Kailash Mansarovar Yatra by Helicopter

Your Arrival Time (?) Our representative will meet and greet you at Kathmandu Airport and transfer to your Hotel.

At. 06:00 PM: We will give a short briefing about your tour program. If you are arriving late (after 4PM) then we will have a briefing next morning at 09:00 AM.

Optional Activity: Everest Mountain Flight at 06:30 AM from Kathmandu airport to Kathmandu airport, a 50 minutes flight which takes you for the aerial view of the Mt. Everest and several other mountains. (USD 250 Per Person)

At. 09:30 AM: After your breakfast first you may need to visit the Chinese embassy to apply for your visa to Tibet. Later you will visit for a full day sightseeing of Kathmandu. You will cover Pashupatinath Temple, Jal Narayan Temple and Patan Durbar Square. Once your sightseeing completes we will drop you to the hotel. In the evening, you can go shopping around the Thamel tourist market.

Pashupatinath temple is the largest and holiest shrines for Hindus.This temple, situated on the bank of Bagmati river was built in the 5th century There are around 492 temples, 15 Shivalayas (shrines of Lord Shiva) and 12 Jyotirlinga (phallic shrines) to explore. No entrance fee is charged for SAARC nationals to enter the temple. Although only Hindus are allowed to enter the temple, visitors can clearly see the temple and the activities performed in the temple premises from the eastern bank of the Bagmati river. Jal Narayan Temple which is dedicated to Lord Vishnu is also called Budhanilkantha. It is located 9 km north of the main city. The statue of sleeping Lord Vishnu seems like it is floating on the water.

Patan Durbar Square is 5 km southeast of Kathmandu. Major temples are Krishna Temple, Taleju Temple and  Bhimsen Temple. Some places to explore there are Patan Museum, Mahaboudha, Kumbeshwor, Keshave Naryan, Vishwanath and Chyasin Dewal and Sundari Chowk. Baglamukhi is one of the famous temples of Devi ( Goddess ) in Kathmandu. The temple of Baglamukhi is situated in Patan (Lalitpur). There are various other small temples inside the Baglamukhi temple premises. People visit this temple mainly on Thursdays as it is considered as the day of Bhagwati.

At. 09:00 AM: Have your breakfast at the hotel. After breakfast, you will visit the Bhaktapur Durbar Square, Doleshwor Mahadev and Kailashnath (Tallest Mahadev Statue). Once your sightseeing is over we will drop you back to your hotel.

Bhaktapur Durbar Square which is also known as Bhadgaon has 4 major squares: Durbar Square, Taumadhi Square, Dattatreya Square and Pottery Square. Some of the major attractions are Lu Dhoka (The Golden Gate)'' which is said to be the most beautiful and richly molded specimen of its kind in the entire world, The Palace of 55 windows and Dattatraye Temple along with some other small temples.

Doleshwor Mahadev is a hindu temple dedicated to Lord Shiva. It is  located at the south eastern Part of Bhaktapur district Which is also believed to be the head part of Kedarnath located in Uttarakhand, India. Kailashnath  Mahadev Statue is the tallest statue of lord Shiva which is located in Sankhu, 20 km from Kathmandu. The statue is 144 feet (44 m) in height, and was made using copper, zinc, concrete, and steel.

At. 09:00 AM: After breakfast, visit Chandragiri hills cable car. While returning from Chandragiri you will visit Swayambhunath stupa, known as the Monkey temple and one of the UNESCO listed world heritage sites in Nepal. 

At. 04:00 PM: You will have a leisurely evening to visit around your hotel area. 

Chandragiri hill is  at 2551 meters above sea level, so equivalent to that we get a beautiful mountain view west to east including Mt. Annapurna Range, Mount Manasalu, Ganesh Himal, and Langtang Dorje Lakpa Gaurishankar mountain range.

Note: You have to purchase the cable car ticket which isn’t included in our package cost, which is USD 25 per person for a two way ride.

After breakfast, you will have some leisure time at the hotel in Kathmandu to pack your baggages and prepare for a flight to Nepalgunj. This day begins your trip to Kailash. After having lunch, you will drive to the airport, and fly to Nepalgunj. Overnight stay at the hotel. 

At. 08:00 AM: Early morning after tea, you will drive to Nepalgunj airport to catch the flight to Simikot. Simikot (2910m) is the district headquarters of Humla, a mountain district of Nepal. It is also a gateway to the Kailash tour by Helicopter. You will spend the rest of the day there  to acclimatize; and if you have a little more time, you will do a short trek around Simikot. In the meantime, we will finish the immigration process on the Nepal side. Overnight stay in local lodge in Simikot.

At. 08:00 AM: After breakfast, we will walk to Simikot airport and take a helicopter to Hilsa. It takes 20 minutes to reach Hilsa. You will see the scenic view of green hills and snow-capped mountains along with the deep river gorge of River Karnali from the helicopter. After a 30 minute walk from Hilsa, we will reach the immigration office and we will get the pass to enter Tibet. Our vehicle will be waiting for us on the Tibet side. After a 45 minutes drive, we will arrive at Taklakot/Purang (4025 m).

Overnight stay at local lodge in Taklakot.

You will stay a whole day over Taklakot for acclimatization.

At 08:00 AM: After breakfast, we will drive to the holy and beautiful lake MANSAROVAR (4550m). It is 88 km away from Taklakot to Mansarovar which will take 1.5 hours. RAKSHAS TAL is another lake on the way to Mansarovar; we stop there for a few minutes to catch the amazing beauty of the lake. Then we will continue our drive to Mansarovar. When we arrive at Mansarovar, we will take a rest and have our  lunch at the guest house; and we will be ready for Mansarovar kora with a vehicle. It is the most auspicious day for us as we will see the first glimpse of holy Kailash and sacred Lake Mansarovar. We will take a holy bath on the bank of Lake Mansarovar.

Overnight stay at guest house/lodge in Mansarovar.

At. 08:00 AM: After breakfast, drive towards Yama Dwara via Darchen. Yamadwar (Tarboche) is the starting point of Kailash Parikrama. Tarboche is also well known as an outer “Astha Path”. It is one of the exciting days walking along the beautiful rocky cliffs; waterfalls with some clouds in the clear blue sky which  makes you feel that the Great God Shiva is everywhere with tons of blessings. We see Ganesh Parwat on its side. Time and again the north face of Kailash Parbat will  keep on appearing. Overnight at the Guest house. If you are not doing Parikrama, then you will be waiting at Darchen till the group returns from Parikrama; we will arrange accommodation and meals.

At. 07:00 AM: After breakfast, you will trek to the highest point of the yatra, Dolma La Pass (5600 m) and then descend gradually to Zuthulpuk (4800 m), witnessing the Gauri Kunda on the way. By late afternoon, you will arrive in Zuthulpuk, the cave of miracles. The great ascetic Milerappa is supposed to have performed miracles here. Overnight at the guest house in Zuthulpuk.

Gauri Kunda is a sacred lake located at the foot of Mount Kailash in Tibet at an altitude of approximately 5600 m. It is a revered place in Hinduism and Buddhism where Goddess Parvati used to bathe. It is believed that the waters of the kund are purified by her touch and thus possess immense spiritual power. It can be seen on the way down towards Zuthulpuk.

At. 08:00 AM: After early breakfast, we will walk 3 hours to catch our vehicle to the Nepal border. Our staff will prepare lunch in Darchen (on the way to Hilsa). After lunch, we will continue to drive to the Nepal border. We will make immigration procedures to exit Tibet and do a short walk to Hilsa on the Nepal side. Dinner and Overnight at a guest house in Hilsa or Simikot. In Hilsa very normal Basic accommodation is available so we will try to reach Simikot if Time and weather are favorable.

If you stayed in Hilsa then Early in the morning, fly by Heli to Simikot. We will catch another flight to Nepalgunj. Drive to the hotel at Nepalgunj, have lunch and take a rest for a while, in the evening at 4:00 PM drive to the airport, and fly to Kathmandu.

Dinner and overnight at Kathmandu.

Final departure, nearly 2 hours before your scheduled flight, our company representative will take you to the airport. We assure you that you will get back to your home with the amazing holy experience of Kailash Manasarovar and Nepal. We hope you will enjoy the holy tour and are sure that you will be back for the next pilgrimage tour somewhere in the Himalayas again. If anyone would like to go to Muktinath then the itinerary will be added as per the route.