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9 Days 8 Nights
Availability : April' - Feb'
Lhasa airport or Train station
Lhasa airport or Train station
Tour Details

9 Day Central Tibet Loop is an attractive tour package. This is a highly recommended classic tour enriched with great attributes of spiritual awakening and sensation. On this spiritual journey, you will have the opportunity to encounter your authentic self, integrity, clarity of mind and true purpose. To this end, the tour covers many of the Tibet’s best-loved sights –such as the Potala and the Jokhang Temple, Sera Monastery, and Drepung Monastery.

Following the explorations around Lhasa, the trip will take you through a classic route in central Tibet.

You can witness marvellous landscapes and some of the key stunning sites of historic and religious significance.

For example, the Yamdrok Lake, the Karo La Glacier, and the Pelkhor Chode Monastery in Gyantse. Next, you will go to Shigatse, and visit Tashi Lhunpu Monastery, which houses the largest gilded Future Buddha. After Shigatse, you will be travelling back up in the direction of Lhasa, and you will cross over the stunning Nyenchen Tanglha pass to travel toward Nam Tso, Tibet’s largest lake. Namtso Lake, or Heavenly Lake, as otherwise known, which is the largest lake in Tibet.

For more information, please send an email to losal@pvy.koc.mybluehost.me.

Departure Location

Lhasa airport or Train station

Return Location

Lhasa airport or Train station

Price Includes

  • Accommodations
  • Breakfast
  • Ground Transportation in Tibet
  • All entrance fees per itinerary
  • All transportation in destination location
  • All permits
  • Local Tour Guide
  • Airport and Trainstation pickup

Price Excludes

  • Airfare
  • Passport and Visa fee
  • Lunch & Dinner
  • Photography fees
  • Travel vaccinations
  • Insurance (travel, medical, etc)
  • Souvenirs or personal Expenditure

Complementaries

  • Welcome Dinner in Lhasa
  • Hand Sanitizer
  • Face Mask
  • Oxygen Cylinder in Vehicle
Good to Know about 9 Day Central Tibet Loop

This classic tour can be done anytime from mid-April through to late October. We can arrange this journey for groups of two to ten people. Discounts available for groups of 3 or more persons. For a specific price, please contact us at losal@pvy.koc.mybluehost.me

Travel Gear:

Upon joining, each participant will be sent a list of required and recommended gear for this journey that they will be responsible for.

Accommodation:

In Lhasa, you will be staying in a comfortable and pleasant boutique or highly-rated 3-star Tibetan-owned hotels. Accommodation on the trekking route will be in tents.

Eligibility:

Participants must be in good health and physically fit to be able to spend each day walking around towns, villages, and monasteries. Most of this tour will take place in mountainous terrain between 3600 meters and 5200 meters (11,800 feet to 17,000 feet) above sea level. The trek route is beautiful but is quite demanding as there are a couple of passes that are above 5000 meters. You will spend 3 nights in Lhasa for altitude acclimatization before going above 3600 meters. Trekking and ascent will be slow and gradual, and every care will be taken to make the journey safe and well attended to.

Tibet Travel Permit:

This is the primary document required in order to visit Tibet after the Passport and Chinese Visa. The permit can only be applied at the Tibet Tourism Bureau, Only a travel agency registered with the Bureau can apply it for. We can make your permit and we will need 25 days for the entire process of the permit.

Itinerary

Day 1Arrive in Lhasa Elevation 3590 meters

  • Arrive in Lhasa – collection from Lhasa airport or train station
  • Escort to the hotel for rest and acclimatization
  • Freshen up
  • An itinerary run-through with the tour guide

Day 2Explorations around Lhasa

  • Explore the Jokhang temple, the“spiritual heart” of Lhasa, and the surrounding old quarters
  • Visit Sera Monastery, one of the “Great Three” Buddhist monasteries noted for their Buddhist dialectic debate session usually held in the afternoons

Day 3Explorations around Lhasa

  • Take a walk up and visit the Potala Palace, the fascinating landmark building in Lhasa, the winter residence of every Dalai Lama from the fifth to the current 14th
  • Trip to and tour around a premier park of horticulture  – the Norbulingka Palace – which also served as the traditional summer residence of the successive Dalai Lamas
  • Time permitting, drive 6 kilometres to the western suburb of Lhasa to visit Drepung Monastery, one of the “Great Three’ Buddhist monasteries in Tibet
  • Thereafter, visit Nechung temple, the seat of the State Oracle of Tibet – 15 minutes walk down from Drepung Monastery

Day 4Lhasa – Yamdrok Lake – Karo La Glacier – Gyantse Distance: 260kms Elevation: 3840m

  • Depart Lhasa early in the morning, all day overland drive, transiting through:
  • The Yamdrok Lake – a fabulous shade of deep turquoise
  • The Karo La Pass – an amazing alpine view of the holy Mt. Nyenchen Kangsar glacier
  • Arrive in the town of Gyantse, historically considered the third largest and most prominent town in Tibet
  • Overnight stay in Gyantse

Day 5Gyantse – Shigatse Distance 355kms Elevation 3,840 meters

  • In Gyantse, visit the Pelkor Chode Monastery, and the Gyantse Kumbum – a 32 meters (105ft) high structure, a nine-tier building with 108 gates
  • Drive a short distance to Shigatse, the second-largest city in Tibet
  • Stop by a couple of traditional farming villages en route
  • Reach Shigatse, tour around Tashi Lhunpo, the largest Buddhist monastery in the Tsang province of Tibet, to witness the largest gilded statue of Future Buddha in Tibet
  • Overnight stop in Shigatse

Day 6Shigatse – Shugu La Pass – Dhamshung  Distance: 325kms  Elevation: 4290m

  • Leave Shigatse – set off early
  • Drive along the Friendship Highway in Lhasa direction
  • Turn left at Takdruka village (the ferry crossing point)
  • Continue driving through a stunning valley, cross over the Shugu La pass (5259m)
  • Reach Dhamshung – a small town on the northern nomadic upland
  • Overnight stop in the county seat

Day 7Dhamshung to Namtso Lake  Distance: 65kms  Elevation: 4718m

  • Set off again – a short drive to Namtso Lake
  • Reach Namtso lake – one of the largest salt lakes in Tibet, and throw yourself into the incredible landscape surrounding the lake
  • Spend the rest of the day walking along the lakeshore or take a walk the 3.5-kilometre pilgrimage circuit around Tashi Do temple
  • Overnight stay in a guesthouse in the vicinity

Day 8Namtso Lake — Lhasa  Distance: 225kms   Elevation: 3600m

  • Leave Namtso lake and head to Lhasa
  • Rest, freshen up and undertake any last-minute souvenir shopping
  • Take a gentle stroll around the holy Jokhang Temple one last time

Day 9: Depart LhasaDay 9: Depart Lhasa

  • Transfer to the Lhasa airport or train station
  • Depart Tibet
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