Trip features
Total duration: 26 days
Max elevation: 5,600m/18,368ft
Trek grading: Moderate to strenuous
Best season: May to September
Trip entry/exit: Simikot/Nyalam
Accommodation: 6 nights in hotels in Kathmandu/Nepalgunj on bed & breakfast and rest in basic guesthouses or tented camp with breakfast, lunch and dinner

Trip highlights
UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Nepal
Extremely remote and Wild West of Nepal
Holiest Lake Mansarovar and Mt. Kailash kora
Lost Guge kingdom Tholing and Tsaparang
Close view of nomadic lifestyle and culture

Outline itinerary
Tour days
Day 01: Arrive in Kathmandu and transfer to hotel (1,300m/4,264ft)
Day 02: Explore the best of Kathmandu
Day 03: Trek briefing and preparations
Day 04: Fly to Nepalgunj and transfer to the hotel

Trek days
Day 05: Fly to Simikot and commence trek (2,960m/9,708ft)
Day 06: Trek Dharapori-Kermi (2,300m/7,544ft)
Day 07: Trek Kermi-Yalbang Gompa (2,890m/9,479ft)
Day 08: Trek Yalbang Gompa-Tumkot Khola (2,850m/9,348ft)
Day 09: Trek Tumkot Khola-Yari (3,750m/12,300ft)
Day 10: Trek to Hilsa (4,620m/15,153ft)

Leave Nepal
Day 11: Welcome to Tibet and drive to Taklakot (3,770m/12,365ft)
Day 12: Drive to holy Manasarovar Lake (4,588m/15,048ft)
Day 13: Exploration and rest day at holy Manasarovar Lake
Day 14: Drive to Darchen (4,700m/15,416ft)
Day 15: Kora starts, trek to Diraphuk (4,900m/16,072ft)
Day 16: Trek to Zutulphuk (cross 5,600m/18,368ft) Dolma Pass)
Day 17: Trek to Darchen (Kora ends)
Day 18: Drive to Tholing via Sutej canyon
Day 19: Sightseeing in Tholing and Tsaparang
Day 20: Drive to Lake Mansarovar
Day 21: Drive to Paryang. (4,320m/14,170ft)
Day 22: Drive to Saga on the bank of Bramaputra (Tsagnpo) river (4,500m/14,760ft)
Day 23: Drive to Nyalam (3,700m/12,136ft)

Return to Nepal
Day 24: Drive to Kathmandu and transfer to hotel
Day 25: Rest day/farewell dinner
Day 26: Trip concludes

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