- Day 01: Arrival in Lhassa, transfer to the downtown (3650m/60km). Kyichu hotel or similar
You will be warmly welcome by our Tibetan guide and driver and accompany you to the holy city of Lhasa along with the view of Bharmaputra, known as YarlungTsangpo in Tibetan and a giant stone carved Buddha with more than a thousand years history.
- Day 02: Lhasa sightseeing: Potala, Jokang temple and Bharkor. Kyichu hotel or similar
Sightseeing Potala Palace, winter Palace of the Dalai Lama, Jokang temple, the oldest and most sacred temple of Tibet, Bharkor, the ancient market of Lhasa and the most oldest and sacred pilgrimage path in Lhasa.
- Day 03: Lhasa sightseeing: Drepung& Sera monasteries. Kyichu hotel or similar
Sightseeing Drepung monastery, the largest monastery in Tibet and one of the six biggest monasteries of Gelukpa sect in Tibetan Bhuddhism. Sera monastery, the scond largest monastery of Tibet and it is very interesting to watch the monks debating in the monastery.
- Day 04: Drive Lhasa-Yamdrok lake-Gyantse-Shigatse. (3900mts/ 370Km ) Shiga Yangcha hotel or similar on B.B
Early morning, start your tour and then drive towards Gyantse through 3 big mountain passes, Kampa La, Karo La, Simila respectively. Karola is the highest pass among them which is over 5000Mts with it's most beautiful glaciers, beautiful Yamdrok lake emerged as coral color from the top of Kampala pass. Visit Palchoe monastery and Kubum Pagoda stupa and then continue your journey to Shigatse.
- Day 05: Shigatse- Everest Base Camp(5000m/340Km). Rongbuk monastery hotel on BB
After breakfast, you will start your tour towards Everest base camp through several high mountain passes including Tsola pass at the elevation of 4500m, Gyatso la pass, 5200m, Pangla pass 5000m. From the top of the Pangla pass, you will see a beautiful view of the Great Himalayan Mountain range including Mount Lhotse, Makalu, Everest, Joyu, Shisha Pangma etc.
It is an interesting driving tour through so many zigzag road with a beautiful landscape. When you arrive in Tashizom village, you will have to change our tourist vehicle to an Everest conservative bus. You will have to drive around 45km distance by conservative bus to Everest Base Camp. From Rongbuk monastery where the Everest Base Camp is, you will see a fantastic view of Mount Everest. Rongbuk monastery hotel is the best hotel in the Everest base camp.
- Day 06: Everest Base Camp to Saga (4640m/350km). The northern holiday hotel or similar on BB
Morning, enjoy the most beautiful sunrise view of the Mount Everest, have breakfast and then you will start your Kailash tour towards Saga county at the distance of 350km with a very good paved road condition, drive through another Pangla pass, 5000m, beautiful view of the Lungjang valley and Joyu on your left hand side and some beautiful villages on the way.. you will drive through a vast grassland with nomadic area and Shisha Pangma on your left side and Pekutso on your right hand side.
You will see the junction to the Nepal Tibet border and then continue to Saga county by crossing a couple of small mountain passes, finally you will arrive in Saga county after crossing Brahmaputra river.
- Day 07 : Drive Saga-Drongba county-Baryang -Mansarovar lake (4590m/450km). Dorm Basis guest house on BB
Drive from Saga to Mansarovar lake via Drongba county, enjoying a great view of snow capped mountain, sand dune, beautiful grassland in Baryang.
By the South road we join the high Tibetan plateau at more than 4000m in altitude, between Himalaya and Brahmaputra (Tsangpo). Numbers of nomad camps, herds of Kyangs (wild donkeys), gazelles and antelopes, and sometimes a mob of jackals howling with the fall of the night or even a lonely wolf.
Reaching Lake Mansarovar and Kailash, it is an amazing landscpae the view from the point called Chaktsalkang where we can first see the Lake Mansarovar right infrot of us and Mt Kailash in the distance. It is extremely beautiful to see Lake Mansarovar and Mt Kailash in the distance which could be called as heaven, and finally, you will reach Mansarovar lake and a great view of Mt Kailash at first sight from a place called Chaktsal Kang which means it is the place where the Tibetan pilgrims do prostration when they see Mt Kailash and lake Mansarovar at first sight.
- Day 08: Mansarovar lake-Chiu Gompa-Dharchen (4640m/35km) The far away home hotel or similar on BB
Enjoy a short walk along the lake Mansaorvar, visiting Chiu Gompa and enjoy the most beautiful view of Mt. Kailash from the monastery. After visiting Chiu Gompa and enjoying a great view, you will slowly start your tour to Dharchen and in the afternoon, your guide will prepare your Kailash Kora including the porter or horse if you want to hire.
- Day 09: Drive directly to Tarpoche and trek to Dhiraphuk (5210Mts/18Km) Dorm basis Lodge on BB
Today is the first day of your KailashKora which is totally around 53Km . You start your Kora from Darchen and after like 2 hrs walk, you will face DarpoChe where there is a huge prayer flag pole which is annually replaced by the pilgrimages on 15 th of forth Lunar month, known as Saga Dawa festival, As well as Trulku monastery on your leftside up on the hill side. You can also see ibex and blue sheep running in the rocky hillside while you are walking and then you will reach DhiraPhuk which was a monastery before but nowadays you can only see the ruins of the monastery as the monastery was destroyed in the cultural revolution.
- Day 10: Trek to ZutrulPhuk(4810Mts) via crossing Drolma la pass(5630Mts/15KM) Dorm basis Lodge on BB
Today is the second of your KailashKora which is indeed the hardest day of your three days trek. You will have to climb up to the top of Drolma La pass which is 5630Mts above sea level. There will be three sloppy hike to get to the top of Drolma La pass from DhiraPhuk and then pretty steep down hill with rocky path all the way to the valley. On the right side of the down hill path, there is a small lake called Thuje Lake, meaning compassionate lake.ZutrulPhuk was the cave where Mila Repa and Nagro Bonchung debated for their religion sects and nowadays, it is a small monastery.
- Day 11: Trek to Dharchen and take shower, relaxing in the afternoon. 4640Mts/12km trek/8km drive. The faraway home hotel or similar on BB
Today is the easiest and last day of your Kailashkora as you will trek down in the valley with beautiful distant scenery of Rakshas Tal lake .From here you will depart your Yak men and kind Yak and shift to jeeps. You will meet your drivers and drive to Dharchen.
Take shower, relaxing in the afternoon.
- Day 12: Dharchen-Mansarovar-Drongpa-Saga, 4460Mts/485Km The northern holiday hotel or similar on BB
After breakfast, you will drive to Horchu village, continue through Chatsalkang, enjoy your final view of Mt Kailash and Mansarovar lake and continue your journey towards Saga.
It's in the vastness of the Changtang, Tibetan plateau, that we measure the Tibetan space from where suddenly emerge herds of gazelles or Kyang, wild donkeys.
- Day 13: Drive Saga-Shigatse (3900Mts/ 450KM ) Shiga Yangcha Hotel on B.B
Drive along the vast grassland, beautiful mountain range, Tibetan nomadic and farmers villages.
- Day 14: Drive from Shigatse to Lhasa (3650Mts/ 280KM ) Kyichu hotel or similar on BB
After breakfast, you will visit Tashi Lhunpo monastery which is the seat of the successives of the Penchen Lama and the biggest monasteries in the Tsang region or in the western part of Tibet.
After visiting Tashi Lhunpo monastery, drive along the Bharmaputrariver with a landscape of sandy hills, villages, and RulakYungdrung ling at the other side of the river. You will have lunch in a small town called Nyenmo which is the border point between Shigatse and Lhasa . Free afternoon for shopping.
- Day 15: Drive to Lhasa Gongkar airport.(3600Mts/ 60Km ) End the trip