6-day Lhasa,Gyangtse & Shigatse Ancient City Tour

Trip Overview

This tour includes three biggest ancient cities: Lhasa, Gyantse, and Shigatse. By visiting these places, tourists will get an overview of Tibet's religion, cultural treasures, and dream-like landscapes. The highlights of this tour will be the Tibetan architectural treasure, the Potala Palace, Jokhang and Sera, Holy Yamdrok Lake and Karo glacier as well as Tashilumpo Monastery which stores the biggest copper Buddha statue in the world.

Highlights:

• Potala Palace: Winter Palace of the Dalai Lama 

• Jokhang Temple: Spiritual Center for Buddhists in Tibet 

• Sera Monastery: One of the “great three” Gelug monasteries of Tibet, the hot attraction is monks debate. 

• Drepung Monastery: Drepung used to be a seat of central government until the 5th Dalai Lama built Potala Palace.

• Yamdrok Tso Lake: It is the "Heavenly Lake" which is one of the four holy lakes of Tibet; 

• Tashilunpo monastery:  The seat of the Panchen Lama.