Lhasa - Qushui - Gambala Snow Mountain - Yamdrok Lake - Gyantse - Shigatse
In the morning, you will drive from Lhasa, take National Highway 318 and then branch off at the bridge, traveling all the way amid the scenery of the Yarlung Tsangpo River to Gambala Pass (4,990 meters). This is the perfect place to overlook 【Yamdrok Lake】 (4,441 meters), one of the "Three Great Sacred Lakes of Tibet." From the Tibetan-style viewing platform with fluttering colorful prayer flags and a huge mani pile, you can gaze at the clear and calm lake surface under the sunlight shifting through varying shades of light blue, deep blue, and sky blue, reflecting the washed-blue sky and the towering snow mountains in the distance - an ultimate beauty unrivaled in southern Tibet. If you are lucky, you may even see a wonder of dark clouds on one side, a brilliant rainbow on another, and boundless sunset glow elsewhere.
After lunch in Nagarze, you will continue by vehicle to visit 【Karo La Glacier】 (5,000 meters). The glacier standing beside the road is like a giant thangka hanging on the mountain wall, crystal clear and pure white, so close it seems you could touch it.
Then continue to the ancient town of Gyantse, a heroic town of anti-British resistance. This ancient town with more than 600 years of history was also a key transportation hub from Front Tibet to Rear Tibet. View the Gyantse Dzong anti-British site from afar, and visit 【Pelkor Chode Monastery】, the only site in Tibet combining the three major sects, with stunning murals and carvings and the Hundred Thousand Buddha Stupa. Finally, arrive in Shigatse, the capital of Rear Tibet, and check in.
🍽️ Breakfast not included, lunch included, dinner included
🏨 Shigatse