
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.
Itinerary:
25 September 2008 Day 01: Arrive in Kathmandu & transfer to hotel (Bed & Breakfast)
26 September 2008 Day 02: sightseeing with guided Kathmandu valley
27 September 2008 Day 03: Drive to Zhangmu & Nyalam - Nylami Guesthouse full board
28 September 2008 Day 04: Drive Nyalam - Paigutso (4350 m)- Camp full board
29 September 2008 Day 05: Drive Paigutso - Paryang - Camp full board
30 September 2008 Day 06: Drive Paryang - Manasarovar Lake - Camp full board
01 October 2008 Day 07: Circle the holy lake by jeep & camping lakeside (Chiu Gomba) - Camp
02 October 2008 Day 08: Drive to Thathaphuri (hot Spring) afternoon back to Darchen - Guesthouse
03 October 2008 Day 09: Mt Kailash Kora: trek Darchen - Dirphuk - Camp full board
04 October 2008 Day 10: Trek Dirphuk - Zutul Puk - Camp full board
05 October 2008 Day 11: Trek ends, drive to Horchu (Manasarover Lake) - Camp full board
06 October 2008 Day 12: Drive To Paryang - Camp full board
07 October 2008 Day 13: Drive To Saga - Camp full board
08 October 2008 Day 14: Drive to Lhatse - Camp full board
09 October 2008 Day 15: Drive to Rongbuk - Everest BC - Camp full board
10 October 2008 Day 16: Everest Base Camp explore - Camp full board
11 October 2008 Day 17: Trek back to Rongbuk near (Everest Base camp)- Camp full board
12 October 2008 Day 18: Drive Rongbuk to Xegar - (Nepalese staff will back to Zhangmu group will be continue to Lhasa) - full board
13 October 2008 Day 19: Drive to Xigatse, visit Tashilunbu Monastery - Hotel Manasarovar full board
14 October 2008 Day 20: Drive to Gyantse - sightseeing in Gyantse - Hotel Gyantse full board
15 October 2008 Day 21: Drive to Lhasa via Yamtso Yo Lake - Hotel Gorgar Palace or similar – full board
16 October 2008 Day 22: Lhasa normal sightseeing with guide - Hotel Gorgar Palace or similar – full board
17 October 2008 Day 23: Lhasa normal sightseeing with guide - Hotel Gorgar Palace or similar - full board
18 October 2008 Day 24: Around Lhasa monastery with minibus and guide - Hotel Gorgar Palace or similar – full board
19 October 2008 Day 25: flight Lhasa - Kathmandu and transfer to hotel (Bed & breakfast)
20 October 2008 Day 26: Kathmandu hotel (Bed and breakfast) - Fare well dinner in Bhojan griya
21 October 2008 Day 27: final Departure
Cost: Groupjoining basis
Cost Per Person USD 2500.00
Single supplementary USD 200.00 (If use single room)
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