Our guide will pick you up at the Lhasa airport. Then transfer to check in the hotel. Have a good rest. Then the guide will take you to enjoy your welcome dinner.

Potala Palace is your first stop today. It is the most magnificent architecture in Lhasa. After that the guide will lead you to visit the Sera Monastery and the Norbulingka Park. If you like, you may visit a local family to feel the way of their life.

- Potala Palace: Potala Palace in downtown Lhasa is a 41-hectare complex which came under construction during Songtsan Gambo's 7th-century reign. With nearly 10,000 rooms, it was where the Dalai Lamas lived and handled political affairs. Housed in this castle-like palace are a wealth of Buddhist statues, murals, religious scriptures, and treasures. The Potala Palace is a UNESCO-endorsed world cultural heritage site.
- Norbulingka Park: Lingka in Tibetan means a beautiful place with trees and lawns, and Norbu means treasure. In addition to its beautiful environment, Norbulingka boasts many palaces, pavilions, various kinds of flowers as well as a lake and a zoo.
- Sera Monastery: one of the three greatest monasteries of Tibet.

Continue to explore the mysterious Lhasa. Today you will be accompanied to visit the Drepung Monastery, the Jokhang Temple Tibetan Traditional Medicine Hospital and the Carpet Factory.. Leisurely stroll on the Barkhor Street .

- Jokhang Temple: Jokhong Monastery, built in 647 as the earliest wood-masonry structure in Tibet, is dedicated to a statue of Sakyamuni. It is also in the possession of a collection of cultural relics dating back to the Tang, which include statues of Songtsan Gambo and Princess Wencheng. Tang architectural elements are palpable in this monastery, a splendid four-floor building facing west under a gilded rooftop.
- Barkhor Street: As the oldest street in Lhasa, the Barkhor Streey is also the center where Tibetaneconomy, culture, arts and religion are assembled.

Transfer to Gyantse after breakfast. You have the chance to visit Yamdrok Yumtso Lake, Palkhor Monastery and the Gyangtse Old Street. After the day tour, check in the hotel we have reserved.

- Yamdrok Yumtso Lake: located in Langkamu county, this lake is renowned as the holy lake to Tibetans.
- Palgor Chorten: This 9-storey building has 108 doors and 77 rooms each of which contains a different buddha statue and the mural paintings tell the story about it.

Transfer from Shigatse to Dingri. On the way visit the Sakya Monastery.

- Sakya monastery: Sakya, meaning "Grey Soil"in Tibetan because the soil around it was grey when it was firstly built. It is a must-see while travelling in Tibet. The walls were painted in red, white and grey strips, which represent respectively Manjushri, Avalokiteshvara and Vajrapani. Its well-preserved mural is worthwhile sightseeing.

While visiting the Rongbuk Monastery, you have the chance to visit the highest peak in the world.

- Rongbuk Monastery: lies by the foot of the Rongbuk Glacier at 5,100 metres; it is the highest monastery in the world. It is only 200 metres lower than the north side base camp of Mount Everest.

After breakfast, transfer to Zhangmu, a small town at the border of China and Nepal. We have to note that the road are tough. Be prepared for that. But the sceneries along the way are worthwhile sightseeing.

After breakfast, transfer to the border of China and Nepal. The local guide will see you off at the Friendship Bridge.