THE WORLD UNITED Spiritual Odyssey to
presents
kathmandu – Lhasa –
Day 1
Manasarovar – Kailash
19 June …Saturday
From 19 June to 5th July…17 days
Kathmandu-Lhasa-Lhatse-Saga-Prayang-Horque-Chiu
Gompa-Darchen-Dolmala Pass-Zutulphuk-NyalamZanghamu-kathmandu
Arrival to Kathmandu – shopping – night stay
Day 2
20 June …Sunday
Sight Seeing at Kathmandu
Pashupatinath – Budhanilikantha –
Swayambhu Buddha etc
The city stands at an elevation of
approximately 1,400 metres (4,600 ft) in the
bowl-shaped valley in central Nepal
surrounded by four major mountains, namely:
Shivapuri, Phulchowki, Nagarjun and
Chandragiri
Day 3
21 June …Monday
Aerial view of Mt Everest
The travel
from
Kathmandu to
Lhasa by
flight is 400
USD and this
is part of the
package
Flight fromKathmandu to Lhasa with aerial view of Himlayan
ranges including Mt Everest ( depending on the weather
condition )…arrival to Lhasa….shopping and night stay
Day 5
22 June…Tuesday
Perched upon Marpo Ri hill, 130 meters above the Lhasa
valley, the Potala Palace rises a further 170 meters and
is the greatest monumental structure in all of Tibet. Early
legends concerning the rocky hill tell of a sacred cave,
considered to be the dwelling place of the Bodhisattva
Chenresi (Avilokiteshvara)
Lhasa has many sites of historic interest, including the Potala Palace, Jokhang
Temple, Sera Monastery, Zhefeng Temple, Drepung Monastery and
Norbulingka.
Day 5
23 June…wednesday
Lhatse (Quxar), is a small town of a few
thousand people in Tibet, 151 km
southwest of Shigatse, and just west of the
mountain pass leading to it. Lhatse is
4,050 m. (13,287 ft) above sea-level
Drive from Lhasa to Lhatse along the Lhatse river
Day 6
24 June…thursday
Saga (happy land) is an army town with a
Chinese garrison which patrols the whole
length of the Tibetan-Nepalese border
Drive from Lhatse to Saga
Day 7
25 June…friday
Beyond Prayang, there are several river crossings to
negotiate before we see our first view of Mount Kailash
from Horr Chu Pass. We then arrive at the beautiful
Lake Manasarovar, just 30km south of Mt Kailash
Drive from Saga to Prayang
Day 8
26 June …saturday
Fullmoon Day at the Lake
Horque which is near to eastern bank of
Mansarovar is Located at height of 4530
mtrs
Drive to Horque …one bank of Manasarovar
Day 9
27 June…sunday
Lake Manasarovar lies at 4,556 m (14947.5 ft) above
mean sea level, making it the highest fresh-water lake
in the world. [It is relatively round in shape with a
circumference of 88 kilometres (55 mi). Its depth is
90 m (300 ft) and its surface area is 320 square
kilometres (120 sq mi). Manasarovar is the source of
the Sutlej River which is the easternmost large tributary
of the Indus. Nearby are the sources of the
Brahmaputra River, the Indus River, and the Karnali
River (Ghaghara) which is an important tributary of the
Ganges River
Dip in the lake and drive around
the lake to reach the other bank at
Chiu Gampa and night stay
Day 10
28 June…monday
It is believed in spiritual
circles that there are so
many Physical Immortals
around this place
Darchen is located beneath the majestic holy
Mount Kailash, a small village with couple of
guest houses. During the auspicious pilgrimage
time, this place will be flooded with Pilgrims with
hundreds of tents all around. Darchen, the
beginning and end point of the Kora
Arriving Darchen, the base camp of Kailash
All thru the Parkrama…one will
be seeing the Mt Kailash
Day 11
29 June…tuesday
Those who cannot take Parikrama can
stay back at Darchen and can spend time
for visiting some nearby places…the crew
will be split to take care
Everyone comes to Kailash to walk the
kora, the sacred circuit around the
mountain, which is probably the world's
best walk
Kailash Parikrama starts from Darchen …Yamadwar to Dira-puk
Day 12
30 June…wednesday
The word Kailāśā means "crystal" in Sanskrit.
The Tibetan name for the mountain is Gangs
Rin-po-che, meaning "precious jewel of snows".
Another local name for the mountain is Tisé…
mountain, which derives from ti tse in the ZhangZhung language, meaning "water peak" or "river
peak".
Second day of the parikrama…the tough
part…to Zutul-phuk via Dolmala pass
Day 13
1st July…thursday
According to Hinduism, Lord Shiva, the
destroyer of evil and sorrow, resides at the
summit of a legendary mountain named
Kailāśā, where he sits in a state of
perpetual meditation along with his wife
Pārvatī, the daughter of Himalaya.
Short trek and drive to Darchen
Day 14
2nd July…friday
A great mass of black rock soaring to over
22,000 feet, Mt. Kailash has the unique
distinction of being the world's most venerated
holy place at the same time that it is the least
visited. The supremely sacred site of four
religions and billions of people, Kailash is seen
by no more than a few thousand pilgrims each
year
Drive from Darchen to Saga
Day 15
3rd July…saturday
Milarepa's Cave or Namkading Cave is a
cave where the great Tibetan Buddhist
philosopher, and Vajrayana Mahasiddha,
Milarepa spent many years of his life in the
eleventh century, 11 km north of the town
of Nyalam, below the roadside and above
the Matsang river in Nyalam County, Tibet
Drive from Saga to Nyalam
and visit to Milarepa’s Cave
Day 16
4th July…sunday
Zhangmu or Nepali: Khasa), is a customs
town and port of entry located in Nyalam
County on the Nepal - Tibet border, just
uphill and across the Bhote Kosi River from
the Nepalese town of Koda
Arriving Zhangamu…clearance of
chinese immigration and driveback
to Kathmandu
Day 17
5th July…Monday
Departure and
transfer to the
airport at
Kathmandu
This trip is
for ONLY
25 people
Who are spiritually
inclined
For details contact 099086 52789
Email : theworldunitedteam@gmail.com
PS: There will be 3 guides…Indian, Nepalese and the Tibetan…through
out the trip & 1 sherpa for every 3 persons during the Parikrama
apart from cooks ( nepalese who prepares veg. food ) and other
crew