ITTS: 9-Day Tibet Trekking Tour from Shalu Monastery to Nartang
Tour Type:
Private Tour: Flexible Travel Date & Travel Routes
Guide & Driver:
Chinese-English-speaking guide & air-conditioned,
Tour Highlights:
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Marvel at two incredible UNESCO World Heritage Sites including Potala Place and Jokhang Temple
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Witness the wonderful monk debating at Sera Monastery
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Visit the picturesque lake - Yamdrok Lake
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Trekking from the less visited Shalu Monastery to Nartang Monastery
Day 1 Arrival in Lhasa Sincere greetings & airport-hotel transfer.
Upon your arrival at the Lhasa airport, your tour guide will greet you and escort you to your hotel and help you get checked in. You will have the rest of the day and evening to rest and relax to become acclimatized to the higher altitude of Tibet.
Meals: No meals, advice freely available
Accommodation: Lhasa Economic / Comfortable Standard Hotel (Twin sharing)
Day 2 Lhasa Sightseeing Potala Palace, Jokhang Temple, Barkhor Street. (B)
After breakfast at the hotel, we will visit the incredible Potala Palace – the highest palace in the world. As we climb to the entrance gate, you will have a spectacular view over all of Lhasa. After exploring the numerous interesting chapels and learning about the traditional culture and history of the palace and the city, we will move on to the spiritually significant Jokhang Temple, one of the most important temples in Tibetan Buddhism. To see the "real" Lhasa, we'll stroll through Barkhor Street with its thriving local market where you can pick up some local Tibetan, Nepalese and Indian handicrafts and souvenirs.
Meals: Breakfast Provided by the hotel
Accommodation: Lhasa Economic / Comfortable Standard Hotel (Twin sharing)
Day 3 Lhasa Sightseeing Drepung Monastery, Sera Monastery. (B)
Today features visits to 2 of the most important monasteries in Tibetan Buddhism – the Drepung and Sera Monasteries. Drepung Monastery is located on the hillside west of Lhasa – at one time the world's largest monastery with about 10,000 monks living there. A pleasant walk up the hill leads to the solemn ambience inside the monastery's many halls and chapels.
After Drepung, we will move on to the Sera Monastery. The main highlight of the Sera Monastery is watching the crowd of monks debating inside the shady courtyard behind the main temple. Every day except Sunday, hundreds of red-robed monks assemble in small groups and practice their debating skills – a very impressive sight to behold, as the monks are very animated in their debates about the various attributes of Buddhist scriptures.
Meals: Breakfast Provided by the hotel
Accommodation: Lhasa Economic / Comfortable Standard Hotel (Twin sharing)
Day 4 Lhasa/ Yamdrok-tso / Gyantse Yamdrok Lake, Karola Glacier, Kumbum Monastery. (B)
In the morning you will leave for Gyantse and drive by up to Kambala Pass where you will have a beautiful view of Yamdrok Yumtso. Then visit Palkhor Monastery and its stunning Kumpum stupa when you arrive in Gyantse.
Meals: Breakfast Provided by the hotel
Accommodation: Gyantse Economic Hotel (Twin sharing)
Day 5 Gyantse/ Shalu Monastery / Upper Lungsang Shalu Monastery. (B)
In the morning, you will drive to visit Shalu Monastery. Then start a 5-6 hours trekking to Uper Lungsang in the afternoon. Overnight in a camp.
Meals: No Meals
Accommodation: Local Guest House (Dorm Bed)
Day 6 Upper Lungsang/ Ngor Monastery Trek from Upper Lungsang to Ngor village.
Today continue your trek from Upper Lungsang to Ngor village, about 4 hours. You will visit the Ngor Monastery which is well-known because of its rick collection of Sanskrit and Newar-style nurals. Overnight in a camp.
Meals: No Meals
Accommodation: Local Guest House (Dorm Bed)
Day 7 Ngor Monastery/Shigatse Nartang Monastery.
Today you will trek about 5 hours through the villages to Nartang Monastery. After visiting Nartang Monastery where the driver will be waiting, you will be transferred to Shigatse.
Meals: No Meals
Accommodation: Shigatse Economic/Comfortable Hotel (Twin Sharing)
Day 8 Shigatse / Lhasa Tashilunpo Monastery. (B)
In the morning, you will visit Tashilunpo Monastery before 5 hours driving back to Lhasa, which on the way allows you to enjoy the Bramaputra River.
Meals: Breakfast Provided by the hotel
Accommodation: Lhasa Economic / Comfortable Standard Hotel (Twin sharing)
Day 9 Depart from Lhasa Airport Drop off. (B)
Today you will have free time until your tour guide escorts you to the Lhasa train station or airport for your departing train or flight from Lhasa. This will end your tour services in Tibet.
Meals:Breakfast Provided by the Hotel
B-- Breakfast
L-- Lunch
D-- Dinner
Price Includes.
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All necessary Tibet Travel Permit. (Including Tibet Entry Permit, Alien Travel Permit, Boarder Pass
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Private professional English-Speaking local tour guide
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Licensed Vehicle with experienced driver
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Airport (or train)pick up and drop off
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Accommodation listed in the itinerary
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Breakfast provided by the hotel
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Tourists Accident/Casualty Insurance
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A container of Oxygen for emergency use
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All taxes, fees and handling charges
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Lodging and meal allowance to the guide & driver
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Reservation fee for visiting Potala Palace
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2 bottles of drinking water per person per day
Price Excludes.
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Meals not specified in the itinerary (All lunches & dinners)
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All Entrance tickets to the sightseeing places
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Flight/Trian tickets in and out of Tibet
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Personal expenses such as laundry, drink, fax, telephone call, optional tour activities, etc.
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Any losses incurred from the force majeure factor like government control, natural disaster etc.
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Tips to the guide & driver ( Tips is not required but expected)
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Single room supplement
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