Tour Catalog: Private Tour
Trip Length: 10 days

Nachu Horse Racing Festivals
Nachu horse racing is another grandest horse riding competation in northern Tibet. Tens of thousands of herdmen gather at grassland outside of Nachu city on a vast grassland dotted with tents to celebrate the horse riding competation. After a grand opening cermony, various activities will start, such as horserace, yakrace, tug of war, carring stones and performs Tibetan operas.



Schedule of NaChu Horse Racing Festival in 2009-2010 and 2010

Year	Month	Day
2009	August	10
2010	-	-

Day 1Receiving you from Lhasa airport or Train station.

Our agency will arrange a local Tibetan english speaking tour guide and a Tibetan driver to receive you from the airport or train station to yours reserved hotel in Lhasa.

Day 2Visiting Potala Palace, Jokhang and Barkhor street.Overnight in Lhasa.(B)

In the morning section, you are going to visit the famous Patala palace, which is the land mark of lhasa and is recently considered one of the seven wonders of the world. Afternoon section, visiting Jokhang temple, built mainly for the “Jowoe” bring along with princess Wencheng from Xi’an during Tang dyansty and is grouped into world cultural heritage list by the UNESCO. Then exploring the famous old Barkhor street, enjoing shoping traditional Tibetan things around the street.

Day 3Rediscovering Drepung monastery and Sera monastery.(B)

Exploring chapels of Drepung monastery and Sera monastery.
Today, you will visit the whole chapels of Drepung Monastery and Sera Monastery as it would be closed for the main day.

Drepung monastery is situated at the foothill of a mountain and was founded by Jamyang Choeje in 1416. the monastery is divided into two different colleges that is Drepung loselling and Drepung Gomang college. The Ganden podrang is famous among them as it is the government centre during fifth Dalai lama and later moved to the famous Potala palace during fifth Dalai lama.
In the afternoon exploring the Sera monastery which was founded in 1419 by Tsongkapa’s disciple Jamchen Choeje. The whole monastery is divided into two colleges and there are Sera ‘jhe’ and Sera ‘may’ respectively. Among them “Tsokhang chenmo” where the monks from all the colleges assemble and pray together there.You can also see monks debaiting there in the courtyard at around 4-5:30 in the afternoon section.
Overnight in Lhasa

Day 4Visiting Norbulingka and Ramoche monastery.(B)

Norbulingkha is Tibetan word refers to “treature garden” lies at western supurbs of lhasa with 2km from Potala palace is listed as the world cultural heritage by the UNESCO. The Norbulingkha is called summer palace and built by the seventh Dalai lama in mid 18th century. Later then the successive Dalai lamas studied and stay during summer time. Then in aftrnoon section, visiting Ramoche temple which lies about 500m to the north of the Jokhang monastery. The sacred sculpture of Sakyamuni that built for Ramoche monastery and later moved into the Jokhang monastery.

Day 5Moving towards the Namtso lake and overnight in Damxung county.(B)

Namtso is Tibetan word,means “heavenly lake”is situated in Damxung county with about 240km from Lhasa. The lake is 70km long, 30km in wide,35m and is second largest lake in china. The melted snow and ice of the Nyenchen Thangla mountains forms the water supply of Namtso. Through this journey you can see the most famous ice-capped Nyenchen Thangla mountain ranges and Yangpachen geothermal power station and hot spring pool. Also pesture land where the nomads gaze their animals and you feels like the whole pesture is dotted with yaks.

Day 6Driving towards the Nachu horse racing and relax a night in Nachu county.(B)

Its about four hours driving towards Nachu and during driving, you will see the famous snow-capped Tangula ranges upto Nachu. You will come in contact with the life of Tibetan nomads with their domestic animals dotted the pasture land. Qinghai-Tibet Train track is running parellel making an excellent scennery.

Day 7Back to lhasa(B)

Day 8Packing yours luggages and ready to leave Tibet(B)

The driver and your tour guide will see off you to the airport and you are going to leave unforgetable Tibet.