Lhasa Tsetang Shigatse loop Tour is a Tibet cultural tour and the best Tibet travel in 2017. The cultural Tibet travel is started with a sightseeing tour around Lhasa including the Potala Palace, Jokang temple, Bharkor Bazar, Drepung and Sera monasteries. Continue your Tibet Travel to Tsetang which is located to the south of Lhasa at the distance of 160 km and the Yarlung valley, created by the grand Barhmaputra river. Barhmaputra river starts its source from the rivers near Mount Kailash and Lake Mansarovar in the Far Western Tibet. Your Tibet tour to Tsetang dominates by the cradle of Tibet which means that the Tsetang valley creates with Samye monastery as the first monastery of Tibet, Yumbu Lhakang as the first castle of Tibet and Zara as the first field of Tibet.
Continue cultural Tibet tour towards the western region of Tibet and travel to Gyantse. Gyantse was a very important town in the olden days to do the trade between India and Tibet and at the present day, Gyantse is one of the biggest counties and the largest farming lands in the Tibet Autonomous Region. Your Tibet travel will lead you to visit Palchoe monastery and giant Kubum Pagoda stupa which has more than 600 hundred years history and the monastery has many sacred statues and relics. Continue your Tibet tours to Shigatse and visti Tashi Lhunpo monastery, the seat of the Penchen Lama and the largest monastery in the Western Tibet. Tibet classical tour continue Tibet tour along the Barhmaputra river and some of the beautiful Tibet villages. The people who live on those villages are all farmers and they grow barley, different kinds of green vegetables and potatoes.Tibet classical tour is full of beautiful scenic spots and rich Buddhist culture including lots of relics and sacred statues, old Tibetan traditional buildings,and extraordinary Tibetan painting which have more than thousand years history so it is one of the most richest cultural trips in Tibet.
Days |
Trip Outline |
Daily Activity |
Accommodation |
Guide & Driver |
Meal |
01 |
Arrival in Gongkar and transfer to Lhasa. |
Gongkar airport, airport tunnel, Bharmaputra river, Kyichu river, Lhasa city. |
Hotel in Lhasa |
Local Tibetan |
BB |
02 |
Sightseeing tour in Lhasa |
Visit Potala Palace, Jokang temple, Bharkor Bazar |
Hotel in Lhasa |
Local Tibetan |
BB |
03 |
Sightseeing tour around Lhasa |
Visit Drepung and Sera monasteries |
Hotel in Lhasa |
Local Tibetan |
BB |
04 |
Lhasa to Tsetang (3600m/160km) |
Lhasa-Samye monastery-Tsetang |
Hotel in Tsetang |
Local Tibetan |
BB |
05 |
Tsetang to Gyantse.(3950Mts/ 360Km ) |
Yamdrok lake, Karola glacier, Gyantse |
Hotel in Gyantse |
Local Tibetan |
BB |
06 |
Gyantse to Shigatse. (3900mts/ 90Km ) |
Visit Palchoe monastery and Kubum pagoda stupa, Tashi Lhunpo monastery |
Hotel in Shigatse |
Local Tibetan |
BB |
07 |
Shigatse to Lhasa (3650Mts/ 280KM ) |
Barhmaputra river, Nyenmo county, Chushol county |
Hotel in Lhasa |
Local Tibetan |
BB |
08 |
Lhasa to Lhasa Gongkar airport.(3600Mts/ 60Km ) |
End the trip |
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Inclusive
- Accommodation on twin sharing room basis during Tibet travel
- 1 Local Tibetan English speaking guide
- Transportation by one good conditioned tourist mini van
- Yamdrok lake conservation fee
- Karola glacier conservation fee
- Breakfast for entire tour
- All necessary Tibet permits
- Oxygen inside the car just incase needed
Exclusive
- Both international and domestic flight
- Tibet Train tickets
- Lunch and dinner
- Service of mainland China or Nepal side
- China visa fee
- Personal insurance, medical and evacuation insurance
- Personal expenses such as (alcoholic beverages, laundry, phone call, etc)
- Any extra cost in the event of landslides and personal nature expenses.