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Day 1
Place & Transport: Arrive in Lhasa, Flight not
included
Today's Activities: Airport to Hotel Transfer
(Lhasa) |
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Day 2
Place & Transport: Lhasa
Today's Activities: Potala Palace, Jokhang
Temple, Barkhor Street
Meals: Breakfast, Chinese Lunch at Tibet Steak
House
- Potala Palace: Former winter home of the Dalai
Lama, a vast, awe-inspiring maze of corridors
and stairs leading through countless rooms of
richly decorated statues, tombs, murals and
antiques. You will climb past the White Palace
into the Red Palace, where the file of pilgrims
offering silk scarves, coins or yak butter to
burn in the shrines combine to make this an
unforgettable experience. Note: you need to be
fit for the long stairways.
- Jokhang Temple: Smaller and more manageable
than the Potala, this 4-storey, golden-roofed
temple is at the heart of a rich and living
Tibetan Buddhism. Many locals pray here
regularly; the Temple is surrounded by Barkhor
Street and thronged with pilgrims and visitors.
Yak butter lamps burn in front of rich statuary
that includes the Sakyamuni Buddha brought to
Tibet by Princess Wen Cheng in the 7th Century.
- Barkhor Street: Watch the pilgrims, wearing
local dress from many different parts of Tibet,
as they circle clockwise around Jokhang Temple
with prayer wheels, or prostrate themselves near
the front gate. Join the locals and visitors to
shop for local goods at the colourful stalls, or
relax in a coffee shop or tea house to enjoy the
passing parade.
- Tibet Steak House : Steak House belongs to the
same restaurateurs with Snowland Restaurant,
mainly caters Western and Tibetan cuisine to
overseas tourists. Surrounding by alluring
landscape in Lhasa, it will leave you a deep
impression of dining experience as it is a
suitable choice for diners while traveling in
Tibet.
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Day 3
Place & Transport: Lhasa
Today's Activities: Sera Monastery, Norbulingka,
Drepung Monastery
Meals: Breakfast, Chinese Lunch
- Sera Monastery: It is known as one of the three
greatest monasteries of Tibet. As one of the three
main monasteries of Lhasa, it is here that the monks
"famous daily debates" take place.
- Norbulingka: Norbulingka means "Jeweled Garden".
It was constructed as a summer palace for the Dalai
Lama and later served the whole governmental
administration.
- Drepung Monastery: Drepung Monastery lies in west
of Lhasa under Mt. Gambo Utse, clustered round by
the black mountain, its white grand buildings
shining under the sunlight. Built in 1416, it is
considered as one of the largest monasteries in the
six principle monasteries of Gelu Sect in China.
Drepung Monastery used to be the living palace of
Dalai Lamas before the reconstruction of Potala
palace (after the 5th Dalai Lamas was bestowed by
Qing emperor Qianlong). |
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Day 4
Place & Transport: Lhasa to Shigatse
Today's Activities: Yomdrok Lake, The Palgor Chorten
Meals: Breakfast, Chinese Lunch
- Yomdrok Lake: It lies within the boundary of
Nankartse county, on the north bank of the Yarlung
Tsangpo River, Lhokha Prefecture, surrounded by
mountains. Beautiful Holy lake which everybody is
looking forward to.
- The Palgor Chorten : Pelkhor Choede (Kumbum), also
named Palcho Monastery, is very different from other
monasteries. Built as a Tibetan monastery, its
structural style is very unique, reputed as the lord
of Tibetan stupas. In addition, it is famous for the
architecture, sculpture, and mural painting art. It
lies about 230 kilometers (143 miles) south of Lhasa
and 100 (62 miles) east of Shigatse at the foot of
Dzong Hill. |
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Day 5
Place & Transport: Shigatse to Lhasa
Today's Activities: Tashilunpo Monastery
Meals: Breakfast, Chinese Lunch
- Tashilunpo Monastery: Painted in red and white,
the buildings in the kloster stand closely together
in terraced rows, offering a grand and majestic
view. Tashilunpo Kloster represents the Tibetan
super architecture art in the Last Tibetan spirit.
The Kloster attracts thousands of Buddhists and
tourists from domestic and abroad to travel and
worship every year. |
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Day 6
Place & Transport: Depart Lhasa, Flight not included
Today's Activities: Hotel to airport Transfer (Lhasa)
Meals: Breakfast |
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Fly in - Drive out |
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