Sightseeing tour in Kathmandu includes a guided tour around the art historical and cultural monuments around the Kathmandu city that has been listed under the UNESCO world heritage site charts. Today, after breakfast, your tour guide will pick you up for a city tour ahead. The tour starts from Kathmandu Durbar Square, a historical palace that dates back to the 16th century during the Malla reign in the medieval period of Nepal. The palace is a huge complex with a palace, courtyards, and temples. The structure is beautifully crafted with various wood, metal and stonework. We explore the periphery of the palace and visit a museum inside the palace. After exploring the palace, we head to Swayambhunath stupa, a large stupa placed on a hilltop surrounded by various Buddha statues and monasteries. Next, we drive to Pashupatinath temple, an oldest Hindu temple with many temples and statues that dates back to ancient times. At Last, we head to Boudhanath stupa, a huge stupa placed on a three-layered Mandela. We visit all these beautiful heritage sites and end our day with a drive back to your hotel. Tonight, spend your time at a hotel in Kathmandu

After an early breakfast, your guide will pick you up from the hotel. We catch our ride that will drive us towards the Friendship Bridge in Nepal China border. We drive along a scenic route today full of countryside verdant landscape. At the border, we meet our Tibetan team that will escort you for your journey ahead in Tibet. After completing immigration and custom formalities in the border, we jump on our land cruiser that will drive us along a scenic landscape to Nyalam. Tonight, spend your time at a guesthouse in Nyalam.

Today, we are already at a higher elevation region and are heading towards even higher regions. Hence, at this point acclimatization becomes a must. Therefore, we spend our day in Nyalam exploring the area and enjoying some stunning views of Tibetan terrain. Tonight, spend your time at a guesthouse in Nyalam.

Today, after breakfast, we drive towards New Dongba. We pass various small villages, yak pastures and yak herders on the way to New Dongda. It’s a comfortable day drive with some mesmerizing views of snow cloud mountains far in the horizon. Tonight, spend your time at a guesthouse in New Dongba. 

Today, we drive towards the highest freshwater lake in the world. After breakfast in New Dongba, we continue with our overland drive towards the Mansarovar Lake. It’s probably one of the longest day drives of our entire tour. Mansarovar Lake at an elevation of 4558 meters is an emerald-colored freshwater lake that lies in the shadows of the great Mt. Kailash. The lake water is fresh and clear with many fishes and swans in it. There are other lakes called Raksheesa lake near Mansarovar Lake. While Mansarovar lake is considered pious, the lake water of Raksheesa is considered as poisonous. There is no scientific proof but as per mythology, the Raksheesa lake is said to be created by an evil king Ravana. Tonight, we spend our time near the Mansarovar Lake. 

In the early morning, we wake up and take a dip into the lake. As per mythology, a holy dip into the lake is believed to be an ailment for any kind of illness and an act of liberation. After taking a bath, we get into our ride for Mansarovar Parikrama. Then we head towards Tarchen which is a small village that lies just in front of Mt. Kailash. It is also considered to be a base for Kailash parikrama. Today, we will be rewarded with some magical views of Kailash Himal. Tonight, we spend our time at a guesthouse in Tarchen. 

In the early morning, after breakfast, we take a short drive to Tarboche which is the real starting point of the Kailash Parikrama Yatra. We enter the Yamadwar – the gateway to God of death in Tarboche and continue with our parikrama journey. We walk for a few hours enjoying the majestic views of rocky cliffs, waterfall and blue sky on the way to the village of Dirapuk. At Dirapuk, we are just in front of the north face of Mt. Kailash. Today, we will be able to get the first glimpse of mountains like Gurla Mandala, Ape, Kamet and many other peaks. Tonight, we spend our time at a guesthouse in Dirapuk.

Get ready for the longest and toughest day of our journey.  Leaving Dirapuk, we head towards the village of Jarok Donkhang. From here, we hike up to Shivatal and ascend high to the Dolma Pass. The pass offers some spectacular views of mountains, glaciers and Tibetan plateaus. We cross the pass and descend steeply towards the bank of Lham chu Khir river. We follow the river and walk towards Khando Sangam La on the eastern side of the Kailash Himal. Finally, we continue our walk until we arrive at the village of Zuthulpuk. Here, we can visit a famous cave with the footprints of Lord Buddha. Tonight, we spend our time at a guesthouse in Zuthulpuk.

In the early morning, we explore caves, temples and shrines around the Milarepa cave. Then we head down towards Tarchen where we complete our Kora around the holy Mt. Kailash. After completing the Kora, we jump into our ride that will be waiting for us at Tarchen. Further, we drive pass Mansarovar lake towards Dongba. Tonight, we spend our time at a guesthouse in Dongba. 

After breakfast at Dongba, we drive back to Nyalam via the same path that we had taken earlier. Tonight, spend your time at a guesthouse in Nyalam.

Today, after breakfast in Nyalam, we drive towards the Nepal Tibet border. We fulfill all the immigration requirements and formalities and bid bye to our Tibetan crew at the Nepal Tibet Friendship bridge. Our Nepalese crew will escort you to a vehicle that will drive you back to the capital city of Nepal i.e. Kathmandu. Tonight, spend your time at a hotel in Kathmandu

Today, fly home from Kathmandu or continue your travel to some other destinations around the globe. You will be dropped at the airport, three hours before your scheduled flight. We hope you had a great time with us. Have a safe journey home.