Get taken to the hotel.
Meals: Nothing to eat
Suggested Hotel: In Lhasa
Advice: It takes 1.5 hours to drive 100 km from Lhasa Gonggar Airport (altitude: 3600m) to downtown Lhasa.
Reaching the Tibetan Autonomous Region’s capital, Lhasa (3600m). At the airport, your Lhasa tour guide will meet you and assist with your hotel transfer.
Barkor Street, Jokhang Temple, and Potala Palace
Meals: Lunch and breakfast
Suggested Hotel: In Lhasa
When visiting Lhasa, spend one hour at Potala Palace, the world’s largest monastery of its kind and the Dalai Lama’s official residence. After lunch, spend an hour visiting Jokhang Monastery, where monks are officially trained and educated. We can get a glimpse of Tibetan culture and purchase vibrant ethnic goods that are uncommon outside of Tibet at the nearby Jokang Monastery on Barkhor Street, which is one hour away. Drive back to your hotel after that and don’t waste any more time relaxing.
Information on the itinerary:
When visiting Potala Palace: One hour is the maximum amount of time that visitors can spend there.
Even on hot days, it is advisable to wear a jacket because the temperature within the palace is lower than the outdoors.
It is better to use the restroom near the attraction’s entrance because it is difficult to find one inside.
The Red Palace and White Palace’s halls are among the primary tourist destinations.
When going to Jokhang Monastery:
Jokhang Monastery has a one-hour visitation period.
The second-floor platform provides a good view of Barkhor Street and the Jokhang Monastery area.
While on Barkhor Street:
traveling clockwise to Barkhor Street.
The several lanes on this route might make it difficult to find your way, so avoid walking it too late at night.
When making purchases here, learn to haggle.
Meals: breakfast and lunch; Tibet Museum; Norbulingka; Sera Monastery
Suggested Hotel: In Lhasa
Enjoy your one-day city tour after breakfast, which begins with a one-hour visit to Tibet Museum, the country’s first contemporary museum. After returning to the downtown area and eating lunch, spend an additional hour at Norbulingka Park, a traditional summer palace and residence that is home to the 7th Dalai Lama. After that, spend 1.5 hours at Sera Monastery to see a monks’ argument in the shaded courtyard behind the main temple. Drive back to your hotel after that and don’t waste any more time relaxing.
Advice: The monks’ debate at Sera Monastery begins at approximately 15:00.
Coaches to Shigatse, Pelkor Chode Monastery, Gyangtse, and Amdrok Lake
Meals: Lunch and breakfast
Suggested Hotel: In Shigatse
You’re going to drive to Shigatse this morning. One of the three biggest sacred lakes in Tibet, Yamdrok Lake, is a short 30-minute halt along the route. Proceed to Gyangtse Pelkor Chode Monastery (4000m), which is located at the base of Dzong Hill and has a distinctive structure. After that, drive on to Shigatse (3836m). Spend the remainder of the day in your hotel after arriving in Shigatse downtown.
Information on the itinerary:
July through September are the ideal months to visit Yamdrok Lake. However, you can miss this lake’s most breathtaking moment if you come here on a wet day. Yamdrok Lake is 105 km away from Lhasa center and takes two hours to drive there.
Gyangtse Parlkhor Monastery to Yamdrok Lake: 155 km, 4 hours by car
Gyangtse Parlkhor Monastery to Shigatse downtown: 2.5 hours by car, 95 km
Sakya Monastery, Tashilhumpo Monastery, and Coach to Tingri
Meals: Lunch and breakfast
Suggested Hotel: In Tingri
The renowned Tashilhunpo Monastery, one of the six large monasteries in Tibet and the Panchen Lama’s residence, will be a fun place to visit in the morning. Drive to Sakya Monastery, the main monastery of the Sakyapa Sect of Tibetan Buddhism, after that. After that, keep driving until Tingri (4300m). Around the evening, you will arrive in Tingri. Spend the night at Tingri. Despite the hotel’s simplicity, the staff is incredibly welcoming.
Information on the itinerary:
Tingri’s accommodations are basic and unrefined, possibly meeting the standards of a guesthouse. Insufficient warm water for lodging? Sakya Monastery to Shigatse downtown: 153, 3.5 hours by car
Sakya Monastery to Tingri: 4 hours by car, 136 miles
Everest Base Camp, Coach to Shigatse
Meals: Lunch and breakfast
Suggested Hotel: In Shigatse
To snap a photo of Mount Everest’s dawn today, you will need to rise early, usually between 4 and 5 a.m. You will arrive at the Mount Everest Base Camp (5200m) in the morning after around 3.5 hours of driving on the rough road. Spend some time admiring this sacred peak. Drive back to Shigatse after that. It’s going to be an 8.5-hour travel day. Spend the night in Shigatse.
Information on the itinerary:
Is the lodging in Tingri basic and unrefined? Mt. Everest Base Camp to Tingri: 115 km, 3.5 hours of driving
Mt. Everest Base Camp to downtown Shigatse: 340 kilometers, 8.5 hours of driving
Lhasa’s coach
Meals: Lunch and breakfast
Suggested Hotel: In Lhasa
Return to Lhasa in the morning after a single night’s sleep. However, you will drive along the Yurlong Tsangpu River in a different direction this time. Thus, you will have the opportunity to take in the various views outside your window. On the journey, lunch will be provided.
Advice: It takes five hours to drive 265 km from Shigatse downtown to Lhasa downtown.
Be taken to the airport.
Meals: Morning
You are free to make your own arrangements for the period prior to the airport transfer. As you board the plane or train to your next destination, bid Lhasa a warm farewell.
Advice: It takes 1.5 hours to drive 100 km from Lhasa center to Lhasa Gonggar Airport.
