Full moon night in Manasarovar on 29 September 2023 (Purnima)

Kailash Mansarovar Tour - Itinerary 

24 September 2023 Day 01: Upon your arrival at Tribhuvan International Airport, the staffs of Monterosa Treks and Expedition will receive and escort you to hotel. Every yatri should reach Kathmandu 10:00 AM or before. We collect passport original and apply Tibet visa in Chinese embassy in Kathmandu for Kailash tour. For Indian passport holder must be reach New Delhi 6 days before who are staying out of India. Who are staying in India, they can send passport in our New Delhi office by currier minimum 10 days before for processing Kailash visa.

While rest, take buffet vegetarian Lunch and after noon will be holy tour to Kailashnath Saga and Doleshwar Mahadev Darshan or everybody do resting in hotel. In the evening time, Kailash Yatri will be taken to Pashupatinath temple to have Aarati Darshan.

25 September 2023 Day 02: After having your breakfast at Kathmandu, you will be taken for Rudra Abhishek, Hawan, Arati and holy Darshan in Pashupatinath Temple. It will be 2 and half program. Finish spiritual program in Pasupatinath, back to hotel, while rest, take Lunch and 2 PM, start half day holy sightseeing in Boudhanath Stupa or Swaymbhunath and Budhanilkantha sleeping Vishnu. Back to hotel and orientation / briefing about Kailash Manasarovar tour

26 September 2023 Day 03: This will be the first day of Yatra / Tour. We travel from Kathmandu to Ghatte Khola (Nepal) that is Drive (1700 meters - 152 kilometers) - Departure starts from Kathmandu in Nepal to Tibet border on a private tourist coach or jeep as per your package. After you take your breakfast in Kathmandu. It takes 7 to 8 hours drive to reach Ghatte Khola Rasuwagadi. Trisuli bazaar will be our lunch spot. Further, driving to Kalikasthan, Ramche, Dunche, Shyabru Besi, Timure and we finally reach to Ghatte Khola, Rasuwagadi. There are standard hotels and Lodges with fine Nepali and Indian cuisine for tourists.

27 September 2023 Day 04: Kerung valley Tibet is our next destination. Our entire visa and passport will be checked at Nepal immigration office which is at Ghatte Khola near by our night halt. After completing entire formalities, we continue driving for 15 minutes to walk to Nepal Tibet friendship brigade Rasuwagadi. We cross the friendship bridge, Tibetan immigration office and get checked our Tibet visa and permit one by one. There will be our Tibet guide waiting for us with travel permit for Kailash tour/Yatra. He will deal with all the immigration formalities and take to Tibet part and surfer by tourist bus / van to Kerung valley. Kerung valley is 24km far from Nepal Tibet boarder. Kerung valley will be simple accommodation, there are tourist standard lodge and guest houses as well at this city situated 2900 meters above the sea level.

28 September 2023 Day 05: On this day, we drive from Kerung to Saga. We can see Peku Tso Lake, Salt Lake (Nunilo Tal) on the way & reach Saga city after 5/6 hours long drive. The view of Nomads looking after thousands of sheep and yaks is really interesting at this place. We manage for warm lunch box for our travelers & we stop for lunch near Peku Tso Lake or somewhere. After that, we continue driving & cross the Brahma Purtra River (Sangpo) the way to Tibetan city Saga. It is a big city with many facilities on the way to Kailash & Manasarovar tour

29 September 2023 Day 06: Saga - to Manasarovar Lake (4580m.). Some 470 kilometers is to be covered in not more than 7-8 hours. After breakfast we drive from Dongba to Manasarovar Lake. The day starts with full of excitement, by the afternoon as you can have the first sight of Holy Kailash Parbat and Manasarovar Lake from Hor. For lunch, we make hot lunch box and on the way we stop for lunch. After Lunch we continue the drive to Manasarovar Lake reaching Hor, a small place near Manasarovar Lake. Now we start the rotation of Manasarovar Lake and complete it in about 2-3 hours’ time. However, Manasarovar Lake is so big that it takes 3 to 5 days to make one rotation on foot. The circumference of the Lake is 102 Kilometers. There are 8 Monasteries all through the circumference of the Lake. Finally, we reach Chiu Gompa nearby Manasarovar Lake. Full moon night in Manasarovar Lake.

30 September 2023 Day 07: Early morning holy bath in Manasarovar Lake followed by rituals Rudra Abhishek Pooja, Hawan by Braman Pandit or do Yours self or your personal Pandit. We can do provide 1 Nepali Brahmin Pandit in Manasarovar Lake for all Pooja. Afterwards take lunch and drive to Darchen where Yatri will be stay in 4 star Kailash Himalayan hotel.

01 October 2023 Day 08: Drive Darchen to Yam Dwar gate of the god of death) & it comes Yam Dwar, from here starts walking to Dirapuk (4890 meters - 11 kilometers) – Monastery. Here some Yatri can take pony & local porter for 2 days. (If you take pony & porter) You should tell in Manasarovar Lake and Tibetan guide will be managing all before starting Kora. This is the first day of Kailash Parikrama. We should start our journey after breakfast as early as possible. This day, we have to walk continuously for about 5 to 6 hours. Yak will carry all our goods and equipment, From Dirapuk, you can see mount Kailash north face is much closed, looks Shiva god staying there, overnight stay at Dirapuk guest house.

02 October 2023 Day 09: Morning take breakfast. Climbing up Kailash Parvat and touch Kailash and back to Dirapuk for overnight stay.

03 October 2023Day 10: Walking Dirapuk to Yam Dwar & drive to Darchen and Overnight stay in Darchen.

04 October 2023 Day 11: Ashtapad (8 steps) Just in front of Nandi Parvat there is another Mountain called Ashtapad. Literally, Ashtapad means Mountain of Eight Steps in Sanskrit. This holy mountain often called as “Ratnamaya (precious gemstones), “Rajatadri”, and “Sfatikachal” (the crystal palace) by the Jains. Ashtapad has become a spot of peaceful caves for many saints, Rishi’s, Monks to do meditation.  According to Jainism Ashtapad is the place where the first Tirthankara of Jains, Rishabdev attained Moksha or Nirvana. 

Tirthankara means God of Teaching, it shows that the 'fordable path' across the sea of interminable births and rebirth (saṃsāra). Rishabhanath or Rishabdev is also known as Adinath. In Hinduism, Lord Shiva is generally called as Adinath or the first in Nath Cult. 

It is also believed that Mount Kailash is surrounded by eight smaller mountains making it a lotus shape with eight petals. Ashtapad is visited by a large numbers of pilgrims on Kailash Manasarovar Yatra. To visit ASTHAPAD, we have to walk ten minutes from Serlung Monastery steep up to reach.  Drive t0 Darchen from Serlung Gompa and continue drive to Prayang for overnight.  

05 October 2023 Day 12: Drive Saga and Kerung: drive to Kerung for 7 to 8 hours. It will be last night stay at Kerung in Tibet side.

06 October 2023 Day 13: Kerung to Kathmandu – After having our breakfast, we drive to Nepal-Tibet Friendship Bridge Rasuwagadi. Entire customs and immigration formalities clearance in Tibet and Nepal side is done and again continue drive to Kathmandu for about 7/8 hours. Finally, you will reach at hotel. You will have your lunch on the way back to Kathmandu.

07 October 2023 Day 14: This the day of final departure. You will be taken to Airport from hotel.