Kailash Saga Dawa Festival Tour

Arrive at Kathmandu after a scenic flight over the mountains. Meet the representative of Adventure Mission Nepal Treks & Expedition (AMN) and transfer to Hotel.

You can spend this day exploring some of the World heritage sites in Kathmandu valley for some time and prepare for the trek in the afternoon.

We will pack our breakfast and start early towards Kodari (China/Nepal border). We will reach Kodari in 5 hours and further drive to Zhangmu, where we will complete the frontier formalities. After completing the frontier formalities we will reach Nyalam for an overnight stay following the Bhote Koshi River. The total drive is 153 KM.

The day will be spent to explore the surroundings and acclimatize as we are going for a trek at a high altitude.

We will start our 7 hours drive after breakfast and drive past Labug-La 5150m. On the way, you will see lots of yak Herds, small Tibetan settlements, lakes and streams. We will reach Saga in the afternoon after crossing one of the famous rivers of Asia, Brahmaputra.

Far south you can see snow-covered peaks nearby you, lots of rocky peaks and sand dunes give you an ideal world. We are going to pass by the typical Tibetan and Western small towns of Zhongba, finally get to Paryang and overnight at a local guesthouse.

This is the day with the longest drive on the entire trip. We can see the Holy Mount Kailash and the sacred lake Mansarovar by the late afternoon. The lake is situated 14950-ft/4558m above sea level and a village called Hor lies along the bank of the lake. The highest lake of fresh water with turquoise complexion in the world is full of fishes and swans. The region is considered rich for gold and other mines, hot springs and hundreds of wild living creatures. The night will be spending at Guesthouse.

Today you can see thousands of people moving towards the festival site. The drive to Darchen, a market area for Chinese and Tibetan goods, for lasts for around 3 hours and after that, we will keep ourselves busy to see the preparations and the excitement of the people regarding the festival. Overnight at Hotel.

The drive from Darchen to Tarboche lasts for less than one hour. You can also walk if you are interested but it is difficult and lasts for around 3-4 hours. This is the full moon day and the most important event of the festival. You see thousands of people attaching prayer flags on the flag poles. It is one of the exciting days walking along the beautiful rocky cliffs waterfalls with some clouds in the clear blue sky make you feeling that Great God Shiva is everywhere with tons of blessing to you. Time and again the face of Kailash Parbat will be kept on appearing.

The trek to Dehra Puk is about 5 hours. We will start in the morning after breakfast. The trail is beautiful and has numerous waterfalls and the most exciting view of the Kailas’s North face. Make yourself for some very difficult walk as the trail goes up and down.

Today we will walk past the Dolma-La (pass) of 18600ft that lies in the middle of two valleys. We will walk past a place called and reach the Shiva-Sthal. Once you reach the top, just do the holiest offering and sit down for meditation to forget you. Once your steps go down, Parvati-Sthal and Gauri Kund are on the way. By the late afternoon, you will arrive at Zuthul Puk (the cave of Miracles. The great ascetic Milarepa is supposed to have performed miracles here).

We will trek back to Mansarovar Lake and it is around 3 hours of walk. We will be picked up by the driving crew and then after a short drive around the lake, we will reach the Chu gompa for the overnight stay.

Early in the morning today we again join for an overland day journey, along the way you will have again some of the best panoramic views. Upon arrival at Paryang, transfer to the hotel, and be refreshing and overnight.

We will reach Saga in the afternoon after a drive of 6 hours.

We will drive to Nyalam from Saga today and this is our last night in Tibet as we will head towards Kathmandu tomorrow. The drive lasts for 5-6 hours.

This is the last day at Tibet for you as in one hour after breakfast we will reach Kodari, on the Nepal-Tibet border. From the border we will drive along the Araniko Highway, built-in assistance of the Chinese government, to reach Kathmandu. It is a scenic 4 hours drive through hills and river valleys.

This is a free day for rest and you can explore the heritage sites around Kathmandu on your own.

You can depart from Kathmandu to your home country or extend the trip and head for another trip within or outside Nepal.