15 Days Mount Kailash and Lake Manasarova Small Group Tour

Potala Palace

Drepung Monastery

After breakfast in your hotel, your personal private will pick you up to visit the splendid Potala Palace, the cardinal landmark in Lhasa. The whole morning is for you to appreciate this world-level architectural work.

In the afternoon, you will visit the Johkang Temple, the spiritual center of Tibet. Tibetan people from all over the world come here to kowtow in the front of the entrance with their pure heart.

Finally, you can spend some time walking on around the Jokhang Temple in Barkhor Street where is full of religious atmosphere.

• Drive depends on your location of hotel
• Altitude: Lhasa (3680m)
• Lhasa business hotel
• Breakfast

Yamdrok tso

Tashilunpo Monastery

After breakfast in your hotel, you will be picked up to visit Drepung Monastery, one of the "Great Three" Gelug monasteries of Tibet.

In the afternoon, you will head to visit Sera Monastery, another one of the "Great Three" Gelug monasteries in Tibet that founded in 1419 by Jamchen Chojey, to see the famous scriptures debating in this monastery.

• Drive about 20km
• Altitude: Lhasa (3680m)
• Lhasa Business Hotel
• Breakfast

Yamdro-tso Lake

Karola Glacier

Today, you will be driven to view the Yamdrok Lake, one of the three largest sacred lakes in Tibet which you can never have a panorama. It is surrounded by snow-capped mountains and fed by numerous small Himalayan streams. Just enjoy the breathtaking blue Yamdrok Lake.

Then, you will head to Gyantse and visit the Pelkor Monastery where displays sculptures, murals and carvings.

After that, you will drive about one hour to Shigatse, the second largest city in Tibet. Upon arrival, you will visit Tashilumpo Monastery, the oldest and largest Gelugpa Monastery in Tibet.

• Drive about 260km
• Altitude: Yamdrok Lake (4441m), Shigatse (3900m)
• Shigatse Business Hotel
• Breakfast

Sakya County

Old Tingri

In Shigatse, you will visit the famous Tashi Lhunpo monastery where you can see the well preserved largest statue of Jampa (future god) in the world. The monastery itself is abiding place for the successive Penchen Lamas. Drive to the Sakya County where you can visit the famous Sakya monastery. The most interesting thing in Sakya sect is that the sect does not believe in reincarnation and the head of Sakya sect will wear white cassock and also marry and have children. Then forwards to world highest pass Gyatso-la pass with 5200 m above sea level, and then drive to Tingri, the entrance of Himalayan Nature Reserve.
Overnight in Tingri

• drive 290km,about 10 hours
• Altitude: Shigatse (3900m),Tingri (4300m)
• Tingri Business Hotel

Rongbuk Monastery

Everest Base Camp Trek

There is only 2-3hours driving from Tingri to Rongpuk through 90km new winding road in the mountains. On the way from Tingri to E.B.C, you can enjoy the stunning mountain scenery; pass the wild grassland, the torrent and soaring mountains. If it is in clear weather, you can see the panorama of Himalaya range and among mountains you can see 4 mountains which are 8000m high and more to enjoy like Mt. Lhotse (8516m), Mt. Everest (8848m), Mt. Qowowuyag (8201m) and Mt Mayalu (8463m), and even majestic view of golden summit of Mt. Everest at sunset. 
Stay overnight in Ronguk Guest House or local Tibetan Tent

• Drive about 90km,about 3 hours
• Altitude: Tingri(4300m),Rongbuk Monastery(5200m)
• tent or Rongbuk monastery guest house

you can see the Mt Everest from Tingri

Pelkhu-tso Lake

Today, we will move forword to Saga County along the Old Tingri raod. Along the road that paralled to the Himalayan mountain ranges, you can see the Mt. Everest and Mt. Shishapangma. You can take a detour to Pelkhu tso Lake (4600m), a cobalt blue lake located 69km from Saga.

Finally, we will arrive in Saga, and stay overnight at the local guest house.

• Drive about 460km,about 13 hours
• Altitude: EBC (5200m), Pelkhu tso Lake (4600m)
• local guesthouse of Saga

Drongpa county Landscape

Lake Manasarovar

In the morning, we will drive about 167km from Saga town to the Drongpa County that around the sources of Brahmaputra River. The first site for today is Lake Manasarovar, which is the holy lake of Tibetan ad Hinduism located 50km from Darchen. Taking a short detour to Manasarovar Lake, you can relax around the lake shoure and experience the natural beauty of the lake. You can also see so many Tibetans and Hindus praying and circling around the lake shore, snow capped mountains on the background and hundreds of swans gathering on the lake, attracting hundreds and thousands of tourists from all over the world. In late afternoon, we will reach Darchen, a small town at the foot of Mt. Kailash. Tour guide will assist you to arrange trekking yaks and porters and doing some preparation for your following 3 days trekking around Mt.Kailash. 
Overnight at local guesthouse in Darchen twon

• Drive 550km, about 14 hours
• Altitude: Saga (4640m), Darchen (4575m)
• local guesthouse in Darchen twon

Dolma la pass

Mount Kailash

We start our journey from Darchen to Sarshung by environment-friendlly bus. Located 8 kilometes from Darchen, Sarshung is a small village where you can hire a porter for carrying your packages. The first two hours, we will hike along a grassy plain. And another two hours at least to reach Drirapuk, which is at 4920 meters above the sea level. You can camp for the night or rest in the monastery's guest house in Drirapuk. There is a small monastery at the opposite site of Drirapuk, which offers guest house for trekkers.

Stay overnight at your tent or the guesthouse of monastery.

• Trek 20km, about 6.5 hours
• Altitude: Darchen (4575m),Drirapuk(4920m)
• tent guesthouse of monastery

Local Pilgrims are doing the Kailash Kora

Hiking cross the Ya Kou of Mount Kailash

Today is the hardest and most tough circuit of your three days trekking around Mt.Kailash. You need to set off early in the morning to get through the Peak of Dolma-la pass, which is at 5630 meters above the sea level. You can take a little break at the peak of Dolma-la pass. After that, you will trek down to Lhachu valley floor, which will take you one hour from the pass. Then, you will trek for another four hours to Dzultripk, the final destination of today.

Stay overnight at the tent guesthouse of the monastery.

• Trek 18km, about 7 - 8 hours
• Altitude: Dolma-la pass(5630m)
• tent guesthouse of monastery

Mani Stons along the trekking path in Mt.Kailash

Trekking back to Darchen

It is the last trek day. Firstly, we will go through the Milarepa's cave. Around the cave, there is the temle and shrines.Then, we will trek back through the valley within three hours. Our driver will wait for us at the ending point of the valley, and take us back to Darchen.

Stay overnight at the local guesthouse in Darchen.

• Trek 14km, about 3-4 hours
• Altitude: Darchen (4575m)
• local guesthouse at Darchen

After breakfast, we will drive to Saga.

• Drive 530km, about 14 hours
• Altitude: Saga (4640m), Darchen (4575m)

After breakfast, we will drive to Shigatse.

• Drive 450km, about 12 hours
• Altitude: Saga (4640m)
• Shigatse Business Hotel

Today, we will drive back to Lhasa along the Friendship Highway. You can enjoy the stunning landscapes along the Brahmaputa River.

• Drive 300km, about 6-7 hours
• Altitude: Lhasa (3680m)
• Lhasa Business Hotel

This day is free for you until you head to your next destination or take flight to get back home.

• Altitude: Lhasa (3680m)
• Breakfast