Transfer to the airport for scenic flight to Lhasa on China Southwest Airlines. This is one hour Trans Himalayan Flights will give you an opportunity to have an aerial view of the Mt. Everest and other high Himalayas. After arrival at Gonggar airport, our Tibetan guide will receive you and transfer to Lhasa city on private coach takes about 1/2 hours driving for 90 kilometers. Overnight in Hotel.
Today is the first day of sightseeing starts from famous Potala Palace, a structure of massive portions. It takes about 2-3 hours to visit all places and chapels. In the afternoon, we will visit Jokhang Temple, Which is the spiritual center of Tibet. Every day, pilgrims from every corner of Tibet trek a long distance to the temple. The temple is the product of Han, Tibetan and Nepalese architectural techniques. After that we visit Bharkhor, the oldest street in a very traditional city in Tibet. Overnight in Hotel.
About 10 kilometers west of central Lhasa is the Drepung, one world's largest monastery with about 10,000 monks. Today's sightseeing begins with these white monastic buildings piled up on the hillside. From the roof of hillside, you can have very good views of the whole Lhasa city and the distant mountains. After returning to the city for lunch we will go to the Norbulingka, the former summer palace of the Dalai Lama. Surrounded by a lush green garden, it's a favorite place for Tibetan people to celebrate their festivals. At last visit Sera monastery which is about 5km out of Lhasa and return to the Hotel.
Drive from Lhasa to Lake Namtso. On the way, you will see Nyenchen Thanglha (snow mountain ranges) and lots of nomads with yak and sheep grazing nearby. Namtso Lake is the "Heavenly Lake" which is one of the four holy lakes of Tibet and also the highest salt-lake. You can do a very relaxing trek around lakeside and theTashi Island. Overnight you will stay at Namtso Guestroom.
After breakfast, you will enjoy morning at the lake shore and trek along to Tashi Dor Island to explore the meditation caves. Afterward, drive to Dumxung to have lunch. In the afternoon, we can enjoy Yangpachen hot spring (optional) and both indoor and outdoor swimming pool filled with hot spring´s water. Then head back to Lhasa.
This is the last day of our tour and we have to get up very early for our transfer to Gonggar airport to fly back to Kathmandu. We arrive around nine o'clock in the morning because of the 2 hours and 15 minutes time difference with Tibet. Of course we enjoy the spectacular views again while we fly over the Himalayan range. After arrive in Kathmandu airport, transfer to the Hotel in Kathmandu on private coach.
