6-Day Lhasa Religious Tour with Namtso Lake and Monasteries

• Arrive in Lhasa either by train or flight and meet your guide who will greet you and take you to your hotel.

• Enroute, view the Yarlung Tsangpo River/ Brahmaputra river (the longest and largest river in Tibet) and Lhasa river.

• Reach the hotel, take rest and acclimatize. 

• Go to the Potala Square, where you will enjoy the fountain with different colours and get amazing photos of the Potala.

Stay overnight in Lhasa.

• Start your tour by going to the Potala Palace, the winter palace of the Dalai Lama. It has been used since the 7th Century by the 33rd great king of Tibet. The most valuable collections are the gilded burial stupas of past Dalai Lamas and the meditation Cave of the 33rd great king of Tibet.

• Have lunch and head to Jokhang Temple which was founded by the 33rd great king of Tibet in the 7th century, in order to promote the Buddhist religion. Inside you can see the statue of Buddha Sakyamuni at the age of twelve, perhaps the single most venerated object in Tibet Buddhism.

• Walk around Barkhor Street with pilgrims and locals and buy souvenirs.

Stay overnight in Lhasa.

• Visit Drepung Monastery which was one of the “three greet” Gelug monasteries of Tibet and was founded in 1416 by Jamyang Choge, one of the Tsongkhapa’s main disciples.

• Continue to Sera Monastery. It was one of the “three great” Gelug monasteries of Tibet and was founded in 1419 by Jamchen Chojey, one of the Tsongkhapa’s main disciples. The highlight is the Monks debate at around 3-5 in the afternoon.

Stay overnight in Lhasa.

• Drive from Lhasa to Lake Namtso.

• See Nyenchen Thanglha (snow mountain ranges) and lots of nomads tent with grazing yak and sheep densely-populated around the mountain side. Namtso Lake is the Heavenly lake which is one of the four holy lakes of Tibet and also the highest salt lake.

Spend a night at the lake and marvel at the stars.

• Enjoy the clear morning at the lakeshore and trek to Tashi Dor Island to see the meditation caves.

• Drive to Dumxung to have lunch.

• Enjoy a dip at the Yangpachen hot spring (optional) and have both indoor and outdoor swimming pool filled with hot springs water.

• Head back to Lhasa.

Stay overnight in Lhasa.

The guide will transfer you to the airport or train station and help you get on board.