6-Days Lhasa and Shigatse Small Group Tour

When you arrive in Lhasa either by train or flight, your guide will greet you and take you to your hotel.

Tourists may view the Yarlung Tsangpo River/ Brahmaputra river (the Longest and largest river in Tibet) and Lhasa river on their way to Lhasa.

After arriving in Lhasa, you can take a rest and get acclimatized to the high altitude.

If you feel to go out, then you can go to the Potala Square, where you will enjoy the fountain with different colours and get amazing photos of the Potala and around.

Stay overnight in Lhasa.

Today's tour will first bring you to the Potala Palace which is the winter palace of the Dalai Lama.

It was put to use since the 7th Century by the 33rd great king of Tibet.

The most valuable collections of Potala Palace are the gilded burial stupas of former Dalai Lamas and meditation Cave of the 33rd great king of Tibet.

Then after lunch, tourists head to Jokhang temple which was founded by the 33rd great king of Tibet in the 7th century.

Inside you can see the statue of Buddha Sakyamuni at the age of twelve.

Outside, you can see pilgrims making prostrating in front of Jokhang Temple. 

Around the temple is Barkhor street, where you can do kora (a religious circle of a building or mountain) with pilgrims and locals, and explore the old market.

Besides, We can taste Tibetan tea with locals in tea house; The welcome dinner will also be arranged accordingly;

Optional:
With time permitting, you may go with the tour guide to visit Tibetan handicraft art or Tibetan Traditional Medicine centre. You can upgrade your service to enjoy Tibetan Culture Show in the evening for an extra charge.

In the morning, you are going to visit Drepung monastery which is one of the “great three” Gelug monasteries of Tibet, founded in 1416 by Jamyang choge, one of the Tsongkhapa’s main disciples.

You can visit the biggest monastery kitchen inside the monastery and enjoy Buddhist Sculpture Carving workshop near Drepung. 

In the Afternoon, Tourists will visit Sera Monastery which is another one of the “great three” Gelug monasteries of Tibet.

The hot attraction is the Monks debate at around 3 - 5 in the afternoon.

In addition, you can tour the Tibetan religious scripture printing house; inside the monastery, you can see three sand Mandalas and colourful Rock Painting of Buddha.

Drive from Lhasa to Gyantse and admire the Gampala pass (4790 m) on the way, and get a glimpse of Yamdrok-Tso (4400m), which is surrounded by many snow-capped mountains.

Then continue to drive west towards Gyantse.

In Gyantse, tourists will visit the famous Pelkor Monastery and Gyantse Kumbum.

After one and a half hour's drive, clients will arrive in Shigatse, which is the second largest city in Tibet.

Today, explore Tashilunpo monastery of Gelug Sect, the seat of the Panchen Lama, built in 1447.

The monastery houses a giant statue of the Maitreya Buddha - the biggest gilded statue of Maitreya (Buddha of the future) in the world and a tomb of all the Panchen Lama, containing jewels and gold.

In the afternoon, you will drive back to Lhasa, which will take around 6 hours.

Transfer clients to the airport or train station.