Arrive in Lhasa. When you arrive to Lhasa, you will be met by your guide and transported to your hotel. You can spend the afternoon wandering around the Barkhor, Tibet’s ancient market area that surrounds Jokhang Temple. Each day thousands of Buddhist pilgrims make their wayaround this sacred temple.

You will explore the Jokhang, the holiest Buddhist temple in the Himalaya’s. Foundednearly1400 years ago, Jokhang Temple houses the most sacred statue of Buddha. You will workyourway through this fascinating temple alongside Buddhist pilgrims from the faraway regionsofTibet. The sound of pilgrims chanting mantras fills the air as does the smell of yak butter candleofferings. In the afternoon, you will go to 600 year old Sera Monastery, one of Tibet’s largest Buddhist monasteries. Each weekday afternoon starting at 3pm, monks engage in Buddhist philosophy debates, which are fun to photograph.

You will start the day by exploring the Potala Palace, Tibet’s most iconic building. Toweringabove Lhasa with more than 1000 rooms, the Potala Palace served as the winter residence of theDalai Lama’s for hundreds of years. After lunch, you will go to Drepung, another of Tibet’s hugemonastic complexes. The pilgrimage circuit around Drepung takes about an hour andoffersspectacular views.

In the early morning you will depart Lhasa and drive to Yamdrok, one of Tibet’s most beautiful
lakes. From the lake, you can see the 7191 meter peak of Nojin Kangtsang in the distance. Youwill then travel along the lakeshore and drive up to the amazing Karo La Glacier before arrivingin the town of Gyantse.In Gyantse, you will visit the Pelkhor Chode Monastery where youcansee the largest stupa (Buddhist pagoda) in Tibet. From Gyantse, you will then make theshort
drive to Shigatse, Tibet’s second largest city. Between Gyantse and Shigatse, you will stopat acouple of traditional farming villages. In Shigatse, you will explore the large monastery complexof Tashi Lhunpo.

Today we will drive straight to Saga through a long valley of Brahmaputra tributary, comparetothe last few years, the road condition is much better as it is recently reconstructed and paved. Overnight at Saga. 448Km, 4500m

Today the thrilling journey across the dry and vast plain with stunning views of great Himalayain the south and Trans-Himalayan in the north, the moonscape plain of the region is home for sparse lone nomads whose lifestyle remains close to what it has been for centuries, and numbersof plateau wild lives. Different natural landscapes like sand dunes and picturesque mountainviews are not only the great beauty of the day but also the holy lakes and mountains. Thenwewill reach to the Manasarovar Lake (victorious lake) in the late afternoon, which is one of theholiest lakes in Tibet and every year it receives hundreds of hundreds of pilgrims fromall cornerof Tibetan plateau, India and Russia. The lake is surround by several prominent peaks like GurlaMandata (7760m). Then we will further drive to Darchen which is the starting point of the Mt Kailash (7762m) trekking, you will also have great view of the Kailash fromthe front. Darchenis a small nomadic village and now increasing number of guesthouses and restaurants makeit
more commercial. At your arrival you have plenty of time to explore around the town andprepare for the trekking, you can also hiking around the hills to get physically ready for the trekking. In the afternoon, your guide will arrange others trekking necessities like porters andyaks for your luggage transportation. You can find different restaurants according to your tasteor your guide will help you to find some better ones.Overnight at Manasorva guest house. 520km, 5000m

Today our trekking start from Darchen and tracing the small trail in the clockwise circuit aroundthe Peak on an average altitude of 4700m. You will encounter numbers of local Buddhist pilgrims doing along your way and several Bon believers in the anti-clockwise direction. After 4hours trek we will reach to Tamdin(4780m) where a nomadic tents serves simple lunch and boil water. From there it is only 4km to Dirakpuk monastery but between this stretches has the someof the best scenery of the entire kora. Dirakpuk was rebuilt in 1985 located on the northsideofthe Lha-chu River facing to the north face of the Mt. Kailash. Dirakpuk name originally comesfrom a word Dira that means female yak horn and Puk means cave that in a mythical storysaysafemale yak opened the cave. Overnight at Dirapuk guesthouse. 20km

Today is the most challenging part of the trekking where we will cross two passes, thoughthereare not too steep but the altitude make is more tiring and slow, after we cross Dikpala (5000m) &Dormala (5600m), the passes are remarked by heaps of prayer flags and cairns, It is worthwhileto spend some minutes on the pass to view and relax, as you are right backside of the Mt. Kailashand offers great view of the holy peak. Then we will climb down into the long valley andstoplunch at Shabjay Dakpo nomadic tent for lunch. Zuktul puk monastery (4790m) also calls themiracle cave that is built by two religious figure Milarepa and Naro Bonchung. And still youcansee the footprint and handprint of Milarepa inside the cave. Overnight at Zultul Puk.

Last day of Trekking and drive to Lake Manasarovar Today is an easy day trek to complete the circuit and your driver will pick you up fromTashi Do(which is also called as Dzongsar). Then continues drive to Lake Manasarovar and overnight at
guesthouses near the lake.

Today we will trace the road back to Saga.overnight at saga town..

Today we will drive around three to four hours drive and overnight at Kyirong hotel

Lhasa to Mt. Kailash