Lhasa City Essential Tour

Our airport representative will pick you up from Tribhuvan International Airport and departs at your pre-booked hotel. We will organize a welcome dinner with a Nepali cultural dance.

Meals: Dinner

After breakfast at the hotel, your private vehicle is ready for sightseeing at your hotel. You will visit Pashupatinath, Bouddhanath, Swyambhunath, and Kathmandu Durbar square on this day.

Meals: Breakfast

On this day, you will depart to Lhasa, and our staff will greet you at Lhasa Airport to transfer you to the hotel. From Lhasa Airport to downtown Lhasa usually takes about one and a half hours. After transfer to the hotel, the rest of the day, you will be free to wander around the city on your own but try not to overtax yourself.

This day in your rest is essential to acclimatize to the high altitude. Remember to drink lots of water, eat light, and not shower if you can help. Our guide gives a brief about Lhasa City Essential Tour on this day.

Meals: Breakfast

Highlights: Drepung Monastery, Sera Monastery

Today you will visit two attractions in the Lhasa suburb. In the morning, we will arrange for you to see Drepung Monastery. In the afternoon, we will visit Sera Monastery. You will spend a long hour sightseeing today under the fierce sun of Tibet, do arm yourself with sunglasses/a hat/ sunscreen.

Also, a welcome dinner will be held tonight to introduce you to the whole gang you will travel to. We have customers from all over the world. Meeting people from different countries, cultures, and backgrounds will be fun.

Located about eight km west of central Lhasa, Drepung Monastery was once one of the world’s largest monasteries. The word Drepung translates as ‘rice heap,’ a reference to the vast numbers of white monastic buildings that once piled up on the hillside.

Sera Monastery is situated in the northern town of Lhasa City. The monastery was named Sera, which means wild rose in the Tibetan language because the hill behind it was covered with wild roses in bloom when the monastery was built. From Monday to Friday, you will be able to see monks debating at Sera Monastery every afternoon.

Meals: Breakfast and Dinner

Highlights: Potala Palace, Jokhang Temple, Barkhor Street

This is an essential and primary day of the Lhasa tour. This morning, you will depart to visit Potala Palace. It is around 3,700 meters above sea level and the highest palace in the world! At the top of the palace, called the golden Roof, you can have a bird-eye view of the whole of Lhasa. In the distance are rolling mountain ranges, the beautiful Lhasa River, tracts of fields, tree-shaded villages, and the glistening Jokhang Temple.

This afternoon, you will visit Jokhang Temple, the first built during Sontsan Gambo in the 7th century and features Buddhist prayer wheels, reclining deer, and golden sutra streamers.

You will find many pilgrims pray earlier than in the monastery. The circuit around it is called Barkhor Street, a famous local handmade crafts market, an excellent place to purchase souvenirs.

Meals: Breakfast

This is your final day in Tibet. After breakfast in the hotel, you will be free to shop in the morning (Depending on the flight schedule). Our staff will collect you at your hotel to transfer you to Lhasa Airport for Kathmandu. This day is free for shopping for your families and friends, or if you haven’t time, you can do this the next day.

Meals: Breakfast

After completing the Lhasa and Kathmandu tour, you will depart at least three hours before your flight.

Meals: Breakfast