Tour Duration: 6 days
Tour Catalog: Private Tour
Routes: Lhasa and Around
Primary Resorts: Potala Palace,Johkang Temple, Sera Monastery,Drepung Monastery, Ganden Monastery, Horse Riding at countryside out of Lhasa

Itinerary
Day01 Arrive in Lhasa by flight or by train
Lhasa airport/Train station picking up, have a good rest to acclimatize the high altitude in the afternoon.
Overnight at Lhasa.

Day02:Visiting the famous Potala palace, Jokhang temple and Barkhor street
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.


(Potala Palace in winter time)

Day03: Sera monastery and Drepung monastery
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. By the time you can also the Nechung monastery located 1km southeast of Drepung and is the abode of the protector deity Pehar and the seat of the state Oracle of Tibet. the two main protector inside the monastery is that of Nechung choegyal and Palden lhamo.
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 6-7:30 in the afternoon section.Note: if you don’t feel tired, you can try for the khora(circumambling around) Drepung and sera monastery.Your tour guide and driver will drop you back to your hotel.
 

Day04-D05: Horse-riding for 2 days,Ganden Monastey Visiting (The horse-riding tour is of intact natural style and is initially operated by / ONLY.)
Then drive 30km to a place called Xin Zang Bu (New Tibet Tribe) where you could enjoy your horseriding for 1 days. We do believe that Xin Zang Bu (New Tibet Tribe) is a fantastic spot for horseriding with fresh air.
Accommodate in a local resident's house
Please NOTE: Sometimes, power-cut could take place in a local resident's house due to the intact natural property of this area. Please do remember to take enough clothes to keep warm and something to eat to make up your appetite.


(Horse riding in summer time, sorry,we have not horse riding picture for winter time)


(You will live in Tibetan Family for a night to enjoy their hospitality and unique Tibetan food)

Visiting Ganden monastery and enjoying the beautiful scenery around it(50km)with smooth plan tar road
Ganden monastery is about fifty kilometers east of lhasa and is first and primary monastery of Gelug sect in Tibet.Ganden monastery is situated on the Wangpori muontain with an elevation of 3800m above sea level. The monastery is initiated by Tsongkapa himself(founder of yellow hat sect in Tibet) and is also the first Ganden Tripa(Abbot) of the Ganden monastery. It is very interesting to go for Lingkor(circuit) around the monastery and you can also see the crack of rock which was magically done by Tsongkapa himself. Ask your tour guide for more information about this.
Rest a night at Lhasa.



Day06:Back to Lhasa airport and fly awayfrom Tibet.
Your tour guide and driver will help to drop you at the Lhasa airport and you are going to leave Unforgetable Tibet .


What's included
1) Accommodation in qualified hotels in Lhasa based on your request; Local resident's house during Horse Riding
2) All Breakfast, in Lhasa mixed style breakfast(Tibetan, Chinese, Western styles), simple family style breakfast in countryside
3) Transportation:
     Inside Lhasa(Mini Van, car or Taxi according to group size)
    Trip out of Lhasa(Mini Van, car or Taxi according to group size)
4) An experienced Local Tibetan English speaking tour guide
5) All necessary travel permits
6) Hot water bottle provided to keep warm for tourists who travel to remote places
7) Entrance for tour guide and car parking to Mt.Everest
8)Travel Insurance, only for accident
9) 1 Tibetan style dinner served at a famous local Tibetan family restaurant.
10) Horse rental, porter

What's excluded
1) All air tickets or train tickets
2) All entrance fees of sightseeing place listed in itinerary
3) Private expense like shopping
4) Tips for the tour guide and driver.
6) Banking commission of the payment, the price quotation does not include banking commission.

Airport/train station pick up or drop off will be surcharged as price listed below
Prive Airport pick up/drop off:  45USD/time
Train station pick up/drop off:  18USD/time