Kailash Mansarovar by Helicopter

Welcome to Nepal. Our representative will be at the airport to welcome your and transfer you to your hotel. Remaining time is free for independent activities. During dinner, a short briefing about your trip will be organized at your hotel.

After breakfast, you will be taken for a sightseeing of Pashupatinath and Guheshwari Temple. Return to your hotel after sightseeing. In the afternoon, you will be driven to the airport for a flight to Nepalgunj. The flight takes around 50 minutes. Upon arrival in Nepalgunj airport, check into your hotel. Remaining time is free for independent activities.

Your will be driven to the airport for flight to Simikot after early breakfast at our hotel. Flights to airfields in the mountainous region are operated only in the mornings as weather there deteriorates once the day progresses. The flight takes about an hour. The flight offers your bird’s eye view of beautiful landscape, rivers, and snowcapped mountains. Simikot is a small STOL airfield that serves as the gateway to Mount Kailash and Mansarovar. Upon arrival at Simikot, check into your lodge. You can spend the day exploring Simikot and surroundings.

You will be entering China today. After breakfast at your hotel, board a chopper for a flight to Nepal-China border town of Hilsa. The flight takes around 20 minutes. From there, walk for around half an hour on a flat land to the banks of Karnali River which originates in Mount Kailash. After crossing the river you will come at the Chinese immigration office. After completing immigration formalities, board a waiting car/bus and start driving toward Taklakot. A drive of about one and half hours on the Tibetan plateau will take you to your night’s halt at Taklakot – a bustling Chinese town. Accommodation will be on dormitory set up.

You will spend an extra night in Taklakot to acclimatize to high altitude. You can explore the market area, do some shopping spend the time resting at your guesthouse.

Today, you will drive to the sacred Manasarovar Lake. A drive of around 70 kilometers on the arid Tibetan plateau will take you to Rakshas Tal. From the lake, you get the first view of Mount Kailash and Mansarovar Lake. On your right lies the beautiful Gurla Mandhata Parbat. A drive of around 25 kilometers from Rakshas Tal will take you to the holy Mansarovar Lake. Upon arrival at Mansarovar Lake, check into your guesthouse.

You will be taken for the Parikrama, or circumambulation, of the holy lake today. It takes about three hours to complete the journey on your car. You will also stop at an appropriate place to offer Pooja and take a holy dip at the lake. Fill up the sacred water in your pet bottles to take home as Prasad. We will then drive to Darchen. The distance is only about 53 kilometers and it will take around two hours to complete the distance.

Your Parikrama or circumambulation of Mount Kailash begins today. After breakfast, we will drive to Tarboche for the visit of Yama Dwar. This is the starting point of your trek. The distance from Yama Dwar to Deraphuk is around 12 kilometers and takes about 6-7 hrs. You will stay at a guesthouse in Deraphuk that overlooks the northern face of Mount Kailash.

Resume your walk after having breakfast at your guesthouse. The walk today will be difficult and challenging as you will be gaining more altitude today and climb to the highest point of this trek – Dolma Pass. Start early as the day involves about 22 kilometers of walking and takes around 8-9 hours. The difficult part is the climb to the pass. Once you reach the pass, enjoy the view of the surreal Tibetan plateau. A descent of about an hour from the pass will take you to a leveled trerraion on the river bank. A short walk form here will take you to your night's halt at Zuthulphuk.

Your Kailash Parikrama will end today. A walk of about two hours form Zuthulphuk will take you to Darchen. Upon arrival in Darchen, board a waiting car/bus and start driving toward Taklakot and then to Nepal-China border. After completing immigration formalities, enter Nepal and stay at Hilsa. You will be airlifted directly to Simkot today itself if choppers are available.

After early breakfast, board a chopper to Simikot from Hilsa. Upon arrival in Simikot, catch the next flight to Nepalgunj. After taking lunch at Nepalgunj, board the next available flight to Kathmandu. Upon arrival in Kathmandu, you will be transferred to your hotel.

You have free time until your flight time. Our representative will provide you ‘Kailash Yatra Completion Certificate’ and drive you to the airport some three hours before your flight time so that you will not have to rush for customs and immigration formalities. Bon voyage!