Religious Shigatse 6 Day tour

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JGT-02 Religious Shigatse 6 Day tour

Fixed departure 2012, Join-in small group,Best price RMB ￥1700 per person, Contact us Now!

Brief Introduction

Trip length：6 Days 5Nights

Begins in: Lhasa

Ends in: Lhasa

Attractions
Potala Palace, Jokhang Temple, Barkhor Street, Drepung Monastery, Sera Monastery, Tibet Museum, Yamdrok lake, Pelkhor Monastery, Tashilunpo Monastery

Program Highlights
Track most of the famous monasteries in Tibet.

Brief schedule

Timetable Destination & Attractions

Day 1
Arrival Lhasa

Day 2
Lhasa city tour (Potala Palace, Jokhang Temple, Barkhor Street)

Day 3
Lhasa city tour (Drepung Monastery, Sera Monastery, Tibet Museum )

Day 4
Lhasa/Shigatse(Yamdrok lake,Pelkhor Monastery)

Day 5
Shigatse/Lhasa(Tashilunpo monastery)

Day 6
Depart Lhasa

Program detail description

Day 1
Destination: Arrival Lhasa
Highlights: Acclimatization
Trip detail: Fly or take train to the holy city of Lhasa, capital of the mystical Buddhist Kingdom of Tibet. Our excellent tour guide and experienced driver will meet you at the airport or train station with Tibetan Traditional presenting Hada ceremony, and then transfer to your hotel. The rest of the day will be at leisure for you to relax and acclimatization.
Note: Today is very important for our respected tourists to acclimate the high altitude. You are suggested to drink some more water and eat some fruit which will help you to acclimate the high altitude. Please do not do much exercise or activities. Please do not smoke and drink alcohol if possible.

Day 2
Destination: Lhasa city
Highlights: Potala Palace, Jokhang Temple, Barkhor Street
Trip detail: Usually our first stop is Potala Palace, which built in the 7th century by the famous Tibetan king-Songtzen Gampo. It became known as the "Winter Palace" by the 1750, when the 7th Dalai Lama built the Norbulingka Park as his summer residence.
After lunch, you will visit the Jokhang Temple, situated in the old section of Lhasa. King Songtzen Gampo built this temple in the mid-7th century A.D. Now it is the most sacred place.
After Supper, you are suggested to ramble over the Barkhore Street. This is a famous local handmade crafts market. You can choose and buy some little present to your families, relatives and friends.
Note: As you may know, to protect the Potala Palace, there is a restriction of 2000 tourists everyday and only one-hour- sightseeing for each tourist. So we may do the converse tour as Jokhang Temple first in the morning and Potala Palace in the afternoon or may changed the schedule with Day 3 in the high season (From April to October)in Tibet. In the early morning and evening,hundreds or thousands of pilgrims or lacal religious people come to the Jokhang Temple and circle around the Barkhore Street. You will appreciate how consecrated the city is and how religious the people is!!!

Day 3
Destination: Lhasa city
Highlights: Drepung Monastery, Sera Monastery, Tibetan Museum
Trip detail: We will begin our tour at Drepung Monastery which is used to be the most large monastery in Tibet where lodged more than 10000 monks at its summit in the morning.
After that, you will visit the Sera Monastery which is famous for its Buddhism scriptures debating in the afternoon. You will finish today's activity after visit the Tibetan Museum, the exhibition center and shopping center of Tibetan traditional handicrafts.
Note: Today is very easy. But you will experience how the Lamas study the Buddhism scriptures and also touch the real life of local Tibetan people.

Day 4
Destination: Lhasa/Shigatse
Highlights: Yamdrok Lake, Pelkhor Monastery
Trip detail: Drive to Gyantse after breakfast. On the way, Yamdrok-tso Lake can be seen from the summit of the Kamba-la pass (4794m). Yamdrok is one of Three Holy Lake in Tibet (the other two are Namtso Lake and Manasarovar Lake). When you arrive at Gyantse, visit Pelkor Chode Monastery. The Monastery is founded in 1418, notable for its superb Kumbum Chode(10,000 Images Stupa). Arrive at Shigatse later for rest.
Note: The Yamdrok Lake and the Pelkhor Monastery are the highlights of today's activities.

Day 5
Destination: Shigatse/Lhasa
Highlights: Tashilunpo Monastery
Trip detail: Morning visit the Bachen Lama Set - Tashilunpo Monastery, which was built in 1447 by the first Dalai Lama. Drive back to Lhasa along Yarlong Tsangpo River by the Nepal friendship road in the afternoon.

Day 6
Travel: Lhasa–Next Destination
Highlights: Depart Lhasa
Trip detail: Morning Airport or train station dropping off. End the trip.
Note: As for the recent restriction of tour into Tibet, Foreigner tourists are required to book the return or leaving flight/train. Otherwise the TTB will not issue the Tibet Enter Permit.

Service include
1. All necessary documents and Permits
2. Airport /Train station Pick up, transfer to hotel
3. Hotel to airport /train station send off
4. Transportation on Day 4 to Day 7
5. Three Hotel
6. Tour guide: English speaking Tibetan guide
7. Presenting Hada celebration
8. A bottle of Oxygen for emergency use
Service exclude
1. Flight/Train in and out of Tibet
2. Transportation of Day 2 & Day 3 （Our guide will help you to arrange a taxi, but our tourists need to pay the taxi themselves）
3. Entrance fees
4. Meals, usually 8USD/pax.Meal
5. Personal consumption, like calls, laundry service,etc.
6. Tips for tour guide and driver (usually 5USD/day.pax)

NOTE

The departure date means the day you arriving in Lhasa.
Our quote is based on twins bed room, if someone donot like to share a room with others, one should pay additional room supplement as below.
Departure Date

Year	Month	Date
2012	Jan	11^th	21^th
2012	Feb	12^th	22^th
2012	Apr	5^th	15^th	25^th
2012	May	5^th	15^th	25^th
2012	Jun	4^th	12^th	20^th	28th
2012	Jul	2^nd	8^th	14^th	20^th	26^th
2012	Aug	1^st	7^th	13^th	19^th	25th
2012	Sep	2^nd	8^th	14^th	20^th	26^th
2012	Oct	4^th	12^th	20^th	28th
2012	Nov	11^th	21^th
2012	Dec	11^th	21^th

4.Quotation

Price Season	Low Season (Dec. to next Mar.)	Shoulder Season (Apr.May.Jun.Nov)	Sales Season (Jul. to Oct.)
Price Season	Price(RMB/pax)	Price(RMB/pax)	Price(RMB/pax)
RMB/pax	1700	1900	2500
Single room Supplement	550	700	1200

5. Popular tourist site entrance fees for reference as below

Tourist Site	Price(RMB)	Note
Potala Palace	100
Jokhang Temple	85
Barkhor Street	Free
Drepung Monastery	50
Sera Monastery	50
Norbulingka Park	60	Sight-seeing bus 10
Ganden Monastery	40
Namtso Lake	120	Off-season 50
Yampachen	30	Hotspring bathing 98
Yamdrok Lake	40
Palkhor Monastery	50
Tashilunpo Monastery	55
Sakya Monastery	45
Rongbuk Monastery	25
Mt.Everest	180
Yumbulakang	30
Samye Monastery	60
Basumtso Lake	100	Sight-seeing bus 45
Giant Cypress Garden	15

6. Train Ticket
We can help you book the train ticket begins from the following cities:
Chengdu, Beijing, Shanghai, Xining, Lanzhou, Chongqing, Guangzhou, Xi'an
For the departure date and price, please reference to the appendix table.

7.Optional Namtso One Day tour in summer Season
Tour Itinerary
Trip detail: We will begin our heavenly Namtso Lake after breakfast bathing in the splendid sunglow. Namtso Lake is one of the most famous three holy lakes (the other two lakes are Yamdrok Lake and Lake Manasarovar). Namtso Lake is a mountain lake at the border between Damxung County of Lhasa Prefecture and Baingoin County of Nagqu Prefecture in the Tibet Autonomous Region of China. Namtso Lake is a beautiful paradise for photographers. On our way back lhasa,we will pass by Yampachen hot spring. If you would like, you can get there to have a swimming and wash off your tired.
Note: Namtso Lake is at an elevation of 4718m. So please make sure you get enough acclimatization of high altitude. If you will swim at Yampachen hot spring, 1-2 hour is enough because of short of oxygen.
Entrance fees of Namtso Lake is 120RMB, Yampachen 30RMB, hotspring bathing 98RMB.
Tour cost

Group Number	1 pax	2 pax	3 pax	4 pax	5-8 pax	Above 9 pax
Price(RMB.p.p)	2300	1300	1000	800	650	500

Service include a car with a English speaking tour guide.

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