8 Days Tibet Join-in Tour to Lhasa, Shigatse and Everest Base Camp

Day 1: Meet you at Lhasa Airport or Train Station, and transfer you to your hotel.

Program:
Lhasa Train station/airport picking up, You are warmly welcome to Tibet by saying Tashi Delek at the Train station/airport by our professional employee and send you to reserved hotel in Lhasa. Then have a good rest to acclimatize the high altitude in the afternoon.
Meals: N/A
Accommodation: Mandala Hotel or similar

Day 2: All day Lhasa Highlights: Potala Palace,Jokhang Temple,Barkhor Street, Thangka workroom.

Program:
Morning section to visit the famous Potala palace and explore the grandest of this myriad chapels, you will experience its audience halls, the jeweled and Golden burial chortens(stupa Tombs) of past Dalai Lamas, and tremendous number of Buddhist frescoes, thangkas, combinations of mandala etc. Afternoon section visiting to the holist temple in Tibet, the Johkang Temple, built during songtsen gonpo’s reign by princess Wencheng of tang dynasty, 647 A.D, and its famous Barkor Kora, where you can buy or appreciate traditional Tibetan artifacts, religious implements, antiques, books, Tibetan music instrument, Thangkas, and tradition Tibetan clothes etc. you will have chance to get close to appreciate how the artists draw Thangkas at the Thakangka workroom at Barkor.
Optional program in Lhasa: At night, you may ask your tour guide to arrange the local Tibetan opera show at Shobalamu Tibetan Restaurant, you will enjoy traditional food and local beverage while watching the wonderful show, 180RMB/person.
Meals: Breakfast
Accommodation: Mandala Hotel or similar

Day 3: Today we will have further discovery of Lhasa to Drepung Monastery,Carpet Factory, Sera Monastery

Program:
Today, you will visit two important monasteries in Lhasa, the Drepung and the Sera.
Drepung monastery is situated at the foothill of a mountain and was founded by Jamyang Choeje in 1416. It was once home of 10000 monks and Ganden podrang in Drepung is famous it was the government centre during fifth dalai lama and later moved to the famous Potala Palace during fifth dalai lama. Then you will visit the Carpet Factory, you can see how the world-famous Tibetan carpets are made. After having lunch, continue to visit the Sera Monastery, which was founded in 1419 by Tsongkapa’s disciple Jamchen Choeje. The most attractive is that Monks debiting is held there in the courtyard at around 15:30 in the afternoon section most of the time except Saturday and Sunday.
Meals: Breakfast
Accommodation: Mandala Hotel or similar

Day 4: Today we will drive from Lhasa via Gyangtse to Shigatse, on the way, visit Yamdrok Lake, karola glacier and Kubum monastery

Program:
Passing by the green farmland of Nyangchu Valley, Yamdro-tso lakes, karola glacier roadside at 4960m, We move westwards to the second biggest city Shigatse, where spiritually hosted by Pamchan Lama. And on the way in Gyantse, we visit Kubum monastery, which is also a famous we can not miss for its famous Gyntse Kubum.
Meals: Breakfast
Accommodation: Tsangba Hotel or similar Hotel

Day 5: We take a long time driving from Shigatse via Tingri to Rongphu Monastery, which is the nearest piont to EBC.

Program:

Drive from Shigatse westwards the Friendship way to Tingri. There is about 90km bumpy road from Tingri to Rongpuk, road is under construction. from Tingri to E.B.C with the very rough road, pass the wild grassland, cross the rapids river and high mountains. If it is in clear whether, you can have a glimpse of 4 mountains which is 8000m high or more, such as: Mt. Lhotse(8516m),Mt. Everes(8848m), Mt. Qowowuyag(8201m),Mt Mayalu(8463m).

Meals: Breakfast

Accommodation:  Rongphu Monastery Tent or Guest House

Day 6: Enjoy sunrise in Rongphu Monastery and walk/drive/ride to E.B.C. for Mt.Everest. After the program, drive back to Shigatse.

Program:

Early in the moring to see the sunrise from Rongphu then to view Mt. Everest. It is fabulous and splendid. After walking arrive the place get on the local bus then use half of an hour arrive at Everest Base camp (Or you also can trekking to Base Camp around 1.5-2 hours one way. It's interesting and much warmer, but hard to breath). Hiking up to the top of the photo point to take pictures of the splendid- Mt. Everest. Then in the afternoon go down from E.B.C back to Tingri by friend-ship highway back to Shigaste.
Meals: N/A
Accommodation: Tsangba Hotel or similar Hotel

Day 7: Before we drive back from Shigatse to Lhasa, we will visit Tashilhungpo Monastery; then back to Lhasa.

Program:

Before spending about 4 hours to drive back to Lhasa from Shigatse, we will visit the largest Monastery in west Tibet, the Tashilunpo monastery, as the last but famous historic sites for your Tibet tour. Tashilunpo monastery is one of the the six great Gelukpa institutions and was founded in 1447 by a disciple of Tsongkapa, containing the world's largest gilded copper image(26m high) of future god Jampa. Drive along the Friend-ship Highway back to Lhasa.
Meals: Breakfast
Accommodation: Tibet Villa or similar

Day 8: Transfer you to Lhasa Airport or Train Station to your next destination. End of Service

Transfer: via tourist own booking flight
Your tour guide and driver will help to drop you at the Lhasa airport, end the service