KAILASH YATRA ex KATHMANDU via LHASA

Start Point : Kathmandu / Lucknow

End Point : Kathmandu / Lucknow 

Max Altitude : 5630m

Altitude of Kailash Peak : 6714m

Yatra Season : May to September 

Temperature : Max 20 C to Min -05C

Altitude of Mansarovar Lake : 4550m

Parikrama of Kailash : 52 Km

Parikrama by walk : 42 Km in three days

Distance From Ktm : 1050 Km (one way)

Parikrama of Mansarovar Taal : 102 Km

Climate : Unpredictable

Kailash Mansarovar Yatra and Pilgrimage is a journey of a lifetime. This trip takes you to Kailash Mansarovar through Lhasa by flight and you exit by road through Kerung.  Kailash is the holiest mountain in the world for Hindus, Buddhists, Bonpo and Jain.  This holy mountain is a part of the Trans – Himalayans in far western Tibet, near the source of four of the longest rivers in Asia: The Indus, Sutlej, Brahmaputra, and Karnali River. For the Hindus, Kailash is the abode of Lord Shiva.
Circumambulating the mountain is called Parikrama. Pilgrims still practice it on foot as ancient rituals of devotion with believe that it will bring good fortune in their life. Hindus and Buddhists do the Parikrama in the clockwise direction and Jain and Bonpo followers in anticlockwise direction. Likewise, Lake Mansarovar is the highest freshwater lake in the world. Pilgrims believe that the water of the lake will wash away their sins if they drink the water from the lake or take bath in it. They believe that, going on Kailash Mansarovar Yatra and Pilgrimage will make their life complete and brings good fortune in their life.

Day 01 ; Arrival in Kathmandu (1300m)

Day 02 : Kathmandu Valley Sightseeing

Day 03 : Kathmandu - Fly to Lhasa (3500m)

Day 04 : Lhasa Full day sightseeing

Day 05 : Lhasa - Drive to Xigatse (270km)

Day 06 : Xigatse - Drive to Saga (410km)

Day 07 : Saga - Drive to Mansarovar (375km)

Day 08 : Mansarovar Parikrama - Drive to Darchen (4600m)

Day 09 : Darchen - Drive to Yamdwar - Trek to Dirapuk (4860)

Day 10 : Dirapuk - Trek to Zutalpuk (4600M)

Day 11 : Zutalpuk - Trek to Darchen - Drive to Saga (4500m)

Day 12 : Saga - Drive to XIgatse (375km)

Day 13 : Xigatse -Drive to Lhasa (270km)

Day 14 : Lhasa - Fly to Kathmandu

Day 15 : Departure transfer to Kathmandu Airport