4 days Lhasa City Small Group Tour
Itinerary
Your Tibetan guide will greet you at the Lhasa Gonggar Airport or Lhasa railway station, and transport you to your hotel in the city. From the airport to Lhasa is 68 km (42 mi), roughly an hour drive to your hotel. The drive from the train station is only 15 km (9 mi) and takes 20 minutes. During the course of the ride, you will not only be amazed by the spectacular scenery of the Tibetan plateau, the scattered Tibetan villages, but certainly by the hospitality of your guide and driver, as well! After checking into the hotel, you will have the remainder of the day to rest and acclimatize to the high altitude.
Today is your first sightseeing day in Lhasa, you will be arranged to visit two renowned monasteries: Drepung Monastery in the morning and Sera Monastery in the afternoon.
Drepung Monastery was once the world's largest and the governmental seat before the Potala Palace, historically housed up to 10,000 monks. It's renowned for its significant role in Tibetan culture, religion, and education.
Sera Monastery is another the great Gelug university monasteries of Tibet. Renowned for its lively monk debates between 3 pm to 5 pm (daily except on Sunday) on Buddhist philosophy, the monastery is an important center for learning and culture.Your guide will provide a detailed explanation of how Tibetan monks participate in debates to acquire knowledge and progress in their academic studies.
You will have a welcome dinner with your fellow group members tonight.
In the morning start your Lhasa city highlight tour to visit Potala Palace. It is most renowned as the residence of the lineage of Dalai Lamas (Avalokiteshvara), though the massive structure contains a small world within itself. It was first built by 33rd ruler of his dynasty, King Songtsen Gangpo in the 7th century, but still is in surprisingly good repair because of continual rejuvenation projects.
Then proceed to visit Jokhang temple, it is the most scared building in Tibetan Buddhism, located in the heart of Lhasa old town. It is the most sought after pilgrimage destination for all Tibetans.
The Barkhor Street, a renowned Kora (holy walking path) encircling the Jokhang Temple, is constantly bustling with Tibetan faithful. Visitors will discover the unique experience of mingling with local pilgrims along Barkhor Street. It also serves as a vibrant shopping district, offering the perfect opportunity to purchase gifts for your loved ones.
Following your sightseeing adventures, join your guide at one of Lhasa's most vibrant Tibetan sweet tea houses. Here, you can enjoy sipping traditional Tibetan sweet tea while sitting among local Tibetans. Your guide will provide valuable insights into Tibetan social dynamics and daily life, offering a deeper understanding of the culture.
Your guide and driver will see you off at the Lhasa airport or train station, which concludes the tour.
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Tashi Delek,
I live in Chengdu, and would like to take the train from Chengdu to Lhasa for the 4 day Lhasa trip/tour.
Travel dates are Dec. 21 (after 6pm) to Dec. 26 (return anytime).
I can arrange the train on my own, but need all entry permits, visa, etc.
Please give me more info on hotel, tour specifics, and pricing.
Do I have to stick side-by-side with a tour guide once in Lhasa?
I may be traveling solo, is there a group available to join on those dates, unless I can gather some friends?
If I can gather a group, what is the minimum number?
Is it too late to arrange this on such short notice?
I have a friend in Lhasa to visit as well.
Tujey Chey, Gina
In reply to 4 day Lhasa trip by Gina J (not verified)
Hi Gina,
Thank you for your inquiry! This is Victoria Zhu from WindhorseTour responding to you. I am more than happy to assist you on your Lhasa tour planning!
Based on your information above, I have drafted out a detailed tour proposal with quotation and answers for your questions to your email, please kindly go through the details and feel free to get back to me for any questions you might have. With your replies, we can offer you some further assistance.
I am looking forward to hearing from you soon and wish you a nice day!
Best regards,
Victoria
Hi, I would like to enquire about the cost of Lhasa tour for 4 days and could you also arrange for train booking and travel permit? I would be grateful if you could give me a quote for it. Most likely we would travel from Xining for the train to Lhasa on 11/7-2018 and Lhasa to Chengdu on 14/7-2108 by plane.We (11 person) want private tour.For hotel we asked 3/4 star.
Please send me details and prices, thank you very much
In reply to Private tour 4 days on lhasa by Astri Verina (not verified)
Dear Astri,
Thanks for your inquiry! This is Victoria from WindhorseTour responding to you, and I am very glad to help you with Tibet tour planning.
Based on your information, I have worked out a tour proposal with quotation and sent it to you by email, please read over the details and kindly share me your thoughts and comments. With your replies, we can offer you some further assistance.
I am looking forward to hearing from you soon.
Best regards,
Victoria
Dear Windhorse Tour,
I am interested in joining the 4 Days Lhasa Tour. However I will be traveling with a really limited budget (i'm a solo traveler) so is there anyway that I can minimize the cost such as staying at a cheaper hotel (not a 3 star hotel as listed down in the accommodation?
Thank you so much for your assistance.
Cheers,
Stoki
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Hi Stoki,
Thanks for contacting us, this is Murphy from WindhorseTour. You're very welcome to join one of our groups for the 4-day Lhasa tour, but first we need to know your travel schedule, I just sent an email with some comments about this tour, could you please check it and I'm looking forward to heairng from you again.
Cheers,
Murphy
Dear Windhorsetour,
I kindly ask you to quote for a private tour of two persons as specified following.
We will start from Guangdong, so can you add arrangement of our train/flight ticket from/to Guangzhou?
Day 01: Arrival in Lhasa by train
Day 02: Lhasa city Sightseeing (B) - No Vehicle - Stay overnight in Lhasa.
Day 03: Lhasa Sightseeing: Drepung Monastery and Sera Monastery (B) - Stay overnight in Lhasa.
Day 04: Lhasa / Yamdrok Lake / Gyantse / Shigate, 360km, 7 Hours' Drive (B) - Stay overnight in Shigatse
Day 05: return to Lhasa and departure airport.
Cheers, Angie
In reply to Two person to go Tibet by Angie (not verified)
Dear Angie,
Thanks for your inquiry! This is Alice from Windhorse Tour.
We can arrange this tour for you, however I need to know something about your tour. I have sent you an e-mail, please kindly check it. I look forward to your reply!
Best regards
Alice
Hi, I would like to enquire about the cost of Lhasa tour for 4 days and could you also arrange for train booking and travel permit? I would be grateful if you could give me a quote for it. Most likely we would travel from Chengdu or Xining for the train to Lhasa.
Thanks!
In reply to Lhasa tour by Yvinne (not verified)
Dear Yvinne,
Thanks for your comments. This is Yuki from WindhorseTour. We can certainly arrange train tickets booking and Tibet travel permit. I've sent you an email with the detailed itinerary & quotation, please kindly take a lookand feel free to share with me any questions you have for the trip.
Look forward to hearing from you soon!
Best Regards,
Yuki
Sir
A small party (4 adults) will end up in Chengdu after a tour in China, we want to go by train to Lhasa and then spend 4 days in Tibet before flying home to Australia
We want to leave Chengdu on the 8th March 2016, what can you offer/price.
Regards
Sam Coster
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Dear Sam,
Thank you for your comments, this is Tracy from Windhorse Tour responding to your email.
I just sent you an email based on your inquiry, please kindly check it.
I am looking forward to hearing from you soon.
Best regards,
Tracy
hi, i want to know how do i get to lhasa for the tour if i am in guangzhou? what do i need? do i have to fly to lhasa or you guys can give me a package deal from guangzou to lhasa and back to guangzou? thanks
In reply to tibet trip by macdeddy (not verified)
Hello Macdeddy,
Nice to hear from you! Normally we don't organize trip in Guangzhou, but we can certainly arrange your round-trip flight/train from Guangzhou to Lhasa. I have sent you an email with the details, please check it.
Looking forward to hearing from your thoughts soon!
Cheers,
Lycoris
Dear Lycoris
I kindly ask you to quote for a private tour of two persons as specified following,
Day 01: Arrival in Lhasa by train
Day 02: Lhasa city Sightseeing (B) - No Vehicle - Stay overnight in Lhasa.
Day 03: Lhasa Sightseeing: Drepung Monastery and Sera Monastery (B) - Stay overnight in Lhasa.
Day 04: Lhasa / Yamdrok Lake / Gyantse / Shigate, 360km, 7 Hours' Drive (B) - Stay overnight in Shigatse
Day 05: return to Lhasa and departure airport to Chengdu
Thank you for your courtesy.
Kind regards.
Renzo Domini
In reply to Dear Lycoris by Renzo Domini (not verified)
Hello Renzo,
Nice to hear from you again! Yes, we can certainly arrange this tour for you as you required. I have sent you an email with the details, please check it.
Looking forward to hearing from your thoughts soon!
Cheers,
Lycoris
hello sear,
we would like to book a tour, a 4 days tour to tibet. arriving on the 15th of August and dpetarting on the 18th of August. We are 3 people. chinese, german and peru.
Please send me details and prices, thank you very much
In reply to hello sear, by thorsten moeller (not verified)
Dear Thorsten,
Thanks for contacting us! Yes, we can certainly arrange this tour for 3 of you. I have just sent you an email with the details, please check it.
I'm looking forward to hearing from you again!
Cheers,
Lycoris