13 Lhasa - Shigatse

5th November 2025 - Lhasa to Shigatse 

We left Lhasa at 9:30 am. Though we started on G318, we took a different route down first the Lhasa Airport highway and then highway S307 to see a fresh water Lake - Yamdrok Lake - from a high pass at Kamba-La (4700M). The Lake was large and dark blue color. Beautiful view point, where some musicians were singing songs and playinga a guitar from the roof of an SUV parked there. Link: Yamdrok Lake - Wikipedia 

Next we stopped for Lunch at Nagtze town at 4500M. 

Our next stop was at Karu-La Viewpoint from where we saw Glaciers and Snow bound high peaks. there were huge Tibetan Mastiffs on display there for people to take pictures by their side with snow peaks view.  Obviously it was for some money to the Keepers. 

Next stop at Manla Reservoir  and Dam site. A beautiful large body of water .  Manla Water Conservancy Hub Project - Wikipedia 

By 5:30pm we reached Gyantze town where stopped to see a Fort high on a ridge (we didn't climb up there) with a nice Monastery - Pelkor Chode Monastery - with a large Kumbum Stupa in the front yard plaza. Nice Setting. Worth seeing. For more details see link below.  

Pelkor Chode Monastery, the Complex of Tibetan Buddhism, Architecture, and Art 

We reached Shigatse in the evening and checked into our Gesar Hotel: Hotel Link: https://l1nk.dev/ThimK