Mount Kailash- Simikot Trek

Mt. Kailash, at 6714 m also known as Tise, Kailasa & Kang Rinpoche(Jewel of the Snows), has since time immemorial been celebrated in many Eastern cosmologies as Mt. Meru, the axis mundi. And as the center of the physical & metaphysical universe, Mt. Meru is sacred to the Buddhist, Jains, the HindusMount Kailash & the Bonpos. For the Hindus, the mountain represents the seat of Lord Shiva; for the Buddhists, a terrestrial projection of the cosmic mandala of Dhyani-Buddhas & Boddhisatvas….The Wheel of Life; for the Bonpos, Kailash was the sacred nine storey Swastika Mountain, upon which the Bonpo founder Sherab alighted from heaven. Four of the great rivers of the Indian subcontinent originates from here: the Karnali, which feeds into the Ganges (south); the Indus (north); the Sutlez (west) & the Brahmaputra (Yarlung Tsangpo, east).

General Itinerary
Day 1: Fly to Nepalgunj and transfer to your hotel. Nepalgunj is in the sub-tropical lowlands of the Terai close to the border with India.
Day 2: Fly to Simikot 2960m, and begin trek to Dharapari 2250m.
Day 3: Kermi 2682m.
Day 4: Yalbang Gompa 2950m.
Day 5: Tumkot Khola 2800m.
Day 6: Thado Dunga 3854m.
Day 7: Hilsa 3720m.
Day 8: Lake Manasarovar 4558m
Day 9: Rest day.
Day 10: Darchen
Day 11: Dri Ra Phuk gompa 5010m
Day 12: Zutul Phuk gompa 4820m
Day 13: Tirdapuri
Day 14: Horchu 4550m. From Tirdapuri we drive across the Tibetan plateau to camp by the northern tip of Lake Manasarovar.
Day 15: Paryang 4050 m.
Day 16: Saga 4600. Drive on to Saga Camp 4600m.
Day 17: Nylam
Day 18: Drive via Zhangmu to Katmandu.