DAYS : 10

Itinerary
Day 1
Arrive Gongar Airport. Transfer to Tsedang. Tsedang Hotel.

Day 2
Explore Yarlung Tsangpo Valley, the Cradle of Tibetan Civilization. Visit Samye, the earliest built monastery belonging to the Nyingmapa School of Tibetan Buddhism and then Yumbulakhang, the first castle built for a king by the Tibetans.

Day 3
Drive Tsedang to Lhasa. En route visit Mindroling Monastery, the main center of learning for the Nyingmapa School & also for the lay Lhasa officials.

Day 4
Guided tour of Jokhang Temple, Barkhor Market & Sera Monastery.

Day 5
Guided tour of Potala Palace & Drepung Monastery

Day 6
Drive via Yamdrok Lake to Gyangtse. Gyangtse Hotel. Visit Kubum Stupa & Pelkor Chode Monastery

Day 7
Drive via Shalu Monastery to Shigatse. Shigatse Hotel.

Day 8
Drive via Sakya Monastery to Shegar. Shegar Hotel.

Day 9
Drive Shegar to Zhangmu. En route visit Milarepa Cave. Zhangmu Hotel.

Day 10
Walk across Friendship Bridge & transfer to Kathmandu.