DAY 1 - ARRIVE AT LHASA AIRPORT

• Travel to Lhasa; use the afternoon for acclimatization; attend a welcome dinner and trip briefing.
• Night’s Stay and Accommodations: Lhasa (D)

DAY 2 – LHASA SIGHTSEEING

• Spend the morning at the Potala Palace; visit the Jokhang Temple and the Barkhor Street in the afternoon.
• Night’s Stay and Accommodations: Lhasa (B)

DAY 3 – EXPLORE THE TWO GREAT TIBETAN BUDDHIST MONASTERIES OF DREPUNG AND SERA

• Drepung once housed 10,000 monks and Sera almost 5000. If fortunate enough, the visit will provide a unique opportunity to see and hear the lilting, booming chanting of sutras or the theatrical debate of monks at Sera.
• Optional: Switch either Drepung or Sera program into a half-day hiking program.
• Optional: Switch either Drepung or Sera program into a half-day hiking program.
• Night’s Stay and Accommodations: Lhasa (B)

DAY 4 – LHASA

• Transfer to the airport; return home with many wonderful memories of Tibet.

(Note: “B, L, D” represents “Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner”)