4Days 3Nights Explore Lhasa

བ་ཤིས་བདེ་ལེགས། www.tibeterlebnisreisen.com

Tibet Erlebnisreisen (Tibet Adventure Travel Service) Tibet Culture Tour

4Days 3Nights explore Lhasa Tour Overview This tour itinerary is one of the most popular culture tours in Tibet, you can start your tour either from Beijing or Xining, take the sky train to Lhasa, the one of the world wonders and the highest train on the earth. Fly to Lhasa is also possible!

Date Day Itinerary Activity Accommodation

April - November Day1 Arrival at Lhasa Acclimatization Tashi Noda ****

April - November Day2 Lhasa sightseeing Potala, Jockhang, Barkhor Tashi Noda ****

April - November day3 Lhasa sightseeing Drepung, Norbulingkha, Sera Tashi Noda ****

April - November Day4 Lhasa departure

Beijing - Lhasa 48 hours - 2 Nights / 2 Days 5072m

Xining - Lhasa 23 hours - 1Night / 1 Day 5072m

This tour includes visits to the following key tourist sites in Tibet, As well as visit with a Tibetan Family -The Potala Palace. -The Jokhang Temple. -The Norpulingka -The Barkhor Market. -The Deprung Monastery & Sera monastery -This tour also includes a visit with a Tibetan family.

Copyright 2018 Tibet Erlebnisreisen / Tibet / Lhasa. ☏ Tashi: 13518992009 ✉ :[email protected] Detail Itinerary Day1: Arrival at Lhasa Attraction: Local Famous tea Shop Today you are arriving at the airport or train station, We’ll meet you upon your arrival and transport you to your hotel, while introducing you to our culture. you can enjoy an evening of rest. Accommodation : Tashi Nota Hotel 4****

Day2 : Lhasa Sightseeing ( 3680m) Highlights Days Attraction: Potala Palace, Jokhang Temple , Barkor Street Today is the second day of the tour, and we have three sites to see, the great Potala palace in the morning, which is the ancient, chief residence and winter home of the Dalai Lamas and the greatest monumental structure in Tibet. Take a visit to the Jockang temple, which means the 'House of the Buddha', is most sacred Buddhist temple in Tibet (built around 650 CE). It is the ultimate spiritual center and pilgrimage destination in Tibet. Surrounding Jockang temple is Barkhor Street. Walk along this street of eight corners which will afford us a window into Tibetan culture and an opportunity to buy colorful ethnic handicrafts rarely seen outside of Tibet.

Tips: When you enter into a temple or monastery in Tibet, please take off your hats at the entrance to show your respects and follow the clockwise direction for visiting. No smoking, do not touch the Buddha statues, turn the Buddhism scriptures or toll the bell. The awe-inspiring Potala Palace, perched high above much of Lhasa, is the landmark of the city. The palace which consists of the Red Palace, the White Palace and some attached buildings was a complex of political and religious function. Now it is a huge treasure house for materials and articles of Tibetan history, religion, culture and arts.

Located at the center of the old Lhasa, Jokhang Temple is the spiritual center of Tibet. Built in 647 by Songtsen Gampo, it has a history of more than 1,300 years. The temple is the fine product of Han, Tibetan and Nepalese architecture techniques. Visitors will be treated to the sight of various exotic and sacred sculptures. Jokhang Temple also houses many invaluable cultural relics. Every year, the Great Prayer Festival is held here. Accommodation: Tashi Nota Hotel 4****

Day3 : Lhasa Sightseeing ( 3680m) Highlights Day Attraction: Drepung Monastery, NorbuLingka, Sera Monastery Today in the morning, we are visiting to the Drepung monastery, is the largest of all Tibetan monasteries, and at its peak, the largest monastery of any religion in the world with up to 10,000 monks, but today its population is much smaller. The Depung was founded in 1416 and is one of the great three Gelukpa university monasteries of Tibet; visit the summer palace of the Dalailama, the Norpulingkha before the lunch break

In the afternoon visit the Sera Monastery, It is the last of the three principal Yellow Sect monasteries built in Lhasa. The setting itself is very beautiful with cobbled alleyways, temples and colleges. The highlight of visiting Sera Monastery will be watching monks debating inside the shady courtyard behind the main temple. Every day, hundreds of red-robed monks assemble in small groups and practice their debating skills. Accommodation : Tashi Nota Hotel 4****

Day4: End up your Trip Departure Lhasa

1. Local Tibetan-English speaking tour guide 2. Transportation service during whole trip, include picking and dropping to airport 3. All necessary permit and permit delivery fee 4. All entrance fee as per the itinerary 5. top private service with best service quality

Tour Fare Exclude:

1. Train & Flight tickets 2. Daily lunch & Dinner 3. Gratitude to your guide and driver 4. Expenses of a personal nature (beverages, laundry, phone call, etc) 5. Any cost incurred in emergency evacuation due any reason