A short flight to Tibet give you a panorama of the snowy Himalayan ranges or the days of train ride over high plateau by crossing the mighty Thangu la ranges get you to Lhasa with beautiful sceneries along the route, at your arrival at the Gonggar airport or Lhasa Train Station, you will be greeted by our Tibetan guide and driver and transfer to your hotel in Lhasa city. From the airport to Lhasa it is about 65km and it takes less than an hour through the recently built highway, from the train station it is only 15km and it takes about half hour, check in the hotel and take it easy for the rest of the day to acclimatize and alleviate the jet lag. You will experience some mild symptoms of altitude sickness that includes light-headedness, disorientation, headache etc. Drink plenty of water and take enough rest.

Following breakfast, we drive 8km west of Central Lhasa to visit Drepung Monastery which was once world's largest monasteries with around 7000 resident monks! Drepung Monastery was the home to the Dalai Lamas and the power center of Tibet, until the 5th Dalai Lama built Potala Palace. We visit the Ganden Palace, the main assembly hall and the several chapels and colleges. The monastery also commands the panoramic views of the valley. In the afternoon, we visit Jokhang Temple, is the most revered of all religious shrines in Tibet. Thick with the smell of butter lamps and burning incense, the murmur of sacred Tibetan mantras, prostrating Tibetan devotees, visiting Jokhang is indeed an unrivalled Tibetan experience. We visit the various chapels of the temple and later, we take leisurely walking tour of the old town. The walk takes us in the craft workshops, back-street chapels and pilgrimage path with the Tibetan devotees spinning prayer wheels or counting beads with the murmur of sacred mantras. 

If you are interested taking Lingkhor walking tour that finishes in Potala Palace, we need to start a bit early. We transfer by car to Dickey Lam (Deji Zhonglu in Chinese) and join the hundreds of Tibetan pilgrims heading to the Potala. The trail takes us through the rock carvings, a chorten built entirely of the carved Mani stones. Take chance to watch the Tibetans rubbing their backs, shoulders and hips against a series of polished holy stones at the intersection of Beijing Road and Dickey Lam. We continue east to the Golden Yak Statue and time permitting, we climb the view point just above the white chorten (Stupa) for photography opportunity. By now, it must be time for us to enter the Potala Palace-Lhasa's cardinal landmark. Situated atop Marpo Ri, 130m high hill, with a commanding view of all Lhasa, Potala Palace is one of the great wonders of world architecture. The complex has two palaces-White Palace and the main Red Palace. The White Palace houses the throne rooms of the 13th and 14th Dalai Lamas, a reception hall, meditation room and the bedroom of Dalai Lamas. The Red Palace has various chapels and the tombs of Dalai Lamas. Photography inside the palace is forbidden. Now, we head to Sera Monastery which lies about 3 miles north of Central Lhasa. Sera Monastery is one of Lhasa's two great Gelugpa institutions, second only to Drepung. Founded in the early 15th century by Sakya Yeshe-a disciple of Tsongkhapa, Sera Monastery was once home to more than 5000 monks. As the chapels start closing at 3 p.m., we first explore the various chapels of the monastery and then attend the debating ceremony of the monks which takes place between 3 pm and 5 pm except on Sunday. If you are not interested seeing chapels, you can take hike on the pilgrimage path of the monastery which takes less than an hour.

Continue with journey to Gyantse town which still maintains Tibetan characteristics. The journey involves crossing over the Gampa la pass and Karo la pass. Along the upstream of the Brahmaputra River we climb up the Gampa la (4900m) through numbers of switch-backs, from the pass you will be amaze by the breathtaking view of the holy Yamdrok Lake and snow capped Mt. Nojin Kangsar in the background. Yamdrok Tso Lake is one of the four holiest lakes of Tibet and has turquoise green water. As we leave the lakeshore behind, the road climbs to Karo La (16,500ft), once again offering breathtaking views of the mountain and vast Tibetan plateau. We arrive at Gyantse town late afternoon, perhaps the only major town in Central Tibet which has been able to maintain its Tibetan characteristics. Check in the hotel and rest. 

At Gyatse, we will visit the Pelkor Chode and Kumbum Monastery-the main highlights of Gyantse City. Kumbum Stupa is the landmark of Gyantse and can be spotted from a long distance. If you are a hiking enthusiast, you may also attempt hiking the historical fortress of Gyantse. View from the fortress over to the city is just superb. From Gyantse, it is less than 2 hrs drive to Shigatse, the second largest city of Tibet. Upon arrival in Shigatse, we check in hotel and later visit the famous Tashi lunpo Monastery is the principal seat of Panchen Lama-the second most venerated religious leader of Tibet and one of the 6 major Gelugpa Monasteries of Tibet. 

Today, we will be overwhelmed by the beauty of Jiang Thang grassland and the views of Nyacheng Tanglha range. Namtso Lake is literally a heavenly lake, which is the second biggest salt lake in China as well as one of the highest lake in the world (15,573 ft).The lake is miraculous shade of turquoise and there are magnificent views of Nyenchen Tanghlha, with peaks more than 7000m (22,960ft), towering over to the lake. We will also see wide open grasslands with dotted with tents of local nomads. Driving through numbers of peaceful villages and farmland, we traverse the high peak of Shogula pass (5400m) to Yangpachen and the northern nomadic grassland, this wonderful valley barely hidden in the remote and not known by mass tourism yet, northern Tibet is known as Jiangthang in Tibetan with a sparse population of nomads in the vast pastures, hundreds of beautiful lakes with abounding wild lives can be found in this region, Namtso lake is one of them and it is one of the holy as well as most gorgeous lake in Tibet, we will spend a night on the Tashi Do peninsula and enjoy the cold breeze of the mystical lake. Then the next day we will drive back to Lhasa and complete the clockwise circumambulation back Lhasa, on this day we will visit a nomad family tent en route, the giant black tent is made up of yak wool and it has a great tendency to preserve heat and resist rain that is totally accommodate the plateau changeable climate, each tent is a whole complex of kitchen, bedroom, seating room and store room for the family, so spending few minutes with the nomad family give you a special experiences of plateau nomad lifestyle, you may wonder when you see piles of Yak dung just outside of the tents, it is the main fuel that nomads and also Tibetans use for cooking and heating the house during the chilly winter season. We check in the hotel and remaining of day is for free for pursue self interest.

At your departure, your guide and driver meet you at the hotel lobby and transfer you to the Lhasa airport or at train station as per your schedule.