Day 01: Fly to Lhasa Gonggar airport and drive 95 km to Lhasa. O/n at hotel.

Day 02-03: Sightseeing in Lhasa visiting Potala, Jokhang Temple, Sera and Drepung monastery. O/n at hotel.

Day 04: Drive Lhasa to Tsurphu monastery, which is 60 km, away from Lhasa. O/n at hotel.

Day 05: Trek TSURPHU TO LETEN (4 hours):
The trek begins at Tsurphu, heading west or up the valley. Follow the kora trail 15 minutes west to a walled copse of old trees with a brook. The monks use this garden like wood in the summer so we have to ask permission before you set up camp. Then another forty-five minutes of walking through a rocky chasm on a well graded trail brings you to Shupshading, a herders camp on a shelf above the trail. After 30 minutes cross a seasonal stream coming from the northwest (right). Soon the trail switches over to the south (left) side of the valley. Forty-five minutes onwards the trail forks.

The left branch switchback up the ridge south of the valley and then traverses west in to the Drokpa settlement of Leten (5000m), which is divided by the stream running through it. (Spend one or preferably two days in Leten for acclimatizing). O/n camping.

Day 06: Trek Leten to Bartso (5 hours)
It is about a 3 hours walk from Leten to the Lasar-la. Head for the northern half of the Settlement. The route climbs steeply up the north side of the Leten valley and reaches the Bartso. O/n camping.

Day 07: Trek BARTSO TO DORJE LING NUNNERY (4 hours)
Look northwest from Bartso to the opposite side of the valley. Clearly visible, a wide trail winds up from the valley to the top of the ridge. Ford the Valley Stream and make for this trail, a 20 minutes walk over marshy ground from Bartso. It takes another 25 minutes to reach the summit of the ridge. From the top you will see a saddle north of an intervening valley. On the far side of this saddle is the Dorji Ling Nunnery. Still more than 2 hours away. Views of Nyanchen Tanglha. The 7111m mountain, which gives its name to the range, is fantastic from here. This huge massif has a distinctive flat summit. Nyanchen Tangla is the holiest mountain in central Tibet and is said to be inhabited by a God of the same name. From the saddle, drop down to the valley in 25 minutes to village of TAJUNG. Stay to the left of the 14 whitewashed houses and fords the stream below it. Another 25 minute traverse will bring you to a stream at the base of the ridge aligned east to west. A broad trail appears on the north bank of the stream. Follow it to the top of the ridge. From this point you will have good views of the village just up stream of Dorji Ling nunnery. The nunnery, which is out of view, sits at the bottom of a rock outcrop visible from the ridge Top. The centerpieces of this friendly nunnery is a red Lhakhang in the midst of a group of little white houses. The Lhakhang is simply decorated, reflecting the modest means of the 52 nuns who call this place home. Good place for camping is found in meadows around
Nunnery. O/n camping.

Day 08: Trek DORJI LING NUNNERY TO YANGPACHEN MONASTERY (3 hours):
From Dorji Ling follow the motorable road west, or downstream. In 15 minutes the road
Crosses to the south bank of the valley watercourse and soon forks. Take the right fork over the small concrete bridge and continue down the east bank of the stream along the track. Forty-five minutes from Dorji Ling the valley. The road stays close to the east bank of the river skirting meadows that afford fantastic camping and encompassing views of the Trans-Himalaya. There you will meet driver who has been waiting for your arrival to pick you up and drive you back to Lhasa. O/n at hotel.

Day 09: Drive to airport and fly to your next destination.