Tour Overview
A great mass of black rock soaring to over 22,000 feet, Mount Kailash has the unique distinction of being one of the world’s most venerated holy places while also being among the least visited. Sacred to four religions and billions of people, Kailash is seen by only a few thousand pilgrims each year. This is explained by the mountain’s remote location in far western Tibet. No planes, trains or buses travel near the region, and even with rugged overland vehicles, the journey requires weeks of difficult, often dangerous travel.
The weather, always cold, can be unexpectedly treacherous, and pilgrims must carry all the supplies they need for the journey. How long have people been coming to this sacred mountain? The answers are lost in antiquity, before the dawn of Hinduism, Jainism or Buddhism. The cosmologies and origin myths of these religions speak of Kailash as the mythical Mount Meru, the Axis Mundi, the centre and birthplace of the entire world.
The mountain was already legendary before the great Hindu epics, the Ramayana and the Mahabharata, were written. Kailash is so deeply embedded in the myths of ancient Asia that it was perhaps a sacred place of another era and another civilization, now long gone and forgotten.
| Package details | Information |
|---|---|
| Duration | 20 days: 15 nights in Tibet and 4 nights in Kathmandu |
| Ex-Kathmandu price per person | USD 5,200 |
| Joining in Lhasa price per person | USD 4,700 |
| Travel style | Fly in, drive out |
Route Overview
Kathmandu → Gonggar Airport → Lhasa → Gyantse → Shigatse → Saga → Darchen → Tirthapuri → Tholing → Guge Kingdom → Lake Manasarovar → Gossul Gompa → Darchen → Shershong / Diraphuk Gompa → Dolma La Pass → Zuthulphuk → Darchen → Dongpa → Kerung → Kathmandu.
Accommodation Overview
| Location | Accommodation |
|---|---|
| Kathmandu, Lhasa, Gyantse and Shigatse | Deluxe hotels, twin-sharing rooms with breakfast |
| Darchen | Deluxe Hotel Himalayan |
| Tibet after Saga | Twin-sharing tents or guest houses, with all meals |