21 Nights 22 Days Kailash Pilgrimage & Lhasa Tour ( Nepal/Tibet)
Mt.
Kailash, at 6714m, is not the mightiest of the mountains in the
region, but with its hulking shape – like the handle of a
millstone, according to Tibetans – and its yearlong snow-capped
peak, it stands apart from the pack. Its four sheer walls match
the cardinal points of the compass, and its southern face is famously
marked by a long vertical cleft punctuated halfway down its traverse
by a horizontal line of rock strata. This scarring resembles a swastika – a Buddhist symbol of spiritual strength
– and is a feature that has contributed to Kailash’s
mythical status. The mountain is known in Tibetan as Kang Rinpoche,
or ‘Precious Jewel of Snow’.
Throughout Asia exist stories of
a great mountain, the navel of the world, from which flow four great
rivers that gave life to the areas they pass through. The myth originates
in the Hindu epics, which speak of Mt Meru – home of the gods
– as a vast column 84,000 leagues high, its summit kissing
the heavens and its flanks composed of gold, crystal, ruby and lapis
lazuli. These Hindu accounts placed Mt. Meru somewhere in the towering
Himalaya but, with time, Meru increasingly came to be associated
specifically with Mt. Kailash. The confluence of the myth and the
mountain is no coincidence. No-one has been to the summit to confirm
whether or not the gods reside there, but Kailash does indeed lie
at the centre of an area that is the key to the drainage system
of the Tibetan plateau. Four of the great rivers of the Indian subcontinent
originate here; the Karnali, which feeds into the Ganges (south);
the Indus (north); the Sutlej (west); and the Barhmapurtra (Yarlung
Tsangpo, east).
Mt. Kailash has long been an object of worship for
four major religions. For the Hindus, it is the domain of Shiva,
the Destroyer and Transformer. To the Buddhist faithful, Mt. Kailash
is the abode of Demchok (Sanskrit: Samvara), a wrathful manifestation
of Sakyamuni (Sakya Thukpa) thought to be the equivalent of Hinduism’s
Shiva. The Jains of India also revere the mountain as the site at
which the first of their saints was emancipated. And in the ancient
Bon religion of Tibet, Kailash was the sacred Yungdrung Gutseg (Nine-Stacked-Swastika
Mountain) upon which the Bonpo founder Shenrab alighted from heaven.
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Itinerary: |
Day 01: Arrival
in Kathmandu, Transfer to Hotel
Day: 02: Preparation for trip
to Tibet.
DAY 03: KATHMANDU – NYLAM. (3750m)
Tour starts form early morning at 06:00. Drive
to Dhulikhel, stop for breakfast and then again
drive to Kodari which is 114 kms from Kathmandu
takes 05-06hrs. Upon arrival our tour escort will
help you to go through immigration formalities
in Nepali part and after immigration formalities
03-04 minute walks to other side of the border
i.e. Tibetan part, there will be our Tibetan Guide
with 4WD Jeeps and supporting trucks takes you
to Zhangmu (Tibetan town 09 km uphill drive form
border.). At Zhangmu you again have to go through
Chinese immigration formalities and there you
will have your lunch and further drive to Nyalam
(30 kms form Zhangmu takes 2 hrs uphill drive.)
o/n in Guest house.
DAY 04: NYALAM : Rest day for
acclimatization.
DAY 05: NYALAM - SAGA
After breakfast our journey start to Saga which
is 06-08 hrs drive, 4050 m in elevation and over
night in camp.
DAY 06: SAGA – PARAYANG
After early morning breakfast drive to Parayang,
Which is 06-07 hrs drive and over night in camp.
DAY 07: PARAYANG – MANASAROVAR.
Early morning drive to Manasorovar which takes
4-5 hours drive, 4550m in elevation and over night
in camp.
DAY 08: MANASAROVAR – DARCHEN.
Explore Lake Manasorovar in the morning and drive
to Darchen which is 1 hour drive and, 4,560 m
in elevation and over night in camp / G house.
DAY 09: DARCHEN – DIRAPUK
After early morning breakfast trek starts (The
Kora begins) and after 5 – 6 hours trek
to Dirapuk, 4,890 m in elevation and overnight
in camp.
DAY 10: DIRAPUK – ZUTULPUK
Parikrama contionues to Zutulpuk which
will takes approximately 08 hours, 4,790m in elevation
and overnight in camp.
DAY 11: ZUTULPUK – DARCHEN –
HORFE
End treks at Darchen and drive to Horfe and over
night in camp.
DAY 12: HORFE – PARAYANGDrive
back to Parayang and over night in camp.
DAY 13: PARAYANG – SAGA: Drive
to Saga and over night in camp.
DAY 14: SAGA – LHATSE: Drive
to LHATSE and over night in G. house.
DAY 15:LHATSE - SIGATSE (3,900M), 244KM
, APPROX 06-08 HRS DRIVE.
Scenic drive through the highest point, Gyatchu
La pass (5,220m) en route to Lhasa via Latse and
Shakya Monastery . Overnight in hotel.
DAY 16: XIGATSE –GYANTSE (3,950M),
90KM, APPROX 2 HRS DRIVE.
Morning sightseeing to the Panchen Lama’s
Tashilumpu Monastery. Drive through the Tibet’s
biggest Agricultural field to Gyantse and visit
to the Kumbum Stupa & Palkor Monastery . Over
night in Hotel.
DAY 17: GYANTSE – LHASA (3650M):261
KM
Full day picturesque drive along the turquoise
lake Yamadrok, crossing over Kampala Pass (4794M)
and the Brahma Putra river (Yarlung Tsangpo).
Over night in hotel.
DAY 18 – 19:
IN LHASA: Two full days sight
seeing tour to Lhasa including JOKHANG TEMPLE,
BARKHOR BAZAAR, POTATLA PALACE, DEPRUNG AND SERA
MONASTERIES. Over night in Hotel.
DAY 20: LHASA – KATHMANDU.
Day 21:Kathmandu
Day 22: Final Departure.
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5-9 Person, Per
Person USD 2800.00
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Cost includes: |
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Hotel in Kathmandu as above the Itinerary
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Twin Sharing accommodation in tented camps and
guest houses as per itinerary on full board basis
during camping & on bed and breakfast from Lhatse
and onward to Lhasa.
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Tibet China Visa fees,transportation by 4WD Land
Cruisers(FOUR CLIENTS PER LANDCURISER), supporting
truck.
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All trekking equipment such as two men tent,
dinning tent, kitchen utensils, toilet tents, sleeping
mattresses, camp chairs tables, all food stuff.
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Gamow bags (life saving device incase of altitude
sickness)
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All sightseeing as per itinerary with English
speaking guide
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Monastery entrance fees, portable oxygen cylinders
in case of emergency
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Yak and Yak man for porter age of luggage and
equipment
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Travel permit to kailash AIR FARE FOR THE SECOTOR
LXA KTM and all necessary transfers.
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Cost does not
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- Lunch and dinner in Kathmandu
- LUNCH & DINNER during Tour to Sigatse, Gyantse
& Lhasa
- Nepal re-entry visa fees
- Sleeping bag, Down jacket, Laundry, Telephone calls
- Expenses of personal nature
- Any kind of travel insurance, Emergency evacuation
cost
- Extra charges for hiring porters and vehicles in
case of land slide and other natural calamities.
- gratitude tips.
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