Lhozhag - Mongda La Pass - Puma Yumco - Yamdrok Lake "Thousand Island Lake" - Ritro Monastery - Gonggar Airport - Lhasa
After breakfast, you will set off from Lhozhag, first crossing the Mengda La Pass at an elevation of 5,363 meters. 【Mengda La Pass】is a superb snow mountain viewing platform, where you can admire the majestic presence of the Kula Kangri sacred mountain range and feel an indescribable sense of grandeur. Afterwards, you will visit Puma Yumco. 【Puma Yumco】is a saltwater lake amid the Himalayas, with a surface elevation of 5,010 meters. "Puma" means "young girl," and "Yumco" means "a lake like jasper," so Puma Yumco is also known as the Maiden Lake. Puma Yumco is surrounded by continuous snow mountains, with the towering Kula Kangri sacred mountain right beside the lake. Its waters are deep blue and crystal clear—sitting by the lakeside will give you an urge never to leave. In winter, the lake surface freezes over, making the scenery even more enchanting.
After visiting Puma Yumco, you will head to the Luri La Scenic Area. 【Luri La Scenic Area】enjoys the reputation of a "Thousand Island Lake" and is a very off-the-beaten-path attraction. Looking out from the summit of Luri La, the islands of various sizes and shapes in Yamdrok Lake are scattered in an orderly yet varied pattern, some dense and some sparse. The only difference from Hangzhou's Thousand Island Lake is that here the sky is bluer, the clouds are whiter, and the water is greener!
Afterwards, you will visit the "internet-famous" Rituo Temple by Yamdrok Lake. 【Rituo Temple】means "stone on the mountain." Standing alone on the shore of the jade-like Yamdrok Lake, it is the only building on a peninsula in the lake. One lake, one temple, one monk, one lifetime—this has continued for 700 years. Through the changing seasons, sunrise and sunset, and the washing away of worldly conflicts, practice means staying here until it becomes a way of life one can no longer leave. That is why it is also called the loneliest temple. Finally, you will return to Lhasa via Gonggar Airport.
🍽️ Breakfast included, lunch included, dinner not included
🏨 Self-arranged
