Kailash Pilgrimage Tour 15-21 Days

The Kailash "Gang Rinpoche", which means "Jewel of snow" is striking in the way it rises high above the surrounding range and always remains snow - capped. Traditional Buddhist cosmology has often connected Kailash with Mount Meru, the great mythological mountain that forms the axis of this world system. Because of its religious associations, many Hindu and Buddhist ascetics, hermits and pilgrims have been drawn to the area of the mountain for the past two thousand years or so to see it, offer prayers, absolve sins, circumambulate it and to practice austerities and meditation. South of Mount Kailash, across the base of the majestic Mount Gurla Mandhata, are the two lakes Mansarovar and Rakkshas Tal (lake). They are the highest bodies of fresh water in the world, with Manasarovar (330 sq. km), at 4,558 meters, about fifteen meters higher than Rakshas Tal. Manasarovar considered by Buddhist and Hindus to be more worthy of veneration. Buddhist believe that Queen Maya, the Buddha's mother was carried here by the gods and washed prior to giving birth to the Buddha.

There are two approaches to Mt. Kailash. The trip starts with a flight to Simikot in Western Nepal and crossing over into Tibet and doing the round tour of Mt. Kailash and ending the trip with an over Land drive to Kathmandu (21 days) via Zhangmu or Lhasa (25 days). An easier shorter 15 days approach is from Zhangmu to Mt. Kailash and back to Zhangmu. This is a drive tour with 3 days round tours of Kailash.

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