Shoton Festival Tours

Shoton festival tours is combination of culture, Nature and adventure. take a magnificent flight to Gonkar Airport , attend : Shoton Festival celebration in Drepung Monastery and Lhasa sightseeing .Drive to Drepung Monastery to secure your place for watching festival. A giant Buddha Thangka will be displayed amidst an exciting atmosphere. Watch the festival activities for sometime and later drive to old Tibetan part of Lhasa and visit the The Jokhang Temple and Bakhor Street.

Attend the Shoton festival in Norbulingkha Palace and later take the sightseeing tour of Potala Palace and Sera Monastery. Drive to Yangpacheng Hot Spring which is 58 miles north from Lhasa. Appreciate the landscape of Qiang grassland and Nyacheng Tangula Snow Mountain Range. Continue driving to Namtso (98 miles), literally a heavenly lake, which is the biggest lake in Tibet and the second biggest salt lake in China as well as the highest lake in the world (15,573 ft).

Set out along the friendship highway, heading westwards to Gyantse, following the bank of Yamdrok Tso for more than 40 miles and motoring over two high passes, Kamba La (15,700 ft) amd Laro la ( 16, 500ft) visit the Pelkor Chode & Kumbum Monastery which are the highlights of Gyantse and drive to Shigatse where you will visit the famous Tashilunbo Monastery-the principal seat of Panchen Lama-the second most venerated religious leader of Tibet.

Trip Highlights

•  The ruins of Yambulakhang Palace and Tradruk Temple in Tsedang.
Samye monastery-the first Buddhist Monastery.
• Dalai Lamas’s Potala and Norbulingkha Palaces, Drepung -the largest and most powerful of the Gelug monasteries, Sera-one of the largest monasteries of Tibet, ancient Jorkhang Temple and Barkhor Street in old Tibetan quarter of Lhasa.
• Shoton Festival
• Spectacular drive over Kamba La (15,700ft) and Karo La (16,500 ft) to Gyantse.
• Yamdrok Tso-the turquoise green water lake.
• Kumbum Stupa and Pelkore Chode Monastery in Gyantse.
• Shalu Monastery and Tashilunbo Monastery at Shigatse.
• Barren landscapes and friendliest Tibetan people.

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Day 1

Flight to Gonkar Airport and transfer to Lhasa(3,500m/11,667ft)

Flight to Gonkar airport of Lhasa .Upon arrival, you will be met and greeted by the Tibetan guide and drive to Lhasa. And transfer to hotel.

Day 2

Shoton Festival celebration in Drepung Monastery and Lhasa sightseeing (B)

Drive early morning to Drepung Monastery to secure your place for watching festival. A giant Buddha Thangka will be displayed amidst an exciting atmosphere. Watch the festival activities for sometime and later drive to old Tibetan part of Lhasa and visit the The Jokhang Temple and Bakhor Street.

Day 3

Shoton Festival Celebration in Norbulingkha Palace and Lhasa sightseeing (B)

Attend the Shoton festival in Norbulingkha Palace and later take the sightseeing tour of Potala Palace and Sera Monastery.

Day 4

Yangpacheng Hot Spring and Namtso Lake Excursion. (B)

Early morning drive to Yangpacheng Hot Spring which is 58 miles north from Lhasa. Appreciate the landscape of Qiang grassland and Nyacheng Tangula Snow Mountain Range. Continue driving to Namtso (98 miles), literally a heavenly lake, which is the biggest lake in Tibet and the second biggest salt lake in China as well as the highest lake in the world (15,573 ft).

Day 5

Lhasa-Gyantse . (13467ft, 160miles, 6 hrs) (B)

Today, you will set out along the friendship highway, heading westwards to Gyantse, following the bank of Yamdrok Tso for more than 40 miles and motoring over two high passes, Kamba La (15,700 ft) amd Laro la ( 16, 500ft)

Day 6

Gyantse-Shigatse (12,785ft, 57miles, 2 hrs) (B )

After breakfast, you will visit the Pelkor Chode & Kumbum Monastery which are the highlights of Gyantse and drive to Shigatse where you will visit the famous Tashilunbo Monastery-the principal seat of Panchen Lama-the second most venerated religious leader of Tibet.

Day 6

Shigatse-Lhasa (186miles, 7 hrs) (B)

Drive to Lhasa via new road that runs parallel to the Yarlung Tsambo River. The road is rough and rehabilitation work is going on. If time permits, you will stop by Yundrungling Monastery in Tradruk. Check in hote and take rest for the day.

Day 7

Lhasa-Departure (B)

Transfer to Gonkar airport (60 miles, 2 hrs) and catch your flight to next destination like Nepal, Bhutan or India.