Mt. Kailash Tour and Ngari Region

Mt. Kailash is situated western part of Tibet Autonomous region. This western part of the region also called Ngari in Tibetan and it sits just below the himalayan ranges. At an average altitude of 4500 meter, Ngari is regarded as part of the highest region on the Tibetan plateau. It encompasses a large area from Saga county to Xingjiang province in China and bordered to Nepal and India. There are four great rivers flowing from Mt. Kailash are; elephant’s mouth river Ganga to the east, peacock’s mouth river Sindhu to the south, horse’s mouth river Pakshu to the west, this also calls Yarlung Tsangpo and lion’s mouth river Sita to the north. Check our Kailash tours if you planning your trip ahead now. If you are an Indian passport holder, please check our specific visa application for India to get more insight.

Ngari region is home to Tibetan traditional music and so is the home to yogis of Tibetan buddhist scholars such as Guru Pedmasabhawa, Gampopa, Miarepa, Naru Panchung and extra. You will visit archaic monasteries and meditation caves which are now dating back to more than one thousand years. Kailash tour normally includes most of attractions in Ngari region and you will probably need to have our expert consultant to customize an itinerary for a shorter duration than its normal duration of 20 days or even more. However, Kailash is included in the Tibet Autonomous Region so that you are required to apply entrance permit to Tibet. To do this, contact our travel agency in Tibet to help you through.

Attractions in Ngari region and Mt. Kailash tour

Mt. Kalash: Travelers’s bucket list of Mt. Kailash tour is mainly pointing to do a kora (trek) around the holiest mountain, which is being worshipped by Buddhists, Hindus, Jains of India and Tibetan shamanic Bon believers. Trekking around Mt. Kailash takes two and a half day in total. You might also interest in to visit two very old monasteries right up in the Mt. Kailash.

Lake Manasarovar

This is the second highest holy lake after lake Namtso all ovet Tibet. The water surface of Lake Manasarovar is 4560 meters above the sea level and has 84 kilometers in its surrounding distance. There are four monasteries surrounding the lake, they are very unique and very old monasteries it is really valuable to spend a day driving around the gigantic lake.

Korchak Monastery

One of the archaic monasteries resides in Purang and home to earliest stading Jowo image, statue of the standing Avaloketeshvara.

Guge Kingdom

A ruined fort of Guge kings dating to one thousand years back. You will be guided and walk up to top of the fort to see the very old murals and chapels inside.

Dongkar and Piyang

Dongkar and Piyang are summer palace during the kingdom. You will drive almost 50 kilometers into eastward and explore the three mandala caves and a monastery on top of the hill. There are also one thousand caves for the civilians during the kingdom of Guge.

Pekutso Lake

This lake lays between Tibet and Indian border from Rutog and which of its two third is stretched in Tibet while one third is in India.

Carved Stone

Historically very important and located before arriving Rutog county.

Check our Kailash Manasarovar Yatra Tour for pilgrims. And we recommend you to follow up Tibet travel permit who are Indian passport-holder and Non-resident Indian (NRIs).

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