Kailash Manasarovar Via Lhasa (Tibet) KAILASH MANASAROVAR YATRA 2015 With great divine pleasure we invite and welcome all the Shiva Bhakts to one of the most sacred pilgrimage of Mt. Kailash Manasarovar Yatra. Known as the mother of all Teertha Sthala the holy Mount Kailash Yatra is considered to be one of the most difficult treks in Asia. With our professional staff and excellent support from associate office in Nepal and Tibet and few major locations in India we are successfully operating this yatra to this holy abode Lord Shiva for hundreds of pilgrims every year. We operate Kailash Yatra by 45oo CC Landcruiser, Luxury AC buses and Helicopter. We also specialise in Kailash Inner Kora, Kailash Yatra with Lhasa, Astpad and Muktinath Darshan Tours. We present below different options for Kailash Manasarovar Yatra for you along with some useful information you may require before undertaking the journey to this holy land. Day 01 : Arrival Kathmandu Arrive at Kathmandu airport to start your tour to Kailash Manasarovar Yatra. Assisted transfer at the airport to the hotel. Enroute take a stop at Pashupatinath Temple – the abode of Lord Shiva. Overnight stay will be at Hotel Soaltee Crowne Plaza or Gokarna Golf and Spa Resort or similar. Kathmandu Temple Day 02 Temple visit in Kathmandu Breakfast in the hotel and then proceed for a half day sightseeing tour of Pashupatinath Temple and Boudhnath Stupa. An optional tour for Muktinath Darshan can be arranged to worship Lord Vishnu. Evening time free in Kathmandu till we arrange your visa for Tibet. Overnight at Hotel Soaltee Crowne Plaza or Gokarna Golf and Spa Resort or similar hotelin Kathmandu. The additional cost for Muktinath Darshan by helicopter is approx. INR 20000 per person, on first come/first serve basis subject to group size in multiple of 22. If the weather conditions are not favourable, we shall arrange an excursion to Manokamna Temple (100 km / 3 hrs. one way from kathmandu) @ INR 1800 per person extra. Book Now Day 03 : Fly KMount Kailash Parvatathmandu to Lhasa (3650 m) 1 hr. 30 minutes flight After breakfast get transferred to Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu to board your flight to Lhasa, Tibet. Upon arrival at Gonggar Airport, Lhasa the group shall meet our local staff / representative who will escort the group to the pre booked hotel in Lhasa. It will take about 2 hours for the group to reach the hotel. Spend the first day free to acclimatize with the altitude as Kathmandu is at 1200 m above sea level and Lhasa is at 3650m. Spend the night at Hotel Brahamputra or Four Points by Sheraton or similar in Lhasa. Day 04 : Lhasa - After breakfast take a tour of Lhasa visiting Jokhang Temple, Barkhor Street and Potala Palace Jokhang Temple : This is a huge building structure consisting of three floors and an open roof all dotted with chapels and chambers. The Jokhang Temple has undergone massive additions and reconstructions since the 7th century and particularly during the reign of 5th Dalai Lama in the 17th century. While parts of the existing temple structure date fromPotala Palace Tibet earlier times, most of the murals are from the 18th and 19th centuries and few statues (with the notable exception of the Joyo Sakyamuni) are older than the 1980s. The temple was sacked several times during Mongol incursions but its worst treatment has been at the hands of the Chinese since their occupation of Tibet in 1959. The Jokhang is the most celebrated temple in Tibet. Because the temple is not controlled by a particular sect of Tibetan Buddhism it attracts adherents of all the sects as well as followers of Bon-Po, Tibets indigenous religion. Three pilgrimage circuits exist in Lhasa, each directing pilgrims to the Jowo Sakyamuni statue: the Lingkhor, which encircles the city’s sacred district; the Barkhor, which encloses the Jokhang temple; and the Nangkhor, a ritual corridor inside the Jokhang. Every day throughout the year hundreds of pilgrims circumambulate each of these three circuits. Some pilgrims will cover the entire distance by prostrating every few feet, and others will walk slowly, chanting sacred mantras and spinning hand-held prayer wheels. For more than a thousand years millions of pilgrims have trod these sacred paths with devotion in their hearts; this cumulative focusing of intention and love has charged the Jokhang with an enormously powerful field of sanctity. Barkhor Street : The center of the old Lhasa, Barkhor is a circular street, which is the oldest street in Lhasa and remains very traditional. It is a place where Tibetan Norbulinka Palaceculture, economy, religion and arts assemble and a place to which a visit must be paid. It was said that in the seventh century when Songtsen Gampo, the first Tibetan King (617 or ?-650) who unified Tibet, married Chinese Princess Wencheng and Nepal princess Tritsun. Later Princess Tritsun built Jokhang Temple to accommodate the Jowo Sakyamuni aged 12 brought to Tibet by Princess Wencheng. Barkhor is the road which pilgrims tramped out around Jokhang Temple through centuries. Buddhist pilgrims walk or progress by body-lengths along the street clockwise every day into deep night. They comprise most of Lhasas floating population. Potala Palace : PPotala was the winter palace of the Dalailama, which was originally built in the 7th century by the king Sotsen Gampo and rebuilt to the present size by the 5th Dalai lama in the 17th century. Built in the mid-18th century by the 7th Dalailama, Norbulingka, the Jewel Park was the Dalai lamas summer palace, it covers 100 acres with palaces, pavilions and a zoo. Book Now Overnight at Hotel Brahamputra or Hotel Lhasa in Lhasa. Day 05 : In Lhasa visiting Norbulinka Palace and Drepung Monastery After breakfast, visit Norbulinka Palace and Drepung Monastery. Norbulinka Palace : Norbulingka, meaning Jewel Park, was Dalai Lamas summer palace since the Seventh. Its light-hearted air makes it less demanding than most sights in Lhasa The Norbulinka is well worth a visit at festival times and public holidays. On Shoton Festival, the park is crowded with picnickers, and traditional Tibetan opera performances are also held there. Khamsum Zilnon is a very eye-catching building behind the main gate. It was originally a Han style pavilion and later changed into a theater where the Dalai LaDrepung Monasterymas watched Tibetan opera. Tsokyil Potrang is a group of buildings on water. Dalai Lamas used to read in a hall of the palace. In 1922, the Thirteenth Dalai Lama began to build his Golden Lingka and Chensel Potrang, which is located at the back of the woods. Various flowers, grasses and trees were planted around. The palace was heavily painted with murals, which bear strong Han characteristics. Takten Migyur Potrang, meaning Eternal Palace in Tibetan, was completed in 1956 for the Fourteenth Dalai Lama. Though it is called New Summer Palace, it is a very traditional architecture except for its interior modern facilities. In the palace there are many splendid murals painted by a Fourteenth Dalai Lamas painter. The topics of the murals include Tibetan officials, Sakyamuni preaching under a Bodhi tree, and Tibetan history from its founding by the Holy Monkey, the vicissitudes of Tubo Kingdom (633-844) and Tibetan Buddhism to Panchen Lama and Dalai Lamas interviews with Chairman Mao Zedong in Beijing. The present Dalai Lamas private apartment is also on view, remaining untouched. In a little sutra hall, there is a Dalai Lamas throne which is wrapped in gold foils and decorated with gems. Drepung Monastery : It was established near Lhasa, Tibet in 1416 by Chojey Tashi Palden. It had four departments, of which Loseling, or The Hermitage of the Radiant Mind, was the largest, housing more than three quarters of Drepungs ten to fifteen thousand monks. Drepung Loseling was especially close to the Dalai Lama incarnations; the Second Hotel Shanghai ManasarovarDalai Lama made his residence here in 1494, and subsequent incarnations maintained this link. After the Chinese Communist invasion of Tibet in 1959 and the forced closure and destruction of its 6,500 monasteries, some 250 monks from Loseling managed to escape the holocaust and rebuild their institution in Karnataka State, South India. The traditional training program was thus preserved. Over the years many moreyoung spiritual aspirants have fled Chinese-occupied Tibet and sought entrance into the monastery, thus helping to preserve their traditional culture. The number of monks presently in the re-established Drepung Loseling has increased to more than 2,500. Overnight at Hotel Brahamputra or Hotel Lhasa in Lhasa. Book Now Day 06 : Drive to Shigatse (3900 m) - 350 km/ 7-8 hrs. After breakfast in your hotel visit Norbulinka Palace and take a drive to Shigatse which is the 2nd largest city of Tibet. Built in 1447 by the first Dalailama the Tashillunpo Monastery in Shigatse is a very important monastery in China as it is known as seat of the Panchan Lama. Night stay will be at Hotel Shigatse or Hotel Manasarovar or similar in Shiagtse. Day 07 : Drive from Shigatse to Lhatse (4350 m) 308 km. / 6 - 7 hrs. Have early breakfast in your hotel and drive to Lhatse which is about 308 km. and 7 hrs drive away from Shigatse. Our representative will serve packed lunch en route. Arrive at Latse and check into the hotel Hotel Shanghai or similar for night stay. Day 08 : Drive from Lhatse to Saga (4640 m) 300 km. / 8 - 9 hrs. Early breakfast in the hotel and continue drive to Saga. The drive is quite long today. Packed lunch will be served by our representative en route. On arrival check into Hotel Saga or equivalent for dinner and overnight stay. Day 09 : Drive Saga to Prayang (4Manasarovar parikarma Mount Kailash750 m) 255 kms/ 6 - 7 hrs. drive Have breakfast at the hotel and drive to Paryang (4750 m). Today we drive through the windswept territory passing many villages and camps of Yak herders with distance view of snow capped mountains. Today the drive is comfortable as the road is quite flat. On arrival at Prayang check into Prayang Parmarth Guest House or similar for night stay. Day 10 : Drive Prayang to Hor Quo (4560 m) 223 km/ 5 - 6 hrs. drive Take a 112 kms drive to Mayum River where we will have lunch. After lunch continue 5-6 hours drive to Hor Quo (4560 m). Drive pass through Mayum La pass (5200 m). Today is the lifetime day as you will get the first darshan (sight) of Holy Mount Kailash and Holy Lake Manasarovar during your Kailash pilgrimage yatra. We will stay in a camp / guesthouse on the bank of Holy Mansarover Lake. Overnight at Parmarth Chui Gompa Guest House / fixed tents. Day 11 : Manasarovar Parikarma (4520 m) 115 km/ 4 - 5 hrs. & drive to Darchen (4620 m) This is the day to do some Puja & Holy bath in the holy Lake Manasarovar. After breakfast and bath take a parikrama of Mansarover Lake by Jeep (4520 m). The parikrama takes 115 km and 4 to 5 hrs. During the parikrama we will stop near Trugu Gompa for Holy Bath in Holy Lake Manasarovar. During the Parikarma we will have a picnic lunch on the bank of Holy Lake Manasarovar. If time permits we will also visit Chui Gompa for hot spring bath. In the afternoon drive to Darchen (4620 m). Darchen is a small village with few guesthouses located under the splendid holy Mount Kailash. During the Kailash ManZuthulphuk Seensarovar Yatra period one can see the place flooded with pilgrims with a large number of tents placed all around the village. Continue trek Serrlung Monastry to visit Asthapath which offers an excellent view of Nandi Parvat and Mount Kailash. Night stay will be in the guest house or camp. Day 12 : Drive to Tarboche (13 km) and trek to Dirapuk (4860 m) 7 km/ 5 - 6 hrs. This morning take a short drive of about 13 Kms. to reach Tarboche which is the starting point for the trekking on Holy Mount Kailash Parkrama. The first dayof our Kora is a gradual walk with multitudes of other local pilgrims chanting and praying. The trektoday leads us to few ups and downs till wereach our camp/guest house at Dirapuk (4860 m). Stay in a basic camp on the grassy meadows giving you the fascinating view of Mount Kailash, north-west face. Important point to note is that those who are not feeling fit to continue the mount Kailash parikarma will be driven back to Darchen where they will wait for the other group members to return. Night stay will be in the guest house or camp. Book Now Day 13 : Trek to Zuthulphuk (4760 m) 18 km/ 9 - 10 hrs. This day is difficult and full of climax on the holy yatra of Kailash Mount Kailash ParvatManasarovar. Today after early breakfast we trek to the higher side of the mountains justunder theHoly Mount Kailash. The walk along the Mount Kailash will bring you to Drolma La, 5,200 m. which is one of the highest points on the trek. From here we descend towards the gradual fields of Zuthulphuk where we have the overnight stay arranged. The descend is steep to the valley below. From the valley below the walk becomes pleasant and relaxing a bit. The path takes you through some gentle slopes over the grassy field. Reach Zuthulphuk for overnight stay in a fixed tent. Book Now Day 14 : Zuthulphuk to Darchen trek 10 km/ 4 - 5 hrs. Drive to Paryang. Breakfast will be served near the camp and one can enjoy the morning time in exploring the caves, visiting the temples and shrine built around. Here you will see a married old couple supervising the temple. The temple is a residence for over half a dozen Tibetan devotees, helpers or relatives who keep busy themNyalam Landcruiserselves busy with the maintenance of the buildings. The caves also contains meditation platforms. Climbing up to these caves before ending the final trek of the holy Kailash Manasarovar Yatra is worth. After a 10 kms / 4-5 hours walk we reach to the final destination of our Manasarovar Yatra trek near Darchen. Near Darchen you will meet the other member of the group who would not do the Mount Kailash Parikarma and were sent back. Here the Land Cruiser will be waiting for you to continue the further journey on your Lake Manasarovar Yatra. Overnight stay at Prayang Parmarth Guest House or similar. Day 15 : Drive Prayang to Saga (4600 m) 255 kms/ 6 - 7 hrs. drive Have your leisurely breakfast at the guest house continue your drive to Saga where the stay will be in a guest house. Day 16 : Drive Saga to Nyalam (3700 m) 240 Kms./ 6 - 7 hours drive Today after breakfast we continue our drive further to Nyalam. Night stay will be at Hotel Nyalam or similar guest house.Chitwan National Park Day 17 : Drive Nyalam to Kathmandu After having breakfast we drive downhill to Zhangmu & Friendship Bridge where we finish the final formalities to exit Tibet area before crossing the Friendship Bridge. The Tibert side vehicle will go back and after a 15 minute walk we will reach the Nepal immigration post where we will have our Nepal representative waiting for us. After clearing the formalities at Nepal border we proceed to Kathmandu for a comfortable night stay. Day 18 : Fly back to your home with memories of Mount Kailash & Holy Lake Manasarovar Breakfast in the hotel and some time free to do some last minute shopping around or for other personal activities etc. Our representative will then transfer you to the Tribhuvan International airport of Kathmandu from where you take your flight to home / onward destination. Departure Dates for Mount Kailash Manasarovar Yatra Tour 2013 via Lhasa There are NO FIXED DEPARTURE DATES FOR KAILASH MANSAROVAR YATRA 2011 VIA LHASA however the group can operate on any specific date of your choice subject to Air China’s Flight operation from Kathmandu, as of now Air China operate flights Kathmandu / Lhasa on Tuiesday, Thursday and Saturday. We require minimum 16 persons to operate this group. The tour cost for Mount Kailash Manasarovar Yatra via Lhasa for 2015 is as below: Indian Passport Holders: INRs 1,57,999/- per person on twin sharing basis Foreign Passport Holders / NRIs: US$ 2,750 per person on twin sharing basis US$ 2,750 + 300 Per person US Passport holders VISA Fee supplement: NRI and Foreigners US$ 165 per person US Passport holders US$ 265 Per person Call for Booking 00977 -061523808,9851140110,9806668140,9846117867 Email: [email protected] Twitter: @HonestTreks Visit: honesttoursntravels.np Facebook page: https://facebook/pages/Honest-tours-and-travels-/264793740359468 Facebook page: https://facebook/honesttreks
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