Mt.Everest & Mt.Kailash Kora Pilgrimage Group Tour

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Overview
Highlights
- Explore Lhasa
- Visit the Potala Palace Square, far view the Yaowang Mountain and take a panoramic view of the Potala Palace
- See the Jokhang temple which was founded by the 33rd great king of Tibet
- Enjoy the Karola Glacier on the roadside
- You will enter Mt. Everest National Nature Reserve. You can enjoy the panorama of Himalaya at Gawula Pass
- Explore the Darchen town
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Trip includes
- Comfortable Hotel Accommodations as listed in itinerary
- Meals as listed in the itinerary
- Travel-licensed vehicle according to group size & season as itinerary needed including gas and parking fee
- Free Lhasa Railway Station transfer at all time on the first & last day
- Free pick-up from airport to hotel at 9:30 am,13:00 pm and 16:00 pm on the first day
- Free drop-off from hotel to airport at 6:00 am,8:30 am and 12:30 pm on the last day
- Shuttle Bus fee go to Kailash: USD10/person
- Experienced local English-speaking tour guide
- All entrance fee mentioned in itinerary
- All necessary permits to Tibet
- Travel Agency Liability insurance
- Government Tax
- Express delivery fee of Permit (eg. SF. Express)
- Food & lodgings for guide & driver;
- Oxygen tank for emergency use;
- Two bottles of mineral water per person per day
Itinerary

Our staff will greet you at Lhasa Airport/Railway to transfer you to the hotel. From Lhasa Airport to downtown Lhasa, usually, it takes about one hour. It’s about 20 minutes driving from Lhasa Railway Station to your hotel. In order to adapt to the high altitude in Ti...
Meals: Breakfast and Dinner
After breakfast in the hotel, tour guide and driver will meet you in the lobby of the hotel and pick you up to Drepung monastery, located about 45km to the north of Lhasa. Drepung monastery is one of the “great three” Gelug monasteri...
Meals: Breakfast
Today, you will visit the most famous Potala Palace according to the time of ticket and in peak season, there is a visit time limitation. Potala Palace is the winter palace of the Dalai lama. It has been put to use since the 7th Century by the ...
Meals: Breakfast
We will pass by Kampala pass (4794m) on the way from Lhasa to Shigatse and visit Yamdrok Lake. Covering 638Km², Yamdrok Lake is one of the three largest sacred lakes in Tibet. The lake is surrounded by many snow-capped mountains and is fed by n...
Meals: Breakfast
In the morning, you will leave Shigatse to Lhatse, a small town located 150 km from Shigatse, and you may have lunch in local restaurant. After a short rest, you will go ahead to Tingri. You will pass Tsola Pass(4600M), and Gyatsola Pass(5248M)...
You can get up early and enjoy the sunrise of Everest Peak at lodging area if the weather is good. And then, we can drive you to the Everest Base Camp. After that, drive to saga, on the way, you can view of the worlds’14th highest peak Mt.Shishapangma (8012m). Later, ...
Today, you will spend a lot of time on the way, but it’s worthy to see the landscape along the way.You’ll have stunning views of the great Himalayans to the south and Trans-Himalayan to the north as we drive across the vast plains. This region is home to nomads, you’l...
In the morning, you will take an eco-bus (included in the cost) to Sarshung valley and start the trekking from there. If you have hired porters and yaks in the last day, you’ll meet them there. (The cost of hiring yaks, horses, and porters are not included in the pack...
Today is the most challenging day of the trekking, you’ll climb over the highest pass of the Kora, the Dromala pass(5630m). After a short rest at the top, we will climb down into the long valley and stop for lunch at the Shabjay Dakpo nomadic tent. On the way, you can...
It's an easy day of the trek. You'll trek 14 km to complete the Kora. According to Buddhism theory, doing a kora around a holy mountain for one circle can get rid of the sins and miseries for the whole life. Only after going through lots of hardships, you can feel the...
Today we will drive to Saga from Payang. The reason why we don’t stay overnight near Manasarovar is the poor accommodation condition. You can enjoy the beautiful scenery along the way.
Stay overnight in Saga, Guesthouse/3 star
Although today is a long driving, you’ll see beautiful grassland and local's villages on the way back to Shigatse.
Stay overnight in Shigatse, ¾ star
In the morning, we will visit Tashilunpo Monastery, the home of Panchen Lama, which was founded by the 1st Dalai Lama in 1447. It is a historic and culturally important monastery in Shigatse, the second-largest city in Tibet. It's located on a hill in the center of th...
Meals: Breakfast
We don’t arrange any tourist attraction today. You could have a free time in Lhasa city with your tour guide. If you want to have some activities, we need to get other members permission and do it together. Because according to the regulations,...
Meals: Breakfast
Tour ends today. Tour guide and driver will drop you to the Lhasa airport or railway station for your next stop.
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The total tour cost includes the tour price (regular or promotional) and the compulsory local payment. The promotional price is subject to change. Check directly with the operator for the latest price offer. The tour operator requires you to pay only the tour price to purchase your travel. The compulsory local payment will be paid when you join the trip. All prices are based on double, twin or triple share occupancy. Solo passengers will be accommodated in a double, twin or triple room according to availability with a passenger(s) of the same gender. Single supplement only needs to be paid if the passenger does not want to share and requests their own room. Discounts can only be applied at the time of booking and cannot be added at a later date, regardless of any changes made to the original booking.
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Logistics
What's excluded
- Yaks & herders during 3-Day Mt Kailash Kora
- Shuttle Bus fee back from Kailash: USD10/person
- Shuttle Bus fee at Lake Manasarovar: USD 43/person
- International flight to and out of China
- Domestic flight/train to and out of Lhasa; (We’d like to book the domestic flight/train ticket at the BEST price. Please contact us for details.)
- If you miss the free transfer schedule due to flight delay or cancelation, then you are required to pay private transfer from USD 60/vehicle/time.
- Lunch & Dinner are not included but we will recommend some good ones for you according to your requirements. Usually, it takes 3-10 USD per person for each meal.
- While Gratuities for guide and driver is NOT mandatory, it is expected. Based on their service, you can tip them on the last day of the tour. You are suggested to tip each of them 5-10 USD/day in total
- All the commission and tax charged by PayPal, Bank, and government when making payment. (e.g. PayPal --- 4.2%. Wire transfer --- 7.36%)
- Personal expenses
- Anything not mentioned in the Inclusions.
Accommodation
8 Breakfasts and 1 Dinner
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