Tour 4-night Lhasa And Samye Monastery Discovery

Tibet Travel Permit (TTB)

Chinese visa invitation letter if...

Chinese visa invitation letter if required

4-night accommodation and daily breakfast...

4-night accommodation and daily breakfast at Lhasa Gang-Gyan Hotel Tibet 4

Escorted sightseeing tour with service...

Escorted sightseeing tour with service of English-speaking tour guide

Climate-controlled coach for sightseeing and...

Climate-controlled coach for sightseeing and transfers

Shuttle bus to and from...

Shuttle bus to and from Lhasa airport

Not included:

China visa

Lunch and dinner

Airfare and train ticket

Taxi fare from/to airport if...

Taxi fare from/to airport if you choose not to take airport shuttle

Additional single supplement for requiring...

Additional single supplement for requiring single room for yourself

Extra bed for child

Over sized and excess baggage...

Over sized and excess baggage storage surcharge

Personal expense

Gratuities to tour guide and...

Gratuities to tour guide and driver (recommended)

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Day 1: Lhasa

Meet your tour guide at the Lhasa airport. The airport shuttle bus leaves Lhasa Airport at 12:30 & 16:00.

Overnight in Lhasa Gang-Gyan Hotel (4 star)

Day 2: Lhasa (B)

Hotel pickup at 8:00. You'll visit the UNESCO-listed

Potala Palace, a focal point for Tibetan Buddhism and home to the Dalai Lama for many centuries, You'll also explore the 1300-year-old

Jokhang Temple with its sacred golden Buddha, the spiritual epicenter of Tibetan Buddhism. Free time on

Barkhor Street.

Overnight in Lhasa Gang-Gyan Hotel (4 star)

Day 3: Lhasa (B)

Today's tour includes two of the “great three” Gelug sect monasteries:

Drepung Monastery and

Sera Monastery. Drepung is the largest Tibetan Buddhist monastery, founded in the fifteenth century on a mountainside. Sera is famous for its debates.

Overnight in Lhasa Gang-Gyan Hotel (4 star)

Day 4: Lhasa to Samye Monastery (B)

Coach tour along the Yarlung Tsangpo River for 3 hours to see the first Buddhist Monastery in Tibetan history - Samye Monastery.

Yarlung Tsangpo River

Yarlung Tsangpo is the upper stream of Brahmaputra River that flows through its origin, Tibet, known by its Tibetan name. It is the highest major river in the world.

Samye Ferry

Samye Monastery is located in the north bank of Yarlung Tsangpo River. You need to cross the river by taking Samye Ferry with locals. Then walk about 1 mile to reach the Monastery.

Samye Monastery

Samye Monastery was first built in AD 775 by King Trisong Detsen. It was the first monastery in Tibet to worship the three Buddhist jewels of Buddha, Dharma and Sangha.

The Samye Monastery is laid out on the shape of a giant mandala, with the main temple representing the legendary Mount Meru in the centre. Other buildings stand at the corners and cardinal points of the main temple, representing continents and other features of tantric Buddhist cosmology.

Overnight in Lhasa Gang-Gyan Hotel (4 star)

Day 5: Depart (B)

Airport shuttle bus leaves at 07:30 and 11:00 from downtown Lhasa. Pickup from your hotel lobby.

Fixed Departure Dates in 2018

Apr: 1, 4, 9, 11, 15, 18, 22, 25, 29

May: 2, 5, 8, 13, 16, 19, 23, 27, 30

Jun: 3, 6, 11, 13, 17, 20, 24, 26

Jul: 1, 4, 8, 11, 15, 18, 22, 25, 29

Oct: 24

Nov: 20, 23

Dec: 4, 7, 11, 14, 18

If your preferred tour date is not in the list, please check with local tour operator if any person has signed up the same day. A new group will be created if 5 adults sign up for the new tour date eventually (Plan A), or full refund guarantee (plan B).

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