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Explore Holy Tibet – 7 Nights and 8 Days.
This 7 Night/ 8 Days fly in drive out tour package covers all the major places of importance in Tibet like the Potala Palace, Norbulingkha and Sera Monantery. You will enjoy the adventurous drive between Shigatse to Xegar.
For custom tailored tour packages please contact us.
Potala Palace |
Sera Monks |
Shigatse Market |
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| Day 1 |
Fly to Lhasa. Upon arrival, meet, assist and will be transferred to your hotel. Rest of your day you will be left at your own leisure for acclimatization. |
| Day 2 |
Visit the famous Potala Palace. Built mainly in the Fifth Dalai Lama's reign between 1645-1693 and remained the centre of political and religious power for the Dalai Lamas.
Visit Drepung Monastery. Drepung lies about eleven kms away from Lhasa on a steep, unpaved road. Its name means "Rice Heap", after its jumble of white buildings piled up against Mt. Gyengbuwudze. Drepung was the biggest and richest monastery in Tibet and housed the Nechung, the State Oracle. |
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Visit The Norbulingkha & Sera Monastery. “The Norbulingkha”: The ‘Jewel Park’ as it is know in Tibetan, was built in the 18th century and served as the Summer Palace of the Dalai Lamas. This colourful garden landscape was the site of picnic and public gatherings. The palaces are richly decorated, creating an atmosphere of peaceful repose.
SERA - meaning "Merciful Hail" lies on the northern edge of Lhasa. Its name denotes it rivalry with the "Rice Heap" (Drepung) since hail destroys rice. Founded in 1419 by one of Tsongkhapa's eight disciples it became famous for its tantric teachings.
Visit Jokhang Temple & Bakhor Market: Jokhang Temple situated in the heart of old Lhasa, houses Tibet’s most precious religious relic, a golden Shankyamuni Buddha, which was brought as a gift by the Chinese Princess Wen Cheng on the occasion of her wedding to the Tibetan King, Songtsen Gompo. Surrounding the Jokhang Temple is the bustling Barkhor market place, which is the religious and social focus of Lhasa. This, the spiritual centre of Tibet, is also the heart of Lhasa. |
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Drive to Gyantse, Tibets third most important city is situated about 210 kms away from Lhasa. Nested at an altitude of 12, 465 ft above sea level, in former times this city was a fort, the centre of Tibet's wool trade and a gateway to the outside world. A high rocky ridge topped by a ruined fortress runs through the middle of Gyantse, dividing it into two parts. On the west is a large monastery complex and part of the original city with a main market street.
There is a major crossroad at the southeast edge of Gyantse. The right hand turn leads into the suburbs and the left hand road turning southward leads a traveller either to Shigatse and Nepal or to Yadong and India. |
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Drive to Shigatse. At an altitude of 3,900 m (12,800 feet), is Tibet's second largest city and the administrative centre of a vast area. Shigatse stands near the confluence of the Yarlong Tsangpo and Nyangchu rivers and is one of Tibet's richest farming areas.
Shigatse was previously both a stronghold and a monastery city and forms a horseshoe around a rocky prominence that was formerly topped by an awesome fortress. At the western tip, beneath Mt. Dormari, lies Tashilhunpo monastery, seat of the Panchen Lamas and one of Tibet's greatest monasteries.
Visit Tashilhunpo monastery, meaning "Heap of Glory", the seat of the Panchen Lamas lies at the foot of Mt. Dormari and is today one of Tibet's most active monasteries. Founded in 1447, its enlargement took place mostly under the Fourth, Fifth and Sixth Panchen Lamas.
Tashilhunpo once had over 4000 monks and was organised like Lhasa's great monasteries. It had four tantric colleges, each with its own abbot. After the death of the Panchen Lama, the abbots led the search for his infant reincarnation, under the control of the Dalai Lama in Lhasa. Tashilhunpo was disbanded as a monastery by the Chinese army in 1960 while the Panchen Lama was absent. Today there are 610 monks in Tashilhunpo. |
| Day 6 |
Drive to Xegar from Shigatse. |
| Day 7 |
Drive to Zhangmu via Tingri. Old Tingri once used to be a thriving trading village lying at the north end of the Nangpa La. |
| Day 8 |
Drive back to Kathmandu.
For custom tailored tour packages please contact us. |
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