Mt. Kailash - Manasarovar - Guge Kingdom (Entry Zhangmu & Exit Lhasa)
The main highlight of this tour is tour to make the "ultimate pilgrimage" to holy Kailash and Manasarovar. We start the tour from Kathmandu in Nepal & the tour includes traveling overland to the sacred Manasarovar Lake and Mount Kailash. This tour offers the ample chance to camp by the ethereal waters of the holy lake Manasarovar and to take part in a 3-days kora around Mt. Kailash. We can enjoy the spiritual journey in a holy and beautiful land being closer to nature & it's beauty.
This tour includes rigorous overland driving, trekking and camping through remote regions of western Tibet, at altitudes of 2,745m/9,000ft and 4,880m/16,000ft, hiking to a maximum of 5600m/18,400ft. The tour will be more luxurious & interesting by the dedicated & quality services of a Nepalese Sherpa team that includes a camp cook and guide. All the camping equipment will be included in the tour price. While trekking, we make available porters/pack-animals for carrying the equipments & luggage, clients will carry a small daypack only & hike at easy pace.
Itinerary
Day 01: Your arrival at Tribhuwan International Airport (TIA), and transfer to hotel. O/N at hotel.
Day 02: City tour including Pashupatinath temple, Boudhanath, Swayambhunath & Kathmandu Durbar Square. O/N at hotel.
Day 03: Scenic drive from Kathmandu to Nepal/China Friendship Bridge and drive to Zhangmu. O/N at hotel.
Day 04: Drive to Paigutso Lake, and Tented camp.
Day 05: Drive to Saga, and tented camp.
Day 06: Drive to Paryang, and tented camp.
Day 07: Drive to Manasarovar, and tented camp near Chiu Gompa.
Day 08: Drive to Tirthapuri, and tented camp.
Day 09: Drive to Tholing and tented camp.
Day 10: Morning drive to Tsaparang (Guge Kingdom), and drive back to Tholing by the evening, and O/N at Guesthouse or Tented camp.
Day 11: Drive to Darchen, and tented camp.
Day 12: Trek to Derapuk, and tented camp.
Day 13: Dolma La pass (5600 meters.) and trek down to Zudulpuk, and camp.
Day 14: Trek to near Darchen (circumambulation ends here), and drive to Manasarovar, and tented camp.
Day 15: Drive to Paryang, and tented camp.
Day 16: Drive to Saga, and tented camp.
Day 17: Drive to Xigatse, and O/N at hotel.
Day 18: Drive to Gyantse, and O/N at hotel.
Day 19: Drive to Lhasa, and O/N at hotel.
Day 20 / 21: Lhasa Sightseeing tour.
Day 22: Early morning transfer to Gongar airport for your flight to Kathmandu.
Day 23: Sightseeing tour in Bhaktapur and Patan Durbar squares.
Day 24: Departure.