4 Days Lhasa Tibetan Buddhist Tour
Day 1 Arrive in Lhasa (elevation 3700m) : Pick-up and Acclimatization (Lunch)
| Today’s Activities | Upon your arrival at Lhasa, our Tibetan local guide and driver will pick you up at Gonggar Airport or Lhasa Newwu Train Station, then transfer you to downtown hotel. The rest of the day is free for you to adapt yourself to the high altitude of 3,650 meters above sea level. |
| Travel Tips | Start taking anti-AMS medicines a week before your trip. When you arrived at the hotel, please be not so curious to walk much around the hotel, and all you need is a good rest in your room for necessary acclimatization, otherwise you may easily get mountain sickness. Besides, try to aviod catching a cold. And a first aid kit including aspirin, antibiotics and AMS medication is highly recommended. |
Day 2 Lhasa (3700m) (Breakfast, Lunch )
| Today’s Activities | It believes that this day must leave a lifetime memory for your whole life. In the morning, you will visit the splendid Potala Palace, which originated from 7th century and once homed to Dalai Lamas. The Jokhang Temple, we head to later, as the spiritual center of Tibet, will deeply impressed you by its magnificence and sincere pilgrims. Barkhor street, hugging the jokhang temple, is regarded as the crowded central Market in ancient section of Lhasa, and at where you can buy various Tibetan or other minorities’ souvenirs for your family and friends. |
| Travel Tips | 1. Due to the popularity of Potala Palace and restriction on visitor numbers, perhaps it has difficulty on booking entrance tickets, so the visit of Potala Palace may shift to another day. But don’t worry, we will make appropriate changes accordingly.2. For the protection of this world-famous cultural heritage, the visiting time for Potala Palace is limited in 1 hour. |
Day 3 Lhasa (3700m) (Breakfast, Lunch )
| Today’s Activities | After having breakfast, we will drive to the west of Lhasa about 11 km for visiting the Drepung Monastery, and which is one of the ‘Three Great Monasteries’ and the largest one in Tibetan Buddhism. Later that day, the next visit is Sera Monastery, the second monastery in Tibet. Distinctively its famous debating activities are holding around 3-4pm regularly every working day that you should never miss. |
| Travel Tips | 1. It is a good idea to pack some food, snacks, and drinking water along your trip. 2. When you are in a monastery, please do not smoke, consume alcohol or make unnecessary noise; neither, do not touch, walk over or sit on any religious texts, objects or prayer flags. |
Day 4 Depart Lhasa (Breakfast)
| Today’s Activities | After breakfast, you can enjoy free time till our driver and tour guide see you off at airport or railway station, and your Tibet tour ends. And hopefully it will leave you unforgettable memory. |
