Extend your tour from Beijing to experience the breathtaking
beauty and spiritual culture of Tibet

6 Day Tibet Gold
ExperienceSM Extension


Tour Code: 5CG06TB



BEIJING: 1 Night Grand Hyatt Beijing at Oriental Plaza

LHASA: 3 Nights Lhasa Hotel
Nobrulingkha (Precious Stone Garden) Barkhor Market Jokhang Temple Potala Palace
Drepung Monastery
 
ALL INCLUSIVE FEATURES:
All China/Tibet air/land transportation
Locally Guided: local guides provide transfers, sightseeing information and assistance in each city
4 nights in deluxe and superior first class hotels
4 breakfasts, 2 lunches, 3 dinners
Round-trip transfers between airport and hotel, baggage handling, hotel taxes and service charges
Sightseeing tours as specified

 
EXTENSION TOUR COST (per person):
(This extension may be added to tours that begin or end in Beijing.)
Tour Code: 5CG06TB   
LAND ONLY*:
$1488
Single Supplement:
$ 350

Daily departures are on request at time of booking.
*Land Only rate does not include transpacific air fare.





   

  DAY-BY-DAY ITINERARY:
 
  Day 1 USA to BEIJING
As part of your main tour arrangements with Pacific Delight World Tours, fly transpacific USA to Beijing.
 
  CHINA
   
  Day 2 ARRIVE BEIJING
  Upon arrival in Beijing, you will be met and transferred to the Grand Hyatt Beijing at Oriental Plaza.
 
  Day 3 BEIJING to LHASA
  Breakfast at the hotel before transferring to the airport for your flight to Lhasa, mountainous capital of Tibet. On arrival, transfer to the Lhasa Hotel. The rest of the day is free to adjust to the altitude of one of the world's highest plateaus-about 12,000 ft. above sea level.
MEALS: Breakfast, Dinner in Hotel
 
  Day 4 LHASA
  An extraordinary day of sightseeing shows Nobrulingkha (Precious Stone Garden), built on the orders of the 7th Dalai Lama in the 18th century. Then visit famous Barkhor Market, where you can shop for rare Tibetan items. See one of Tibet's holiest shrines, revered 7th century Jokhang Temple, where pilgrims come to prostrate themselves before the statue of the Sakyamuni Buddha, lavishly enthroned in gold.
MEALS: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner in Hotel
   
  Day 5 LHASA
  You'll not soon forget the spectacular architecture at the world-famous Potala Palace. Former living quarters of the Dalai Lama, its massive 1000-room structure towers over this mountain city. Then tour Drepung Monastery, tiered against a mountain in traditional Tibetan style, once home to more than 10,000 Lamas.
MEALS: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner in Hotel
   
  Day 6 LHASA to BEIJING
  This morning, bid farewell to the mountains of Tibet as you fly back to Beijing where you join the main portion (on Day 2) of your Pacific Delight Tours' holiday.
MEALS: Breakfast
   
  IF YOU PURCHASE THIS EXTENSION AS A POST-TOUR EXTENSION,
YOUR ITINERARY IN REVERSE WILL BE:
  Tour Code: 5CG05TB
   
  Day 1 Last day of main tour. Fly Beijing to Lhasa.
Check into Lhasa Hotel, stay 3 nights.
   
  Day 2 Lhasa sightseeing (see itinerary above).
   
  Day 3 Lhasa sightseeing (see itinerary above).
   
  Day 4 Lhasa to Beijing. Fly to Beijing. Check into
the Grand Hyatt Beijing at Oriental Plaza, stay 1 night.
   
  Day 5 Fly Beijing to USA.

 
   

Last Revised 5/20/05