Trip Details
22 Days: Airport arrival to Nepal border.
- 4 nights in comfortable hotels, 2 nights in basic guest houses, 15 nights camping.
- 3 days trekking.
- All meals included.
Basic itinerary:
- Day 1-3: Lhasa sightseeing.
- Day 4: to Shigatse visit.
- Day 5-9: via north road to Ngari.
- Day 10-13: visit to Tsaparang and Tholing.
- Day 14: to Darchen.
- Day 15-17: trekking circumambulation of Kailash.
- Day 18: visit Lake Manasaravor.
- Day 19-21: to Zhangmu via south Tsangpo road.
- Day 22 cross border to Nepal.
Price varies according to the level of service requested and number of persons in your group. Please email us for a quote.
Equipment: we recommend you bring your own hiking shoes, cold-weather clothes, and sleeping bag; we supply the rest (sleeping mats, tents, kitchen equipment etc.). If needed, sleeping bags are available for rental; and cold-weather gear as well as sleeping bags are easily available for purchase in Lhasa.
Kailash Circuit
Kailash and its associated Lake Manasarovar could be considered the most sacred place on earth. This trip travels through the highlands of the Chang Tang,"Northern Plance",visits the haunting remains of the Guge kingdom, and then gives us time to circumambulate Mt. kailash before returning directly to the Nepal border.
After the usual time in Lhasa and the direct road to Shigatse we start west to the Chang Tang. This route goes through the vast and high grasslands where only nomads wander the empty spaces between road stops. After a brief stop in Ngari, the only real town of western Tibet, we continue to the center of the ancient Guge kindom. The citadel city of Tsaparang and monastery at Tholing were abandoned to the winds centuries ago but the haunting ruins remain visible amongst the sandstone canyons.
From here we move to Kailash itself and complete the circumambulation in accordance to pilgrimage practice established through countless centuries. A final visit to the equally sacred Lake Manasarovar will complete this awe-inspiring trip to the farthest reaches of the Tibetan plateau and its history. As we follow the beginnings of the great Brhamaputra, or Tsangpo, downstream it will be clear that this is truly the journey of a lifetime.