To understand the history and the people living on roof of the world, you should explore Tibet with places very much attached for themselves. This Tibet tour package includes the three largest cities in the Tibet Autonomous Region, covering historical places of both Tibet’s Kingdom and Buddhism related sights. This also include holy lakes such as Namtso and Yamdrok etc.
Itinerary – Tibet Historical Trip
Day 1: Airport/Train station to Lhasa
Upon arrival you will welcomed by our tour guide and transferred to your hotel in Lhasa. You will spend the day as you prefer, and take your time to acclimatize to the high altitude of 3650 meters. Around 6:30pm, your guide will take you to one of the best local restaurants to enjoy a welcome dinner with our staffs. Overnight: Gangjion Hotel 4 Star
Day 2: Potala Palace, Jokhang Temple and Barkhor Street
The day starts with a visit of the historically famous Potala Palace, the Johkang Temple and a stroll along the crowded Barkhor Street. These places date back to the 7th century, and were built during the reign of Tibet’s 33rd King, Songtsen Gonpo, 647 A.D. Overnight: Gangjian Hotel
Day 3: Drepung and Sera Monasteries
We will visit the Drepung and Sera Monasteries, housed by two of the three largest gelugpa schools in central Tibet. The monasteries were founded during 14th century. We recommend attending the monks’ debate held in the courtyard and admire the gigantic chapels. Overnight: Gangjian Hotel
Day 4: Drive to Tsethang, Visit Samye and Traduk Monasteries, and Yumbu Lagang
Today we leave Lhasa for Tsedang. Traveling alongside the Yarlung Tsangpo River (Tibet’s mother river), we will have a chance to visit Tibet’s first monastery, Samye before arriving in the immensely important town of Tsedang. Located in the heart of the Yarlung Valley, Tsedang is the birthplace of Tibetan civilization and home to the early Tibetan kings. Here we will visit Tibet’s historically first castle of Tibet, Yumbu Lhakhang. Overnight: Clean hotel in Tsethang
Day 5: Tsethang – Chimpu
Today we leave Tsedang for Chimpu, the site of a nunnery and over 100 meditation caves important to the histories of a number of Tibetan Buddhism’s key religious figures. If you are feeling up to it, try your legs out and have a short trek! Overnight: Guesthouse or hotel
Day 6: Set out for Gyangtse via Yamdrok Lake
We will set out for Gyangtse, a rich cultural city in central Tibet, in the morning. During this journey, we will admire Yamdrok Lake with its deep blue water, from the top of the Kampala pass (3975m), and then we will head to the Karola Glacier (4960m). We arrive at Gyangtse early in the evening, and visit the Pekor Choede Monastery. Then, we will attend the evening program prepared at the marvelous Gyangtse stupa. Overnight: Chugu Hotel
Day 7: Drive to Namtso Lake
Visit Tashi Lhunpo early in the morning, then dive through Takdru Kha pass and witness the snowcapped Mt. Jomo Gangkar in distance. Finally, we will view the highest salted water body called Namtso. Overnight: Guesthouse at the lake.
Day 8: Drive back to Lhasa
We will visit Tashi Dor Monastery in the morning and drive back to Lhasa via Nomadic areas. Overnight: Gangjian Hotel
Day 9: Day trip to Ganden Monastery and Drak Yerpa
Drive out 48km east-north to Ganden Monastery, Tibet’s Buddhist historical trip, the first-ranked from among the six Gelug sect monasteries. Tsongkhapa, the founder of the Gelugpa School, built Ganden Monastery in 1409. Ganden Monastery was famous for its abbot throne holder who was traditionally recruited on the basis of his knowledge by a gathering of monks even from Drepung and Sera Monasteries. After visiting Ganden, drive to Drak Yerpa. Drak Yerpa built on a hillside with more than 80 meditation caves and is described as the “life tree” or spiritual axis of Lhasa. The site had a powerful spiritual heritage; having been visited by Songsten Gampo, Padmasambhava, Yeshe Tsoygel, Padampa Sanggye, and Atisha Before the Cultural Revolution is was the home of several hundred hermits, monks, and nuns. After visiting Drak Yerpa then back to Lhasa and free sightseeing. Overnight: hotel in Lhasa. Start to join in Kailash Saga Dawa Festival Group tour in the next days. Overnight: Gangjion Hotel 4 Star
Day 10: Day Hike From Pabongkha to Sera-Tse
Today we will take a day trip, hiking out to Pabongkha Monastery, a seventh century site renowned as the birthplace of Tibetan calligraphy. Overnight: Gangjian Hotel
Day 11: Departure
Our journey ends here. Your driver will transfer you to the airport or train station. Hope you enjoy Tibet Historical Trip.
Cost Included Tibet Historical Trip
- Tibet travel permit
- All entrance tickets for all tourist sites listed in the itinerary
- English-speaking Tibetan tour guide
- Personal comfortable, clean and safe vehicle with reliable Tibetan driver
- Accommodation with breakfasts
- A welcome dinner with Tibetan cultural show
- Oxygen cylinders
- First aid kit
Cost does not include:
- International/domestic flight/train tickets (We can help you book international/domestic ticket bookings upon request)
- Meals: L + D (usually, USD5/person for ranges of meal across Tibet)
- Gratitude for tour guide and driver
- Personal expenses such as laundry, phone call, snacks, soft drinks
Travel guide
Prepare for an adventure in this stunning destination with our travel guide.
Internal useful links: Kingdom of Bhutan | Cycling from Lhasa to Namtso | Tsurphu to Yangpachen Trek | Amdo to Lhasa by Train | Place to visit Beyond Lhasa | Lhasa Spiritual Tour | Who Are We | Travel Faqs | Ganden to Samye Trek
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Gerold Kort –
V Luckily for me a friend of a friend (you know how it goes) told me about Tibet Experience. And this is how I came into contact with Lobsang Wangdan. These are my five reasons why you should consider this agency to be your guide in one of the highest cities in the world (Lhasa):
1. Help during the preparation phase. I contacted the agency via WhatsApp and asked them what they needed. I got a fast reply with a list of the needed documents (these are also mentioned on the website, but I wanted to be sure that there was someone listening). During this stage I got all the help I needed and was able to arrange all the necessary documents. I also received a 5-day itinerary in a Word file. They send the Travel Permit to my hotel in China and all we had to do was pick it up.
2. An adequate reception. When we got in Lhasa, our tour guide was waving sign with our names on it. She hung a white silvery shawl around our neck and welcomed us to Tibet. We really liked this. We stepped inside a little bus and they drove us to the hotel. On our way to the hotel we got the necessary information about the location and she confirmed what was already stated in the itinerary.
3. Local experience. Because the tour guides of this agency are Tibetan locals, you get local stories (for example: when visiting the monasteries), local perspectives and local experiences. One of the days we went to a local Tibetan restaurant where I ate a healthy noodle soup and drank milk tea, a specialty in Tibet.
4. Personal experience. Our guide, my brother and I where THE group. So it was just the three of us. The good thing about this, is that the tour had a really personal feel, like being guided by a close friend in a strange place.
5. Extra’s. The last day was a day in which we were free to just walk around and do what we wanted (meaning: we were done with our tour in and around Lhasa). Lobsang asked us if we wanted to cycle towards a park, hidden in de mountains. We said ‘sure!’. This was one of the because we had very nice vantage point from which we could see the whole of the city, sprawling in the mountain basin. If this wasn’t enough he took us to a Tibetan restaurant where we had fresh veggies, fried noodles and little Tibetan style bites.
On the last day we were returned to the airport and flew back to Chengdu.
All in all we had a great experience in Lhasa, had a thorough taste of the Tibetan, Nepalese and Indian cuisine and enjoyed the feel of the old monasteries. We only stayed for 5 days but in those 5 days our lives were enriched in ways we will only realise, years from now.
Gerold Kort