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  Your guide will pick you up from hotel at 09:00am.
  Drive to Drepung Monastery. The monastery was established in 1416 and is known as the most important monastery of Gelugpa in Tibetan Buddhism. It mainly consists of Ganden Potrang, Cogen Hall, Kamcuns as well as 4 Zhacangs.
• Proceed to Jokhang Temple. With a history of more than 1300 years, Jokhang Monastery holds a high status in Tibetan Buddhism. It is the ultimate pilgrimage destination of Tibetan Buddhists.
  Take a stroll on Barkhor Street Bazaar. Tibetan culture, economy, religion and arts assemble here.
  Transfer you back to the hotel after the tour.
•   Breakfast, Lunch,
• Day 4. Lhasa – Gyantze – Shigatse.  
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  Your guide will pick you up from hotel at 09:00am.
  Leave for Shigatse. On the way, we will visit pass by Yamdrok Lake, one of the three sacred lakes in Tibet.
  Then pass by Carola Glacier, one of the three major continental glaciers in Tibet. The glacier has various layers in the ice stack.
• Reach Gyantze and visit Palkhor Monastery. It is a monastery combing three major sects of the Tibetan Buddhism, Sakya, Kadampa and Gelug sects. More than 100,000 Buddha statues can be found in the monastery.
  Move on to TSONG BURG. With a history of more than 600 years, this castle is the best preserved dzongs in Tibet. You can overlook the Gyangze County and watch Palkhor Monastery from the castle.
  Arrive in Shigatse and check in the hotel.
•   Breakfast, Lunch,
• Day 5. Tashilhunpo Monastery, back to Lhasa.  
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  Your guide will pick you up from hotel at 09:00am.
  Drive to Tashilhunpo Monastery. The monastery is the seat of the Panchen Lama, and the largest functioning religious institution in Tibet.
  
• Transfer you back to the hotel in Lhasa.
•   Breakfast, Lunch,
• Day 6. Departure.  
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  Pick you up from hotel and transfer to airport for departure.
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