8 Days Lhasa-Gyantse-Shigatse-Namtso Tour （拉萨-羊湖-日喀则-纳木错8日游）

Tibet Group Tours - Fixed Departure & Money Saving

简介：外国人进藏，首站圣城拉萨观光布达拉宫+大昭寺，然后前往江孜，观赏圣湖羊卓雍错，再游览扎什伦布寺。

中文简要行程（Outline Itinerary in Chinese）
日期 行程 住宿 用餐 今日安排
D1 机场（火车站）抵达拉萨 经济型酒店 无餐 酒店休息，适应高原
D2 拉萨 经济型酒店 早晚 布达拉宫、大昭寺、八角街
D3 拉萨 经济型酒店 早 哲蚌寺、色拉寺
D4 拉萨-江孜-日喀则 经济型酒店 早 羊湖、卡若拉冰川、江孜白居寺
D5 日喀则- 拉萨 经济型酒店 早 扎什伦布寺
D6 拉萨-纳木错 板房 早 纳木错夕阳、念青唐古拉雪山
D7 纳木错-拉萨 经济型酒店 纳木错日出、念青唐古拉雪山
D8 离开拉萨 - 早 酒店到机场（火车站）

Outline Itinerary in English（英文简要行程）
B=Breakfast D=Diner

Day & Date Place & Transport Accommodation Meals Plan Today’s Activities or Sightseeing
Day 01 Arrival Lhasa Economy Hotel - Airport/train station to Hotel transfer, rest in Lhasa to acclimatize the high altitude
Day 02 Lhasa Economy Hotel B,D Potala Palace, Jokhang,Barkhor Street
Day 03 Lhasa Economy Hotel B Drepung Monastery,Sera Monastery
Day 04 Lhasa to Gyantse to Shigatse(330km) Economy Hotel B Karola Glacier, Yamtso Tso Lake, Gyantse Kumbum
Day 05 Shigatse to Lhasa(280km) Economy Hotel B Tashilunpo Monastery, Brumaputra River
Day 06 Lhasa to Namtso Lake Tent Hostel by the Lake - Namtso Lake, Tashido island. Grassland
Day 07 Namtso to Lhasa Economy Hotel B Sun rise of Namtso Lake
Day 08 Departure Lhasa - B Hotel to airport/train station transfer

Detailed Itinerary（英文详细行程）
Day 1 Arrive in Lhasa by plane or by train
You are warmly welcome to Tibet by saying Tashi Delek at the Train station/airport by our professional employee and send you to reserved hotel in Lhasa. Then have a good rest to acclimatize the high altitude in the afternoon.
Overnight at Lhasa
Meals included： ——
Hotel:Mandala Hotel（or other similar Hotel ）

Day 2 Lhasa Sightseeing: Potala Palace/ Jokhang Temple/Barkhor Street (B,D)
Morning section to visit the famous Potala palace and explore the grandest of this myriad chapels. Afternoon we will visit the holist temple in Tibet, the Johkang Temple, and at Barkor Kora,which is the most famous Kora in Tibet,we can buy Tibentan traditional or religious things.
Overnight at Lhasa
Meals included： Breakfast & Welcome Dinner
Hotel:Mandala Hotel（or other similar Hotel ）

Day 3 Lhasa Sightseeing: Drepung Monastery/ Sera Monastery (B)
Today, we will visit two important monasteries in Lhasa, the Drepung and the Sera.If we are very lucky,we may even come acrossSera Monastery’s Monks debiting which was held in the courtyard at around 3;00-5:30 in the afternoon.
Overnight at Lhasa
Meals included： Breakfast
Hotel:Mandala Hotel（or other similar Hotel ）

Day 04 Lhasa/Yamdrotso lake/Gyangtse/ Shigatse (B)
Passing by the green farmland of Nyangchu Valley, Yamdro-tso lakes, karo-la glacier roadside at 4960m, We move westwards to the second biggest city Shigatse, where spiritually hosted by Pamchan Lama. And in Gyantse, Kubum monastery.is also a famous we can not miss.
Overnight at Shigatse
Meals included： Breakfast
Hotel:Tsangba Hotel（or other similar Hotel ）

Day 05: Shigatse/Lhasa ( B)
Before spending about 4 hours to drive back to Lhasa from Shigatse, we will visit the largest Monastery in west Tibet, the Tashilunpo monastery, Tashilunpo monastery is one of the six great Gelukpa institutions and was founded in 1447 by a disciple of Tsongkapa, containing the world's largest gilded copper image (26m high) of future god Jampa. Then drive along the Friend-ship Highway back to Lhasa.
Overnight in Lhasa
Meals included： Breakfast
Hotel:Mandala Hotel（or other similar Hotel ）

Day 06 Lhasa/Namtso Lake (220km, 4 hours) (B)
Our guide and driver pick you up from your hotel around 08:00am, and then we drive to Namtso Lake. On route, you can view Nyenchen Thanglha. In summer (May to August), you may see sheepherders and their tents, groups of sheep and yaks. Namtso Lake is known as Heavenly Lake. You can do a very relax trekking around the lake side and Tashi Island. Namtso Lake is actually the lake in the sky, it is about 5000m high lies on the highest plateau in the world. To spend a night at lake shore is fantastic, the night sky is so clear that you could see all the stars twinkling on the sky, so close to you as if you could stretch your hands to pick the stars.
Overnight at Lake Shore Tent Guest House, dorm bed
Meals included： Breakfast

Day 07 Namtso/Lhasa (220km, 4hours)
Get up early to view the beautiful sunrise at Namtso Lake. You can trek along the lake shore to Tashi Dor Island to explore the meditation caves. Drive to Dumxung to have lunch. Then, head back to Lhasa. On the way return to Lhasa from Namtso, we will pass a famous hotspring — the Yampanchen. If some tourists are interested in it, we can stop over for a while and have a bath.
(Hot spring cost is on travelers)
Overnight in Lhasa
Meals included： ——
Hotel:Mandala Hotel（or other similar Hotel ）

Day 08: Lhasa airport dropping off(B)
Your tour guide and driver will help to drop you at the Lhasa airport, end the service
Meals included： Breakfast

Services Included
1. Tibet Entry Permit and Alien's travel Permit
2. Transport
- Transfer between airport/train station
- Lhasa City transportation, Lhasa-Gyantse-Shigatse-Namtso-Lhasa.
3. Admission fee of all tourist sites listed in Itinerary
4. Professional Tibetan English speaking tour guide
5. Drinking water & Oxygen Bottle Supply
6. Travel Agency Service Charge
7. Accommodation
- Economy Hotel sharing twin room with breakfast buffet in Lhasa and Shigatse;
Hotel in Lhasa:Lhasa Mandala Hotel（or other similar Hotel ）
Hotel in Shigatse: Tsangba Hotel（or other similar Hotel ）
Address: Shigatse ,Renbu Road ,No.9
- Tent or Guest House at Lake side
8. One welcome dinner in Lhasa

Services Excluded
1. Lunches and Dinners
2. Tips to driver and tour guide
3. Other personal expense
4. Admission fee of Yangpachen Hot Spring ( the item at one's own expense)