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Tibet Cultural Tours
tibet cultural tour
Cultural Tours: 6 Days

Cultural tours in Tibet open up exclusive door to cultural wonders of Tibet. Ghale Treks & Tours, the most reputed cultural tour operator, offers customized and tailor-made high quality guided tours with professional and trained guide. Travel to Tibet’s most treasured and legendary places can be quite an educative, informative and insightful journey for you.

Visits to Kumbum, Tashilhunpo, Norbulingka, Sera and Drepung monasteries evoke a sense of perspective and awe. Moreover, you also attain profound spirituality. Tashilhunpo Monastery being the home of the Panchen Lama holds an irresistible charm for those who seek to explore Buddhism. As you transverse historical and cultural heritages like Potala Palace, Jokhang temple, fort of Gyantse, Tsetang and Yarlung Valley etc, you get an in-depth understanding of Tibetan ancient cultures and civilizations. Under the mystical spell of a bewildering variety of climates and landscapes, you are guided along a host of indigenous cultures as you tour to Lhasa, Gyantse, Shigatse and many other exotic locales. Colorful mosaic of Tibetan arts, crafts, history, culture, custom, tradition, lifestyle and cuisine sprawls before you as you explore every nooks and corners of Barkhor markets. While wandering around the cities and towns of Tibet, you will encounter stalls hawkers with Tibetan prayer flags, jewel-encrusted yak skulls, traditional Tibetan dress, Tibetan thangkas, Tibetan mastiff, Tibetan Mandalas and many other accessories and goods. You will walk past several magnificent buildings. Embracing a truly enriching experience from your Tibet adventures, you finally reach to the climax of the tour with stunning snapshots, souvenirs and pleasant memories.

Itinerary Details:
Day 01 Fly Kathmandu Or Chengdu To Lhasa
 After arriving at Gonggar Airport in Tibet, Our guide will pick you up, where the altitude is 3,650 meters above sea level. It’s a 1-hour drive to Lhasa where we will check in Hotel. It's advisable to rest and take it easy for the remainder of the day, due to Lhasa's high altitude.

Day 02 In Lhasa
We will visit the Potala Palace. King Songtsan Gampo builds Potala Palace in the 7th century and he moved his capital from Yarlung valley to Lhasa. In the 17th century the great fifth Dalai Lama renovated it and expanded it into present size. Potala is divided into 2 sections namely red palace and white palace. Red palace is for religious use. There are funeral stupas of Dalai lamas and chapels including Namgal Dratsang. The white palace is for official use and it includes Dalai Lama’s living quarter, meeting room, studying room and meditating rooms and so on. 

After lunch we'll visit the Johkang Temple and Norbulingka Palace, Jokhang Temple, one of the oldest Temple in Tibet date back to 7th century built by Nepalese princess Birikuti. The Jokhang was constructed solely of timber and mud.The main section of Jokhang is three storeys high, with topped with golden roofs found nowhere else except in Tibet. The Image of Sakayamuni Buddha brought by Chinese princess Wencheng is enshrined in the central of of main building and also contains all sorts of murals, Thangkas, statues and scriptures. Countless Buddhist followers come on pilgrimage to pay homage to the statues of Sakymani Buddha, and circumambulate around the Temple.

Norbu Lingka Palace, The Summer Palace of the Dalai Lamas. This place is well worth a visit and the park is a great place to be at festival times and public holidays. During the 7th lunar month of every year the Norbulingka is crowded with picnickers for the Shoton festival. Traditional Tibetan opera performances are also held at this time. There are many cultural relics including 14th Dalai Lama’s golden throne.

Day 03 In Lhasa
 This morning  we will visit Drepung Monastery ,About 8 km to the west of central Lhasa, Drepung was once the world's largest monastery, with a population of more than 10,000 monks. The word Drepung literally translates as "rice heap", a reference to the huge numbers of white monastic buildings that once piled up on the hillside. A disciple of Tsongkhapa called Jamyang Choje founded the monastery in 1416. He was able to raise funds for the project quickly and within a year of completion the monastery already hosted a population of 2000 monks. By the time of the 5th Dalai Lama in the early 17th century, the number of resident monks was somewhere between 7000 and 10,000. Today there are around 600 monks in residence.

After lunch we will visit, Sera Monastery The monastery, around 5 km north of central Lhasa, was along with Drepung one of Lhasa's two great Gelugpa monasteries. Its once huge monastic population of about 5000 monks has now been reduced to several hundred, and building repairs are still continuing. The monastery is worth a visit, particularly from around 3 pm onwards when debating is usually held in the monastery's debating courtyard.

Day 04 Drive Lhasa - Gyantse
we start our overland cultural journey to Gyantse and Shigatse via old road. Travelling by jeep along the zigzag road we cross the spectacular Khamba La pass (4,794m) from which we’ll get stunning views of the snowy summit of Nazin Kang Sa (7,252m). Yamdrok lake lies several hundred meters below the road, and in clear weather is a fabulous shade of deep turquoise. The lake is a coiling, many-armed body of water that doubles back on itself like a scorpion at its southwest extent, effectively creating a large island within its reaches. For Tibetans, it is one of the four holy lakes of Tibet, and the home of wrathful deities. Leaving the lake is as spectacular as arriving, since you have to cross the 5045 m Karo-la, with its awesome roadside views of the Nojin Kangsang Glacier. It was here that Colonel Young husband’s British troops clashed with Tibetan forces en route to Lhasa in what is though to be geographically the highest battle in British history. Overnight in Hotel

We will visit Palkor & Kumbum, founded in 1418, Pelkor by prince Rabtan Kusang was once a multi denominational complex of monasteries including Sakya, Gelupa and Boton sects.
Kubum Stupa is multi door of stupa of Eight Bodhisattva Stupa of Buddhism. There are ten thousand images of Buddhas or Bodhisattvas painted on wall, made clay or made of copper and gilded gold. So people call it Kubum in version wich means “Tent Thousand Images Stupa”

Day 05 Drive Gyantse - Shigatse - Lhasa
we then continue on to Shigatse, a short drive of 90kms. Shigatse is the second largest city in Tibet and after exploring the local market we will make a detailed visit to the Tashilhunpo Monastery. Tashilhunpo is associated with the Gelugpa order and is one of the six great Gelugpa institutions along with Drepung, Sera and Ganden in Lhasa and Kumbum and Labrang in Amdo. The monastery was founded in 1447 by a disciple of Tsongkhapa, Genden Drup. Genden Drup was retroactively named the first Dalai Lama and he is enshrined inTashilhunpo. The giant statue of Jampa (Amitabha Buddha) is one of the main relics in the monastery. It is made of copper and gilded gold and is the biggest copper statue in the world. And there is much to explore within its high surrounding walls. Afterwards we make our way back to Lhasa, where we will check in Hotel.

Day 06 Fly Lhasa To Kathmandu Or To Your Destination
Morning transfer to the airport for the return flight to Kathmandu or to your destination.
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