| DURATION | 12 NIGHTS / 13 DAYS |
| DESTINATION COVERED | KATHMANDU – KERUNG – NEW DONGPA – MANASAROVER – DARCHAN – NEW DONGPA – KERUNG – KATHMANDU |
OVERVIEW
Mount. Kailash (6714m), the farmed holy peak in west of Tibet. Mt. Kailsh has long been an object of worship for four major religious. For Hindu, it is the domain of Shiva. It is also the abode of Samvara a multiarmed, wrathful deity worshipped in the chakrasamvara Tantric cycle of Tibetan Buddhism. The Jains of India also revere the mountain as the site at which the first of their saints emancipated. And in the ancient Bon religion of Tibet, Kailash was the sacred nine storeys Swatika Mountain, upon which the Bonpo founder shenrab alighted from haven. The 53 km Kailash circuit is the holiest of all Hindu as well as Buddhist pilgrimages and the beacon, which draws most travelers to western Tibet. It is said that a single Parikrama erases the accumulated sins of a lifetime, while 108 cicurmbulation will achieve Salvation. Lake Manasarover Sprawling below Mount Kailash is the sacred Lake Manasarover (4580m), where ritual bath will deliver a pilgrim to bream’s paradise and drink of its water relinquishes the sins of a hundred lifetimes.
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ITINERARY DETAILS
DAY 01 : ARRIVAL IN KATHMANDU
Welcome at Kathmandu international airport, transfer to hotel.
Evening program briefing. Overnight stay at hotel.
DAY 02 : KATHMANDU
Morning after breakfast, we will have briefing about Kailash yatra and Half day sightseeing tour of Pashupatinath and Bouddhanath Stupa and Budhanilkantha (Sleeping Bhinu).
Overnight stay at hotel.
DAY 03 : KATHMANDU – SEBRUBESI
Early Morning Drive from Katmandu to Sebrubesi. We have to do all customs and immigration formalities and we will have overnight here. Overnight stay at hotel.
DAY 04 : SEBRUBESI TO KERUNG TO NEW DONGPA
After breakfast, drive from Sebrubesi to Kerung. Overnight stay at hotel.
DAY 05 : KERUNG TO NEW DONGPA
After breakfast, drive from New Dongpa to Lake Manasarover.
Overnight stay at hotel.
DAY 07 : MANASAROVER TO DARCHAN
After breakfast, drive around lake Manasarover and to Darchan.
Overnight stay at guesthouse.
DAY 08 : KAILASH PARIKRAMA
Drive up to starting point of Kailash Parikrama.
Start trek to Dira Puk (4909m). Overnight at guesthouse.
DAY 09 : KAILASH PARIKRAMA
Continue Parikrama over Dromala Pass (5650m) to Zuthl Puk (22 km-7-8 hrs).
Overnight at guesthouse.
DAY 10 : DARCHAN TO NEW DONGPA
After breakfast, start trek near Darchen where we can drive from there to New Dongpa (4740 m).
Overnight stay at guesthouse.
DAY 11 : NEW DONGPA TO KERUNG
Drive from New Dongpa to Kerung. Overnight stay at guesthouse.
DAY 12 :KERUNG TO KATHMANDU
Drive from Kerung to Kathmandu. Overnight stay at hotel.