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ITTS: 13-Day Splendid Tibet Train Tour
Tour Type: Private Tour: Flexible Travel Date & Travel Routes
Guide & Driver: Chinese-English-speaking guide & air-conditioned
Tour Highlights:
    • Be thrilled by the granduer of Great Wall, as well as the delicacy and majesty of Forbidden City and Summer Palace in Beijing.
    • Enjoy the stunning scenery along Qinghai-Tibet Railway
    • Marvel at two incredible UNESCO World Heritage Sites including Potala Place and Jokhang Temple
    • Feel the charm and vitality of Shanghai,the most prosperous and modernized city in China.
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  Day 1 Arrive in Beijing Sincere greetings & airport-hotel transfer.
  

When you arrive in Beijing, your guide will greet you and take you to your hotel where you will have time to relax and settle down.

Meals: No meals, advice freely available

Accommodation: Beijing Economic / Comfortable Standard Hotel (Twin sharing)

  Day 2 Beijing Sightseeing Tiananmen Square, Forbidden City, Summer Palace.(B)
  

Today's tour will first bring you to Tiananmen Square and then to the Forbidden City, the largest and most intact group of ancient structures in the Imperial Palace. After a few hours at the Forbidden City, you will eat lunch and then head to the Summer Palace, the resort of Empress Dowager Ci Xi. For dinner, you will eat Beijing's famous Peking duck and then head back to your hotel.

Meals: Breakfast Provided by the hotel

Accommodation: Beijing Economic / Comfortable Standard Hotel (Twin sharing)

Tiananmen Square
Forbidden City
  Day 3 Beijing Great Wall, Ming Tombs.(B)
  

Today's trip will be the amazing Great Wall of China, the only man-made structure on Earth that can be observed from the moon. After hiking for a few hours, you will have lunch and then visit the Ming Tombs, the burial site for 13 of the Ming emperors. At night you will watch an acrobatic show and then return to your hotel.

Meals: Breakfast Provided by the hotel

Accommodation: Beijing Economic / Comfortable Standard Hotel (Twin sharing)

Great Wall
Ming Tombs
  Day 4 Beijing - Lhasa Airport-hotel transfer,acclimatization.(B)
  

Today you will be driven to the airport for your flight to Lhasa. Upon your arrival in Lhasa, you will be met at the airport and taken to your hotel to rest.

Meals: Breakfast Provided by the hotel

Accommodation: Lhasa Economic / Comfortable Standard Hotel (Twin sharing)

  Day 5 Lhasa Sightseeing Jokhang Temple, Tibetan Carpet Factory, Tibetan Traditional Hospital, Norbulingka Park.(B)
  

Your guide will take you visit Jokhang Temple, Tibetan Carpet Factory and the Tibetan Traditional Hospital. Afterwards you will visit Norbulingka Park. Afterwards you will be taken back to your hotel for the remainder of the evening.

Meals: Breakfast Provided by the hotel

Accommodation: Lhasa Economic / Comfortable Standard Hotel (Twin sharing)

Jokhang Temple
Norbulingka Park
  Day 6 Lhasa Sightseeing Sera Monastery, Potala Palace.(B)
  

Today you will visit the Sera Monastery. Afterwards you will then visit the Potala Palace, constructed in 637 by Songtsen Gampo, the first king of united Tibet. Later you will visit a Tibetan Family and then be taken back to your hotel for the remainder of the evening.

Meals: Breakfast Provided by the hotel

Accommodation: Lhasa Economic / Comfortable Standard Hotel (Twin sharing)

Sera Monastery
Potala Palace
  Day 7 Lhasa - Yamdrok Yumtso Lake - Gyantse - Shigatse Yamdrok Yumtso Lake, Karola Glacier, Palkhor Monastery, Kumbum Stupa.(B)
  

This morning you will be driven to Shigatse, the second largest city in Tibet. On the way you will enjoy the beautiful view of Yaluzhangbu River. Then, driving up to Gambala pass which is 4794m high, you will have a glimpse of Yamdrok Yumtso Lake and spectacular views of Holy Mount Nyenchen Khangsar in the distance. Yamdrok Yumtso Lake is one of the three most holy lakes in Tibet. After that, you will pass by the Karola Glacier with the altitude of 5100m. In Gyantse Town, you will have a outside view of the famous Palkhor Monastery and its Kumbum Stupa. Late afternoon drive to Shigatse(3836m).

Meals: Breakfast Provided by the hotel

Accommodation: Shigatse Economic / Comfortable Standard Hotel (Twin sharing)

Yamdrok Yumtso Lake
Palkhor Monastery
  Day 8 Shigatse - Lhasa Tashilunpo Monastery.(B)
  

Morning visit the Tashilunpo Monastery. It is one of the Six Big Monasteries of Gelugpa in Tibet and the biggest Tibetan Gelugpa Buddhism monastery in back Tibet area (Shigatse area). Then, 5 hrs drive back to Lhasa.

Meals: Breakfast Provided by the hotel

Accommodation: Lhasa Economic / Comfortable Standard Hotel (Twin sharing)

Tashilunpo Monastery
Tashilunpo Monastery
  Day 9 Lhasa / Train Drive to the railway station.(B)
  

This morning you will be driven to the railway station to take your train to Xining around 9:20am. You will spend a whole day and night on the train. You will have an opportunity to enjoy the stunningly beautiful scenery on the way: not only rivers, lakes, grasslands and forests, but also the Jokul. Some of the famous charming sights along the railway are Yangpachen, Nyainqentanglha Range, Tuotuo Rivers, Kekexili, Kunlun and Tanggula mountain ranges...

Meals: Breakfast Provided by the hotel

Accommodation: On the train

  Day 10 Train / Xining Qinghai Lake.
  

The train will arrive Xining at around 10:00am. You will be picked up at the railway station. After lunch you will visit the Qinghai Lake. Then you will be taken to your hotel for rest.

Meals: None

Accommodation: Xining Economic / Comfortable Standard Hotel (Twin sharing)

Qinghai Lake
Qinghai Lake
  Day 11 Xining - Shanghai Ta'er Monastery.(B)
  

In the morning, you will be taken to visit Ta'er Monastery. After that, you will be brought to the airport and board your plane for Shanghai. Upon landing in Shanghai, you will be picked up by your guide and brought to your hotel.

Meals: Breakfast Provided by the hotel

Accommodation: Shanghai Economic / Comfortable Standard Hotel (Twin sharing)

Ta'er Monastery
Ta'er Monastery
  Day 12 Shanghai Sightseeing Bund, Nanjing Road, Yu Garden, Temple of City Patron.(B)
  

Today you will take a tour of China's largest city, which is also China's principal port located on the Yangtze River Delta. You'll visit the Bund, Nanjing Road, Yu Garden, and the well-known Temple of City Patron. After that you will be brought to your hotel for rest.

Meals: Breakfast Provided by the hotel

Accommodation: Shanghai Economic / Comfortable Standard Hotel (Twin sharing)

Nanjing Road
Yu Garden
  Day 13 Depart from Shanghai Drive to the airport & See you off. (B)
  

After breakfast you will be taken to the airport for your next destination.

Meals: Breakfast Provided by the hotel

B-- Breakfast L-- Lunch D-- Dinner
Price Includes.
    • All necessary Tibet Travel Permit. (Including Tibet Entry Permit, Alien Travel Permit, Boarder Pass
    • Private professional English-Speaking local tour guide
    • Licensed Vehicle with experienced driver
    • Airport (or train)pick up and drop off
    • Accommodation listed in the itinerary
    • Breakfast provided by the hotel
    • Tourists Accident/Casualty Insurance
    • A container of Oxygen for emergency use
    • All taxes, fees and handling charges
    • Lodging and meal allowance to the guide & driver
    • Reservation fee for visiting Potala Palace
    • 2 bottles of drinking water per person per day
Price Excludes.
    • Meals not specified in the itinerary (All lunches & dinners)
    • All Entrance tickets to the sightseeing places
    • Flight/Trian tickets in and out of Tibet
    • Personal expenses such as laundry, drink, fax, telephone call, optional tour activities, etc.
    • Any losses incurred from the force majeure factor like government control, natural disaster etc.
    • Tips to the guide & driver ( Tips is not required but expected)
    • Single room supplement
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