Samye Choling Monastery

Samye Choling Monastery: crowds and conditions

Typical pattern: usually quiet; mostly local visitors. Been there recently? Post today’s status and it shows here for the next traveller.

Status options for this Buddhist site: Open, good conditions · Very crowded · Approach road bad · Closed / not accessible.

Best time to visit Samye Choling Monastery

Season: October to March.

Crowd: Usually quiet; mostly local visitors.

Typical week: Mon quiet · Tue quiet · Wed quiet · Thu quiet · Fri light · Sat light · Sun light.

How to reach Samye Choling Monastery — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 29.42454, 83.07354. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Samye Choling Monastery

• Shey Gompa · Buddhist site · Karnali Province · ~16 km · Must-see
• Suligad Waterfalls · waterfall · Karnali Province · ~35 km · Must-see
• Kanjiroba Himal · viewpoint · Karnali Province · ~39 km · Must-see
• Kānjirobā · viewpoint · Karnali Province · ~53 km · Must-see
• Bala tripura sundari mata · temple · Karnali Province · ~66 km · Must-see
• Tre-Gyam Sangphuk (Meditation Cave) · cave · Karnali Province · ~6 km
• Namgung Gonpa Waterfall · waterfall · Karnali Province · ~6 km
• Kyityang Gumba · fort · Karnali Province · ~12 km
• Lungqunggarmo La · viewpoint · Ngari Prefecture · ~19 km
• 500 NPR Entrance Fee [Ngagyur Ngingma Nasar Monastery] · Buddhist site · Karnali Province · ~20 km
• Shel Rivo Drukdra · viewpoint · Karnali Province · ~20 km
• Mendoktin Lek · viewpoint · Karnali Province · ~22 km
• Chhuran Lek · viewpoint · Karnali Province · ~23 km
• Xize La · viewpoint · Zhongba · ~25 km
• Qa La · viewpoint · Ngari Prefecture · ~28 km
• 扎顿莎库康日 · viewpoint · ~28 km
• 惹嘎康日 · viewpoint · ~29 km
• 册尔嘎波特雪山 · viewpoint · Karnali Province · ~29 km

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Other buddhist sites near Samye Choling Monastery

• Shey Gompa · Buddhist site · Karnali Province · ~16 km · Must-see
• 500 NPR Entrance Fee [Ngagyur Ngingma Nasar Monastery] · Buddhist site · Karnali Province · ~20 km
• Chhedhul Gompa · Buddhist site · Karnali Province · ~73 km
• Tradun Monastery · Buddhist site · Zhongba · ~137 km
• mani wall & thousands of mani stones · Buddhist site · Karnali Province · ~2 km
• kani chorten · Buddhist site · Karnali Province · ~4 km
• (former) Sal Gompa · Buddhist site · Karnali Province · ~5 km
• Dechen Lapran (Namdo) Gompa · Buddhist site · Karnali Province · ~6 km
• Namgung Monastery · Buddhist site · Karnali Province · ~6 km
• Namgung Gompa · Buddhist site · Karnali Province · ~6 km

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