Depart from Chengdu, meet at a designated location (0600AM), and transfer to Chengdu Shuangliu airport. Arrive at Lhasa Gonggar airport which is about 3650 meters high, drive to Lhasa urban, en route visit Brahmaputra valley, Buddha Sculpture made 11th century and Tibetan village etc.Arrive in Lhasa and check in the Hotel. For the rest of this afternoon.you can have a rest and then have a free sightseeing all by yourself.(No tour guide service today but the Tibetan guide will pick up you at Lhasa airport, please do not have violent physical activity.)

After breakfast,visit the splendid Potala Palace,the administation site of Dalai Lama,Jokhang Temple, then go to Barkhor Street where you can have a good visit of this ancient tibetan street and do some shoppings of Tibetan ornaments.Overnight in Lhasa

Drive to Shigatse, after breakfast in Lhasa,en route visit Yamdrok Lake which is one of the holy lakes respected by local Tibetans,then have a view of Korala Glaciers along the road,then transfer to Shigatse hotel.

Full day guided tour, visit Tashilhunpo Monastery, Shigatse fair, after lunch visit the Lhokar - the Tibetan granary and see the local life, then drive about 4 hours and a half to Tsedang along Yalu Tsongpo river.Overnight in Tsedang.

After breakfast, drive to visit the Tombs of Tibet Kings among which Songzan Ganpo"s tomb is the largest one,then go to visit Yumbulakang which is a monastery has a history of 2,100 years, known as the "Palace built on the hind leg of a femal deer". After lunch drive to a small dock at the riverside of Yarlu Tsangpo river, take a local boat on Yarlu Tsongpo river for about 1 hour and a half to the other side of the river and change to the local jeeps or tractors which will send you to Samye monastery, the largest monastery in Shannan prefecture.then come back the same way and drive about 2 hours and a half back to Lhasa in the afternoon.Overnihgt in Lhasa.
Notice:On the boat to the samye monastery,you will see imposing gorges, verdent forests,sky-scraping snow mountains.The river bed of Yarlu Tsongpo river becomes much wider after it runs through several gorges, and water bebcomes much milder and smoother, enjoy a comfortable boat ride and the magnificent view of Yarlu Tsongpo river.The boat is local ferry boat which can hold 10 persons, the price in the low travel season is about RMB400 for a round ride, while in high travel season it is about RMB700 for a round ride.When you get down the boat at the other side of Yarlu Tsangpo river, you can change to the local Jeep or tractors which can drive you to Samye monastery with the price around RMB15/person.

Take the morning flight and fly back to Chengdu, end tour.