Lhasa Mount Kailash Tour

Your Mount Kailash Tour Starts from Kathmandu. We fly to Lasha from Kathmandu (1 hour flight). Nepal Trail Finder’s Tibetan Guide greets you upon arrival in Lhasa and take you to your hotel. A complete rest day for sightseeing in the next day. You can roam around if you want to.  

Lhasa sightseeing starts in the morning after having breakfast at a hotel. On 2nd Day, your guide takes you to three famous spots in Lhasa Potala Palace, Jokhang Temple and Barkhor Bazaar.

Third day of Mount Kailash Tour, you can visit the world famous Shigatse. It is located high on a hilltop overlooking the busy town. Driving to Shigatse, you can drive over the Gampala pass (4790 m), and amazing Yamdrok-tso. The lake reflects the snow capped mountains that are in its surroundings. It adds a significant respect to Buddhism and strong cultural heritage for us. The main attraction here is Tashilhunpo Monastery which has golden roof in it. Tashilhunpo is the seat of the Panchen Lama, the second holy figure in Tibetan Buddhism after the Dalai Lama.

Saga is 280 KMs away from Shigatse and at an altitude of 4600m. We drive to Saga after having breakfast in Shigatse. We pass through a number of high passes and unique Tibetan Landscape. We can understand your feelings to capture such marvellous scenery. So we will freshen up and capture amazing vistas along the drive.

This is the main day of Mount Kailash and Lake Manasarovar Tour when our feet touches the holy Mansarovar. It's an amazing feeling getting there. Our excitement to to see first view of Mount Kailash and Lake Mansarovar completes after long 460KM drive from saga. Sacred Mt Kailash takes hours of difficult walk to reach there. The climate is often cold. This walking around the mountain is known as a Kora, or Parikrama, and normally takes three days. We won’t be doing a Kora here. Another attraction is Manasarovar. Manosaravar means Lake of Consciousness and Enlightenment. It is also called as Lake of Demons.

We drive to the historic Guge Kingdom from Mansarovar and stay overnight there. Along the ride, you can see piles of Mani Stones. Amazing views and landscapes make your drive memorable. Don’t worry, there are some stops to capture photos and freshen up.

After a long drive from Mansarovar Lake and Mount Kailash, we move to Guge Kingdom. Guge Kingdom is proof of ancient civilization. The kingdom is piled up on the mountain slope at a height of 300 meters. On the slope you can see amazing palaces, caves, and monasteries. Unique Construction and Treasured Artworks are major attraction of Guge Kingdom.

We drive back through the same way to the holiest Mansarovar Lake. We spend overnight at Guest House near the lake. It’s good to be around lake at night and enjoy night views. However, you can explore Lake the next day.

9th day of Mount Kailash and Lake Mansarovar Lake Tour is the exploration of Lake Mansarovar. The lake is also known as ‘The Jewel of Tibet’. Some people believe that foot on Mount Kailash gives us good fortune. We then visit Chui Gompa. Chiu Gompa Monastery is built on the cliff near the lake. It’s a great stop for pilgrims and enjoy the 8th century history. We can do meditation here. In late afternoon, we drive to Darchen.

Derapurk is a monastery. To reach here, we firstly walk 3 hours to Barkha plain enjoying the mesmerizing mountain views of Gurla Mandhata and Api Himal. Through fraying stones and flags we go to barren Lhach Valley to Tarboche, important sites for Tibet’s important festival – Saga Dawa. From here you can enjoy majestic Mount Kailash clearly. After some trek we reach Chuku monastery. The monastery was built in the 13th Century. The monastery keeps several halidoms – Buddha statue, copper pot and elephant tusks. Finally, we reach Darchen and spend the night at Guest House.

Today you climb up to Dolma-la (5613m) and descend gradually to Zuthulphuk(4760m). This is the most difficult day in whole tour. Dolma-la is the holiest place and famous for meditation to be away from so called “Moha Maya” (eternity). In late afternoon you reach Zutulpuk. 

From Zutulpuk we go back to Darchen through Saga. We feel spiritually satisfied. 

We drive to Kerong from Saga. During the drive you can see breathtaking views from Lalung La (5200m). We then pass through amazing turquoise lake, the Peiku-Tso with spectacular views of Shishapangma. Our scenic drive is along Brahmaputra River. Finally we will spend the night at Hotel in Kerong.

After necessary border formalities, we drive to Kathmandu. It is a very long and scenic drive to Kathmandu. There are some stops where we will have food and capture some pics. We will celebrate the end of Mount Kailash Tour.