Lhasa & Yamdrok Lake Winter Tour
Lhasa - Yamdrok Lake - Lhasa
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| Tour Type: | Private tour guide & vehicle |
| Departure: | any day you want |
| Best time: | Winter |
| Tour Code: | TT - WT - 05 |
| Duration: | 5 days & 4 nights |
Trip Overview
The 5-day Lhasa winter tour is the good choice to taste the historical and cultural highlights of Lhasa in winter, and see the Yamdrok Lake, one of three most famous holy lakes in Tibet.
During this trip, you will visit the splendid Potala Palace, mystical Jokhang Temple, oldest Barkor Street, sprawling Drepung and Sera monasteries, and the largest park on Lhasa – Norbulingka, and Yamdrok Lake.
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| Day | Trip Outline | Highlights | Accommodation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Day 1 | Lhasa Arrival (3,680m) | Pick up from airport / train station, transfer to hotel and have a good rest. | Yak Hotel |
| Day 2 | Lhasa ( B ) | Potala Palace (3,700m), Johkang Temple (3,650m), Barkhor Street (3,650m) | Yak Hotel |
| Day 3 | Lhasa ( B ) | Nuobulingka (3,650m), Drepung Monastery (3,700m), Sera Monastery (3,700m) | Yak Hotel |
| Day 4 | Lhasa - Yamdrok - Lhasa ( B ) | Yamdrok Lake (4,441m) | Yak Hotel |
| Day 5 | Lhasa Departure | Send off to airport / train station | |
| Notes: The hotels we listed are just for reference. Each hotel can be upgraded or downgraded according to your requirement. Check more hotels HERE. | |||
Trip Details Day by Day
Day 1 Lhasa Arrival
Welcome to Lhasa! Upon your arrival at Gonggar airport or Lhasa Railway Station, your personal Tibetan guide will meet you right in the hall on time, with your name sign. Then a comfortable private car and experienced driver will take you to Lhasa hotel safely. It is about 65km from the airport to Lhasa city and takes less than an hour through the Airport Expressway. It is only 25km from the railway station and takes about half an hour.
After checking into your hotel, the rest of day is free for you to have a good rest and acclimatize yourself to the high altitude at the top of the world.
Tips:
1. To adapt to the high altitude ( over 3,600m ), you are recommended to have a good rest in the hotel, no running and intense activity, no smoking and no alcohol, no shower.
2. Please drink sufficient water and eat more vegetable, fruits, meat and eggs for more energy.
3. For the first-time visitors, it is common to have different degrees of high altitude sickness symptom.
Day 2 Lhasa ( B )
After breakfast, your personal guide & driver will pick you and drive to visit the splendid Potala Palace, which is Lhasa’s cardinal landmarks. You will have a whole morning to explore this world-level architectural works: White Palace, Red Palace, corridors and stairs and countless lama’s dormitory. Others include: Buddha statues, red-robed lamas and devoted, murals, etc.
In the afternoon, you will walk to visit the age-old Jokhang Temple, as the spiritual center of Tibet, which will deeply impress you with its magnificence and sincere pilgrims. You will see pilgrims donating butter oil to keep the lights burning for the Buddha; learning Tibetan Buddhism; hearing the red-robed Lamas praying; taking photos of the gold roof and enjoying the beautiful sunshine of Lhasa.
Finally, you will have a relaxing walk around Jokhang Temple at Barkhor Street, which is the oldest street in Lhasa, and full of religious atmosphere, showcasing Tibetan culture, economy, religion and arts assemble. Then transfer back to the hotel.
Tips:
1. In Potala Palace, your visiting time is limited on 1 hour. Climb up there, you might experience slight shortness of breath, please take your time and rest when needed.
2. Don’t disturb pilgrims and Lama. Don’t take photos of them without permission.
3. In Barkhor Street, remember to bargain and compare the price in different shops for the souvenirs when you are purchasing.
Day 3 Lhasa ( B )
After breakfast at your hotel, you are driven to visit the Norbulingka Park, which is the former summer palace for successive Lamas holding festival celebrations. You will explore the most beautiful and largest man-made garden in Tibet and soak up its rich history. After that, turn to visit Drepung Monastery, which was ever the largest monastery with more than 10 thousand monks, and now is one of three great monasteries in Lhasa. Seen from the distant, its grand, white construction gives the appearance of a heap of rice.
In the afternoon, you will be driven to visit Sera Monastery, which is famous for the unique “Daily Scriptures Debating” activity held from 3:30pm to 5pm in the central courtyard. Then transfer back to the hotel.
Tips:
1. The road condition to Drepung Monastery and Sera Monastery is good.
2. Pack plenty of drinking water, sun glasses, suncream and some food.
Day 4 Lhasa - Yamdrok Lake - Lhasa ( B )
Today, you will be driven about 110km to view Yamdrok Lake, one of three most famous holy lakes in Tibet. According to the locals, the water is able to make the old people turn young again and improve intelligence of children, etc. It is surrounded by snow-capped mountains and fed by numerous small Himalayan streams. The water is the main fresh water source for people in Lhasa, even entire Tibet.
Then driven back to Lhasa. Overnight at hotel in Lhasa.
Tips:
1. The road condition from Lhasa to Yamdrok Lake is a mixture of paved and rough road around mountains.
2. The way to Yamdrok will climb over Kampala Pass ( over 5,000m ) where is one of the best places to have a bird’s eye view of the lake.
Day 5 Lhasa Departure
Today is free for you until you are escorted to the airport or railway station for departure on your own. Your holy Lhasa tour ends.
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