Before you do the Mt. Kailash tour, 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 tour. Check Mount Kailash Kora Details if it is a challenged program for you before booking this Kailash pilgrimage route tour.
Most travelers endeavor to do a kora (circumambulations) around Mt. Kailash. Mt. Kailash is worshipped by Buddhists, Hindus, Jains of India, and Tibetan shamanic Bon believers alike. Trekking around Mt. Kailash takes two and a half days in total. Further points of interest include old monasteries around Mt. Kailash. Check Mt. Kailash Yatra if you are interested.
It is recommended to learn the Avalokiteshvara mantra – Om Ma Ni Pedme Hum – and chant it while walking around Kailash, wishing all human beings to be happy. – Adventures In Tibet. You may also interested in Lhasa to Kailash by flight or this tour intended with Guge kingdom Overland. Check about Mount Kailash and all attractions in Ngari region.
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Ngari region is home to traditional Tibetan music and many important scholars of Tibetan Buddhism such as Guru Padmasabhawa, Gampopa, Milarepa, and Naru Panchung. You will visit ancient monasteries and meditation caves dating back more than one thousand years. Check our tours in Tibet. Check our office location on map. Advice on Trekking in Tibet
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Dates | May-Nov |
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Day 1: Airport / Train station to Lhasa
Day 2: Visit Potala Palace, Jokhang Temple and Barkhor street
Day 3: Drepung and Sera Monasteries
Day 4: Yamdrok lake - Gyangtse
Day 5: Gyantse - Shigatse - Sakya Monatery
Day 6: Sakya - Rongbuk Monastery
Day 7: Rongphu - Everest Base Camp - Saga Couty
Day 8: Saga County -Lake Manasarovar (500km)
Day 9: Spend a day around Lake Manasarovar, then to Darchen
Day 10 - Kailash Kora Trek
- Altitude: 4690 meters
- Distance: 18 kilometers
- Time: ≈ 7 hours
- Hotel: Guesthouse in Dirra Puk
- Destination: Drirra Puk
Kailash Kora 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 Arhats – 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 Driraphuk Gompa. Although the terrain is easy, the high altitude makes it difficult for Western hikers to walk at ease.
Days 11: Trek to Zultrul Puk
- Highest Altitude: 4600 meters
- Distance: 22 kilometers
- Time: ≈ 8 hours
- Hotel: Guesthouse in Zultrul Puk
- Destination: Zultrul Puk
This is the toughest section of your trek around Kailash, climbing from Driraphuk Gompa at 5000 meters to Dolma La Pass at 5630 meters. 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 Zutrulphuk 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 12: Trek to Darchen - Saga
- Altitude: 4690 meters
- Distance: 13 kilometers
- Time: ≈ 5 hours
- Hotel: Guesthouse whether in Darchen or Lake Manasarovar
- Destination: Manasarovar
The last section is fairly easy walking from Zutruphuk Gompa to Darchen. The Kailash pilgrimage tour officially ends at Dakini Dancing Ground, with a fantastic view of Lake Manasarovar in the background. We will complete the Kailash kora at lunch time and then drive to Lake Manasarovar.
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