Kailash Mansarovar luxury Tours -15 Days

About Kailash Mansarovar luxury Tour, Kailash is extraordinary in terms of climate as well where you can witness all four seasons in just a day. In the morning, enjoy the cool sunny breeze and in afternoon, feel the Sahara-like climate with hard hitting sun.

By the late afternoon, the weather can suddenly onset the powerful winds bringing dark thick clouds and thunderstorms. And, at night, snow and hail can turn the climate at once freezing cold.

So being ready with essential gear and clothing is indeed very essential for Mount Kailash tour. The Kailash Mansarovar tour via Kerung is open yearly between March through early October.

In between this period, September, October, March, April, and May supposed to be the best months for the Mt. Kailash tour 15 days journey. September and October open up the Tibetan sky with the clearest weather and more consistent time.

March, April, and May blanket the Tibetan dry red landscape in a rich green hue of dense vegetation. Although rainy, the full moon days of July and August are very auspicious for the Hindus and Tibetans in believe of freedom from past 100 lives transgressions so you may see the high pilgrims traffic en route.

Beginning from the mid October, the weather in Tibet become harsher and in days of December, January and February, the thick snow often blocks the way to the Dolma La.

Mount Kailash Tour: Difficulty Grade

 Our Mt. Kailash tour 15 days journey is labeled as a moderate category three expedition that needs three days of medium hiking. Among these three days, the second day which surmounts the Dolma La Pass will be overly strenuous due to its glacial and rocky terrain, as well as its elevation exceeding 5500 m.

The other difficulty adding factors include the rapid increase in altitude, lengthy travel distances, high Tibetan mountain passes along the route, and the basic rustic settings surrounding Kailash.

The Outer Kailash Parikrama from Tarboche can be carried out on horseback but not entirely as yo have to get off on the way up to Dolma La.

As for staying options, two nights can be quite harsh when at Dirapuk and Zuthulpuk due to their modest model guesthouses. However, thanks to government endeavors, improvements have now been made.

Thus, the high altitude remains unavoidable during the tour which necessitates adequate readiness for the sudden climatic changes. There is also the risk factor of acute mountain sickness but with accurate acclimatization, precautions, and the right measures, the tour can be made reachable to anyone.

Suitable Participants for our Mt. Kailash Tour 15 Days Journey

Although medium challenging, any healthy individual between 10 and 75 years old can participate in our Mt. Kailash tour 15 days journey. Over the years, we have guided from adolescents to the devotees and tourists in their 70s to Kailash.

The have gone through minor effects of acute mountain sickness but not so severe. They have accounted their smooth and enjoyable experience during the tour.

The improved staying facilities, the comfortable private transports throughout, the supportable team of Nepal and Tibet, and the hiring availability of horses for the outer Kailash walk, have enabled any people to take part in Mount Kailash tour.

However, you should be free from any health or medical issues, especially those concerning the heart, lungs, liver, and kidneys. If you do have any of these conditions, you must obtain your doctor’s approval to take part in this tour.

Training and Prep for the Kailash Mansarovar Overland Tour

Kailash requires your physical well being but more than physical health, it demands you to be mentally strong and determined. Therefore, gather all the information you can about Kailash, the area surrounding it and the accommodations available in the planned overnight stops.

You can watch the vlogs of those who have gone to Kailash so you gain the practical insight abut the tour. This will prepare you for any unexpected and expected challenges on the way to Outer encircling of Kailash.

We suggest you to see and know about the Dolma La Pass as well and the culture and customs of Tibet. As for the physical readiness, the outer parikrama of Kailash is not that demanding and tough except for of course the Dolma La crossing section.

For this arduous long upward trekking, we suggest you ready yourself with light walks, jogs, runs, stair climbs, and swims. Treadmill exercise, planks and squats will also prepare your legs for this tough climb.

Altitude Sickness/Acute Mountain Sickness/AMS and Planned Acclimatization

One of the main setbacks of our Kailash Mansarovar tour via Kerung is the fast increase in elevation, which does not allow the body to adapt well on time to the Tibetan thin atmosphere.

Right on the third day, you will be at Kerung’s 2900 m altitude and the next day, you will cross the 4000 m altitude when at Saga. Such altitude increase can

often result in the minor discomforts associated with acute mountain sickness or the altitude sickness.

Mild headaches, chest tightness, body aches, nausea, slight limbs swelling, inability to sleep are of the discomforts you may feel. In such cases, taking Diamox can certainly help you to acclimatize quickly.

Along with Diamox, you should also learn from the locals and consume the ginger, garlic, lemon and honey with plenty of water. Much of our body’s adaptation occur at night when we are sleeping.

Therefore, we request all our participants to get as much rest and sleep as they can starting from Kerung. As for our placement of acclimatization, we have placed rest and a brief excursion of Kathmandu along with a short drive to Kerung and almost an entire rest day.

Please be assured that our guide is competent enough to address any physical discomforts with right measures. If needed, oxygen will be ready on hand for your administration.

Sleeping, Eating, and Transportation Arrangements

Allow us to take care of your place of sleep, your food, and travel arrangements during our Kailash Mansarovar tour via Kerung. In Kathmandu, a nice double room with a private shower, toilet, and WiFi.

In Timure, you will have a nice clean twin room in a friendly mountain tea house. In Tibet, up to Darchen, a standard tourist hotel will accommodate you in their double occupancy room.

When you are staying at Dirapuk and Zuthulpuk, you will have the nicely arranged clean rooms set up in hostel style rooms with 4 or 5 beds in a single spacious room. We can also accommodate you in newly constructed and well-maintained government shelters eliminating the need of camping.

Throughout the Mount Kailash tour, a full vegetarian menu three times a day during breakfasts, lunches, and dinners will be available along with hot beverage. Taste some local tasty menus and definitely do not miss out the yogurts of Tibet.

As for your travel plans, we have sorted comfortable rides through private coaches, jeeps, vans, or cars accommodating our group size. This includes all the ground transfers inside Nepal and Tibet along with Kathmandu guided tour, Visa arrangements, and airport transfers.

The renting cost of the horses, or the yak men however are not covered by our Mount Kailash tour package cost.

Permit and Visa Arrangement for our Kailash Mansarovar Tour via Kerung

Any type of travel inside Tibet can take place only with organized groups. So, remember, you have to team up with a government registered and licensed travel and tour agency such as we for your Kailash Mansarovar overland tour.

Also keep in mind that you must have a private transportation services arranged before hand to get around in Tibet with a local licensed driver and a local licensed tour guide.

Concerning obligatory official paperwork, China Visa and Tibet Visa are essential to excurse inside Tibet. Tibet Visa is commonly called the Tibet Travel permit and for Tibet entry through Nepal, unlike other countries, you must travel in group with Chinese Group Visa.

We work together with our affiliated travel partner in Tibet who will see to all the organization of necessary papers for us. Since the processing time required for all the formal papers often spans between 10 and 15 days, we urge our guests to confirm our Mount Kailash Tour a month in advance.

Once you deposit the amount for confirming the Mt. Kailash tour 15 days journey, we will request you to pass on your passport scanned or digital copy and photo to us.

Your photo should be square 51 mm X 51 mm with a plain white colored background. Please do not wear any makeup or glasses and your photo should be of recent dates.

Your passport should have a residual time of six months minimum after you step inside the Tibetan territory and have a minimum of 2 empty pages.

We will also be needing the Military Permit, Alien Travel Permit/Public Security Bureau permit, and Foreign Affairs Permit for reaching Kailash as it is in the sensitive military zone of Tibet.

Your Tibet and Chinese Group Visa will be taken care by us while the other three will be organized by our travel companion on Tibet side.

• Tibet Visa

Tibet tourism department will allow any foreign citizens to roam freely in Tibet only if they have the Tibet Visa with them. This piece of formal official paper contains all your travel and personal information so no alterations can be made once it is applied.

Once we have your papers with us, we will pass them to our Tibet travel agency who will then present them in tourism department of Tibet. After their permission, an official invitation letter will be transferred to us with which we will procure the Group Visa for China.

The Tibet Visa is expected to be received within 15 days of processing which will be retrieved by our Tibetan guide who will then present it at the time we are at the border of Tibet.

• China Group Visa
  Please understand that the China Embassy in Kathmandu mandates your physical attendance when processing the China Group Visa. Therefore, allmembers of a group must attend the China Embassy at the same time on the same day.Each of us have to register our fingerprints and pass on our original passports which we will get together with our Visa. The Visa can be processed through the standard method or the express method.The standard method will take four office days and cost you US Dollars 175 per individual if you are a US National and US Dollars 70 to 170 if you belong to other nations.The express method will take two to three office days and price between US Dollars 90 to 180 based on your origin.Because the embassy will remain closed on Saturdays and Sundays, please plan your Kathmandu arrival on weekdays. Also, remember, all the  group participants must have the same entry and exit date as the China Group Visa is a single paper provided to a group.
• A very Optimistic News for Indian passport Holders
  Indian citizens and Indian passport holders must be pleased to learn that the Kailash Mansarovar tour will recommence for them from the first week of June from the Nepal border and from the Indian border on June 30, 2025.The tour was suspended for them for nearly five long years after the pandemic hit the country severely. However, the escalated tension between India and China was the main reason behind this suspension.Now that Narendra Modi and Xi Jinping have reached a new deal, the tour is said to be resumed soon.
• Specified Age Bar for the Mount Kailash TourKailash’s climate and atmosphere are harsher than you can think so the young and elderly people are more vulnerable to such condition than the adults. Keeping this in mind, the China Government has set the age for the Mt. Kailash tour which is 18 to 70 for Indian individuals and 10 to 75 years for others.
• Travel InsuranceThe cities of Central Tibet like Lhasa, Gyantse, and Shigatse are very modernized and developed. However, western Tibet where our Kailash Mansarovar overland tour is concentrated is less developed. The area around Kailash still lacks hospitals and health posts.So we urge all our foreign guests going on to Kailash to get a suitable travel insurance plan. Such a plan will shield you from any unwanted and unexpected expenses that may occur during your Mt. Kailash tour 15 days journey.If due to severe AMS, or injuries, you will have to be shifted at once to a higher medical facility, or if you have to be rescued by the helicopter, the cost can range up to US Dollars 50,000.Additionally, various other complications can also arise during 15 days of this journey such as trip discontinuation, baggage lost, theft, additional stays etc.Traveling to Tibet is already very pricey, and we don’t want you to face any extra physical or financial challenges. So for an effective solution to all these challenges that may happen, we request you to get travel insurance that can assist you up to 5700 m altitude in Kailash.Make sure to check the valid time of your policy which should remain active during your 15 days journey to Kailash and Mansarovar.