Eastern Tibet Tour - 15 Days

After your arrival in Lhasa, a representative of Himalayan Trekkers will welcome you and transfer you to the hotel. You can take some rest, freshen up and later explore the neighborhood later depending upon your arrival.

After your warm breakfast, you will get ready for sightseeing. You will explore the Potala Palace and will spend about 2 hours' exploring the majestic palace, residence of former Dalai Lama and other Buddhist icons.

In the afternoon, a visit to the Jokhang temple which is full of attractions like images and statues of protectors, lamas, enlightened beings with many historical tales. You can also see monks being involved in their prayers and activities.

In the evening, you can explore Barkhor street which is a very popular market for Tibetan people. You can also taste some yak butter and Tibetan tea.

Today you will visit the largest monastery with almost ten thousand monks staying there; the Drepung monastery. In the Tibetan language, the Drepung monastery means “monastery of collecting rice”. You will explore this wonderful attraction, take some memorable pictures and move towards the next destination.

In the afternoon, we will you will be taken for another monastery tour which is named Sera monastery. The environment of the monastery is pretty and you can see lots of planted rose in a monastery. You can also enjoy a small hike for beautiful valley scenery.

Return back to the hotel.

Today you will leave Lhasa and enjoy your scenic drive to Nyingchi. You will get amazing scenic beauties throughout the drive as you will be traveling along the Niyang River.

After a brief rest, you will have a short drive to Draksum Tso (Basum Tso), a lake with beautiful natural beauty and popular attraction of the trail. It is also the location where Guru Rinpoche stayed for meditation.

You will visit the Tsodzong monastery and go back to take rest.

After your delicious breakfast, you will have a scenic drive to explore two different monasteries which are located 18 miles southern from Bayi. Both of them are the ancient attractions of Tibet. The monasteries are the Gelug monastery and the Lamaling monastery.

You will also visit naturally preserved cypresses park where you can see 2500 years old cypresses. Return back to the hotel.

Today's drive will be more interesting as you will be driving across the high passes, alpine forest, beautiful valley with great snowcapped mountains.

You will cross Serkhym-la pass (4500 m) which provides you the great views of Namche Barwa, Gyala Pelri with majestic mountains. After spending a short time capturing amazing pictures, you will continue the scenic drive via Lunang forest with amazing Rhododendron trees and pine trees.

After breakfast, you will enjoy a scenic drive to Pasho. On the way, you can lot of glaciers, snowcapped mountains, alpine forests, small villages. You will stop to explore Rawok Tso (Lake) which is very popular among travelers.

Today's drive will take you to the Chamdo. On the way, you will observe the amazing villages, chortens, snowcapped mountains, forests, grassland. You will cross the Zar Gama-la pass (4618 meters) motorable pass. After descending for a pass you will come across the grassy plain. 

Early morning walk around Chamdo. It is a trade center and administrative area of the Kham region. You will also explore the Jampaling Monastery located on a hilltop.

From then, you will continue your drive to Riwoche via Zholpel-la pass (4688 m).

You will explore the Riwoche monastery in the morning and then continue an off-road drive to Dengchen. Dengchen is the center of Bon religion based on ancient witchcraft, worship of God, and spirits. You will also explore Tengchen and Ritro Lhakhang.

Today's drive will be to Sok where you will reach by crossing the amazing passes with beautiful views. The passes you will cross are Tsuri la pass (4200 m) and Shel la pass (4750 m).

After crossing those passes you will further enjoy scenic drive till you reach your overnight destination Sok. Sok refers to Mongolia in the Tibetan language.

After breakfast, you will visit Sok Tsanden Zhol village, Nyimpa sect monastery, Sok Tsanden Gompa. After exploring that attraction, you will continue your drive onward to reach Nagchu.

On the way to Nagchu, you will cross the passes and reach the city of Shakshuka and then to Nagchu for overnight stay.

Scenic and short drive to Lake Namtso and you will build your camp at Tashi Dorie Peninsula for an overnight stay. In the daytime, you can explore the lake from where you can see the Nyianchentangula peak (7162 m).

The evening view of a lake with a peak will be your wallpaper for a long time and take lots of pictures.

After enjoying delicious breakfast with an amazing view of the lake, peak, and sunrise, get ready to return back to Lhasa. If you want then you can also enjoy small hike to Lake Shore where meditation cave is located.

After returning back to Lhasa, take rest or go for shopping souvenirs for your friends and relatives. Overnight.

You can stroll around the local market for souvenirs, taste local food and pack your goods as it is the day of departure. A Himalayan Trekkers representative will be there to drop you at the airport for your connecting flight back.

If you have more leisure time than, you can explore Nepal, Bhutan, and India too with Himalayan Trekkers.