Tsurphu Yangpachen Trekking

Welcome to the roof of the world! You will be pick up at the airport or train station, then be escorted to your hotel in Lhasa city at the comfort of your own private vehicle. En route, enjoy the breathtaking view along the Yarlong Tsangpo River. Tibetan features can be seen along the way, including Big Buddha engravings on the hill near the road, colorful prayer flags and friendly Tibetan people.
After arrival at your hotel, the rest of the day is free for you to explore the local area and acclimatize yourself to this high altitude city at the top of the world.

After breakfast, you will firstly visit the Norbulingka Park, the former summer palace of Dalai Lama. Explore the beautiful gardens and experience one of the most holy sites in Tibetan Buddhism while soaking up the rich history. Next, come to Drepung Monastery, which was once the largest Tibetan Buddhist monastery housing 10,000 monks in its heyday. Learn about the lives of Tibetan monks.

Your tour ends at Sera Monastery, where you will get the chance to experience “Buddhism Scriptures Debating”. These debates are unique to Sera and are quite famous. Enjoy the debates!

The overwhelming Potala Palace is your first stop. As the symbol of Tibet, it was built in 641 AD and was the winter palace of Dalai Lama who is Tibet’s pope. Impressive Tibetan architecture, huge golden Buddha statues, red-robed lamas and devoted pilgrims all make it a must-visit.

In the afternoon, you’ll visit the Jokhang Temple, the spiritual center of Tibet. Every day, pilgrims from every corner of Tibet trek here from long distances to worship. Finally, walk the special circular pilgrimage route as local followers always do at Barkhor Street.

Driving within the Drowolung valley over the bumpy and zigzag road will cut through typical villages and streams, barley, wheat and rapeseeds farms along the road is beautiful in the narrow valley, further following the Tsurphu Phu-chu upstream lead you to the Tsurphu monastery, it is the seat of the Karmapa and one of the main strongholds for the Karma Kagyu school in Tibet.

4 days trekking in the remote nomadic region is superb experience with peaceful and beautiful nature of the Tibet high plateau, camping next to the nomads villages and nunneries give you more chance to experience and learn their culture and daily lifestyle, spectacular mountain panoramas and photogenic nomadic villages distinguishes the tour as combination of cultural and wilderness, end of the trek, we will stop at Yangpachen hot spring and you may want to soak in the hot spring to get relief the tiredness, then we continues extend the way to Namtso lake beyond the Legen la pass(5190m), spend the night on the Tashi Do peninsula by enjoying the breathtaking view of Namtso lake surrounded by snow caped Thangula range in the north and Nyenchen Thangla in the east.

Today is free for you until your tour guide transfer you to the airport in time for your flight or drop you off at Lhasa train station.