4-Day Lhasa Highlights Private Tour
Highlights
Unlock Stories of the Mysterious Dalai Lamas in the Potala Palace
Step up to the highest palace in the world. Witness the architectural miracle containing the regal heritage of Tibet. Listen to stories of Dalai Lamas who lived in the palace. View the palace from the four best angles.
Watch Monks Debate and Take In Rock Thangka Views
Catch a unique study activity of Tibetan monks with a timely visit to Sera Monastery. A monk debate is unlikely to be seen in other monasteries. Explore the hill behind, which is usually unknown to tourists to enjoy the thangka on the big rocks and the monastery outlook.
Catch a Glimpse of the Daily Life of Local Tibetans on Barkhor Street
Visit a local market on Barkhor Street. Get an authentic impression of Tibetan life from their daily goods. Some of them might be beyond your imagination.
Be a Tibetan Nomad for One Day
Visit a Tibetan pasture near Lhasa city. Hike from a village where Tibetan nomads live in winter to their summer pasture. Experience horse riding, milking yaks, making butter, and printing prayer flags.
Enjoy a Cup of Tibetan Sweet Tea in a Less-Touristy Nunnery
Get away from the tourists and have a rest in a peaceful nunnery with lovely flowers.
Learn to Cook a Traditional Tibetan Meal
Learn from a Tibetan chef both about the local ingredients and making Tibetan dumplings with yak beef.
Itinerary
Day 1: Arrive in Lhasa (elevation 3,650 m)
Your local private driver and guide will be ready and waiting for you at Lhasa airport/train station. You will be transferred directly to your hotel.
Day 2: Lhasa | The Holy City and Its People
Pilgrimage to the Potala Palace in the morning. Discover the unique construction technology for building the palace when you step up. Enter the white palace and red palace to see exquisite murals, decorated statues, and antiques. Listen to stories of the famous King of the Tubo Kingdom and the Dalai Lamas.
View the palace from four selected angles, which will allow you to fully enjoy the beauties of the palace.
Have a walking tour in the afternoon. Visit Jokhang Temple and explore Barkhor Street including its local market, admire traditional Tibetan architecture, and take afternoon tea in peaceful Ani Tsangkhung Nunnery, all the while getting to know the history of Lhasa and its people's daily life.
In the evening, learn to make a Tibetan dinner with a local chef's guidance in Tibetan Family Kitchen restaurant.
Day 3: Lhasa | The Essence of Tibetan Buddhism
Option 1:
Enjoy a visit to Drepung Monastery, which is the biggest monastery devoted to Tibetan Buddhism. Learn about the biggest school of Tibetan Buddhism: the Gelug School.
In the afternoon, visit Sera Monastery, comprising a great sutra-chanting hall, a college and 32 dormitories. Watch a monks'debate and enjoy their special "debating dance". Don't miss the colorful thangka-style murals on the rocks on the hill behind and the great panoramic view of Lhasa city from the monastery.
Option 2:
If your interest in Tibetan people's lives is more than lamaseries, and if you come between May and early October, you can choose to have a pasture day tour near Lhasa city. Hike from a nomads'village where Tibetans winter to their summer pasture. Try some rustic Tibetan food for lunch in a Tibetan nomad's tent. Experience horse riding, milking yaks, making butter, and printing prayer flags.
Day 4: Lhasa Departure
We will ensure your tour is finished off smoothly with an escorted Lhasa airport transfer.
Capture the Spirit of Lhasa
For many travelers, a Tibet tour is high on the bucket list. But some might worry that it is not an easy trip due to the long distances, high altitude, and complicated travel permits. Actually, we could make your Tibet tour as easy and comfortable as a regular weekend getaway.
On this 4-day Lhasa highlights tour you will not only visit the most spectacular sites in Lhasa, such as the Potala Palace, Sera Monastery, and Jokhang Temple, but also delve deep into its history and experience local Tibetan people’s lives with activities like a walking tour in the old quarter of Lhasa city.
An oxygen-infused hotel room, oxygen bottles available during your tour, restaurants selected for you with local features, and Tibet Entry Permits are also included.