Today we will fly from Kathmandu to Lhasa, Goggar airport over the tallest mountains in the world. There we will be picked by our travel agents and dropped at our hotel. For the rest of the day, we get time to acclimatize to Lhasa’s High Altitude and time to get ready for the upcoming visit and treks.
Lhasa is a pretty big city and it has loads of things to offer. It deserves at least three days of attention if someone wants to observe this city properly and we will spend three days here. During Lhasa’s visit, we will be in the following places:
Potala Palace: Political and religious center of Tibet, Potala palace is one of the most beautiful monuments in Tibet. With 1000 rooms and 13 stories to explore this is probably the most popular tourist attraction in Tibet. Elegantly decorated with hundreds of Thangka paintings, frescos and images created hundreds of years ago the Potala palace is a perfect example of how ancient monuments should be preserved.
Jokhang Temple: Jokhang temple which was constructed back in the 7th century attracts hundreds of tourists every year. This temple has a very huge Sakyamuni Buddha statue and is considered the holiest place in Tibet.
Sera and Drepung monasteries: Sera and Drepung monasteries were founded in 1419 which are actually numerous white temples and Buddhist buildings at the foot of a rocky hill. Back in its days, Drepung monastery use to have 8,000 monks to teach traditions of Vajrayana, Mahayana, and Sutrayana, the three vehicles of Tibetan Buddhism.
Norbulingka palace: Constructed by the 7th Dalai Lama this Norbulingka Palace is not actually just one palace. This is a huge garden with numerous palaces built by many Dalai lamas in different periods of time.
Along with these places, we will be visiting the Barkhor Market with is probably the busiest place in Lhasa and offers anything you want to buy.
Today we will drive from Lhasa to Ganden. Here at Ganden, we will visit the Ganden monastery and start Trek to The Hebu Valley. After trekking for a short time in beautiful Tibetan topography we will camp and that’s the end of our 5th day of the tour.
After the breakfast in Hebu Valley, today we will trek from Hebu valley Shogarla pass. You can photograph the Tibetan Plateaus in the sunset. We call it day and camp here.
Today we will trek from the Shogarla pass to Gambala. After the day’s trek, we will take a rest at the riverside and camp there for the night. You can have fun at the riverside in the evening.
This day we will trek from the riverside of Gambala to Molong. After about 6-7 hours of trekking, we will call it a day and camp.
Today we will trek from Molong to Samya. Reaching Samya we will visit the Samya monastery which happens to be one of the most popular monasteries in Tibet and one of the 6 biggest Monasteries in Tibet. The same day after the Samya monastery visit we will drive from Samya to Tsedang and rest at the hotel.
After breakfast, we will have time to explore Tsedang and visit Yambulakhang palace and the Tandruk monastery in the city. Again we will spend the night in Tsedang.
On the last day of our tour, we will drive to the Goggar airport according to the flight time and fly back to Kathmandu or another destination as you plan.