Lhasa Tours

Lhasa, the spiritual heart of Tibet, is an ultimate destination for city explorers. In our expertly-crafted Lhasa tours, not only will you fulfill your bucket lists by visiting the most iconic Tibetan attractions like Potala Palace, Jokhang Temple, and Barkhor Street, etc. but also discover the intriguing lives of local Tibetans and Tibetan monks, led by our expert local leaders.

From the quintessential Tibetan experiences in downtown Lhasa to countryside discovery, off-the-beaten paths, and scenic treks and serene sacred lakes around Lhasa, our various tour options and attentive services promise you a once-in-a-lifetime in Lhasa.

Lhasa Tour Packages in Small Group Size

Team up with a small group of like-minded global travelers to discover the holy Lhasa city. Our small group tours offer you the best adventure with the most authentic and exhilarating experiences in and around Lhasa. With everything being properly taken care of by our expert local leaders, all you need to do is enjoy your exploration with all five senses.

4 Days Lhasa City Sightseeing with the Locals
Tour Route: Lhasa

Welcome to the world's highest capital city - the holy Buddhist city of Lhasa. Throughout history, Lhasa has attracted the most astute merchants, wise politicians, and devout Buddhist believers from across the Tibetan region, making it the most prosperou

From USD 568p.p

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8-Day Lhasa Tsetang Gyantze Shigatse Experience Tour, Everest Base Camp Tour
Tour Route: Lhasa - Gyantse - Shigatse - Everest Base Camp - Shigatse - Lhasa

The Tibet experience tour which includes the holy Potala Palace, Jokhang Temple and the sacred monasteries is a real tour deep into the Tibetan hinterland. And it is a unique way to experience the history and culture of ancient Tibet.

From USD 1669p.p

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15-Day Mysterious Ngari adventure tours
Tour Route: Lhasa,Gyantze,Shigatse,Lhatse,Sakya,Saga,Payang,Darchen,Tsada

The mysterious Tibet has attracted many people. During travel Lhasa, Gyantze, Shigatse and other places, people will visit many Buddhist buildings, such as Jokhang Temple, Drepung Monastery, Sakya Monastery, all of them could let visitors feel the Tibet

From USD 5259p.p

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5-Day Lhasa Essence and Nyingchi Highlights Tour
Tour Route: Lhasa,Nyingchi

Tibet, a mysterious place with blue sky, burning ghee lights, pure white godly hadas and funerary stupas of the departed Dalai Lamas. This will be a lifetime experience as soon as you touched this peaceful land.

From USD 1439p.p

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Lhasa Tour Packages in Private

If you have been to Lhasa before or want to discover the Lhasa and its surroundings in your own way, then nothing works better for you than customizing a private Lhasa tour. We offer you the widest choices to gratify your wanderlust. From off-the-beaten treks to excursion from Lhasa to holy Lake Namtso and enchanting countryside villages, you can travel, eat, and feel a Tibet, closest to local Tibetans.

4 Days Lhasa City Sightseeing with the Locals
Lhasa

Welcome to the world's highest capital city - the holy Buddhist city of Lhasa. Throughout history, Lhasa has attracted the most astute merchants, wise politicians, and devout Buddhist believers from across the Tibetan region, making it the most prosperou

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8-Day Lhasa Tsetang Gyantze Shigatse Experience Tour, Everest Base Camp Tour
Lhasa - Gyantse - Shigatse - Everest Base Camp - Shigatse - Lhasa

The Tibet experience tour which includes the holy Potala Palace, Jokhang Temple and the sacred monasteries is a real tour deep into the Tibetan hinterland. And it is a unique way to experience the history and culture of ancient Tibet.

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15-Day Mysterious Ngari adventure tours
Lhasa,Gyantze,Shigatse,Lhatse,Sakya,Saga,Payang,Darchen,Tsada

The mysterious Tibet has attracted many people. During travel Lhasa, Gyantze, Shigatse and other places, people will visit many Buddhist buildings, such as Jokhang Temple, Drepung Monastery, Sakya Monastery, all of them could let visitors feel the Tibet

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15-Day Mysterious Ngari adventure tours
Lhasa,Gyantze,Shigatse,Lhatse,Sakya,Saga,Payang,Darchen,Tsada

The mysterious Tibet has attracted many people. During travel Lhasa, Gyantze, Shigatse and other places, people will visit many Buddhist buildings, such as Jokhang Temple, Drepung Monastery, Sakya Monastery, all of them could let visitors feel the Tibet

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5-Day Lhasa Essence and Nyingchi Highlights Tour
Lhasa,Nyingchi

Tibet, a mysterious place with blue sky, burning ghee lights, pure white godly hadas and funerary stupas of the departed Dalai Lamas. This will be a lifetime experience as soon as you touched this peaceful land.

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5-Day Essence of Lhasa and Nakchi Tour
Lhasa

Everyone has a dream in its heart. We are sure that someone dreamed one day they could stand on the roof of the world. Touch the clear blue sky by their hand, clean their soul by the pure lake and pray sincerely by their heart are all come be true. Join u

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Most Asked Questions about Planning a Lhasa Tour

What travel documents are needed for Tibet Lhasa tour?

As for visiting Lhasa, the capital city of Tibet, all you need is Tibet Travel Permit, the entry permit to Tibet Autonomous Region.

Since Tibet Tourism Bureau(TTB) won’t accept any individual application, you can email us the photo image of your Passport information page and Chinese Visa page and the photo of yourself at least 20 days before your Tibet tour starts. And then we’ll take care of the rest matters.

Once Tibet Visa issued, we’ll have it delivered to your hotel by express in Mainland China.

When is the best time to visit Lhasa?

Lhasa is truly a year-round destination. The best time to visit Lhasa totally depends on what you want to experience and when you are free to travel. - Finding When is the best time to visit Tibet.

Lhasa Spring (March-May): During Lhasa clearest season, it’s perfect to roam around backstreets of Lhasa old town, follow the ritual Barkhor kora with devout pilgrims, soak up the cozy hot spring at Yangbajain, etc. If time allows, you can also extend your trip to Nyingchi and participate the rosy Peach Blossom Festival.

Lhasa Summer (June-August): Wanna escape from the scorching summer? Yeah, Lhasa, at the altitude of 3,650 meters, offers you cool days with the average temperature around 20℃. With the ice melting, you can take Namtso Lake trekking or Tashi Byland Kora and get your camera ready for the spectacular sunrise and sunset over Namtso.

Lhasa Autumn (September-November): Under the dry and stable weather, it’s time to take the thrilling high-altitude treks, like the scenic trekking from Ganden to Samye Monastery, the hermitage sites trekking from Pabonka to Pubjoi Monastery, etc. If trekking is not your thing, you can also take part in Bathing Festival at Lhasa River and Ongkor Festival in the suburbs of Lhasa.

Lhasa Winter (December-February): Winter in Lhasa is not that cold as you think. Usually, the temperature still remains about 10℃in the daytime. With less tourists coming to Tibet in the low season, it becomes much easier to book Tibet train ticket. And you can also enjoy great discounts on all the tour costs, like hotel, flight tickets, entrance ticket fee. Under the warm sunshine and snow mountains, you’ll encounter more pious pilgrims prostrating along Barkhor Street and experience authentic culture and exotic customs through Tibet New Year/Lhosar Festival.

Friendly Tips:
1. As a common practice, from February to March each year, Tibet will be unavailable for international travel.
2. Whenever you visit Lhasa, please do remember to wear sunhat, sunglasses, and sunscreen to protect yourself from the intense ultraviolet light. And it’s advisable to dress in layers so that you can put on and take off clothes easily.

How to get to Lhasa, the capital city of Tibet?

Generally speaking, there are two ways to get to Tibet, namely, entering Tibet from Kathmandu, Tibet and traveling Tibet from Mainland China.

Get to Lhasa from Kathmandu: Usually, it takes you around one and a half hour to fly from Kathmandu Tribhuvan International Airport (KTM) to Lhasa Gongga Airport(LXA). And you can also travel overland from Kathmandu to Lhasa via Gyirong Port and make a detour to Everest Base Camp en route, lasting around 8 days.

Get to Lhasa from Mainland China: Starting from Tibet-entry cities like Beijing, Shanghai, etc., tourists can either take Tibet train or flight to Lhasa. Longing for an overland tour to Lhasa? No worries! Please feel free to contact our Tibet travel guru to work your adventure tour wherever you depart from Chengdu, Xining, Yunnan, Xinjiang.

What to see in Lhasa tour?

Touring Lhasa, you can take the splendid man-made wonders and fantastic natural landscape in just one go. If you are a history lover, then you should not miss out Potala Palace, the landmark of Tibet; Norbulingka, the summer palace of Dalai Lama; and Tibet Museum, the encyclopedia of Tibetan culture.

You certainly couldn’t afford to visit Jokhang Temple, the spiritual center and enjoy the famous Barkhor kora with local Tibetan pilgrims; Drepung Monastery, the largest monastery in Tibet; Sera Monastery, the vigorous monk debating in the afternoon.

For more off-the-beaten track, visit the Ganden Monastery, which is built on the top of Wangbur Mountain and is also the first Gelugpa monastery founded by guru Tsongkhapa; another choice is to enjoy the mediation in Drak Yerpa monastery, a cliff-side Buddhist retreat, which offers an amazing view and Buddhist vibes.

Wanna take great shoots of Tibet lakes? Make an excursion to come the holiest Yamdrok and Namtso Lake.

What and where to eat in Lhasa travel?

Traditional Tibetan foods and drinks mainly consist of Tsampa, yak meat, mutton, butter tea, barley wine, and various dairy products. Apart from these staple food, Lhasa has more to offer. Wandering along Barkhor Street, you’ll find loads of restaurants providing kinds of Nepalese cuisines, Indian dishes, western meals at a very reasonable price.

If you go for traditional Tibetan food, Tibetan Family Kitchen is highly recommended. You can even enjoy our cooking class there. For western food, go to Dunya Restaurant, a restaurant owned by a Dutch couple, offers great western food with great atmosphere.

What kind of hotels are available in Lhasa?

As the capital of Tibet, Lhasa has a wide variety of accommodations for you to choose from, ranging from the high-end hotels to the simplest guesthouses. Just a kind reminder here, due to the remote location and economic development, the hotel facility and service are not as good as that of big cities of China. To put it simply, a five-star hotel in Lhasa may be only as high as a three-star hotel in Beijing, and you’d better not hold a high expectations for hotels in Lhasa.

Top luxury 5-star hotels: St. Regis Lhasa Resort; Shangri-La; Intercontential Lhasa Paradise; Songtsam Choskyi Linka Lodge
Comfortable 4-start hotels: Lhasa Gang Gyan Hotel, Lhasa Yak Hotel
Economic 3-star hotels: Tibet Villa Hotel, Lhasa Shangbala Hotel
Tibetan-style hotels: House of Shambhala, Lhasa Dhood Gu Hotel
Cheap guesthouses: Dong Cuo International Youth Hostel, Phuntsok Kasang International Youth Hostel

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