Day 01: Fly from Kathmandu to Lhasa. Airplane
will land at Lhasa Gonggar Airport (96km from the main
city). Early morning you are transferred to the airport
to board the plane for the flight over the Himalaya
to Lhasa. If the weather is clear, there are wonderful
views of Everest, Nuptse, Lhotse, Makalu, Kanchenjunga
and other peaks en route. On arrival at Gonggar airport
(which is 90 km. from Lhasa), you meet your vehicle
and drive east along the broad Yarlung Tsangpo valley
to Tsedang (3400m.). After checking into your hotel,
you drive south to see the reputed oldest building
in Tibet, the Yumbu Lakhang, a beautiful castle-like
dwelling and monastery, dramatically perched on a spur
looking out over the fertile valley below. If time
permits, you may be able to visit a small monastery
close to Tsedang, or an interesting carpet factory
where you can see the whole process of carpet making. 
Day 02: This day you visit
Potala Palace, Sera Monastery and Norbulinka. One of
the highlights is the visit to the symbol of Tibet;
the Potala Palace set high on Red Hill, the winter
home of the Dalai Lama until 1959. The most sacred
temple in Lhasa is the Lokhang, where people come from
all over Tibet to visit and pray in this spiritual
heart of the country. It was used as a military kitchen
during the Cultural Revolution but has now been beautifully
restored, with many priceless thangkas and statues
adorning the chapels and magnificent gilded roofs.
In the afternoon visit Sera monastery, which was created
in 1419, has always been an important Buddhist seminary.
As rose are planted everywhere in the monastery, it
is also called “the court of wild rose”.
Today still 200 Lamas live in there. Another great
treasure is the Norbulingka – the old summer
palace of the Dalai Lama.
Day 03: This day you are programmed to visit
Drepung Monastery, Jorkhang Temple and Barkhor Street.
This day you are programmed to visit Drepung monastery,
one of the great monasteries of the Gelukpa (yellow
hat) sect, just outside Lhasa. There is time to explore
Lhasa on your own, perhaps visiting the Tibetan Medical
College or the Ramoche temple (one of the oldest religious
buildings in Tibet).
In the evening you visit Jorkhang temple, the center
of the Tibetan Buddhism and the sacred land of Buddhist
followers where innumerable pilgrims come for worship
everyday. The temple, built in 647, is the earliest
wood-and-masonry structure still existing in Tibet.
Surrounding the Jorkhang Temple is the bustling Barkhor
Market place which is the religious and social focus
of Lhasa. Around the Barkhor there are numerous stalls
selling all sorts of handicrafts: brightly colored
boots and fur-lined hats, silver and turquoise jewelry,
rosaries, prayer flags and charms, as well as beautiful
Tibetan carpets and all manner of ordinary household
ware.
Day 04 : Early morning transfer to Gonggar airport
and fly to Kathmandu. The flight from Lhasa to Kathmandu
takes one hour and during your flight, you can see
Yarlung Tsangpo River, Yamdrok Tso [Lake], Mount Kanchanjungha
(8,586m.), Mount Makalu (8,463m.) and Mount Everest
(8,848m.). But the visibility depends on the weather
condition. Your Tibet Tour ends on your arrival at
Kathmandu Airport.
You
fly or drive across the Himalaya to Lhasa, where you
have plenty of time to visit the main sights in and around
the town including the Potala Palace, the Norbulingka
(the Dalai Lama’s
summer palace) and the Jorkhang Temple which contains
Jowo Shakyamuni, the most holy statue to all Tibetan
Buddhists. You also visit the major monasteries in the
Lhasa Valley including Samye, Drepung and Sera. You then
drive along the Friendship Highway to Nepal, one of the
most spectacular road journeys in the world. You visit
the towns and monasteries in both Gyantse and Shigatse
and then have a spectacular drive across the Tibetan
Plateau with great views of Everest from the north side
and Shishapangma, the only 8,000m mountain situated totally
in Tibet. Finally you drive through the Himalaya and
down into a spectacular gorge back to Nepal and Kathmandu.
You can also fly back from Lhasa to Kathmandu.