Lhasa Cultural Tour

Your guide will meet you at your hotel in the morning to begin your city tour of Kathmandu. You will visit the Boudhanath temple, the largest Buddhist stupa in Nepal, Pashupatinath, a Hindu pilgrimage site, and possibly view cremation ceremonies along the banks of the Bagmati River. Continue drive to Patan Durbar Square to see the ancient Nepalese architecture and end your tour after lunch.Then, you will visit the Patan museum. In the meantime, we will work out for visa issuance, checking necessary equipments and shopping for the trip. There will be a briefing on the day to day itinerary. It is very important that all Kailash bound travelers must attend the meeting. Overnight in hotel

Trek Himalayan airport representative transfers you to the Tribhuvan International airport for the flight to Lhasa on Air China. This trans- Himalayan flight will give you an opportunity to have an aerial view of Mt. Everest and other Himalayan Peaks (if weather permits). Upon arrival at Gonggar airport immigration and customs formalities need to be completed. Then, you will be received by a Tibetan guide and escorted to Lhasa city in two hours’ drive covering the 93 km. Upon arrival we check in at the pre-booked hotel, right in the heart of the old city.

Today you will start much-awaited sightseeing tour in Lhasa. Accompanying on your tour there will be a Tibetan/Chinese guide and interpreter. First you will visit the Sera Monastery; approximately 5km north of central Lhasa. It used to be one of Lhasa’s two great Gelugpa monasteries second only to Drepung. The monastery is interesting to visit particularly in the morning when the monastery is at its most active. The whitewashed walls and golden roofs along with several hundred monks, all make a fascinating visit. We will find time to have lunch in between tours and continue our sightseeing. Next attraction will be the Norbulingka Palace; the summer palace of the Dalai Lama. The park of the palace is most interesting to visit during festivals.

Jokhang Temple is next in our touring list. It is the most revered religious site in Tibet Thick
with the smell of yak butter, echoing with the murmur of mantras and bustling with awed
pilgrims, the Jokhang is an unrivalled Tibetan experience..

Barkhor Market is an area unrivalled in Tibet for its fascinating combination of sacred
significance and push-and-shove market economics. This is both the spiritual heart of the Holy
City and the main commercial district for Tibetans. Overnight in hotel

On this day you will visit the Potala Palace – Lhasa’s cardinal landmark. It is one of the great wonders of world architecture. As has been the case with centuries of pilgrims before you, the first sight of the fortress-like structure will be a magical moment that you will remember for a long time. It’s hard to peel eyes away from the palace. The Potala is a strucutre of massive proportions, an awe-inspiring place to visit. This used to be the palace of the Dalai Lama. An old palace used to be in this place since 5th or 6th century. The present palace, however, was constructed in the 17th century.
Drepung Monastery which we visit next is another fascinating place. It was founded in the 14th century and once used to be the largest monastery in the world where a population of over 10,000 monks used to live. In recent times, the number is reduced to some hundreds. The place is still very interesting as it still preserves the originality. The remaining time will be free to explore Lhasa on your own. Overnight in
hotel

You will be transferred to Gongar airport for your flight to Kathmandu, where you’ll be met by Trek Himalayan representative and transfer you to hotel