English Speaking Guide
Max Group size of 12 people
All accomodations included
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Price of tour: $488*
* (Price can be 10% lower or higher depending on the season. Please tell us your preferred travel month in the booking form)
Experience the heart of Tibetan culture on this 4-day Lhasa city tour. Explore the iconic Potala Palace, the sacred Jokhang Temple, and vibrant Barkhor Street filled with pilgrims and local life. Visit Sera and Drepung Monasteries to witness Buddhist traditions and the famous monks’ debating session.
Enjoy the comfort of centrally located hotels, guided sightseeing with an English-speaking local expert, airport/train transfers, and all main entrance fees.
Perfect for travelers wanting a comprehensive and authentic introduction to Lhasa’s spiritual and historical treasures in a short time.
Upon your arrival at Lhasa Gonggar Airport or the train station, our local Tibetan guide will greet you and transfer you to your hotel in the city (approx. 70km, 1 hour drive). Spend the rest of the day resting and acclimatizing to the high altitude and plateau environment.
After breakfast, visit Drepung Monastery, the largest monastery in Lhasa, once home to over 10,000 monks. Enjoy lunch at the monastery restaurant (at your own expense). In the afternoon, continue to the Sera Monastery to observe the famous monk debate session.
Today you’ll explore the heart of Tibetan culture. Visit the Potala Palace, the iconic winter residence of the Dalai Lama. In the afternoon, tour the sacred Jokhang Temple and take a walk around the Barkhor Street pilgrimage circuit. Enjoy local culture with a stop at a Tibetan sweet tea house.
Transfer to the airport or train station for your onward journey. Tour ends.
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Our multilingual team’s passion ensures you receive personal, attentive, and friendly guidance—from planning to the last day of your trip.
Jessie | Founder
10 years experience in organizing expat tours in China.
Jessie first worked as travel consultant for many years, her excellent organizing skills and great travel route planning have won the trust of many customers. In 2018 she founded experiencetibet.org, an agency offering tours in Tibet autonomous region and other Tibetan areas in China such as Gansu, Yunnan and Sichuan. In 2020 she started yellowbirdtour.com, with destinations all over China.
Penny | China travel consultant
Penny has rich experience in organizing foreigners tours to many places in China, such as Tibet, Gansu, Yunnan, Xinjiang, Zhangjiajie. She is very responsive, always quick and patient. Customers like her, they always come back for more tours, and also recommend many of their friends to join.
Dawei | Tour guide / operator
Dawei is a Tibetan Buddhist, and comes from the most north edge of the Tibetan plateau in Qinghai province, Western China. He has travelled as a tour leader to many South Asian countries such as India, Bhutan and also nearly the entire country of China. He focuse especially on guiding in Qinghai, Gansu, Sichuan, Ningxia provinces and Tibetan regions. The activities of these various tour groups have included adopting family, horse racing, hiking, bird watching, cycling, camping, overseas students, cultural and religious sightseeing.
Andrew | Touir guide / operator
Andrew was born and grew up in a small village of Zhangjiajie, Hunan. From 2009-2012 he works for royal Caribbean International cruise as an onboard guest services officer. After that, he dedicates his life/time to guiding and operating tours in Zhangjiajie and around. As a native person, he knows all the corner of the scenic area, such as good restaurants, souvenir shops and cultures. He is very experienced and super flexible, he knows how to avoid the crowds and take advantage of the weather and offer the best travel experience to customers, all you need to do is just relax and enjoy!
