Mount Kailash Via Zhangmu (21 Days)

Mt. Kailash. It is the ultimate pilgrimage site for both Buddhist and Hindu devotes. Mt. Kailash ( 22,022') stands completely alone with no other peaks near it. Pilgrims travel to this remote area in far western Tibet to complete the circuit around the base of this sacred mountain ( to do so is said to erase the sins of a lifetime) and to the holy Mansarover Lake. Four great rivers of Tibet, India and Nepal havetheir origins near Kailash; the Tibetians consider these rivers and their sources sacred.

 

From Kathmandu, we will drive through the lovely countryside of northen Nepal to the Nepali - Chinese border at Kodari. We cross the Friendship Bridge and drive into Tibet to Zhangmu and on to Nyalm in southern Tibet for a day of hiking and acclimatization. You will have your first experience of the vastness of the Tibetan Plateau as we travel north crossing the Brahmaputra River to Saga.

 

We will pass numerous nomadic encampments until finally we arrive in Darchen, the starting point for our 3-day circuit of Mt. kailash, trekking around the mountain.

Itinerary

Day 01Arrival Kathmandu
Day 02Kathmandu
Day 03Kodari
Day 04Nyalm, day hiking
Day 05Paigo Tso
Day 06Saga
Day 07Dongpa
Day 08Paryang
Day 09Mayum La
Day 10Darchen
Day 11Kailash Trek
Day 12Kailash Trek
Day 13Kailash Trek
Day 14Mansarover Lake
Day 15Paryang
Day 16Dongpa
Day 17Saga
Day 18Paigo Tso
Day 19Nyalum
Day 20Kathmandu
Day 21Departure or Extend