7-Day Lhasa, Nyingchi, and Bome Tour-大唐旅游

7-Day Lhasa, Nyingchi, and Bome Tour

DAY 1 Lhasa | Lhasa Arrival

Welcome to the 'Sun City', Lhasa. Your private guide and driver will meet you at the airport and transfer you to your downtown hotel. Relax for the rest of the day to get used to the altitude.

Lhasa Nyingchi Bome Tour Map

DAY 2 Lhasa | Potala Palace, Jokhang Temple, and Barkhor Street

Visit Tibet's most famous landmark — the Potala Palace — in the morning. Enter the palace and see exquisite murals, decorated statues, and antiques. Follow the local people walking around the palace and feel their piety.

Watch religious pilgrims prostrating themselves at the front gate of Jokhang Templeand stroll around Barkhor Street .

Explore Ani Tsankhung Nunnery — a quiet but active convent, where females study Buddhism. Have a chat with the nuns and enjoy a cup of butter tea.

Potala Palace

DAY 3 Lhasa | Norbulingka, Sera Monastery, Drepung Monastery

Start your tour at Norbulingka. There you can appreciate the beautiful gardens and see local people going about their daily lives. A Tibetan opera might be showing.

Explore history-filled Drepung Monastery, the first and largest monastery in Tibet, which dates back to 1416. It housed Dalai Lamas before the Potala Palace.

In the afternoon, visit Sera Monastery, comprising a great sutra-chanting hall, a college, and 32 dormitories. Watch the monks' debate and enjoy their special "dance".

people holding the prayer wheel

DAY 4 Lhasa to Nyingchi | Basomtso Lake and Gala Village

Drive from Lhasa to Nyingtri. Enjoy amazing scenery along the highway. Stop at Basomtso — a green lake surrounded by pine trees that is quite different from the austere holy lakes in the west of Tibet.

DAY 5 Nyingchi to Bome | Lulang Forest and Villages

Explore Lulang Forest and enjoy the forest, grassland, wild flowers, wondering cattle and sheep, Tibetan houses, and the snowy mountains create a picture of paradise.

Dance with local Tibetans around a bonfire in the evening.

DAY 6 Bome to Nyingchi | Spruce Forest and Mt. Nnamjagbarwa

Drive back to Nyingchi from Bome. Explore the forest near Gangxiang village, which is one of the ten most beautiful primeval forests in China.

Stop at a platform for a magnificent view of Nnamjagbarwa Mountain. Its main peak is more than 7,700 meters (25,000 ft) above sea level. Hang a prayer flag and make a wish toward the holy mountain if you like.

Note:If you come in winter (late december to early February), and are interested to see a beautiful glacier, it is recommended to stay one more night in Bome and have day tour to visit Ranwu Lake, Laigu villlage and witness the amazing Laigu glacier.