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Lhasa - Mt. Kailash - Lake Manasarovar - Khasgar Tour
Khashgar, also called Khashi, was once a major halt for caravans on the Silk Road .It is now a prosperous commercial centre with a population composed of Uighur, Tajik and Kirgiz nationalities. Here it is the Han Chinese who are in the minority.
Id Kah Mosque & Square are the center of the Khasgar which is the main shopping market. One of the sights not to miss is the Sunday animal market in the large field which is situated at a distance of half an hour walk eastward from the main market. The main attractions of Khasgar is the “Abakh Khoja Tomb”. It is nearly an hour walk from the main market to reach the Tomb. The Tomb of Xiang Fei, a concubine of the Emperor Quinlong, and those of her relatives are in the mosque. There is a cemetery behind the mosque has some holes in the graves with the occasional bone poking through.
This tour can be commenced either from Kathmandu, OR from Lhasa OR mainland China (Chengdu or Beijing). The trip can be designed as per your amount of time and the places you would like to cover within the tour.
Here, we have offered a program that commences from Kathmandu with an hour & 10 minutes flight to Lhasa where we spend a few days to look around. From Lhasa, we take our journey to Mt. Kailash via Gyantse (the ancient trading center of Tibet) and Shigatse (the second largest city of Tibet). We make a 3 days trek around the Mt. Kailash then continue our journey to Khasgar via Tirthpuri, Tholing, Shiquanhe and Yecheng.
Route: Lhasa - Kailash Lake Manasarovar - Khasgar
Maximum elevation: 5600 m.
Mode of transport: Land Cruiser
Best time: May through September
Departure dates: Any time on request
Group size: Any
Outline Itinerary
Day 01: Fly Kathmand - Lhasa (3650 m.)
Day 02: Lhasa tour
Day 03: Lhasa tour
Day 04: Drive, Lhasa - Gyantse (3950 m.)
Day 05: Gyantse - Shigatse (3900 m.)
Day 06: Shigatse - Lhatse (3950 m.) via Sakya monastery
Day 07: Lhatse - Saga (4600 m.)
Day 08: Saga - Paryang (4540 m.)
Day 09: Paryang - Lake Manasarovar (4550 m.)
Day 10: Lake Manasarovar - Darchen (4630 m.)
Day 11: Drive to Darboche (4660 m.) then trek to Driraphuk Gomba (4860 m.)
Day 12: Cross over Dolma-La then continue trek to Zhutulphuk Gomba (4760 m.)
Day 13: Finish trek and drive back to Darchen (4630 m.)
Day 14: Darchen - Tirthapuri (4330 M.)
Day 15: Tirthapuri - Tholing (3780 m.)
Day 16: Visit Tholing and Guge Kingdom
Day 17: Drive, Tholing - Shiquanhe (Gar)
Day 18: Drive, Shiquanhe - Ritok
Day 19: Drive, Ritok - Yecheng
Day 20: Drive, Yecheng - Kashgar…….Tour ends.
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