Simikot Kailash Lhasa Tour

On the first day of this religious tour, you will be flown to Nepalgunj in a one hour flight. On landing there, then you will be taken to a hotel for the night’s stay. You can then spend time around the town making and buying things for your puja.

Today, you will take a flight to Simikot to land at the airstrip at 2960 metres above sea level. From the airstrip, you will begin you trek to Dharapokhari. This trek start with a climb from the airport over a rocky path. We pass by fields of wheat and barley to a ridge atop Simikot, then it a stiff descend till Dandaphoya from where we continue onto Dharapokhari in a path which takes us through apricot and walnut trees. We set up tent for the night.

In the morning, we begin ascending up a steep trail till we come a long slope. We then continue along a river getting to a waterfall in Chachera. Getting over a ridge and leaving the Kermi village, it is into a big valley with walled in potato and buckwheat fields. Next, it is through a thin forest of pine, making us go down the ridge to Salli Khola, where we set up camp for the night.

Today, we head to Muchu on foot. We cross the river and begin climbing a rocky ridge and over, to go down to the muddy water of the Humla River. On crossing the bridge we see herders pasturing their goats. The valley then becomes narrow making us cross quite a few ridges before passing Yalbang and Yangar Villages. The path then takes a tortuous route atop the river before crossing over to the Muchu Village over a suspension bridge. We stay at a lodge here for the night.

Since, we will be going into higher altitude, we need to acclimatize before continuing. We rest here and simply walking around the villages to the nearby areas to see what is new to us. We stay the night at the Lodge.

Being well rested, we begin the hike to Sipsip by first following the path over the ridge to Tumkot Khola which we continue along the rocky bed of the stream for a while and then climbing a steep ascend in a rock filled gully. Then we pass Palbang and all the way through mustard fields of yellow to Yari and seem to continue climbing to the Nara Lagna Pass. We cross over and stop below in a meadow at Sipsip. We pitch tent here for the night.

We begin with a steep climb to Nara Lagna at 4,580 metres and then begin descending getting the view of the Tibetan Plateau in sight to the village of Ranipauwa. The surface then becomes precarious with loose pebbles and rock to Humala karnali. We stay at Hilsa for the night.

Today, we begin by hiking to the Nepal-Tibetan Border on foot. It is one of the most informal border crossings which just has a border pillar post. Crossing over to the other side, we come in touch with the road where a vehicle will be waiting to take us to Taklakot. We stay the night at a lodge.

Since, we will now be trudging into higher altitude, we spend a day at Taklakot acclimatizing, with strolls around the area. We stay the night in a lodge.

Today, we drive to the Lake of Holy Manasarova, where we pitch tent for the night.

In the morning, you will do your puja at the Lake and after completing it, you will take the drive to Darchen. Where you camp for the night.

Today, we take a hike to Dahar Puk at 5,000 metres going around the base of Mount Kailash. We stay the night in a Tent.

Today we go in a clockwise direction on foot crossing the Dolma pass at 5,671 metres to the other end of the valley to circulate the lake which is long to complete in one day. So we stop on the way and pitch camp in the evening for three days.

Today we go in a clockwise direction on foot crossing the Dolma pass at 5,671 metres to the other end of the valley to circulate the lake which is long to complete in one day. So we stop on the way and pitch camp in the evening for three days.

Today we go in a clockwise direction on foot crossing the Dolma pass at 5,671 metres to the other end of the valley to circulate the lake which is long to complete in one day. So we stop on the way and pitch camp in the evening for three days.

Today we continue on foot at the point where stopped the previous night walk till we come to the road, where we will be picked up and taken to Mansarover. We stay the night here after having completed our Kailash Parikrama.

Today from Manasarover, we take the eight our drive to Paryang through the Tibetan plateau along the edges of the Himalayan Mountain bringing periodic glimpses of the snow-capped peaks of them. We stay the night in a lodge once here.

Today, we driven on to saga from Paryan in a six hour drive take on the sights of the Tibetan plateau to the left and the Himalayan Mountains to right. We stay the night at a hotel Saga.

Today from Saga we continue our drive to Shigatse and when they pay a visit to the Monastery and shrines there. We stay the night at a hotel in Shigatse.

Today, we drive along the road which finally connects with the Highway to Lhasa which takes us there. We check into a hotel for the night.

Our last day on this tour, so we do some sightseeing in Lhasa. We being by going to the Potala Palace and then Jokhang Temple and finally Sera Monastery. We stay the night in a hotel.

Since, our tour is over now, we will be taken to the airport bid farewell for our flight back to Kathmandu or to our next destination.
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