Tibet Saga Dawa Festival Tour

We will transfer you to the Kathmandu international airport for your flight to Lhasa, one of the most spectacular and beautiful flights over the Mountain, including Mount Everest. You will meet our Tibetan representatives at Gonggor airport and help you move to Lhasa after an hour's drive to the hotel. The rest are on vacation today to relax and admire in Lhasa.

After breakfast, take time to explore the sacred and beautiful city of Lhasa, the heart of Tibet. Today, you will visit the Norbulinka Palace, the beautiful Gardens, and the Summer Palace House for the 14th Dalai Lama and visit the tranquil Sera Monastery, where you will find an incredible collection of ancient murals, sculptures, and writings in gold dust and awesome scrolls enjoy. Join the medieval hustle and bustle of pilgrims, artists, worshipers, and merchants around Jokhang Temple and the most revered religious structure in Tibet, and return to the hotel for the night.

Today, after breakfast, you will explore the heart of Tibet, the sacred, and the Forbidden City of Lhasa. You will visit the impressive Potala Palace, the former residence of the Dalai Lamas, and the vast hallways and reference temples that dominate the Lhasa skyline. Then, you will go to the sacred Drepung monastery, once the largest monastery in the world, and now the most significant and richest monastery in Tibet, founded in 1416, and return to the hotel. Overnight.

You begin your journey towards Shigatse, the second-largest city in Tibet and home of the Panchen Lama. On the way, you visit the headquarters of the Panchen Lama and the Monastery of Tashilumpo, one of the most important monasteries in Tibet. It is located in the western part of Shigatse, on the Drolmari Mountain. It is one of the most influential monasteries in Tibet and was founded in 1477 by the first Dalai Lama, Gundun Drubba. Inside the monastery, Maitreya Chapel is the tallest building and tallest bronze statue in the world of the 26.2 meters tall Buddha, sitting on a 3.8-meter great eczema throne made of gold, brass, and precious stones. The hotel in Shigatse is enormous and comfortable.

Today's trip is a smooth but long day drive to Lhatse. From here, your route derives from the main Lhasa-Kathmandu highway. You continue along the dirt road with breathtaking views of the rural bell and cross only a few high passes of almost 5,000 m until the last stop of the day in Sang-Sang, a growing city. You will spend your night in a camp.

Today your journey runs on wild air ramps that traverse some towns and farms and then cross several high routes with small stops along the way to stretch and feed your legs. After a 6 hour trip, you will arrive at the checkpoint near Saga. After completing the passport and visa procedures, a half-hour trip takes you to Saga. Saga used to be a small town, now a thriving city with almost modern conveniences.

After having breakfast, start the next long trip to Pariyang, just an hour from Camp in Saga, for the high pass of the 5,000m pass. The path leads to a broad valley with great views of snow-capped peaks some distance from the border with Nepal. A few hours before reaching Prairie, your drive leads in sandy section to reach to Paryang

When you walk to Mount Kailash, you will have to cover the 270 km route from Paryang to Manasarovar. This route takes you through the essence of Lake Manasarovar amidst extraordinary scenery. As you approach this impressive sacred lake, the historic Chiu Monastery becomes visible on the northwest shore of the lake. From this viewpoint, you can even take a look at the majestic Mount Kailash.

It is your day of rest after a long multi-day trip, usually from Paryang. You camp in the grasslands with a spectacular view of the lake on the northeast side of the lake. Today, you will visit the east bank of the lake to visit the Chui Gompa and return to your camp and spent the rest of the time enjoying the natural beauty of the area. Spend the night in the camp.

A two-hour trip takes you to Darchen, a small colony with some people. The place is very busy with pilgrims during the holy season for Kora. The shrine is located west of the Cairn and the prayer flag from the guest house complex on Barkha Maidan, from which you have a beautiful view of the Mountain. An hour before the path crosses the field from Kailash Bridge, Chuck climbs up the hill. The way to the west leads to a partially steep slope in your camp near Donding Dongchang, which offers a better view of the west side of the Mount Kailash

The hike begins on the second day over the wooden bridge with the north face of Kailash's insight. When you arrive at the Gompa and Guest House in Dirapuk, you will be rewarded with a beautiful view of the north wall of the Holy Palace. On the Kailash route, Kora climbs up the moraine and finally completes the way from the east bank. Then the path slowly leads to a meadow for the night camp.

Today, the path leads to an earlier pile of clothes, where local Tibetan pilgrims leave a history of clothing or their belongings; Korea crosses a stone hut and thousands of small rock cranes on a rock. Continue towards this area and up to the high pass of Dolma La (5, 470 m). A large rock represents the goddess Dolma, which is decorated with prayer flags. This place is the physical and spiritual height of the Kora pilgrimage centre. From here, the path descends to the ground. After a few hours' walk, you will reach the overnight camp in Jutul-puk Gompa. The place is named after a cave where the poet Sant Milarepa stopped meditating. You can still see his footprints on the ceiling.

It is the last day of your holy walk "Kora" and leads to the Kailash stream, then towards the river plain. The last stage of the hike leads dramatically from the river valley to the ground and then to the gem wall, which is decorated with carved yak skulls. A short walk will take you to the festival in the small town of Darchen after you've completed the most magnetic attraction of the trip. A short excursion takes you to your overnight camp near Lake Mansarovar or the Mayum-La base.

After having breakfast, you leave Lake Mansarovar today and drive 300 km through Mayur-la and various rivers to Paryang, a beautiful and small Tibetan town where you will camp overnight. The landscape in this part is stunning throughout the trip and offers a realistic view of the distant storm that flows behind the Tibetans, horses, and sheep.

After breakfast, you will leave Perayang and drive through the beautiful scenery and public activities back to Saga, where you will camp for the night.

Today, you will take a boat through the Yarlung Tsangpo (Brahmaputra River). When you reach the riverbank, you boarded the barge with the vehicle to reach the other bank of the river. From this point on, drive on the valley to reach Paigutsho Lake, where you will spend the night in a camp near a lake.

Enjoy a scenic drive through the beautiful landscape with a spectacular panoramic view of the Mount Cho-Yu and Lal Shung La Pass to Mount Shishpagama. You will spend the night at your camp in Nylam.

It is the day of your last visit to Tibet. You will first drive from the Tibetan Plateau to the Chinese border city of Zhangmu and then cross the border to Kodari in Nepal to complete the necessary border formalities for the Nepalese border city of Tatopani. After completing the re-entry formalities, you can continue to Kathmandu, which can take 5 to 6 hours, depending on the road and weather conditions.

Today you can do the last minute shopping for friends or family or book additional trips or activities that you can give away with your family until your departure. According to the departure time, we will take to the international airport.