Tibet Two Cities Tour

Trip Itinerary:

Day 1: Arrival at Lhasa. Eco Trip Nepal representative will transferred to hotel.

Day 2: Lhasa sightseeing tour.
Full day city tour of jokhang temple, barkhor street, and the potala palace.

• The jokhang temple: the jokhang is the most celebrated temple in Tibet. because the temple is not controlled by a particular sect of Tibetan    buddhism it attracts adherents of all the sects as well as followers of bon-po, Tibet's indigenous religion.
• Barkhor street: the barkhor is the oldest street in lhasa as well as the center of old lhasa and remains very traditional. it is a place where Tibetan culture, economy, religion and arts are assembled
• The potala palace: perched upon the marpo ri hill, 130 meters above the lhasa valley, it is the greatest monumental structure in Tibet.

Day 3:
Lhasa
Full day tours of trupeng monastery, norbulingka, sera monastery, and visit the carpet factory.

• Trupeng monastery: it is one of the biggest monasteries in Tibet.
• Norbulingka: norbulingka means "jeweled garden". it was constructed as a summer palace for the dalai lama and later served the whole governmental administration.
• Sera monastery: it is known as one of the three greatest monasteries of Tibet.
• The carpet factory: the highland of Tibet is the actual home of the oriental carpets. by visiting carpet factory you will have a general idea how carpets are produced.

Day 4:
Lhasa to Lsetang.
Drive to tsetang, capital of shannan region(about 175km). visit yongbulakang and changzhu temple. yongbulakang, the changzhu monastery.

• Yongbulakang: the palace for the 1st tubo king niechi in the yalong river valley. it is also called "the mosher and song holy hall".
• The changzhu monastery: on the east bank of the yalong river in the district of lhoka.

Day 5:
Tsetang/Zedang to departure city.
Visit samye monastery.

• Samye monastery: being the first monastery the samye monastery is at the foot of mt. haibusi on the north bank of the yaluzangbu riber in jialang county.