Lhasa is the capital city in Tibet, which is situated 3,650m. above sea level. Potala is the highest elevation’s palace in the world, which is known as the roof of the world. Potala palace was built by King Songtsen Gampo 637 B.C., later rebuilt by the 5th Dalai Lama in the 17th Century. The palace is 130 m. above Lhasa city. The palace is built with three meters thick stone walls, 13 floors and more than 1000 different rooms. Today you can visit Potala as a state museum. Paying the entrance ticket, every tourist and pilgrimage can visit as official time. The palace will be closed on Sunday and government holidays in Tibet.
In Buddhism there are three major groups: Hinayana, Mahayana and Vajrayana. In the Vajrayana Tibet Buddhism, there are four different groups Buddhist religion’s Schools (Monasteries) in Tibet. Nyingma, Kagyu, Sakya, and Gelugs (yellow hat group of Dalai Lama) These all-religious monasteries you can visit during the trip at central Tibet at different places.
Among these four relegion group, Kagyo lineage have another four major and eight minor groups. The great early teachers of the Kagyu lineage include the Indian Mahasiddha Tilopa, his student Naropa, Marpa Chökyi Lodrö the Translator, the great Tibetan yogi, Milarepa and the renowned Gampopa. Nowdays many people belive H.H. Karma pa is the head of Kagyu lineage.
The Holy sacred spiritual Mt. Kailash as Hindu religion, Khang Rimpoche as a local Tibetan is 6,714m. high above sea level, situated in west Tibet. As local Buddhist religious believe the eastern face of Kailash is Crystal, the western ruby, Northern gold and the Southern face is Sapphire. Which is the holy mountain for Buddhist, Hindu, Bon and Jain religion.
The rocky path around Kailash is 52 km. During the trip the most difficult part is Dolma la pass 5,630m. because of high elevation and dry thin air. Local pilgrims walk around Kailash rocky path in a single day about 14 hours journey. But you can do it slowly in three days to complete the journey around Kailash. Some people may get high altitude sickness, if someone has difficulty walking, they can ride a yak or pony to complete the journey.
The Holy lake Manasarovar, As Hindu Sanskrit word ‘Manas’ means mind and ‘Sarovar’ means lake as Buddhism is called Tso Ma pham. The sacred holy lake situated 4,590m. path around the lake 88km. 90 meter deep. Once there were eight Buddhist monasteries around the lake, symbolizing the wheel of life. Most of the monasteries have disappeared, but you can still visit Gotsuk, Seralung, Trugo and Chiu Gompa (monasteries) around the lake. A small spring flows from Mansarovar to Rakshas Tal which is called Gang Ga. At the same place there is a natural hot spring, you have to pay a certain amount for a hot shower or bath.
This pilgrimage trip is specially for the Buddhist religious people from Nepal, India and Bhutan. Other people also can join this trip starting from Kathmandu. The age doesn’t make any difference for this trip, between 17 to 70 years, anyone can do this trip if you are physically fit and healthy. If someone is seriously injured or sick, the only option is rescue by jeep. The rescue is quite expensive, everyone needs to buy travel insurance in Kathmandu.
This trip will start from Lhasa, and end at Kerung as our itinerary. Our Lhasa agent will provide comfortable tourist standard vehicles, Jeep for small groups, van for middle groups and Bus for big groups. During the trip all the hotel or Guest house accommodation with breakfast, and dinner with hot drinks. Lunch at the restaurant as itinerary.
| Best season | May to November. |
| Trip details | 20 days Tibet + Nepal. |
| Maximum elevation | Dolma la pass 5,630m. |
| Group size | 4 to 18 persons. |
| Per person | Euro 2,790.00 |
Single supplement Euro 160.00 extra cost.
The above-mentioned cost includes all the government taxes.
Group rates available, can be negotiate.
7 nights Guest house at Kailash region with bed & breakfast on twin sharing or common basis.
11-nights hotel with bed and breakfast twin sharing basis at Tibet as itinerary.
Buffet meals at Tibet (Breakfast, lunch, dinner with hot or cold drinks.
All the transport at Tibet by privet vehicle.
All the transport at Nepal by privet vehicle.
Group visa for Tibet (Minimum 4 person in group)
Special travel permits for Kailash, Manasarover.
Monasteries entry fees at Tibet.
1 experience english speaking Tibetan guide for Mt. Kailash Tibet.
Sightseeing at Lhasa region as itinerary by privet vehicle with guide.
❌ Multi entry visa for Nepal.
❌ International airfare (flight ticket) and taxes.
❌ personal porter, Yak or Pony around Kailash (if necessary)
❌ Oxygen bottles (if necessary)
❌ Rescue service, medical and travel insurances.
❌ Tips for Guide and drivers.
❌ All personal expenses like alcoholic beverages, bottled drinks, and Laundry.
❌ Main meals (lunch and dinner) at Kathmandu.
From Kathmandu airport, about one-hour trans Himalayan flight to Lhasa Gonggar airport. During the flight, you can see a spectacular view of above 8,000m. peaks Mt. Everest, Makalu, Kanchenjunga, Karakoram range and southern parts of Tibet. Upon your arrival at Lhasa Gonggar airport, our Tibet representative will welcome you with Tibetan tradition Khatak. Lunch at Gongkar in Tibetan restaurant. After lunch drive to Samye monastery. Overnight accommodation at the Guest house check in the room. Buffet dinner at the restaurant of the guest house. Your tour guide will brief you about tours and other necessary information about Tibet.
After breakfast at the Guest house, visit the Samye monastery. Samye is the first and oldest monastery in Tibet, which is known as the mother monastery of the Nyingma Buddhism. The monastery was built by king Trisung Detsen, held by Guru Rimpoche (Padma Sambawa) at the bank of the Brahmaputra river. The monastery itself has a very interesting story and beautiful architecture. Around the main monastery there are four different: White, Red, Green and Black colour’s stupas with different subjects. Your guide will explain to you about the monastery and stupas. Nowadays there are around 300 monks at Samye monastery.
After lunch drive to visit Samye Chembu and Amanu, at the mountain. Which are the main places of Guru Rinpoche. After visiting all these Holy sites back to Samye Guest house. Buffet dinner at the restaurant.
After breakfast, walk to visit Habu Ri near Samye monastery and back to the guest house, check out the room and drive back to Lhasa. En-route visit Yumbu Lhakhang, Traduk and Mindurling monastery. Lunch at Traduk, drive onward via Gongkar airport to Lhasa at the star hotel as your booking. Welcome drinks at the reception check in the room, buffet dinner at the hotel’s restaurant.
After breakfast at hotel, visit Tibet’s most sacred Jokhang monastery, located at the heart of the ancient town of Lhasa, it was built in the 7th century by the Tibetan King Songtsen Gampo’s queen Bhrikuti princess of Nepal. The monastery is three stories high, inside the monastery at ground floor you can see the most sacred beautiful golden statue of Buddha Shakyamuni. Nowadays there are around 70 monks.
After Jokhang, walk to visit another sacred Ramuche Cho. Lunch near the Potala palace at Chinese restaurant. After lunch, visit the Potala palace. The palace was built by king Songtsen Gampo 637 B. C. after it was rebuilt by the 5th Dalai Lama in the 17th century. The palace is 130 m. above Lhasa city. The palace is built by three meters thick stone walls, 13 floors more than 1000 different rooms with two different colours. The White Palace was mainly used for government administration and the Red colour palace was mainly used for religious functions. Inside the palace are numerous chapels, including those containing reliquary stupas of the successive Dalai Lamas which are richly decorated in gold, silver and semi-precious stones. Today you can visit the Potala palace as a state museum. Paying for the entry ticket, every tourist and pilgrimage can visit as official time, the palace will close Sunday and other government holidays in Tibet.
Afternoon sightseeing at ancient Bhakor street market. Dinner at Tibetan restaurant at Bhakor, back to the same hotel.
After breakfast, 7 km. Drive to Drepung monastery, Drepung is the largest monastery in Tibet, built in the 15th century by Jamyang Choeje, one of the disciples of Tsongkapa. The monastery is located up a hill. There are four main colleges with numerous small chapels and house chapels, known as Khangtsen in Tibetan. Nowadays there are around six hundred monks at this monastery. Near Drepung there is a sacred Neachung Lhamu, a monastery which you can visit at the same time
After visiting Drepung, drive to Norbu Linka, which is the first summer Palace founded by the 7th Dalai Lama in the 18th century. Nowadays there are few monks who look after the palace. Lunch near the summer palace at a restaurant.
After visiting Norbulingka summer palace, drive to sera monastery. Sera monastery was founded in the 15th century by Jamchen Choeje who is another famous disciple of Tsongka pa, Sera is the second largest monastery in Tibet. There are three colleges with numerous chapels and house chapels. The most attraction to visit this monastery is to see the monks debating, which is held from 3:00 to 5:00 Pm. Monday to Saturday.
After visiting the Sera and monk’s debating drive back to the hotel, buffet dinner at hotel’s restaurant.
After breakfast at your hotel, about 60 km. drive along the Lhasa river at beautiful Tibetan villages, the monastery at the mountain. Ganden is the six biggest Gelukpa monasteries and it is the mother monastery of the Yellow hat school. Where you can see the golden seat of the Dalai lamas. From Ganden you can see a beautiful view of valleys and mountains.
After visiting the Ganden monastery, drive back to Tsurphu H.H. Karmapa’s monastery which is 70 km. away from Lhasa. Lunch at Ganden or Tsurphu your guide will decide and inform you. The 1st Karmapa Dusum Khyenpa founded the Tsurphu Monastery in 1189, which became the main residence of the Karma Kagyu school. Tsurphu monastery’s Buddha statue was the largest one-piece statue in Tibet.
After breakfast check out the room, drive about 268km. from Lhasa to Gyantse town, which is the nearest border (Natula pass) with India Sikkim. You will drive through high pass Kamba la, Karo la and Simila la. You can see beautiful holy lake Yamdork Tso, which is known as Turquois Lake in Tibet. Lunch stops at Yamdork. Drive onward to Gyantse, visit Palkhor monastery and Kubum Stupa. Which is built in 15th century by Rabten Kunsang and first Penchen Lama. After visit the monastery and stupa drive about 90 km. to Shigatse.
Shigatse is the second largest city at Tibet, which is the home of H.H. Banchen Lama. En- route visit Shalu monstery if you are interested. Drive to stars hotel as your booking check in room after short rest visit Tashilumpo monastery the seat of Benchen Lama. Tashilonpo Monastery which was built in 1447 by first Dalai Lama. After visit the monastery back to hotel for buffet dinner.
It will be a long day drive, from Shigatse to Saga about 495 km. After breakfast at hotel, check out the room, drive about 127 km. from Shigatse to Sakya monastery via Lhatse, this is the main monastery of H.H. Sakya Trizin Rimpoche (now days at Dheradoon Utter Khanda, India). The monastery which is very famous and old monastery at this region. There are a lot of historical articles in the monastery, among them are found a lot of the imperial certificates, gold signets, crowns, over 10,000 volumes of Tibetan books on astronomy, medicine, calligraphy, and history. Inside the monastery you can see several old Buddhist texts, huge juniper tree’s pillars and many other.
After lunch at Sakya, same road drive back to Lhatse. After Lhatse there are two different roads one for Mt. Kailash Manasarowar lake and another for Mt. Everest base camp and Kodari Nepal border. For this trip you will drive Lhatse to Saga direct. Overnight accommodation at hotel twin sharing basic with bed and breakfast. Buffet dinner at same hotel's restaurant.
After breakfast, drive about 255 km. through Dongba, new Dongba to Paryang for lunch. After lunch drive about 260 km. via Ngari Pingya to Hor chu, issue Manasarovar entry ticket, drive around the lake via Saralung and Trugu monastery, overnight accommodation at the Guest house, Chiu Gompa Manasarovar lakeside. Buffet dinner at a guest house restaurant.
From Manasarowar lake you can see the view of Mt. Kailash, Golamandata and other Himalayan peaks at Nepal-Tibet border. Full moon time will be best to be at Manasarowar for the night views.
Early morning after bed tea offer the puja at Holy Lake, after the breakfast, visit Chiu Gompa back to guest house for lunch, take a natural hot spring bath at GanGa, during the day rest for high acclimatization, overnight same Guest house at Mansarovar Chiu Gompa. Buffet dinner at the same guest house. From the lake you can see a far view of Mt. Kailash.
After breakfast, drive to visit Tertapuri monastery. After visiting the monastery, take lunch at Tertapuri, drive back to Darchen, check in the hotel or guest house for overnight, buffet dinner at the Chinese restaurant.
After breakfast, drive 7 km. to Tarwuche (Yama Dwar) . The trek starts along the river for the Kailash circuit. Lunch on the way at tea shop, after lunch trek continue to Dera Phuk for overnight guest house accommodation. En-route you can visit Chhuku and Dira Phuk monastery on the other side of the river. From Dera Phuk you can see a giant view of Holy Mt. Kailash north face. Buffet dinner at a guest house restaurant.
13km. path about 3 to 4 hours easy trek.
Early morning after breakfast, take your head torch light, trek start gradually ascend to Dolma la pass 5,648m. from Dera phuk to Dolma la pass is 6 km. distance you need to climb 568m. because of high elevation and dry thin air you have to walk slowly step by step. Before the pass you can see the view of Kailash east face. Pack lunch (picnic) at the pass with hot Tea or juice. Offering the prayer flags at Dolma la, just below the pass there is a small beautiful glacier lake called Gauri Kunda (as Hindus) descend 6 km. The rocky path to the valley is called Shabji Thato. Stop at a local tea shop to take hot soups and tea, another 8 km. an easy trek to the Zutur Phuk monastery. From this valley you can see the view of Mt. Kailash south face. Overnight accommodation at the Guest house. Buffet dinner at a guest house restaurant.
20 km. path 9 to 10 hours long day an adventure trek.
After breakfast, visit Zutur Phuk cave monastery, where you can see the head and fingerprints of Buddhist saint Milarepa at rock. From Zutur Phuk 7 km. about 2-3 hours an easy trek near Darchen, from this place you can see the Manasarovar lake, if you like you can drink some tea or juice at the tea shop. Vehicle waiting for you 5 km. drive to Darchen for lunch, after lunch 35 km. drive to Hor chu Manasarovar lake side for overnight accommodation at Guest house. Buffet dinner at a guest house restaurant.
After breakfast, same route drives back to Paryang for lunch, after lunch drive to Saga for overnight hotel accommodation at Saga. Buffet dinner at hotel’s restaurant.
After breakfast, drive to Piku Tso for lunch, at Saga cross the Bramaputtra river which flood from Kailash region continue to India. After lunch drive to Kerung for overnight hotel accommodation. Today you will see an espectacular view of Sisapangma and other Himalayan peaks. Buffet dinner at Tibetan restaurant. After dinner Tips for Tibetan guide and drivers. Complete the Tibet trip.
After breakfast check out room, drive 27 km. to the border. Check out Tibet visa and custom at Chinese post, cross the friendship bridge. Our vehicle and representative will be waiting for you, drive to check in Nepal immigration and custom formalities, After lunch at border 150 km. drive to Kathmandu. Afternoon you will arrive at Kathmandu.
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