Lhasa City Tour

Our representative will come to the airport for transfer to the Hotel. After some refreshment in the hotel, Our Tour leader will make pre departure meeting in the Hotel or at our office. The meetings will cover trip-related information & collecting your Documents (passport copy, 2 passport size photos, Travel insurance).

Morning after breakfast as time set for the sightseeing tour, our city guide will lead you for few hours in our fascinating heritage and cultural tour around places of interest, tour of holy Pashupatinath temple, Bouddhanath (Little Tibet), Swayambhunath (Monkey Temple) & monasteries, old historical Palaces, courtyard; and then back to hotel after the wonderful tour, afternoon free for individual activities and preparation for journey to Tibet.

The morning after breakfast depart from the hotel to Kathmandu International airport for the flight to Lhasa city, a scenic flight with panoramic views of the high Himalayas including the soaring Mt. Everest. On reaching Gongar airport near Lhasa our Tibetan guide and driver, from our counterpart agent in Tibet receives you for a short drive of an hour to reach the main Lhasa city

Lhasa city is a mixture of old and new, our hotels are situated in the old parts of east Lhasa around Barkor market square, which is the hub of Lhasa, where one can observe the Tibetans from all parts of Tibet with their colorful costumes and deep root in Tibetan Buddhism.
Here in Lhasa with two days of interesting tour, the visit around monastery Drefung monastery, which is one of the largest and oldest monastic complexes, in the olden days over 7,000 monks, the priests used to reside, at present about 200 -300 monks, Dalai Lama used to reside here, before Potala Palace was built.
Drefung means a heap of rice, as this building washed with white lime paints perched on a hilltop above Lhasa or Kyuchi valley.
Afternoon visits Sera Monastery, one of the most important and old monasteries of Tibet as well a school for Tibetan Buddhism, interesting to watch young monks in heavy debate, from here visit Jorkhang Temple is another interesting place as it boasts a lot of historic importance and tales of old days. Conclude the day tour by visiting Bharkor Bazaar.
The next morning tour of magnificent Potala Palace, originally built in 640 A.D, the 13-storied palace stands at 11,719m-38,448 ft high with 1000 rooms, visitors are allowed only 10 -12 main and important rooms and shrines.

Afternoon visit Norbu Linka a summer palace of most recent Dalai Lamas, which is quite modern with an immaculate garden, after an enjoyable time afternoon free at leisure for last-minute shopping souvenirs.

Morning departure for Ganden, drive leads towards east from Lhasa about 45 k.m. along the road that following the south bank of the Kyi Chu to Medro Gongkar, drive leads east past Tibet University, across the Lhasa east bridge, on the main Tibet-Sichuan highway, drive leads past traditional and typical farm villages as this short journey reach at Ganden Valley.

Here visit Ganden, which is the foremost monastery of the Gelugpa (Yellow Hat) sect. Of all the Great Six monasteries (Ganden, Sera, Drepung, Tashilumpo, Labrang, Kumbum) of the Yellow Sect, none suffered as disastrously as Ganden, the ruins here from the Cultural Revolution for the last 3-4 years are being reconstructed back to its original shape, Herculean efforts have gone into rebuilding. Before the ruins, over 2,000 monks lived here; now there are hardly
300 monks live and take care of this monastic complex.
This is the highest point of this trip and an opportunity to observe Tibet’s rural farm and village life with Yaks grazing.

After a wonderful time drive back to Lhasa, with last night in this Tibetan capital, the afternoon free at leisure for individual activities.

After breakfast, early morning we drive for an hour to Gongar (Lhasa) Airport, on the newly built highway leading through a few long tunnels, on reaching Gongor airport terminal, farewell to our ever cheerful Tibetan guide and drivers, and then make way for a scenic flight to Kathmandu with panoramic views of the high Himalayas including the soaring Mt. Everest. Upon arrival, our staff will transfer you to your respective hotels, with the afternoon free for individual activities.

Today is your last day in Nepal with great memories of Tibet and Nepal, after an amazing experience, transfer to Tribhuvan International airport for final departure towards homeward bound or to the next port of call.