Upon your arrival at Lhasa airport or train station, you will be greeted by your Tibetan guide and escorted to your hotel in Lhasa. From airport to Lhasa city, it only takes half an hour of driving along the Lhasa-airport highway. Driving along the Brahmaputra river, you will not only amazed by the spectacular plateau scenery. If you take the train to Lhasa, normally you will arrive in the late afternoon or evening, 20 minutes drive will take you to your hotel in Lhasa city. Check into hotel, have a good rest to acclimatize the high altitude.
Overnight in Lhasa

In the morning, visit the famous Patala palace, which is the landmark of Lhasa and is recently considered one of the seven wonders of the world. In the afternoon, visit Jokhang temple, built mainly for the “Jowoe” brought along with princess Wencheng from Xi’an during Tang dyansty and grouped into world cultural heritage list by the UNESCO. Then explore the famous old Barkhor street, enjoing shoping traditional Tibetan things around the street.
Overnight in Lhasa

Norbulingkha, refering to “treature garden” in Tibetan language, lies at western suburbs of Lhasa and 2km from Potala palace. It is also listed as the world cultural heritage by the UNESCO. The Norbulingkha is also called summer palace and built by the seventh Dalai lama in mid 18th century. Later the successive dalai lamas studied and stayed there during summer time. Then in the afternoon, visit Ramoche temple which lies about 500m to the north of the Jokhang monastery. The Ramoche monastery was built for sacred sculpture of Sakyamuni that was later moved into the Jokhang monastery.
Overnight in Lhasa

Note: One day among the first three days in Lhasa, you will have chance to see local Tibetan People celebrate the death anniversary of Tsongkapa. 25 October according to Tibetan lunar calendar is considered as the death anniversary of Tsongkapa.

Drepung monastery is situated at the foothill of a mountain and was founded by Jamyang Choeje in 1416. The monastery is divided into two different colleges, that is, Drepung loselling and Drepung Gomang college. The Ganden podrang is the most famous among them as it is the government centre during fifth Dalai lama. Later the government centre was moved to the famous Potala palace during fifth Dalai lama. In the afternoon, explore the Sera monastery founded in 1419 by Tsongkapa’s disciple Jamchen Choeje. It is famous for its Buddhist Sculpture Debating held in the courtyard mostly around 6:00 - 7:30 in the afternoon.
Overnight in Lhasa

It is better to set out early in the morning and you can take your time around the lake. A few kilometers from Chushor is famous pass Gangpa-la Pass at 4700m. From the top of the pass in clear weather, you can see the fabulous shade of deep turquoise Yamdrok Lake, shaped like coiling scorpion with deep blue in colour. Far in the distance is the huge massif of mount Nanchan Kangtsang (7191m). Leaving Yamdrok-tso is a spectacular as arrriving, since you have to cross the 4960m Karo-la with its awesome roadside views of the Nanchan- Kangtsang glacier. Then move on to our day’s final destination, Gyantse.
Overnight in Gyantse

First go to visit Kubum monastery in Gyantse, the town’s foremost attraction. The 35m-high chorten (stupa) with its white layers trimmed with decorative stripes and its crown-like golden dome, is awe-inspiring. Then move towards Shigatse city for lunch. After lunch, visit the famous Tashilhunpo monastery, one of the the six great Gelukpa institutions. It was founded in 1447 by a disciple of Tsongkapa, Genden drup who was first dalai lama. Its Jamkhang Chenmo, houses the world’s largest gilded copper image (26m high) of future god Jampa. The monastery was later become the abbot place for the successive Penchen Lamas.
Overnight in Shigatse

Your driver and tour guide will escort you to the airport and see you off.