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Kailash Lhasa Tour |
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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. |
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Itinerary in Details
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Day 01 :
Arrival in Kathmandu, Transfer to Hotel |
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Day 02 :
Preparation for trip to Tibet. |
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03 : KATHMANDU – NYLAM. (3750m)
Tour starts form early morning at 06:00. Drive to
Dhulikhel, stop for breakfast and then again drive
to Kodari which is 114 kms from Kathmandu takes
05-06hrs. Upon arrival our tour escort will help you
to go through immigration formalities in Nepali part
and after immigration formalities 03-04 minute walks
to other side of the border i.e. Tibetan part, there
will be our Tibetan Guide with 4WD Jeeps and
supporting trucks takes you to Zhangmu (Tibetan town
09 km uphill drive form border.). At Zhangmu you
again have to go through Chinese immigration
formalities and there you will have your lunch and
further drive to Nyalam (30 kms form Zhangmu takes 2
hrs uphill drive.) o/n in Guest house. |
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Day 04 :
NYALAM : Rest day for acclimatization.
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Day 05 :
NYALAM - SAGA
After breakfast our journey start to Saga which is
06-08 hrs drive, 4050 m in elevation and over night
in camp.
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Day 06 :
SAGA – PARAYANG
After early morning breakfast drive to Parayang,
Which is 06-07 hrs drive and over night in camp. |
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Day
07 :
PARAYANG – MANASAROVAR.
Early morning drive to Manasorovar which takes 4-5
hours drive, 4550m in elevation and over night in
camp. |
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Day 08 :
MANASAROVAR – DARCHEN.
Explore Lake Manasorovar in the morning and drive to
Darchen which is 1 hour drive and, 4,560 m in
elevation and over night in camp / G house.
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Day 09 :
DARCHEN – DIRAPUK
After early morning breakfast trek starts (The Kora
begins) and after 5 – 6 hours trek to Dirapuk, 4,890
m in elevation and overnight in camp. |
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Day
10 : DIRAPUK – ZUTULPUK
Parikrama contionues to Zutulpuk which will takes
approximately 08 hours, 4,790m in elevation and
overnight in camp. |
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Day
11 : ZUTULPUK – DARCHEN – HORFE
End treks at Darchen and drive to Horfe and over
night in camp. |
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Day
12 :
HORFE – PARAYANGDrive back to Parayang and over
night in camp. |
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Day
13 :
PARAYANG – SAGA: Drive to Saga and over night
in camp. |
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Day
14 : SAGA – LHATSE: Drive to LHATSE and over
night in G. house.
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Day
15 : LHATSE - SIGATSE (3,900M), 244KM , APPROX
06-08 HRS DRIVE.
Scenic drive through the highest point, Gyatchu La
pass (5,220m) en route to Lhasa via Latse and Shakya
Monastery . Overnight in hotel. |
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Day
16 : XIGATSE –GYANTSE (3,950M), 90KM, APPROX 2
HRS DRIVE.
Morning sightseeing to the Panchen Lama’s Tashilumpu
Monastery. Drive through the Tibet’s biggest
Agricultural field to Gyantse and visit to the
Kumbum Stupa & Palkor Monastery . Over night in
Hotel.
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Day
17 : GYANTSE – LHASA (3650M):261 KM
Full day picturesque drive along the turquoise lake
Yamadrok, crossing over Kampala Pass (4794M) and the
Brahma Putra river (Yarlung Tsangpo). Over night in
hotel.
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Day
18-19 :
IN LHASA: Two full days sight seeing tour to
Lhasa including JOKHANG TEMPLE, BARKHOR BAZAAR,
POTATLA PALACE, DEPRUNG AND SERA MONASTERIES. Over
night in Hotel. |
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Day
20 :
LHASA – KATHMANDU. |
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Day
21 : Kathmandu. |
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Day
22 :
Final Departure. |
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