Lhasa and Yamdrok Lake Tour – 5 Days

This Lhasa and Yamdrok Lake Tour – 5 Days is an unforgettable journey through the Tibetan Himalayas that covers the most tourist sites Potala Palace, Jokhang Temple, Bakor street, Drepung monastery and Sera monastery in Lhasa city and four sacred lakes in Tibet, Yamdrok lake. Being easy and short tour, you will have enough time to immerse yourself into to the culture and enjoy the sites. This tour can be a good choice for all those who wants to explore roof of the world along with excursion to holy Yamdrok Lake. Yamdrok means torquise in Tibetan language. With these fact Yamdrok-Tso Lake (4441m/14570ft), looks exactly as beautiful as torquise blue during the good weather days.

Lhasa Yamdrok Lake Tour commence as you fly from kathmandu to Lhasa over the Himalayas. Upon your arrival at airport in Lhasa, you will be meeting up and greeted by our representatives who will assist you in transfer to your hotel. For the new-comers, to get acclimatized to the high altitude we recommend you to have a good sleep in your hotel. On the next two days sightseeing of Lhasa City which includes, Potala Palace, Jokhang and Barkhor street in the first phase. For the next day, Visit Drepung monastery where you visit biggest monastery kitchen inside the monastery and enjoy Buddhist Sculpture Carving workshop near Drepung. Moving towards, Sera Monastery you will experience the Monks debate at around 3 – 5 in the afternoon. In addition, you can tour the Tibetan religious scripture printing house; inside the monastery, you can see three sand Mandalas and colorful Rock Painting of Buddha. An overland trip to Lake Yamdrok is usually part of a longer tour. By road, Lake Yamdrok is around 114 kilometers from the center of Lhasa and takes around 2 hours 30 minutes to drive, surrounded by many snow-capped mountains and fed by numerous small streams. Then we will drive downhill to the lake and enjoy the free walk at the lake shore before heading back to Lhasa.

Being a local tour operator, you can use our one-stop service to book your flight tickets to and from Kathmandu to Lhasa. We use standard 3-star hotel and You may also choose your favorite hotels through our wide range of hotel choice. Our devoted and knowledgeable Tibetan guides will ensure your travel safety and bring you a mesmerizing journey in Tibet. These trip is suitable throughout the year, April to October is regard as best season. But, from November to March of the next year, water of Yamdrok Lake will freeze due to the weather condition.

Highlights of Lhasa and Yamdrok Lake Tour:

• Count the steps up to the Potala Palace
• Exhilarating experience of flying over Himalayan Range (if you are flying from Kathmandu)
• Enjoy the authentic local Tibetan Food
• Follow in the track of pilgrims at the Jokhang Temple and Barkhor Street
• Watch monks debate at Sera Monastery
• Stroll around the local market of Lhasa and See the lifestyle of locals
• Discover the awe-inspiring scenery of one of the sacred lakes – Yamdrok Lake