Trip Facts
- Total Duration 15 Days
- Trip Grade Moderate
- Max Altitude 6,638 m
- Group Size 5 - 65 Pax
- Start From Kathmandu
- End From Kathmandu
- Trip Mode Pilgrimage Tour
- Accommodation Hotel/Guesthouse
- Best Season May to September
Jain religion followers consider Ashtapad as their ‘Maha Tirth’ meaning the holiest pilgrimage. The name Ashtapad translates into eight steps to go up the mountain. Ashtapad is located about 5 km up further from Darchen. Jain considers it as a sacred spot where their first saint 'Shri Adinath Bhagwan', the first of 24 Tirthankars, attained salvation or Mokshya. After his salvation his son king Bharat is said to have built a palace named ‘Sinh-Nishadha’, which is made of real gemstones with 24 idols of Jain Tirthankars in the memory of his father.
Ashtapad is situated near Mt. Kailash (6784m) in Tibet province of China. This tour allows you to make a pilgrimage of both Ashtapad and Kailash. One has to drive past Darchen up till Serlung Monastery and thereafter walk upward for 10 minutes to reach Ashtapad.
Meeting point: Arrival day pickup from Kathmandu airport as per your flight schedule.
Important highlights
- Part of the journey from Hor to Kailash and Manasarovar Lake will be on a local bus.
- Any heath certificates however you should be fit for Kailash and Manasarovar tour.
- Passport must be valid for 6 months or more from the proposed date of travel
- In Ashtapad area, there is no Jain temple
Fixed Departure Dates for 2024
- 09 July 2024
Trip Itinerary
Day 01: Arrive in Kath 9:00 AM or before
Collection passport & apply for Biometric for Kailash tour
Day 02: Holy sightseeing Saga, Doleshwor
Mahadev Darshan and visit Buddhist temple in Boudha
Day 03: Rudrabhishek, Gujeswari, Narayan
Day 04: Start: Drive to Trisuli & Ghatte Khola
Day 05: Cross Tibet boarder, stay in Kerung
Day 06: Drive to Saga city & overnight stay
Day 07: Acclimatization, day hiking if you like
Day 08: Drive Hor Manasarovar kora & stay
Full moon night in Manasarovar Lake
Day 09: Rituals Rudrabhishek, drive Darchen
Day 10: Drive to Yam Dwar, walk to Dirapuk
Day 11: Back to Yam Dwar and then Darchen
Day 12: Drive to Ashtapad & back to Darchen
Day 13: After Breakfast , drive to Saga Bazaar
Day 14: Drive to Kerung Bazaar, stay Kerung
Day 15: Drive Nepal-Tibet broader drive KTM
Day 16: Transfer Kathmandu airport departure
Trip Cost
Per Person USD 3000 (Double / Twin room / triple Sharing)
Per Person USD 3500 (Single room
Extra Service if required
Mountain flight / Everest Flight cost USD 230 per person
Extra cost if required for Kailash Circuit:
Horse ride during the Parikrama 1 horse for 4 days USD 385
(Directly payable to the Tibetan guide)
Porter for carrying small bag for 4 days round Kailash USD 165
Subject to change price if incase increase or decrease for pony, porter cost, no sharing each other)
What's Included
- Arrival Kathmandu airport & transfer to hotel, welcome drink
- Evening take Pashupatinath temple for Arati Pooja, Darshan
- Darshan to Pashupatinath, Budhanilkantha(Sleeping Vishnu)
- Kailash briefing for Kailash and Manasarovar lake tour /Yatra
- 3 nights hotel in Kathmandu (double-bed room sharing basis)
- 3 meals a day (breakfast, lunch, dinner) pure vegetarian meal
- Drive Kerung -Tibet border -Kathmandu by privet tourist coach
- We serve guesthouse- mud house Kailash-Manasarovar Yatra
- Nepali team leader fluent speaking in English &Hindi language
- Chef(who can prepare Indian-dishes as per your requirement)
- Cook, cook helper and full support Nepali staff (Sherpa guide)
- Deluxe luxury air-condition coach bus in mount Kailash route
- Support truck for carry food- Kailash - equipment, Nepali staff
- Poisk oxygen cylinder with mask -regulator for use emergency
- Basic first aid kit box altitude sickness and medicine Diamox
- Life & medical insurance for Nepali Kailash staff & team leader
- Duffel bag & certificate of Kailash-Manasarovar tour-If require
- Kailash travel permit, Tibet visa for Kailash-Manasarovar tour
- We arrangement special fire for Hawan in Manasarovar Lake
What's Excludes
- Personal expenses -Kailash tour
- Rescue jeep, expenses if require
- Personal equipment-Kailash tour
- Visa and re - entry visa for Nepal
- Tips for Kailash staff, drives, guide
- Any other additional cost for Yatra
- Nepali tourist visa information
Importation information
- Kailash area or all places is no any heating in hotel / guesthouse room
- Hotel or guesthouse most of places no hot water in bath room.
- If get any portable heater in your country, Please bring with you.
We provide / includes for safety service in Kailash Tour
- 1 Big oxygen bottle tanks in each bus surface with mask- regulator
- 4 Poisk Russian oxygen tank for Kailash Kora with Mask & Regulator
- Blood pressure checking machine for team, every day check for Yatri
- Oximeter -checking every day our Yarty's oxygen label in your blood
- We proved altitude medicine Diamox Pills for Kailash circuit Tour
- We provide 3 bottles of Mineral (1 letter) water per day for 1 Yatri
Our extra service includes than other operator
- We do welcoming our all Kailash Yatri in Kathmandu airport by Flower & Rudraccha Garland
- Arrival day evening will be Aarati Darshan Pashupatinath temple with holy tour guide
- Second day morning, Rudra Abhishek, Hawan, Aarati in outside of Pashupatinath gate where Hawan place with 11 braman priests as same dress, chanting Rudrabhishek mantra. Time approximately 2 hours.
- After Rudra Abhishek, special spiritual holy Darshan inside of Pashupatinath Temple with Thali Pure Cow Milk, flower garland, Rudraccha garland (Mala) with Prasad, will do oil Lamp burning to main Shiva ling in Pashupatinath temple offering you through by priest and after offer Prasad and Mala get back to you and your family. This Pooja do buy ticketing system, ticket we will provide 1 family for 1 ticket, if single person without family, we provide 1 ticket for 1 person also.
- Rudra Abhishek, Hawan, Aarati also will operate in Manasarovar with 1 Nepali barman priest.
- Our Guide and staff will be highly professional for Kailash Manasarovar Yatra/Tour
- If our Kailash Yatri wants to meet Chief priest of Pashupatinath temple, we try to arrange meeting in Pashupatinath.
Packing list for Kailash Yatra
- Enough warm clothing for Mount Kailash Yatra / tour
- Basic medicines (for minor injuries / lifesaving kits)
- Any regular medicines that you have been prescribed
- Toiletries kit (shop, Shampoo, Toothpaste, tooth brush)
- Water bottle /Thermos flask - hot water (2litters bottle)
- Woolen socks (minimum 4 pairs), hand clove
- Wool / Thermo cot undergarments, wind proof jacket
- Shirt and pants which is easier to be while doing Kora
- Sunglasses, Sun lotion/cold cream, Torch light, rain coat
- Umbrella, walking stick, Sandal for use evening & morning
- Sweets, Zinger / garlic candies or dry fruits, lozenges
Fitness
- Kindly consult your doctor and get yourself examined for Spiritual Kailash Manasarovar tour
- As Holy mount Kailash & lake Manasarovar is situated at high altitudes please start exercises like walking, jogging, yoga meditation and other breathing exercises in order to make a successful holy tour
Insurance
- Kindly get yourself a Travel medical insurance for this Kailash Manasarovar tour. Please make sure you cover yourself for emergency evacuation (helicopter), road transportation and hotel accommodation in the insurance.
- Everybody we require make travel insurance from home country Yatri or tourist which must be includes Life insurance, accidental insurance, all treatment and evacuation for transfer by land surface or by Helicopter from Nepal Tibet boarder to Kathmandu. Inside of Tibet/ Kailash is not allowed helicopter service
Health Precaution
Oxygen is less at higher altitudes. The inclement weather and high altitude induces certain illness generally not encountered in the plains. Headache, nausea, lassitude, lethargy, breathlessness, general uneasiness [malaise], high irritability, light loss of balance, disorientation, incoherence and insomnia are a few. It is common to all irrespective of the age, sex and physical fitness. Gradual acclimatization is the best answer. Tranquilizers, sleeping dose and strong anti-biotic must be avoided. The best idea is to deliberately slow down all the activities and have the following suggestions in mind:
- Relax-do not exert, be excited, make rest if needed
- Reduce talk time with each other during the journey
- Walk slowly – adopt one third of your speed and space.
- Keep your load light.
- Walk for 30 minutes and rest for 5 minutes
- Whenever you feel uncomfortable, just stop; rest and relax.
- Ignore the sudden outbursts of fellow pilgrims and avoid arguments.
- Observe silence with smile.
- Never go too high and too fast.
- Consume plenty of liquids; never proceed with an empty stomach.
- Chant a prayer or visualize everything around to suit your pleasant thoughts or put on the earphones and listen to your favorite music, Bhajans, chanting etc.
- Be careful not to catch a cold. It is better to be over clothed than under protected. En-route avoids taking bath or drinking water from Lake Streams or rivers, as your system is not conditioned for this.
- Protect yourself against dust and direct sunshine during the long stretches of driving. Face, feet and hands must be well protected.
- The uneven ground, steep slope and slushy banks are full of potholes. Do not combine walking and sightseeing together.
- Always listen to your guide or the one with experience. Never leave the group.
- On this trip, over exertion is to be avoided and drinking plenty of fluids is recommendable.
Hotel
Hotel in Nepal Side
Kathmandu: 5-star deluxe Hotel Radisson or similar (Single / Double/ Triple room)
Ghatte Khola; 2-star hotel river view or Similar hotel (Double / Triple bed room)
Hotel in Tibet side
Kerung: 3 star Business or Similar (Single / Double / Triple bed room)
Saga: 4 star Northern Holiday or Similar (Single / Double / Triple bed room)
Manasarovar Lake: Normal guest house(Dormitory bed room more than 6 beds)
Darchen: 4 star hotel Kailash Himalayan (Single / Double / Triple bed room)
Dirapuk: Normal guesthouse or mud house Dormitory bed room more than 6 beds)
Zuthulpuk: Normal basic guesthouse Dormitory bed room more than 6 beds)
Cancellation Policy
- Cancellation made up to 30 days before the trip departure will incur a 25% fee of the total trip cost
- Cancellation made up to 7 days before the trip departure will incur a 50% fee of the total trip cost
- Cancellation made less than1week before departure or upon arrival in KTM will be charged full price
Notice:
- Safe & Thrilling Tour to Mount Kailash and Manasarovar with highly professional Escorts.
- Our company Monterosa Treks and Expedition (P) Ltd never compromise with high quality service, if quality you will get cheaper price but then service quality will also go down. We have 31 years record till now and zero casualties.
- Our company is your Kailash Manasarovar Yatra / tour dream holiday!!