Kailash, Everest B. C. Lhasa Tour - 27 Days

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.

 Itinerary:

 Day 01: Arrive in Kathmandu & transfer to hotel (Bed & Breakfast)

Day 02: sightseeing with guided Kathmandu valley

Day 03: Drive to Zhangmu & Nyalam - full board

Day 04: Drive Nyalam - Paigutso (4350 m)- Camp full board

Day 05: Drive Paigutso - Paryang - Camp full board

Day 06: Drive Paryang - Manasarovar Lake - Camp full board

Day 07: Circle the holy lake by jeep & camping lakeside (Chiu Gomba) - Camp

Day 08: Drive to Thathaphuri (hot Spring) afternoon back to Darchen - Guesthouse

Day 09: Mt Kailash Kora: trek Darchen - Dirphuk - Camp full board

Day 10: Trek Dirphuk - Zutul Puk - Camp full board

Day 11: Trek ends, drive to Horchu (Manasarover Lake) - Camp full board

Day 12: Drive To Paryang - Camp full board

Day 13: Drive To Saga - Camp full board

Day 14: Drive to Lhatse - Camp full board

Day 15: Drive to Rongbuk - Everest BC - Camp full board

Day 16: Everest Base Camp explore - Camp full board

Day 17: Trek back to Rongbuk near (Everest Base camp)- Camp full board

Day 18: Drive Rongbuk to Xegar - (Nepalese staff will back to Zhangmu group will be continue to Lhasa) - full board

Day 19: Drive to Xigatse, visit Tashilunbu Monastery - full board

Day 20: Drive to Gyantse - sightseeing in Gyantse - full board

Day 21: Drive to Lhasa via Yamtso Yo Lake – full board

16 October 2009 Day 22: Lhasa normal sightseeing with guide – full board

Day 23: Lhasa normal sightseeing with guide -  full board

Day 24: Around Lhasa monastery with minibus and guide – full board

Day 25: flight Lhasa - Kathmandu and transfer to hotel (Bed & breakfast)

Day 26: Kathmandu hotel (Bed and breakfast) - Fare well dinner in Bhojan griya

Day 27: final Departure

Cost Includes:

 Accommodation in Kathmandu with bed & Breakfast

1 full day sightseeing in Kathamndu valley

all sightseeing in Tibet with Tibetan guide (English)

Two Men tent, dining tent, toilet tent, Mattresses for Tibet tours & Trekking

Trekking crews - Cook, Cook helper & guide

Fresh food cooked by our cook, meal will be pure vegetarian & Non vegetarian

Japanese Landcruser 4WD 4500 model and support truck for carry food + staff

Mini bus Kathmandu – Tatopani Kathmand (Nepal-Tibet Boarder).

English speaking guide from Tibet, Assistant guide from Nepal

Monastery Entrance fee

Mount Kailash permit

Tibet visa &Travel Permit

After Rongbuk Nepali cook -staff will be back to Kath. we provide full board (hotel, breakfast, lunch, dinner)

Yaks and Yak man for 3 days round Mount Kailash

Emergency oxygen, Mask and regulator

Airport -Hotel – Airport transfer

Lhasa – Kathmandu flight ticket

Fare Well dinner

Our Service charge

Cost dosn't include:

Personal expenses

Travel insurance

All expenses of personal nature

Bar bills and Beverage

Tips for staff

Photography charges

Rescue jeep incase needed if some one go back earlier than group

Extra cost incurred in case of Landslide or natural problem.

Lunch and dinner in Kathmandu

Sleeping bag & Jacket

Nepal visa and Re-Entry Nepal visa

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