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Tibet: 23 Days Simikot,
Kailash & Lhasa
Fly Kathmandu - Simikot return by air from
Lhasa.
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EMAIL
US to Join our Fixed
Departure Tours to Simikot, Mt. Kailash and
Manasarovar and Lhasa 2008.
May
31st
June
10th, 21st, 28th
July 12th, 19th, 26th
August 16th, 24th
September 9th, 27th |
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Cost per person: US$ 3370.00 |
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This journey combines
the best of all our Kailash offerings as well as giving you time to fully
explore Tibet's famed capital Lhasa. To begin we trek from the remote Humla
region of Nepal, across the Tibetan border to visit Lake Manasarovar, before
completing a Kora around Mr. Kailash. We then drive across the strikingly arid
panoramas of the Tibetan Plateau to Lhasa where we spend 3 days exploring the
sights of this fascination city, before returning to Kathmandu. This is truly
the trip of a lifetime with its remote trekking, stunning scenery and cultural
highlights.
In the far
west of Tibet is Mt Kailash, the most sacred mountain in Asia, which is
venerated by Buddhists, Hindus, Jains and the ancient Bon religion of Tibet.
From it flow four great rivers - the Karnali, the Indus, the Sutlej and the
Brahmaputra - which drain the vast Tibetan Plateau. It is an important site for
Tibetan and Indian pilgrims who make a 53km circuit, or kora, of the mountain.
This circumambulation, clockwise for Buddhists and Hindus and anti-clockwise for
Bon followers, is said to erase the sins of a lifetime. The mountain itself is
6714m high and with its four sheer walls and snow capped peak is an
awe-inspiring sight.
Only 30km from Mt Kailash is another important pilgrimage site, the beautiful
and serene Lake Manasarovar. According to mythology it was formed in the mind of
Brahma, and Indian and Tibetan pilgrims can also be seen circumambulating this
lake, a distance of 90km.
On this trip, we fly from Kathmandu to Lhasa, and spend 3 days visiting the
wonderful sights of this fascinating city. We then drive across the wide open
spaces of the Tibetan Plateau to Lake Manasarovar, before completing a kora
around Mt Kailash. From there, we re-cross the vast arid plains before heading
south to the Nepalese border and returning to Kathmandu. This is truly the trip
of a lifetime with stunning scenery and cultural highlights
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Tibetan
Plateau |
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Tibetan
Face |
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| DAY
01 |
Arrive
Kathmandu. Meet & transfer to hotel. O/N
hotel. |
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DAY
02 |
Free day in Ktm.
O/N hotel. |
| DAY
03 |
Flight:
KTM - Nepalgunj transfer to Hotel. |
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DAY
04 |
Fly
to Simikot [2960m] trek to Dhara Pokhari [2300m],Camp.
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| DAY
05 |
Trek
to Salli Khola [2700m], Camp.
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| DAY
06 |
Trek
to Muchu [2920m], Camp. |
| DAY
07 |
Rest
day, Camp. |
| DAY
08 |
Trek
to Sipsip [4330m], Camp. |
| DAY
09 |
Trek
to Hilsa [3720m],
Camp. |
| DAY
10 |
Trek
to Taklakot [3930m],drive to Manasarovar [4560m],Camp. |
| DAY
11 |
At
Manasarovar, Camp. |
| DAY
12 |
Drive
to Tarboche [4750m],
Camp. |
| DAY
13 |
Trek
to Dira-puk,
Camp. |
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DAY 14 |
Trek to Zuthul Phuk, Camp.
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DAY 15 |
Trek
to Zutul-puk [4790m] [4750m],
Camp. |
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DAY 16 |
Trek
to Darchen [4560m],
Camp. |
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DAY 17 |
Drive
to Paryang [4750m],
Camp. |
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DAY 18 |
Drive
to Saga [4600m],
Camp. |
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DAY 19 |
Drive
to Shigatse [3900m], hotel |
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DAY 20 |
Sightseeing
& drive to Gyantse [3950m],
hotel |
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DAY 21 |
Sightseeing
& drive to Lhasa [3650m], hotel |
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DAY 22 |
Sightseeing
in Lhasa, hotel |
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DAY 23 |
Sightseeing
in Lhasa, hotel |
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Free
day in Lhasa. hotel |
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DAY 25 |
Flight Lhasa - KTM,
transfer to Hotel. |
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DAY 26 |
Free day in Ktm,
Hotel. |
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DAY 27 |
Final departure transfer to
airport. |
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Cost Includes:
Nepal special Simikot Permit,
Tibet visa, permit, entrance fees,
twin accomodation in hotel/tent, all meals, full camping support by Sherpa
staffs, Landcruisers(4x1) & support truck, Portable Altitude Chamber, oxygen, Yak & Yak herders & Ktm/ Nepalgunj/Simikot / Lhasa /
Ktm airfare.
Extra
Cost:
Airport taxes, insurance, emergency rescue
charges, personal clothing's & accessories including sleeping bags, any
unforeseen incidental expenses and all the other things not mentioned in Cost
Includes Field. |
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