**Please note:  There may be some restrictions on foreigners travelling to the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) until late March or early April 2012**

Day 1: Arrival in Lhasa (D)

Hotel: Thangka Hotel ***

• Transfer from Lhasa Gonggar Airport to your hotel
• Rest time in order to get used to the high altitude
• Dinner with Tibetan culture programs
• Overnight in Lhasa

Day 2: Lhasa (B)

Hotel: Thangka Hotel ***

• Breakfast at the hotel
• Visit of the largest monastery in Tibet, the Drepung Monastery
• Visit of the Jokhand Temple, the most sacred place in Tibet
• Possibility to ramble over Barkhore Street, the local handmade crafts market
• Overnight in Lhasa

Day 3: Lhasa (B)

Hotel: Thangka Hotel ***

• Breakfast at the hotel
• Visit of the famous Potala Palace, well known as the "Winter Palace"
• Visit of the Sera Monastery
• Overnight in Lhasa

Day 4: Lhasa to Shigatse (B)

Hotel: Yangtse Hotel ***

• Breakfast at the hotel
• Transfer by car to Gyantse
• Stop at the summit of the Kamba-la Pass (4794m) to have a view of the Holy Yamdrok-tso Lake
  
• Arriving at Gyantse and visit of the Pelkor Chode Monastery
• Arriving at Shigatse later in the afternoon for rest
• Overnight in Shighatse

Day 5: Shigatse to Lhatse (B)

Hotel: Lhatse Shanghai Hotel ***

• Breakfast at the hotel
• Visit of the Tashilhunpo Monastery
• Walk around the local free market
• Drive to visit the Sakya Monastery in the early afternoon
• Transfer to Lhatse (about 280km)
• Overnight at Lhatse

Day 6: Lhatse to Saga (B)

Hotel: Saga Hotel ***

• Breakfast at the hotel
• Transfer to Saga (330 km)
• Leisure time for the rest of the day
• Overnight in Saga

Day 7: Saga to Paryang (B)

Hotel: Local guesthouse

• Drive to Paryang (4750m above the sea level) and leisure
• Overnight in Paryang

Day 8: Paryang to Manasarovar

Hotel: Local camping

• Drive to Manasarovar (4560m above the sea level)
• Overnight in Manasarovar

Day 9: Manasarovar to Tarboche

Hotel: Local guesthouse

• Excursions at Manasarovar
• Transfer to Tarboche (4750m above sea level)
• Overnight in Tarboche

Day 10: Tarboche to Dira-Puk

Hotel: Local guesthouse

• Trek from Tarboche to Dira-Puk (4950m above sea level)
  
• See a small, 13th century Tibetan temple
• Overnight in Dira-Puk

Day 11: Dira-Puk to Zutul-Puk

Hotel: Local guesthouse

• Trek from Dira-Puk to Zutul-Puk (4790m above sea level)
• Overnight in Zutul-Puk

Day 12: Darchen

Hotel: Local guesthouse

• Trek from Zutul to Darchen (4560m above sea level)
• Overnight in Darchen

Day 13: Darchen to Saga

Hotel: Saga Hotel ***

• Transfer to Saga (4600m above sea level)
• Overnight in Saga

Day 14: Saga to Shigatse (B)

Hotel: Shigatse Manasarovar Hotel ***

• Breakfast at the hotel
• Transfer from Saga to Shigatse
• Overnight in Shigatse

Day 15: Shigatse to Lhasa (B)

Hotel: Thangka Hotel ***

• Breakfast at the hotel
• Transfer from Shigatse to Lhasa
• Overnight in Lhasa

Day 16: Depart from Lhasa (B)

• Breakfast at the hotel
• Transfer to Lhasa Gonggar Airport and flight back home

Group pricing is available:

From Beijing: ¥ 16,450

From Shanghai: ¥ 17,150

 

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