Friendship World Trek representative will drop you to TIA for trip departure to Lhasa with your Tibet Permit and Visa papers by China Air about 70 minute fly over the Highest mountains Mt. Everest, Makalu and Mt. Kanchenjunga. Our Tibet representative will waiting for you to welcome reception at the Airport with request vehicle. After that you will be taking 60km to Lhasa City and assist you to check in at your hotel accommodation with BB Plan. Lhasa is situated on the north bank of Kyi-chu River and in the Tibetan language means “Place of the Gods”. Rest is important today as you acclimatize to the rarefied atmosphere of this high altitude city.
Today the Tibetan English speaking guide will take you to visit Potala Palace, Ramoche Monastery and the Norbulingka. Potala Palace, the erstwhile home of the Dalai Lama, was built in 637 AD atop a single hill by the Tibetan king, Songtsen Gampo. Norbulingka, meaning the ‘Jewel Park’, is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and covers an area of around 3,60,000 sq. m making it the largest man-made garden in Tibet. Your overnight accommodation with BB Plan will be at the same as previous day.
In the second day of Lhasa sightseeing, you will be taken to visit Sera Monastery, Jokhang Temple and Barkhor Market. The Sera Monastery, 5 km north of Lhasa, is one of Lhasa’s prettiest monasteries and once upon a time sheltered a community of more than 5,000 monks. Jokhang Temple, situated in the heart of Old Lhasa, houses, Tibet’s most precious religious relic, a golden Sakyamuni Buddha which was brought as a gift by the Chinese Princess Wen Cheng on the occasion of her wedding to the Tibetan King, Songtsen Gampo. Your overnight accommodation with BB Plan will be at the same as previous day.
Today, after having breakfast your trip starts by drive from Lhasa to Gyantse (3950m) about 260km distance and it takes about seven hours to reach in the destination. While driving you will cross the passes named Kamba La (4794m) and Karo La (5010m) in between these two high passes your trail passing a long drive along the beach of the beautiful and emerge Lake called Yamdrok-Tso with the view of its panorama attaching with some snowcapped mountains in the south. Your overnight accommodation with BB Plan will be set at the hotel/lodge in Gyantse.
After having breakfast our guide will take you to visit Kumbum Stupa (Chorten) and Pelkor Chode Monastery at Gyantse then drive to Shigatse (Xigatse) at an altitude of 3900m. After 90km drive in about two hours you will reach Shigatse and visit one of the oldest Panchen Lamas’ Tashilumpho Monastery and accommodation with BB Plan in the Hotel at this town. Shigatse is second largest city in Tibet.
From Shigatse you will be taken by drive to Tingri which takes 05 hrs.Hotel accommodation.
Drive from Tingri to Kyirong (2000m/6562ft) takes around 05 hrs. Hotel accommodation.
After the immigration formalities from China side, we will collect Nepal Visa from and drive to Kathmandu, transfer to hotel.
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