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2010, Tibet |
Trek type: Camping/ Hotel/ Lodge/ Guesst house 
Trek Grade: Challenging Duration: 22 days (16 days Tour)
Activities: Trekking, camping, sightseeing )
Best time to go: June (March/April/September)
Departure dates: Iterniery as below
Festival will take place at Tarboche on the first day of trekking. This is the most important festival of Mt Kailash, celebrating the enlightenment of Buddha. It takes place every year at full moon of the fourth lunar month. A giant flagpole is ritually taken down and the prayer flags are changed for new ones. After the flagpole is upright again, the Tibetans try to tell the future by watching its position. If the pole is erected straight it will mean happiness for all of Tibet .
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Itinerary |
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Day 01: May 15,
2010: Arrival in Kathmandu .
Day 02: May 16, 2010: Preparation and arrangement of Tibet Travel permit
Day 03: May 17, 2010: Proceed from Katmandu to Shegar in Tibet
Day 04: May 18, 2010: From Shegar to Rombuk
Day 05: May 19, 2010: Trek to Everest base camp and back
Day 06: May 20, 2010: From Rombuk to Shegar
Day 07: May 21, 2010: From Shegar to Saga via Latze
Day 08: May 22, 2010: From Saga to Paryang
Day 09: May 23, 2010: From Paryang to Darchen
Day 10: May 24 2010: Start of the Kora (Camp)
Day 11: May 25, 2010: Continue of the Kora (Camp)
Day 12: May 26, 2010: Continue and end of the Kora in Darchen
Day 13: May 27, 2010: Attend to the Saga Dawa festival
Day 14: May 28, 2010: Leave for Tholing and Tsaparang monasteries
Day 15: May 29, 2010: Visit of the monasteries
Day 16: May 30, 2010: Back to Manasarovar
Day 17: May 31, 2010: From Manasarovar to Paryang
Day 18: June 01, 2010: From Paryang to Saga
Day 19: June 02, 2010: From Saga to Shegar via Latze
Day 20: June 03, 2010: From Shegar to Katmandu
Day 21: June 04, 2010: Visit Katmandu
Day 22: June 05, 2010: Departure for the next destination. |
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Cost :US$ 3125
Cost Includes: 4 night hotel accommodation in Kahtmandu on BB plan, Guide, Cook, Kitchen crew, Tibetan English Spoken Guide, all necessary private land transportation, food: Breakfast, lunch, snacks and dinner, accommodation in lodge and tent during whole trip, yaks for Kailash Kora, Tibet travel permit, insurance of trek/tour crew.
Cost not included : Bar bills, drinks, personal nature expenses, monastery entrance and photography charge, health and travel insurance, emergency evacuation (like porter charge in landslides or snow blocked), Any cost of Kathmandu except accommodation on BB plan and tips. |
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