Plan your Lhasa Tour? In addition to including such stereotyped visits covering Potala Palace, Jokhang Temple, Sera Temple, Norbulingka and so on, don’t forget to add an excursion to Drak Yerpa Monastery, which is located about 30km northeast to the city center of Lhasa. There are two popular Tibetan verses in relation to Drak Yerpa….
Plan your Lhasa tour? The listed top 10 attractions in Lhasa are solicited from the visitors we’ve escorted in the past. If you have more time available in Lhasa after visiting these big draw attractions, you are bestowed with many more things to do during your stay in Lhasa. It’s always good to have some advice and…
Plan your Lhasa tour? A side road trip to Yamdrok Lake is highly recommended. So to speak, Yamdrok Lake is a must for your first time visit in Tibet. Yamdrok Lake ( or Yamdrok-Tso Lake and Yamdrok Yumtso Lake ) is one of the three holy lakes in Tibet. Yamdrok-Tso Lake is 130km long from…
Plan your Lhasa tour? Visiting Potala Palace is one of your highlights in your Lhasa trip. Many visitors would like to take some photos of Potala Palace bringing their memory back home. There are many places to view and photograph Potala Palace sitting on a hill in the heart of Lhasa city. You may walk…
Plan your Lhasa tour? For many first-time Lhasa visitors, Sera Monastery is one of the highlights in Lhasa. It is located 6km north of downtown Lhasa. Brief History of Sera Monastery Sera Monastery is known as one of the three major monasteries in Lhasa. The other two are Ganden Monastery and Drepung Monastery. Sera Monastery…
Qushui Bridge is the first modern bridge over Yalu Tsangpo River, a crucial bridge in Tibet. It is located Qushui County, about 60km south of Lhasa and 27km west of Lhasa Gonggar Airport. Qushui County The name “Qushui” comes from “Jimai” in Tibetan language in ancient times, which literally means “the land where rivers meet”….
Plan your Lhasa tour? When thinking of Lhasa or Tibet as a whole, normally people would agree that Lhasa is a mysterious Buddhist area where the local people all believe Buddhism. But in reality, mosques could be found in Lhasa and elsewhere in Tibet as well. At present there 4 mosques in Lhasa including Lhasa…
Plan your Lhasa tour? Don’t forget to have a look at Lhasa River. As you know, almost each great city in the world has a great river. Lhasa is no exception. Lhasa River, the Mother River of Lhasa is one of te five major tributaries of Yalong Tsangpo River with a total length of 551…