This journey to the forbidden city of Lhasa is one that few people will ever make. Tibet is wild and barren and not the most comfortable of destinations, yet your first sight of the great Potala Palace, the winter home of the Dalai Lama, or the sacred Mt. Kailash will be a breathtaking reward.
From Kathmandu you fly across the main Himalayan range and over the massive Tibetan Plateau to Lhasa. Your first day is spent relaxing to allow acclimatisation as your body attunes to the rarified air in this city which lies at 3683m. Two days are then spent visiting the Potala, the Norbulingka (summer palace) and the famed monasteries of Ganden and Drepung, plus that most revered of sacred Buddhist shrines, the Jokhang Temple. A walk around the Barkhor (the old market area of old Lhasa) is a shopper’s delight.
A couple of days is then spent visiting the old fortress town of Gyantse and on to Shigatse, home of the Panchen Lamas, before returning to Lhasa for the flight back to Kathmandu.
Lhasa Express
Enjoy a spectacular trans-himlayan flight and spend a remarkable 4 days in the capital of the once Forbidden City, Lhasa. A perfect extension to a Nepal visit.
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Tibet Overland
This trip provides a wonderful sample of what Lhasa, the capital of Tibet, has to offer as well as a classic overland adventure across the high and wild Tibetan Plateau to Nepal.
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 Pilgrimage to Kailash via Simikot
A classic journey which should be on everyone’s list of one of the places you must visit before you die. It begins with a trek in far west Nepal, this trek cum tour has all the best highlights a true classic adventure should offer.
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