6 Days Lhasa Gyantse Shigatse Group Tour
Tour Code: LTJT-03Tour Type: fixed departure, Join-in small groups
Booking Condition: Booking two months in advance
Vehicle: 9-11 seat van or 19-33 seat coach
Group Size: 2-15 people
Travel Time: 5 nights & 6 days
Travel Route: Lhasa Gyantse Shigatse
Service: Fixed airport or train station transfer + hotel + breakfast+ air-conditioned vehicle + English speaking tour guides + Entrance fees
Day By Day Itinerary ( B - Breakfast, L - Lunch, D - Dinner )
Day 01
Arrival at Lhasa
Note:
Everyday we offer only one fixed complimentary airport and train station pickup service:
Lhasa airport fixed pickup:
From Lhasa Airport to Lhasa downtown at 3:20 pm;
Lhasa railway station fixed pickup:
From Lhasa Railway Station to Lhasa downtown at 08:00 pm
If your arrival time is outside our complimentary pickup time, you may go to your hotel on your own or book our private pickup service as below:
Private van airport pickup service: RMB 300 per ride per van
Private van train station pickup service: RMB 150 per ride per van
Day 02
Lhasa
Drak Yerpa - a place that has profound significance in the Tibetan spiritual culture. There is a saying goes like this - "Lhasa is the shrine of Tibet, Drak Yerpa is the shrine of Lhasa". It was said that there were originally 108 caves in the Drak Yerpa valley, but now only a dozen of them remain. The site is deeply peaceful and has stunning views. and the cliffs contain some of the earliest known meditation sites in Tibet.
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Sera Monastery: Located 5km north of Lhasa, this monastery was the first Gelugpa monastery in Lhasa and has remained the main seat of this major Buddhist order ever since. About 600 monks are now in residence here. Debating takes place from 3:30pm to 5pm in a garden next to the assembly hall in the center of the monastery. There is a fine kora path around the monastery.
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Day 03
Lhasa
- The Potala Palace: Potala Palace is perched on the 130m-high Marpo Ri ( Red Hill ) with 13 storeys and more than 1000roms in the middle of Beijing Road, the heart of Lhasa City. It was once the winter residence of the Dalai Lama. The first recorded use of the site dates back to the 7th century AD when King Songtsen Gampo built a palace here. The present construction began during the reign of the fifth Dalai Lama 1645. It takes at least 2-hour to visit those rooms, halls and chapels.
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- The Jokhang Temple: The 1300-year-old Jokhang Temple is now the spiritual center of Tibet. From earliest dawn to last light, daily worshippers and once-in-a-lifetime pilgrims make the inner circumambulation (kora) of the Jokhang to earn religious merit. Some of them prostrate outside circuiting the temple. The Jokhang Temple is best visited in the early morning. It now houses the life-sized statue of the twelve year-old Sakyamuni brought by Songtsan Gampo's Chinese wife - Princess Wencheng.
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Day 04
Lhasa Gyantse Shigatse (360KM 5 hours drive), overnight in Shigatse
Drive about 1.5 hours up to Kambala pass (4794m) from Lhasa, have a glimpse of Yamdrok Lake there, which is one of the three holy lakes in Tibet. Then drive about 1.5 hours and arrive at the foot of Naiqinkangsang Snow Mountain. It is one of the holy mountains of Tibet.
20 minutes'drive later, Karo-la Glacier will be in your eyes. It has a good fame of “Ice Queen” on the roof of the world. It is about 5,600 meters north of the main peak of Karo-la Mountain.
You'll arrive at a valley and see Manlha Water Control Project from a distance later on. It is located in Gyantse County. It consists of a dam, flood water discharge tunnels and a power station.
After lunch at Gyantse, drive to Pala Manor. The Phalha Manor is one of the twelve large manors in Tibet and best preserved for the aristocracy survived to the present day. It will show you the lifestyle of the previous wealth owers’ family. The Pala Manor we see today still has 57 houses on an estate of 5000 square metres.
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Late afternoon drive to Shigatse
Day 05
Shigatse - Lhasa 300km, 4.5 hour drive, overnight at Lhasa
- Tashilunpo Monastery: Tashilhunpo Monastery is one of the 6 big monasteries of Gelugpa (or often called Yellow Hat Sect) in Tibet. The temple lies at the foot of Drolmari (Tara's Mountain), Shigatse. First built the First Dailai Lama in 1447, the temple's structure was repaired and expanded a by the Fourth and successive Panchen Lamas. There are now nearly 800 lamas.
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Late afternoon drive back to Lhasa.
Day 06
Leave Lhasa for your next destination
Note:
Everyday we offer only one fixed complimentary airport and train station drop-off service:
Downtown - Lhasa airport fixed drop-off service:
From Downtown to Lhasa Airport at 12:00 noon time;
Lhasa railway station fixed drop-off service:
From Downtown to Lhasa Railway Station at 09:00 am
If your departure time is outside our complimentary drop-off time, you may go to Lhasa airport or Lhasa train station on your own or book our private drop-off service as below:
Private van airport drop-off service: RMB 300 per ride per van
Private van train station drop-off service: RMB 150 per ride per van
Price List for this tour ( US$ Per Person )
| Price Details (Cost: in RMB per person) | Tour Enquiry |
| Tour Cost / Departures | Nov - May | June - July 15; Sept 01 - Oct31 | July 16 - August; |
| Tour Cost plus budget hotel based on double occupancy | 2757 | 3065 | 3365 |
| Tour Cost plus 3 Star hotel based on double occupancy | 2982 | 3290 | 3665 |
| Tour Cost plus 4 Star hotel based on double occupancy | 3657 | 4140 | 4715 |
| Featured Hotels for this tour: | |||
| City | Comfortable Class ( Budget Hotel ) | Standard Class ( 3 Star Hotel ) | Luxury Class ( 4 Star Hotel ) |
| Lhasa | Pingcuo Kangsang Reception House or same class | Kailash Hotel or same class | Tangka Hotel or same class |
| Shigatse | Danzhen Hotel or same class | Holy Land Hotel or same class | Jiumu Yamei International Hotel or same class |
| Price inclusion: 1. Accommodations as listed 2. All the necessary Permits: including TTB, Tibet Entry permit 3. Breakfasts 4. Mini Van or coach according to group size 5. Gas and parking fee of the vehicle 6. Local English-speaking Tibetan tour guide 7. All entrance fees as listed 8. Government Tax |
Price exclusion: 1. Tips to your tour guide and driver (suggested US$ 5 per day per person) 2. China visa, All air tickets and train tickets to and from Tibet. 3. Accommodation & Services of non-Tibet parts; 4. Lunch and dinner, your guide will assist you to locate the local comfortalbe restaurants. 5. Private expense like laundry, IDD calls, drinks in the room, etc. 6. Extra expenses and/of additional days caused due to unexpected events (delays, porterage because of land slides and other natural events.) |
Booking Notes:
1. All the group tours above must be booked two months in advance. For less than two months booking, please contact your trip advisor for the tour availability.
2. Prices listed above are based per person with double occupancy and breakfast. If you prefer a single room on your own, please contact your trip advisor to get the quotation for the extra single supplement.
3. The different tour categories are classified only by the different accommodation classes.
4. The listed prices exclude transportation cost to and from Lhasa.
5. The prices inlude the complimentary transfer service from airport to Lhasa downtown at 3:20 pm and Lhasa downtown to airport at 12:00 pm; from Lhasa train station to Lhasa downtown at 8:00pm and Lhasa downtown to Lhasa train station at 9:00am.
If your arrival or departure time is outside our complimentary transfer time, you arrange your transfer on your own or book our private transfer service as below:
Private van airport transfer service: RMB 300 per ride per van
Private van train station transfer service: RMB 150 per ride per van
Reservation Notes
| 1. | Please use our online booking or send your travel request via email to  .You are also welcome to call us at 00 86 10 67160201 ext 1006 or 1007. For non-office hour emergency booking, please dial 0086 13520598855, 13901312027 ( English speaking staff on duty available from 8:00 to 22:00 daily). |
| 2. | Our real trip advisors will have your booking confirmed no more than one working day. When your booking is confirmed, you will get a confirmation email or call from us, which includes the confirmed detailed itinerary with prices. |
| 3. | Way of Payment
Prepayment is needed to hold your reservation. Cash payment, credit card payment or wire transfer. Both RMB and US$ or other hard currencies are acceptable. Terms & Conditions |
