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Lhasa City Tour-6 Days
Trip Duration
6 Days
Trip Grade
Easy
Highest Altitude
3656 m
Accommodation
Hotel
Transportation
Private Vehicle/Tourist Bus/Flight
Group Size
02 Minimum
Best Season
Autumn & Spring
Lhasa City Tour-6 Days Brief Insight
Lhasa City Tour takes you on a magical journey through the desert of Tibetan Plateau into Lhasa, also known as the Forbidden Kingdom. You’ll fly over the Himalayas and traverse through miles of arid-landscape to reach Lhasa and explore the centuries-old historical monuments. The capital of Tibet Autonomous Region of China, Lhasa remains one of the highest settlements in the world. Today, Tibetan-Buddhism, the confluence of ancient Buddhism, Tantrism, and Bon-Po rites have become the predominant religion throughout Tibet. The Lhasa City Tour allows offers a mesmerizing opportunity to explore the cultural heritage in the capital of Tibet, Lhasa.
Lhasa City Tour begins with a scenic trans-Himalayan flight from Kathmandu to Lhasa. The distance of 604km will be completed in almost 1.5hr. You’ll reach the altitude of 3656m. Once at Lhasa, you’ll embark on a complete cultural and historical tour of the city. With an average altitude of 4000m, Tibet is called “the roof of the world,” and Lhasa remains the capital of the roof. You’ll begin the tour with a visit to historical Potala Palace. Also known as the winter palace, it was formerly inhabited by Dalai Lama and his royal office. Today, it serves as a frequently visited museum. A day won’t be enough to visit the entire complex, however, you’ll explore the major quarters and prayer halls of the palace before embarking on a tour to Sera Monastery. Sera Monastery is one of the three Yellow Sect monasteries inside Tibet. Afterward, you’ll visit Drepung monastery, the largest monastery in Tibet. It will be followed by a visit to the revered site of Jokhang Temple in Barkhor and shopping at Barkhor Market. If time permits, you can choose to visit Norbulingka Palace, also known as the summer palace. The Tibet Tour can be undertaken anytime between the months of March until November.
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Highlights of Lhasa City Tour-6 Days
- Indulge in a complete sightseeing tour of Lhasa City in Tibet
- Explore the cultural and historical monuments in Lhasa
- Explore Sera Monastery, Drepung Monastery, Potala Palace, and Jokhang Temple
- Witness some of the highest mountains in the world including the Mt, Everest (8848m)
Outline Itinerary
- Day 01: Arrival in Kathmandu
- Day 02: Visa Preparation and Kathmandu Sightseeing
- Day 03: Fly from Kathmandu to Lhasa (3650m).
- Day 04: Full day sightseeing around Lhasa City. Visit the famous Potala Palace, Sera monastery. Overnight at the hotel.
- Day 05: Full day Sightseeing: Visit famous sites such as Drepung Monastery, Jokhang Temple and Barkhor market. Overnight at the hotel.
- Day 06: Final Departure. Farewell!!
Detailed Itinerary
Day 01: Arrival in Kathmandu
Welcome to Kathmandu! Upon your visit, a company representative will warmly receive you at the Tribhuvan International Airport and escort you to your hotel. Once at the hotel, you will check-in and meet your tour guide to discuss the trip. Your guide will assess your documents to prepare VISA and permits.
Day 02: Visa Preparation and Kathmandu Sightseeing
Our representatives will prepare VISA and other documents on your behalf. In the meantime, you’ll embark on a cultural tour of the historical Kathmandu City. Kathmandu is home to numerous UNESCO World Heritage Sites including the historical palaces, Buddhist stupas, Hindu temples, and monuments. Some of the wondrous sites you’ll get to visit during this tour are namely Kathmandu Durbar Square, Boudhanath, Swayambhunath, and Pashupatinath. Your tour guide will accompany you throughout the tour while offering information and insight about the sites.
Day 03: Fly from Kathmandu to Lhasa (3650m).
After early morning breakfast, you’ll drive to the airport and embark on a scenic trans-Himalayan flight to Lhasa. You’ll cover a distance of 604km until Lhasa in about 1.5hr. From the flight, you can enjoy the aerial view of the entire Himalayan range of Nepal and Tibet including the sight of desert-like Tibetan plateau. You can witness some of the highest mountains on Earth, namely: the Mt. Everest (8848m), Lhotse (8516m), Makalu (8485m), and Kanchenjunga (8586m). Once at Lhasa, you’ll be transferred to your hotel located at the heart of the city.
Day 04: Full day sightseeing around Lhasa City. Visit the famous Potala Palace, Sera monastery. Overnight at the hotel.
The day begins with a hearty breakfast at the hotel. Afterward, you’ll embark on the full-day sightseeing tour around Lhasa. You’ll head towards the historic Potala Palace. Potala Palace, also known as the winter palace, was the former residence of Dalai Lama and his royal office. From here, you’ll make your way towards Sera Monastery, one of the Great Three Gelug university monasteries of Tibet, Sera Monastery lies almost 2km north from the center of the city. You’ll enter the premise before heading out to explore other parts of the city.
Day 05: Full day Sightseeing: Visit famous sites such as Drepung Monastery, Jokhang Temple and Barkhor market. Overnight at the hotel.
After early breakfast, you’ll embark on the second day of the city tour and visit Drepung Monastery. A Buddhist shrine which makes one of the three great monasteries in Tibet, Drepung is located at the foot of Mount Gephel. Drepung is also the largest among all the Tibetan monasteries. Afterward, you’ll head towards Jokhang Temple located at the center of Barkhor Street. After visiting the temple, you’ll explore the nearby Barkhor market and shop for authentic products, curio, and clothes. Barkhor market lies along the narrow streets surrounding Jokhang Temple. You may also witness pilgrims circumambulating around Jokhang Temple. If time permits, you can explore the only nunnery in Lhasa and Norbulingka Palace.
Day 06: Final Departure. Farewell!!
Bidding farewell to Lhasa, you’ll embark on a flight back to either Kathmandu. A scenic flight over the pristine Himalayas will bring you back to the historical Kathmandu city. You can catch the final sights of the Potala Palace, desert-like Tibetan plateau, and the Himalayas en route to Kathmandu. Upon arrival, you’ll be escorted to your hotel.
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January 10, 2023 一场如期而至的旅行，一次人间天堂的盛宴 - 缘起：很偶然的一个机会，那应该是在2012年，通过电视媒体、旅游纪录片知道了尼泊尔这样一个幸福国度的存在，之所以幸福，是因为一个以佛为信仰的国度，人民的幸福感始终是最强的。其中看到了在珠峰大本营徒步路线中为旅客背负行李的背夫，那一刻甚是让我感动，同时也对大自然的鬼斧神工、美丽的尼泊尔风情所迷恋，自此以后，在我心中就一直萌生了一个想法，那就是我一定要去尼泊尔走走，去看看这个佛的国度，这个人间的天堂。
计划：一转眼到了2017年，一个不经意的午后，大家聊着去哪玩的时候，我突然想起了五年前自己的那个想法，就是去尼泊尔徒步。这个想法一经提出，大家都非常感兴趣，于是我们将去尼泊尔的计划提上日程，开始反复讨论走什么路线，什么时候去，攻略怎样做？等等，诸如此类的问题，经过大半个月的讨论，我们一致决定走最负盛名的EBC珠峰大本营徒步路线。
出发：对于这次出行，我们其实并没有什么经验，连低海拔地区的徒步经验都没有，更何况我们要去尼泊尔走EBC徒步路线，我们在相关论坛上发布了我们的计划之后，很多前辈都劝我们不要冒险，EBC虽然美丽，但是也充满了危险，于是我们很纠结，要不要去？向导怎么找？但对尼泊尔的向往，始终没有阻止我们的脚步，2017年5月28日，我们搭乘南方航空广州至加德满都的直飞航班出发了。
初遇尼泊尔：带着好奇和满怀憧憬的期待，2017年5月28日下午我们抵达了尼泊尔的首都加德满都机场，之前在国内已经预定好了加德满都玛亚庄园酒店（Maya Manor Boutique Hotel Kathmandu），抵达机场后，酒店派了车去机场接迎接我们。第一次来到尼泊尔，汽车在公路上行驶着，路上汽车、行人、摩托车、牛都一起出现了公路上，这一刻，确实是让我们感到了吃惊，后来才知道，牛在尼泊尔中是神圣的，所以才会出现车和牛一起出现在公路上的情景。
马亚酒店的初识：抵达酒店，我们询问了酒店的工作人员关于EBC旅行向导的一些事情，因为存在语言的差异，沟通起来稍有些不便，幸运的是，酒店的工作人员告诉我们，有一位中国女孩现在就在酒店工作，我们立即联系了她，她就是后来我们新认识的来自中国杭州的廉同学，廉同学一直在尼泊尔从事汉语教学的工作，帮助更多希望学习中文的尼泊尔人学习汉语。和廉同学联系上了之后，她正式像我们推荐了大卫（David）以及他的伙伴阿龙，很快我们和大卫还有阿龙在马亚酒店见面了，大卫的中文讲的很好，初次见面，我们就被大卫的热情所感动了，他非常细心的给我们介绍在尼泊尔旅行以及EBC徒步线路的一些事项，我们和大卫一起在马亚酒店吃了晚餐，制定好行程之后，我们将在第二天也就是5月29日正式从加德满都机场飞往EBC徒步的起点卢卡拉机场。
向EBC出发：天气没有让我们失望，来尼泊尔之前，常常说此时是尼泊尔的雨季，可能天气会经常下雨，但是当我们从尼泊尔首都加德满都起飞时，天气确出奇的好，第一次坐上了传说中的小飞机，那是非常的兴奋，大概经过了一段时间，飞机很快的就降落在了海拔2700米的卢卡拉机场，说到这里，不得不提一下卢卡拉机场，卢卡拉机场（lukla Airport）位于尼泊尔东部卢卡拉（Lukla）镇，位列世界十大危险机场排名第一位，冠有“世界屋脊上的跑道”称号。机场是连接加德满都和卢卡拉的唯一通道，卢卡拉（丹增-希拉里）机场机场始建于1964年，登顶珠穆朗玛峰第一人埃德蒙·希拉里（Edmund Hillary）骑士自行集资兴建的。埃德蒙·希拉里骑士为了帮助登山者更快进入珠穆朗玛峰，同时回报当地的居民，改善当地的交通状况，兴建了卢卡拉机场。第一乘坐这样的飞机，让我们感到非常的刺激。
踏上EBC：大卫帮我们制定了详细的EBC徒步线路，包括每天的具体行程，应该注意的事项，以及沿途需要停靠休息的点，因为我们是第一次在高海拔活动，所以有必要在不同海拔高度的地方停顿修整，以让身体来逐渐适应高海拔环境。我们从卢卡拉出发，一路经过Monjo/蒙佐、Namche/南池、Tengboche/腾波切、Dingboche/丁波切、Lobuche (4940m)/罗波切、Gorak Shep/格拉克舍普、Pheriche/佩里切等地方。其中我们在Namche/南池修整了一天，第二天一早我们起的很早，看到了火烧云的壮丽景观。随着海拔的不断上升，我们一路从茂密的植被区走到荒无人烟，没有一点绿色植物的高海拔地区，我们看到了安拉普尔那雪上，见识了尼泊尔高原地区最蓝的天空，晚上也看到了最迷人的星空，这些都是我们如今生活在大成里不曾见到过了，在那里，时间仿佛静止，一切的人间糟杂似乎都已经远去，那种状态，是空灵、是自身心灵的一种净化。最终我们在大卫的带领下来到了期盼已久的珠峰大本营，第一次零距离接触到了昆布冰川，那种感受无法形容，在感叹大自然神奇的同时，也对跨越昆布冰川也被称为死亡冰川像珠峰前进的珠峰攀登者们报以最诚挚的致敬，他们勇敢的挑战珠峰，尤其是夏尔巴向导们，他们就是珠峰的开路者。从珠峰返回后，我们又经过了三天的时间下撤到卢卡拉机场，然后从卢卡拉机场乘坐飞机返回加德满都.EBC的路途虽然辛苦，但是却是我一辈子都无法忘记的，我们走了大多数人可能这一辈子都不会走的线路，无憾。
写在最后：这一路的艰辛很多，给了我们莫大帮助的大卫和阿龙也成了我们的好朋友，尼泊尔永远不会是只去一次，因为时间有限，尼泊尔还有更多值得去的地方，在等待着我们，例如，冬天的尼泊尔，ACT大环线、博卡拉，这些都是令我们憧憬的，最后，非常感谢我们认识了大卫，他像一位大哥一样，总是能够给你想到你所需要的，大卫，我们下次再会！尼泊尔，我们下次再会！... read more
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October 17, 2020 尼泊尔5天小trip - 我和朋友的飞机是晚上到达加德满都机场。出了机场很顺利地就找到了接机的小伙伴，check in入住都十分顺利，我们的行程是第二天马上去纳加阔特看日出，所以当时就只定了一天的酒店，但是由于前一天有点累，第二天两个人居然睡过头了，但是酒店人员人很好，提醒了我们退房之后，还给了我们足够的时间收拾东西才退房。然后就直接是司机带我们去了纳加阔特。路上时间稍微有点久，但司机人很好，风景也不错，到了新酒店check in，刚刚好是看日落的时间。酒店老板很热情的招呼我们，还特意给我们说了很多明天看日出的小tips，然后我们就选了个位子坐下，喝喝酒，聊聊天，吹吹风，非常舒服。第二天设了闹钟，早早起来看日出，景色真的是太让人震撼，第一次有那种开阔的感觉。拍了很多很美的照片，然后就吃了早餐出发去博卡拉了。我们没有去trekking，因为时间有限，但在博卡拉就是各种悠闲散漫地生活，完全放空，什么都不想，望着鱼尾峰发呆，滑翔伞，在费瓦湖上泛舟，吃吃喝喝，泡泡吧，感受一下风土人情，还看到了一些当地的传统手工艺。虽然没能去trekking有点遗憾，但也给自己留一个再回去一次的理由。整个行程基本上只要说出自己的想法就都会被满足，很舒心，不用费心神，真的很放松，可以从忙忙碌碌的生活中抽身而出，过一种不一样的生活！ NZH01-07
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