Kailash Tours, including Lake Manasarovar – must-see in this lifetime!!!​

For an excellent Kailash tours, take a ride around Lake Manasarovar, dip into its cold, but purifying waters, and have an audience with Guru Rinpoche in his cave at Manasarovar, and now you are ready for a Kailash Kora. It is recommended to learn Avalokiteshvara mantra – Om Ma Ni Pedme Hum – and chant it while walking around Kailash, wishing all human beings to be happy.​ Check Mt. Kailash Yatra if you are interested.

Kailash Tours – Kora

Day 1 (12km)

Kailash Kora (see the map) begins in Darchen. You go along an easy path to the 1st Prostration Point. Choku Gompa is the place where Buddha Shakyamuni left his imprints. Opposite to Choku Gompa is the Assembly of 500 Arahats – the spot where, according to tradition, Buddha Sakyamuni prayed and meditated in front of Mount Kailash. The gradually ascending path, flanked by rocks on both sides, named after Buddhist deities, takes you to Drirephuk Gompa. Although the terrain is easy, the high altitude makes it difficult for Western hikers to walk at ease. ​

​Day 2 (22 km)

This is the toughest section of your trek around Kailash, climbing from Drirephuk Gompa at 5000m to Dolma La Pass at 5630m.  The atmospheric pressure is one-half that of sea level. It is recommended to  slow down to 3-5 steps and take deep breaths (only 50% of oxygen) rather than collapse somewhere along the way. Drolma La Pass is a holy place where lamas perform bardo rituals and people symbolically leave behind pieces of their hair, nails, hats, clothes…and hang up prayer flags and burn incense. Then you start descending into a long valley that takes you to Zutruphuk Gompa, where Milarepa’s cave is situated. Milarepa is Tibet’s  most beloved yogi –  it is pure , pure delight to immerse oneself in meditation inside this cave. Don’t forget to learn Milarepa’s mantra – Je mila zhe pa dorje la sol ba dep so! – you’ll love it there even more. ​

Day 3 (10km)

The last section is fairly easy walking from Zutruphuk Gompa to Darchen.  The Kailash pilgrimage officially ends at Dakini Dancing Ground, with a fantastic view of Lake Manasarovar in the background.​

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