Trek features
Total duration: 26 days
Max elevation: 5,600m/18,368ft
Trek grading: Moderate to strenuous
Best season: May to September
Trek entry/exit: Lhasa/Nyalam
Accommodation: 10 nights in hotel in Kathmandu and Tibet on bed and breakfast and rest in basic guesthouses or tented camp in Tibet with breakfast, Lunch and dinner

Trip highlights
UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Nepal
Exciting flight over the Himalaya
Visit Potala Palace
Holiest Lake Mansarovar and Mt. Kailash kora
Lost Guge kingdom Tholing and Tsaparang
Close view of Tibetan nomadic life and culture

Outline itinerary
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

Leave Nepal
Day 04: Fly to Lhasa (3,700m/12,136ft)/transfer to hotel
Day 05: Guided sightseeing to Potala Palace, Jokhang temple, kora around
Barkor Street with Tibestan pilgrim
Day 06: Guided tour to visit greatest monastery in Lhasa-Drepung, summer
Palace-Norbulinkha and Sera Monastery
Day 07: Drive to Gyantse via Yamdruk Tso Lake (3,950m/12,956ft)
Day 08: Drive to Shigatse (3,900m/12,792ft)

From this day we will be staying in tented camp
Day 09: Drive to Lhatse (4,050m/13,284ft)
Day 10: Drive to Saga (4,500/14,760m)
Day 11: Drive to Paryang (4,320m/14,170ft)
Day 12: Drive to the 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 Dolma La Pass (5,600m/18,368ft)
Day 17: Trek to Darchen/Kora ends (4,700m/15,416ft)
Day 18: Drive to Tholing via Sutej canyon
Day 19: Sightseeing in Tholing and Tsaparang
Day 20: Drive to Lake Mansarovar (4,588m/15,048ft)
Day 21: Drive to Ngari Pursum (4,350m/14,268ft)
Day 22: Drive to Saga (4,500m/15,416ft)
Day 23: Drive to Nyalam (3,700m/12,136ft)

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

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