Tibet tours Lhasa and Mt. Kailash Pilgrimage Tour 16 night/17 days;
Fly to Lhasa and drive to Kathmandu |
| Day
01 |
Fly
to Gongar Airport and Drive to Lhasa (3650 m) and hotel transfer,
rest day for acclimatization |
| Day
02-3 |
Stay
in Lhasa and sight seeing in Lhasa; Sight seeing: Potala palace,
Drepung Monastery, Sera Monastery, the Norbulinka Palace, Jokhang
temple Barkhor Market, etc. |
| Day
04 |
Drive to Gyantse (3950 m); Sight seeing: Gyantse Stupa and monastery,
etc. |
| Day
05 |
Drive
to Shigatse (3900 m); Sight seeing: Tashilumpo Monastery local
bazaar |
| Day
06 |
Drive
to Lhatse (4050 m) and stay |
| Day
07 |
Drive
to Saga (4480 m); stay in a camp |
| Day
08 |
Drive
to Paryang (4540 m); stay in a camp |
| Day
09 |
Drive
to Darchen (4700 m) and stay in camp or guesthouse |
| Day
10 |
Trek
to base of Mt. Kailash (north) via Damding Donkhang pass (4890
m); Kora day 1 |
| Day
11 |
Trek
to Zhutul Puk Gompa (4790 m); 27kms, via a Dolma La pass (5630
m), stay in a camp; Kora day 2 |
| Day
12 |
Trek and one hour drive to Chiu Gompa (4540 m); stay in a camp;
end of Kora |
| Day
13 |
Rest day
in Camp at Chiu gompa |
| Day
14 |
Drive
to Paryang (4540 m); stay in a camp. |
| Day
15 |
Drive
to Saga (4590 m); Stay in a camp |
| Day
16 |
Drive
to Nyalam (3600 m) and stay |
| Day
17 |
Drive
to Kodari and then to Kathmandu |
