‘a thrilling and exciting journey on the roof of the world over Tibetan plateau’
Encounters Nepal a trip to Holy Mt. Kailash & Lake Manasarover a thrilling and most exciting journey on the roof of the world as it leads to vast and high Tibetan plateau, an overwhelming experience as the drive leads through breathtaking sceneries of moon landscapes, arid and barren in contrast with high Himalayan chain of snow capped mountains that straddles the border with Nepal and Tibet.
Overland journey continues after an interesting drive from Kathmandu and beyond to Tibet border at Kodari and Zhangmu, where our Tibet counterpart agents guides and drivers meets and leads you to the highest and holiest
Mt. Kailash & Lake Manasarover as the journey leads past the green forested area of Bhote Kosi River, after reaching the town of Nylam in Tibet the green trees and rolling hills disappears to arid and barren desert like landscapes as the Tibetan plateau starts on crossing the scenic high Lalung-la pass at 5,050 meters with tremendous views of snow capped mountain range bordering Nepal and Tibet.
Our Four wheel drive continues on the vast arid plain passing the great turquoise Pigutsho lake, and over the Brahmaputra River also called Yarlung Tsang po in Tibetan flowing from the source at Mt. Kailash as the drive leads past Shegar and Paryang town of over 4,500 meters high places, and then slowly reaching a great windswept Barkha valley at Darchen town with majestic view of Mt. Kailash South Face.
From Darchen a short drive to the start of the trek or kora in Tibetan and Parikrama in Indian or circuit of Kailash, at holy Tarboche with great view of West Face of Mt. Kailash standing at 6,714 m / 22,028 ft above the great Tibetan plateau, an amazing mountain of superb beauty, with four great faces, the eastern face is believed to be crystal, the western ruby, the southern sapphire and the northern gold.
Mt. Kailash & Lake Manasarover is a holy and important pilgrimage place for Hindu, Buddhist, Bon ( a pre Buddhist) and Jain religion where a circuit and dip in the holy lake washes the sin of a lifetime.
Walk leads to the North side of Mt. Kailash and over Droma-la the highest and holy spot at 5, 470 m /18,525 ft, this spot festooned with hundreds of prayer and offering with closet views of Mt. Kailash, from here heading downhill towards a pleasant walk past Zutulpuk a small place with few lodge and shops.
After completing the circuit and kora drive leads to holy and pristine Lake Manasarover here with prayer and offering and visiting an old Chui monastery tucked in a overhanging cave on a hill side.
From here journey heads back to Kathmandu with a pleasant drive after a memorable time and great thrill, an experience of lifetime to Holy
Mt. Kailash & Lake Manasarover with great support of Encounters Nepal and management with its informative and friendly Nepali / Tibetan staff.
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