Holy Lhasa plus Sky Lake Tour

 DAY 1:  Arrival Lhasa

Arrive at Lhasa airport, your guide and driver will pick you up there in person with a warm Tibetan style welcome ceremony by presenting you Khata and afterwards transfer you to the hotel. Have dinner and night stay at hotel.

DAY 2:  Lhasa sightseeing

In the morning, visit Lhasa’s landmark-Potala Palace, in which myriad chapels, audience halls, Buddhist frescoes, Thangkas, combinations of Mandela, figures of the Buddha are stored. In the afternoon, visit the Johkang Temple, the center of Tibetan Buddhism, built during Songtsen Gonpo’s reign by princess Wencheng of the Tang dynasty, 647 A.D. After the Johkang Temple, we will start a circular pilgrim route along Barkhor Street where you can purchase traditional Tibetan and Nepalese artifacts, religious implements, antiques, books, music instrument, Thangkas, and etc. Have dinner and night stay at hotel.

DAY 3: Lhasa – Namtso Lake

In the morning, we drive north towards the Namtso Lake which is regarded as the Sky Lake among Tibetan. Namtso Lake is also the highest big lake in the world with an altitude of 4718 meters. The deep blue lake water makes the lake looks like part of the sky, and the perennial snow-capped Nyenqing Tangula Mountains with a peak over 7000 meters towering above the lake to the south, besides you could also see vast Namtso grassland with nomadic families and yaks dotted on. And also, the sunset and sunrise over the lake are definitely two highlights of this Sky Lake tour, but it depends on weather condition very much. Have dinner and night stay at hotel.

DAY 4: Namtso Lake – Lhasa –Sera Monastery

In the morning, after appreciating the breathtaking sunrise over the lake, we will drive back to Lhasa. In the afternoon, you will have a chance to watch the famous scripture debating among monks at Sera Monastery which is one of three main Gelug monasteries in Lhasa. Have dinner and night stay at hotel.

DAY 5: Lhasa – Depart

On the last day of your tour after breakfast at the hotel, our driver will escort you to the Lhasa airport for your journey ahead.