The Guides

Drala Adventures are led by a team of highly accomplished international guides known as rinpoches, khenpos and lamas. Drala’s guides create a warm and caring environment conducive for genuine personal growth and often result in treasured and enduring friendships.

Rinpoche is an honorific title that literally means ‘precious one’ and is generally reserved for incarnate lamas (tulkus) and those recognized as superior meditation masters. It is used as both a term of address and as the last element of the name.

Khenpo, literally meaning ‘learned one’, is roughly equivalent to a doctorate degree in the West and is awarded usually after a period of 9 to 15 years of intensive scholarly study. It is used as the name of the degree, a term of address and the first element of the name.

Lama is an honorific title for experienced and learned meditation teachers. It is often bestowed on those who have completed a traditional 3-year retreat.

Trinlay Tulku Rinpoche Khenpo Tsering Samdrup Bart Mendel Choepel Glatter Dawa Tarchin Phillips Gelek Tarchin Pamela White Tsering Dreulma Tsewang Thaye Tsultrim Rabjam