Nepal Helicopter Tour with Mt Kailash

On arriving at the Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu, a representative from Himalayan Trekkers will greet you and escort you to the designated hotel in the center of the city. 

Check-in at the hotel and relax. The rest of the day is at leisure. You can stroll around the streets, shops, and fooderies in the Thamel area in the evening. 

Today, you will have a guided sightseeing of some of the popular landmarks in Kathmandu Valley after breakfast. 

You will be assisted to Kathmandu Durbar Square that lies in the center of the valley with some interesting monuments like the Kasthamandap, the Kumari house, and the Hanuman Dhoka. The Durbar Square used to be the royal palace of the Shah and Malla kings of Nepal. 

Then, we drive to Swoyambhunath Stupa on a hilltop overlooking the Kathmandu valley along with scenic view of the Hiamlayas. It is one of the holiest Buddhist pilgrimage site in Nepal which is popular as "Monkey Temple". 

The last sightseeing destination is Khokana Bungmati. These are two ancient Newar Villages in the outskirts of Patan offering beautiful traditional Newari houses and unique architecture. 

You will be driven back to you hotel in the evening. 

Early morning, we drive to the airport for a flight to Nepalgunj. You will be escorted to your hotel for an ovenight stay. In the evening, you can explore the surrounding, small settlements, and popular places. 

After an early breakfast, we fly to Simikot from Nepalgunj. We complete Nepal immigration formalities before continuing our helicopter flight to Hilsa. Then, we drive to Chinese Border from Hilsa and continue our drive to Purang. On arrival in Purang, check in at hotel and relax.

After a warm breakfast, we will go for a short excursion drive to Kejia village. Here situated in the middle of the village is the Kejia monastery. This monastery is also known as the Khojarnath temple.

After explore the monastery and the village, we will return to our guest house for another night. 

After breakfast we drive to Lake Mansarovar where we start our parikrama of the holy lake via Chui Gompa stopping at Trugo Gompa at noon to take a picnic lunch and sthan. The afternoon waters of Mansarovar are relatively warm so that taking our sthan (purification bath). Here we also do our Havan puja, performed by our pundit with both Mansarovar and Kailas in front of us. On completion of our puja and parikrama, we then drive back to our guest house.

About 30 km north of Lake Manasarovar is Darchen, the main gateway to Mt. Kailash. Here we organize yaks or ponies for the Kailash circuit trek. The last portion of the drive takes us approximately one hour directly towards the Kailash face. Roads are a little rough but worth it to see the close-up view of the south face of the holy mountain. The inner Parikarma is performed through this route. 

Early moning drive 08 km to Tarboche / Shersong (Yamdwar) for performing puja near big prayer flag and start Parikarma 10 km to Diraphuk. We head west in a clockwise direction & after a few kilometers, the trail climbs up to a cairn at 4730 m from where the northern face of Mt. Kailash comes to view. En route visit Tarboche where annual flagpole raising ceremony takes place during Saga Dawa.

Today, we cross Drolma La Pass (5630 m) and Gauri Kund Lake (5,608 m) where Hindus worship and immerse themselves in the icy waters of the lake.

We reach our destination Zuthulpuk by the late afternoon where we will spend a night. 

The final end of the Parikarma is an easy 2-3 hrs walk down to where the river emerges on to the Barga plain. We meet our vehicles and drivers awaiting us at Lamchu valley and from here we drive to Darchen for lunch.

After lunch, drive to Astapad if this is not done previously or continue directly to Tirthapuri. From here we then continue onwards to Purang. Here we will take a short excursion tour to Tirthapuri (Dadapuri) Hot Springs. Tirthapuri is famous for being the source of Tibetan herbal medication.

After breakfast, we will drive to Hilsa to catch our helicopter and fly to Simikot and board connecting flight on a schedule plane to Nepalgunj.

Explore the surrounding areas in the evening. 

After breakfast, we will have a short and scenic flight back to the Kathmandu Valley. 

Check-in and relax. Or you may opt to have a guided sightseeing. 

Join us for a farewell dinner in an authentic Nepalese restaurant. 

A Himalayan Trekkers representative will transfer you to the airport for the flight back to your hometown/onward destination. 

We bid farewell and wish for a safe journey!