Full-day tour to Drepung Monastery, Sera Monastery (Private Tour)
Tour Fare: (per person)
From $104 (Adult) (Minimum 2 people)
Tour Highlights: • Drepung Monastery • Sera Monastery • Lunch at Snowland Restaurant
Tour Duration
8 Hours (09:00 - 17:00)
Departures
Daily
Meals
One (1) lunch at Snowland Restaurant
Guide
English-speaking guide service (Private Guide)
Admissions
Entrance fees to scenic spots or show tickets as listed in the itinerary
Pick-up
Available at your hotel
Drop-off
Available at your hotel
Tour Excludes: • Hotel accommodation. • Flight/train ticket. • Additional meal and drink. • Personal expenses such as laundry, drinks, fax, telephone call, optional activities, etc. • Gratuities to the local guide, driver, hotel bellboy. • Services not mentioned in the itinerary. • Traveler insurance.
Drepung Monastery Founded in 1416, Drepung Monastery on the outskirts of Lhasa was once Tibet's largest and most influential monastery, with over 10,000 monks. Today, Drepung houses about 700 monks and attracts pilgrims and visitors from around the world. Drepung Monastery was the home of the Dalai Lamas before the Potala Palace was built in the 17th century. Resembling a heap of white rice from a distance, it was dubbed "Monastery of the Collecting-Rice" (Drepung Gompa) in Tibetan.
Sera Monastery Located at the foot of Taipu Hill, Sera Monastery is one of the three most famous monasteries in Lhasa. Nestled beneath the mountain, it consists of a Buddhist temple, sutra recitation hall and monastery, monastic house, and the famous Living Buddhas’ palace. The well-ordered architecture is in tune with its natural surroundings. The monastery is made up of a tsokchen (Great Hall), three tratsangs (colleges that offer specialised studies) and thirty khangtsens (residential compounds with chapels reserved for monks coming from different areas of Tibet).
