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6-Day Classical Lhasa Tour | Tibet Tour Package

Lhasa and Tsetang Tour

TOUR CODE: CTT-XZ-13
TOUR NAME: Lhasa and Tsetang Tour(5 Days)
GUIDE: ENGLISH SPEAKING
PRIVATE TOUR: DAILY DEPARTURE
(English, German and French speaking provincial guides available on request at surcharge)

Destination:Lhasa, Tsetang/Zedang

Hightlights: Potala Palace, Jokhang Temple, Barkhor Street, Sera Monastery, Norbulingka, Drepung Monastery, Yumbulagang Palace, Trandruk Monastery, Mingdroling Monastery, etc.

Meals: specified in the program

Duration of tour: 5 days / 4 nights

TOUR ITINERARY:

Day 1 Arrive in Lhasa(-/-/-)
The guide will meet you at Konggar Airport, and transfer you to Lhasa city with about 1 1/2 hour drive (100km). After arrive in Lhasa, you will check in hotel. Afternoon is free for you to get used to the altitude.

Accommodation: Lhasa Hotel or similar.
Day 2 Lhasa (B/L/-)
The first day of sightseeing starts from Lhasa's cardinal landmark - Potala Palace, a structure of massive portions. It takes at least a good 2-hour to visit those rooms, halls and chapels. Have Chinese Lunch at Tibet Steak House. Some 2km to the east of the Potala is the most revered religious structure in Tibet - Jokhang Temple. The quadrangle of streets surround the Jokhang is the Barkhor - Lhasa's most interesting pilgrimage circuit. This area of the Old Town is both the spiritual heart of Lhasa and the main commercial district for Tibetans.
Accommodation: Lhasa Hotel or similar.
Day 3 Lhasa(B/L/-)

This day's sightseeing begins with the Drepung Monastery, one of Lhasa's two great Gelugpa monasteries, located about 8km west of central Lhasa. It was once world's largest monastery with about 10,000 monks. Then you will visit Norbulingka and Sera Monastery, the other Gelupa monastery. It is more serene surrounded by many small temples. The "Buddhism Scriptures Debating" in Sera is very famous. Norbulingka means "Jeweled Garden". It was constructed as a summer palace for the Dalai Lama and later served the whole governmental administration.
Accommodation: Lhasa Hotel or similar.

Day 4 Lhasa - Tsetang/Zedang (B/L/-)

After breakfast in the hotel and go to visit Yumbulagang Palace. Tibet's first palace. It's a worthwhile visit for those Tibetan history fans. The palace was built for the 1st Tubo King Niechi in the Yalong River Valley. It is also called "the Mosher and Song Holy Hall". It perches on the summit of the Jormo Zhaxi Ceri Mountain on the east bank of the Yarlung River, about five kilometers in the south from the Tradrug County. After lunch at local restaurant, go on the trip to Trandruk Monastery: Built in the 7th century, the Trandruk Monastery is situated at the east bank of the Yalong River in the south of the Shannan District in Tibet. It is about 5km to the south of Tsetang city, just on the main road to Luotsa County (a border county in the south of Tibet, sharing border with India.)Trandruk Monastery lies on the southern side Mt. Gangpo Ri, on the east bank of the Yarlung River, about 2 kilometers south of Tradrug. You must see the most precious treasure in the monastery - a pearl Thangka (Thangka is a kind of paintings illustrating Tibetan Buddhism and Tibetan arts This pearl Thangka is brought here by Princess Wencheng)
Accommodation: Tsetang Hotel or similar.

Day 5 Depart Tsetang/Zedang (B/-/-)

After breakfast at your hotel,visit Mingdroling Monastery and then leave Tsetang.

Tour End.

Validity: April. 1, 09 -Dec. 31, 09

Our tour prices are inclusive of the fee to apply for Tibet permit, accommodation in twin shared room, meals as specified in the program (B=Breakfast, L=Lunch, D=Dinner), transfers and tours with English speaking local guides, all entrance fees, room taxes and baggage handling.

Our tour prices are exclusive of any tips to guide & driver, Tour insurance, Personal expanses, International transportation, Chinese visa.

Tour Price:

Tourist Class

Pax No. Price(per person) Book
1

USD 1647/per person

2-5

USD 893/per person

6-9

USD 639/per person

Deluxe Class

Pax No. Price(per person) Book
1

USD 1981/per person

2-5

USD 1061/per person

6-9

USD 807/per person

 

Please note:Pick up time will be within 30 minutes of the time shown on your voucher, however our supplier will contact you at your hotel, the day before your tour, to confirm your actual pick up time. Please kindly note that during dry season (December until March), the boat may not be able to reach Yangshuo due to low water levels. No refund will be given, even if the cruise needs to be shortened.

Additional Information: This tour is operated in air conditioned Vehicles.Not suitable for children under the age of 2.

 



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