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Drak Yerpa is a place that has deep meanings in the Tibetan spiritual culture. There is a saying goes like this: "Lhasa is the shrine of Tibet, Drak Yerpa is the shrine of Lhasa. Not seeing Drak Yerpa in Lhasa is just like making a dress without the collar." The entrance to the Yerpa Valley is about 16 km northeast of Lhasa on the northern bank of the Kyichu River. From there, it is another 10 km to the famous ancient meditation caves.
Visit Sera monastery in the afternoon. It’s one of Gelugpa (yellow hat) sect monastic colleges. Sera monastery is famous for its Buddhism philosophical debate practice.
Then drive about 1.5 hours and arrive at the foot of Naiqinkangsang Snow Mountain. It is one of the holy mountains of Tibet. If you look up to the Snow Mountain you'll see the beautiful "flag cloud"(the creature of the wind and the snow) floating and shining in the air.
20 minutes’ drive later, Karo-la Glacier will be in your eyes. It has a good fame of “Ice Queen” on the roof of the world. It is about 5,600 meters north of the main peak of Karo-la Mountain. You’ll have a long-distance of this masterpiece of nature. You’ll arrive at a valley and see Manlha Water Control Project from a distance later on. It is located in Gyantse County. It consists of a dam, flood water discharge tunnels and a power station. The power station’s installed capacity reaches 20,000 kilowatts. The project will provide irrigation for more than 43,000 hectares of farmland.
Late afternoon,visit Palkor Chode monastery. After drive to Shigatse.
Enjoy the desert scenery and the scenery along the Brahmaputra on the way back to Lhasa. You can also see devout Christians prostrating and measuring their pilgrimage route with their flesh and blood on Tibetan Plateau if you’re lucky.
Visit Dolma Lhakhang temple on your own expense on the way to Lhasa if you would like to. It is located in Nyethang (approx. 30 kilometers southwest of Lhasa) district, Chushu County. Late afternoon drive back to Lhasa.










