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Our guide will pick you up at the Lhasa airport. Then transfer to check in the hotel. Have a good rest. Then the guide will take you to enjoy your welcome dinner.
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Potala Palace is your first stop today. It is the most magnificent architecture in Lhasa. After that the guide will lead you to visit the Sera Monastery and the Norbulingka Park. If you like, you may visit a local family to feel the way of their life.
- Potala Palace: Potala Palace in downtown Lhasa is a 41-hectare complex which came under construction during Songtsan Gambo's 7th-century reign. Consisting of White Palace and Red Palace, with nearly 10,000 rooms, it was where the Dalai Lamas lived and handled political affairs. Housed in this castle-like palace are a wealth of Buddhist statues, murals, religious scriptures, and treasures. As a precious legacy of Tibetan culture, the Potala Palace is a UNESCO-endorsed world cultural heritage site.
- Sera Monastery: one of the three greatest monasteries of Tibet.
- Norbulingka Park: Lingka in Tibetan means a beautiful place with trees and lawns, and Norbu means treasure. In addition to its beautiful environment, Norbulingka boasts many palaces, pavilions, various kinds of flowers as well as a lake and a zoo.
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Continue to explore the mysterious Lhasa. Today you will be accompanied to visit the Drepung Monastery, the Jokhang Temple Tibetan Traditional Medicine Hospital and the Carpet Factory.. Leisurely stroll on the Barkhor Street .
- Jokhang Temple: Jokhong Monastery, built in 647 as the earliest wood-masonry structure in Tibet, is dedicated to a statue of Sakyamuni. It is also in the possession of a collection of cultural relics dating back to the Tang, which include statues of Songtsan Gambo and Princess Wencheng. Tang architectural elements are palpable in this monastery, a splendid four-floor building facing west under a gilded rooftop.
- Barkhor Street: As the oldest street in Lhasa, the Barkhor Streey is also the center where Tibetaneconomy, culture, arts and religion are assembled.
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Transfer to Gyantse after breakfast. You have the chance to visit Yamdrok Yumtso Lake, Palkhor Monastery and the Gyangtse Old Street. After the day tour, check in the hotel we have reserved.
- Yamdrok Yumtso Lake: located in Langkamu county, this lake is renowned as the holy lake to Tibetans.
- Palgor Chorten: This 9-storey building has 108 doors and 77 rooms each of which contains a different buddha statue and the mural paintings tell the story about it.
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Proceed to Shigatse with the accompany of tour guide. Upon arrival, visit the Tashilunpo Monastery. After the day trip, transfer to check in the hotel. Enjoy your dinner at the hotel.
- Tashilunpo Monastery: the biggest Gelugpa monastery in the Tsang region of Tibet. . It was first built in 1447by Gedun Drup who is regarded as the first Dalai Lama
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Transfer from Shigatse to Dingri. On the way visit the Sakya Monastery.
- Sakya monastery: the center of the sakyapa sect (white earth order).
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Visit the Everest Base Camp and the Rongbuk Monaster.
- Everest Base Camp: Located at the altitude of 5,360 metres (17,600 ft) South Base Camp and North Base Camp are rudimentary campsites on Mount Everest that are used by mountain climbers during their ascent and descent.
- Rongbuk Monaster: It is the highest monastery in the world built by Nyingmapa Sect.
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Back to Shigatse by private vehicle. Upon arrival check in the hotel.
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After breakfast, transfer back to Lhasa and check in the hotel. Then have a good rest.
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Free on your own activities until the transfer to the airport. Take your return flight. Home Sweet Home.