Drak Yerpa Cave

For those with an interest in Tibetan Buddhism ,The Drak Yerpa  Cave or Hermitage is one of the holiest cave retreats in Tibet and its located at the northeast of Lhasa with distance of about 18km .

Among the many ascetics ,who have sojourned here are Guru Ring Poche and Jowo Je Phelden Atisha ,the Bengali Buddhist who spent 12 years proselytizing in Tibet .King Songtsen Gampo also meditated in a cave ,after his Tibetan wife established the first of Yerpa’s chapels

The peaceful site offers lovely views and is a great day trip from Lhasa.