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5 Days Shanghai to Lhasa Tours

Tour Route: Shanghai, Lhasa

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Daily
Private Tour
Day 1 Shanghaito Lhasa

In the morning, you are met at your hotel and transferred to the airport for your flight to Lhasa. Upon arrival, you’ll be met at the airport by our professional English speaking tour guide. Transfer to the hotel for 4 nights stay.  The rest of the day is at leisure.

Meals: Lunch, Dinner
Day 2 Lhasa

Full day visit in Lhasa. Your first stop will be The Potala Palace with its 10,000 steps. Then we visit to the most celebrated temple in Tibet - the Jokhang Temple. This afternoon is at leisure at Barkhor Street to shop and to look at some of the local crafts.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Day 3 Lhasa

Today we will visit Sera Monastery, known as one of the three greatest monasteries of Tibet. As one of the three main monasteries in Lhasa, it is here that the monks "famous daily debates" take place. One of the most famous souvenir in Tibet is carpet. Today we will visit The Carpet Factory to have a general idea how carpets are produced. After lunch you will have a chance to visit Drepung Monastery and Norbulingka. Drepung Monastery used to be the living palace of Dalai Lamas before the reconstruction of Potala palace (after the 5th Dalai Lamas was bestowed by Qing emperor Qianlong). Norbulingka means "Jeweled Garden". It was constructed as a summer palace for the Dalai Lama and later served as the whole governmental administration.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Day 4 Lhasa

Full day visit to Yambajan and Lake Namtso (from May to October only). Yambajan is famous for its hot spring and is a nice choice for those who want to get a close look at the Tibetan herders (drokpa) and their semi-nomadic lifestyle. Lake Namtso is the second largest saltwater lake in China. The lake is beautiful with its azure water and surrounding snow capped peaks. 

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Day 5 Lhasa to Shanghai

Transfer to Lhasa airport and fly back to Shanghai. Pick-up at Shanghai airport and transfer back home.

Meals: Breakfast
Travel Period 2-5 travelers 6-9 travelers
Dec.1- Feb.28 US$2098 US$1829
Mar.1- Nov.30 US$2139 US$1878

1. The price is based on stay in China four star hotels. If you want to deduct, upgrade or downgrade the hotel, please indicate this while sending the inquiry.
2. You will enjoy more discounts if there is more people join the tour.
3. Prices may vary according to your travel time and are higher in the high season, e.g. Qingming Festival Holiday (Apr. 4 - 6, 2020 ), Labor's Day Holiday (May 1 - 3, 2020) ,Dragon Boat Festival Holiday (Jun. 25 - 27, 2020) and National Day Holiday (Oct 1- Oct 8, 2020).

1.  All internal transportations and transfers in China, including round trip flights between Shanghai and Lhasa.
2.  Domestic airport taxes.
3.  Four night accommodation in Four-star hotels with private facilities
4.  All meals specified in the itinerary, B=Breakfast, L=Lunch, D=Dinner.
5.  Comprehensive sightseeing with an English speaking guide and all entrance fees
6. Tibet permit
7. Complimentary domestic travel insurance

1.   Flights arriving Shanghai and departing Shanghai.
2.   Chinese visa fee.
3.   Your own international travel insurance.
4.   Expenses in hotels such as laundry, tips, telephone and room service, etc.
5.   Gratuities for service provided by tour guides and drivers.
6.  Other personal expenses.

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It is flexible to change the duration, attractions, starting and ending cities according to your interests. Also the tour can be extended or shorten as your preference, just let your trip consultant know.
All of the tour packages exclude the international airfares. We suggest you can book it one your own. You can compare the price between OTAs (Expedia, Priceline, Sky scanner...) and the airlines. When you have a confirmed date, set alarm and compare it always.
As the China Visa, we cannot apply for you as we are an China inbound travel company. However, we can send you our invitation letter with our company's official seal to you after you booked the tour from us, which could assist you to get China Visa from China embassy easily. Usually, we suggest you to apply the visa about one month or one month and a half before your travel date.
For the breakfast, it is offered by the hotel you stay, usually Chinese and Western buffet breakfast. As for the lunch, we offer 80RMB per person for a standard Chinese meal at a nice tourist restaurant. If you want to order other kind of meals, such as vegetarian, Muslim meals, Indian Meals, please let your trip consultant know. Dinner usually will be left for you to choose the food you prefer. Our guide will help you to balance each meal such as your taboo, your preference and avoid repeated food. You have to pay for the extra cost if you want to take better or more. The meals on Yangtze Cruise are fixed Chinese and Western Buffet.
All the hotels can be replaced by your favorite ones or you can book your own hotels. And the hotel room we offered here usually is standard with twin beds. If you want to have king-size bed room or suite, please let your trip advisor know. Besides, all the accommodation are quoted on two persons sharing one room. The room supplement must be paid if you want to have a single room.
* Most hotels we offered in our tour package have WIFI in the lobby, and some of which have WIFI in hotel rooms. If you need the WIFI in your room, please make sure with your trip advisor.
We have non-shopping private tour and tour with carefully selected shops. For tour with shops, the price will be lower, and you will enter one or two shops in every tourist city. The shops could be jade, silk, pearl, Chinese tea etc., all of which have strong China's character and is worthy to buy. Each shop will take you around 45 minutes. We promise there is no compulsory consumption at all. You get the situation in your hands.
* Department stores, supermarkets, boutiques, hotel and restaurants in most cities of China do accept the credit card with the sigh of MasterCard, VISA and JCB. However, it does generate commission charge. Please check the regulations with your bank manager.
All domestic flight we offered is the economic class, which you can carry one hand-on luggage no more than 5 kg for free. The total of free registered luggage is no more than 20kg. Excess luggage will charge you some extra fees, be aware of that. The free registered luggage allowance in China domestic train is 20kg.
The insurance provided by us is called Travel Agencies' Liability Insurance, which covers accidents occurring during the activities arranged by travel agency. It does not cover mishaps or physical problems occurring outside the guided tour period or caused by clients themsevles, so we highly suggest you purchase the full coverage travel insurance from your country of origin.
For group of 1-4 passengers, recommend US$ 4-8 per tourist per day for guide, and US$ 2-5 per tourist per day for guide; for group of 5 and above, recommend US$ 2-5 per tourist per day for guide, and US$2-4 per tourist per day for driver. Besides, we highly recommend you to tip every day to encourage better service from them in the next coming days. However, if you have genuine reason not to tip, don't.
Usually, the deposit of tour package accounts for 30% of the total quotation, and the balance should be paid 30 days before your tour date. Payment methods we accept include Bank Transfer and PayPal, Credit Card and so on. More details you can check the Payment Guide page. Moreover, Children who are less than 12 y/o have their own discounts, please contact with your trip advisor.

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