MOUNT KAILASH & MOUNT EVEREST 12-15 days
Lhasa – Yamdrok Lake – Gyantse – Sakya – Saga -Mount Kailash – Lake Manasarovar – Saga – Rombuk & Mount Everest – Shigatse – Lhasa (or Saga – Kyirong – Kathmandu)
Travel west, back in time and history through dramatic landscapes to Tibet’s most sacred pilgrimage sites, Mount Kailash and Lake Manasarovar.
Join Tibetan pilgrims on the 3-day circumambulation of Kailash, the world’s most sacred mountain.
The kora is not technically difficult, but is tough due to the altitude; yet it is without a doubt the experience of a lifetime!
day 1: Arrive Lhasa & transfer to hotel.
day 2: Lhasa sightseeing: visit Drepung, Nechung & Sera
day 3: Lhasa sightseeing: visit Potala, Jokhang -Barkhor.
day 4: drive to Gyantse via Yamdrok Lake & Karo-la Glacier
day 5: visit Pelkhor Choede – via Shalu to Shigatse – drive to Sakya (option to stop at Shalu)
day 6: drive to Saga
day 7: drive to Darchen
day 8: Kailash Kora to DiraPhuk (longish hiking day – simple accommodation)
day 9: Kailash Kora – cross the Drolma-la (5636m) to Zhutrul Phuk (long hiking day – simple accommodation)
day 10: complete Kailash kora (short hike) – drive to Chiu Gompa (Lake Manasarovar) – simple accommodation
day 11: drive back to Saga
day 12: via PaikuTso (views of Shishapangma) to Rombuk
day 13: to Shigatse
day 14: Visit Tashilumpo – return to Lhasa
day 15: Transfer to airport for departure
*for a shorter trip you can drive straight from Saga to the Nepal border on day 12.
TIBET: MOUNT KAILASH with EVEREST – Group Departures
17 days
KAILASH & THE GUGE KINGDOM 17 – 18 days
Lhasa – Gyantse – Sakya – Rombuk & Everest – Saga – Menshi – Guge – Mount Kailash – Lake Manasarovar – Saga – Shigatse – Lhasa (or Saga – Kyirong – Kathmandu
Discover the vastness of the Tibetan Plateau and the grandeur of the world’s greatest mountain range. Make the pilgrimage to and around the sacred mountain at the heart of Buddhist, Hindu, Bon and Jain cosmology & spend a night on the shores of the vast blue Lake Manasarovar.
Travel through stunning landscapes to explore the religious and artistic heritage of the ancient Kingdom of Guge on the banks of the Sutlej River. Cross vast grasslands for a spectacular close-up view of the world’s highest mountain.
day 1: Arrive Lhasa & transfer to hotel.
day 2: Lhasa sightseeing: visit Drepung, Nechung & Sera
day 3: Lhasa sightseeing: visit Potala, Jokhang -Barkhor.
day 4: drive to Gyantse via Khamba-la pass, Yamdrok Lake & Karo-la Glacier
day 5: visit Pelkhor Choede – via Shalu to Sakya
day 6: to Rombuk & Mt Everest
day 7: drive via PaikuTso (views of Shishapangma) to Saga
day 8: drive to Menshi
day 9: visit Tirthapuri, Guruyam & Khyunlung – drive to Tsada
day 10: Visit Tholing & Tsaparang (Guge Kingdom)
day 11: drive via Dungkar & Piyang to Darchen
day 12: Kailash Kora to DiraPhuk
day 13: Kailash Kora to Zhutrul Phuk
day 14: complete Kailash kora – then drive & overnight Chiu Gompa (Lake Manasarovar)
day 15: drive to Saga
day 16: to Kyirong (optional short hike depending on timing)
day 17: cross border to Nepal
** or return to Lhasa. day 16: Saga-Shigatse / day 17: to Lhasa / day 18 depart
KAILASH, WESTERN TIBET & THE NORTH ROADS 20+ days
Lhasa – Namtso – Namru – Siling Tso – Nyima – Gertse – Ali – Tsada & Guge – Tirthapuri – Mount Kailash – Lake Manasarovar – Everest – Shigatse – Gyantse – Yamdrok Lake – Lhasa
It doesn’t get any better than this!
Traverse the vast expanse of the Changtang – the high Tibetan plateau, one of the most remote and untraveled regions on earth. Travel from Lhasa via the scenically stunning northern road to Ali in far western Tibet, before turning south into the utterly different landscapes surrounding the ancient Kingdom of Guge, then back east via Mount Kailash and Lake Manasarovar, before turning south across grasslands via Mt Shishapangma to Everest.
There are a couple of options including the “long” & “short” north roads are are an unbeatable experience if you have both the time and budget (private car & guide for 20+ days is not cheap).
TIBET: KAILASH EXPRESS 9 days
Kyirong – Saga – Mount Kailash – Lake Manasarovar – Saga – Kyirong
If your focus is purely Kailash & Manasarovar this is a short option.
You will need to have spent at least 3 nights in Nepal at over 3000m acclimatising to altitude if you want this trip to go smoothly!
Currently only feasible for those who are visa free for China.
day 1: Cross Rasuwa border to Kyirong
day 2: drive to Saga or Paryang
day 3: drive to Chiu Gompa at Lake Manasarovar
day 4: morning at lake – drive to Darchen
day 5: Kailash Kora to DiraPhuk
day 6: Kailash Kora to Zhutrul Phuk
day 7: complete Kailash kora – drive back to Paryang or Saga
day 8: drive to Kyirong
day 9: Cross Rasuwa border & drive to Kathmandu
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