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TIBET
- THE
ROOF OF THE WORLD
Tibet
is one of the the world’s most extraordinary
destinations, for there is adventure indeed lurking
around almost every corner. We present here short
extension itineraries that start with the world’s most
scenic flight over the mighty Himalayas from Kathmandu
to Lhasa. Adventure on the road, is never short, on the
Trans- Himalayan drive of 970 kms and four mountain
passes, promising a panorama of culture and scenic
diversity unsurpassable anywhere. All this culminates on
an arid plateau of religious treasures and travel of
Buddhist Monasteries such as - the Drepung, once
the largest, the Jokhang – a spiritual center
and the awesome palace of Norbulingka (the summer
palace of the Dalai Lama) or the Potala Palace (the
traditional seat of the Dalai Lama). Ancient Barkhor
Bazaar still barters the bric-a-brac in this region.
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Zhangmu
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Nyalam || Tingri
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Lhatse ||
Xigatse ||
Tashilhunpo Monastery ||
Gyantse ||
Phalkor
Monastery ||
Yamadroke Lake ||
Lhasa ||
Sera Monastery ||
Jokhang Temple ||
Potala
Palace
TIBET
TOUR ITINERARIES
trekking
ITINERARIES- TIBET
MT
KAILASH & LAKE MANASAROVAR - A
HOLY PILGRIMAGE WITH CHALLENGES
MT.
KAILASH (6741 m) is perhaps the most scared of the
Holy Mountains in TIBET. Together with the two lakes of MANASAROVAR
& RAKAS, the region is one of the few truly
natural wonders of the world. Three of the orient’s
greatest rivers; the BRAHMAPUTRA, the SUTLEJ,
and the INDUS, all take their sources within a
hundred kilometers of this ‘SNOW CAPPED JEWEL’
which attracted Hindus, Buddhists, Jains and Bonpos from
the four corners of Asia for centuries. MT. KAILASH
- also known as TISE or KHANG RIMPOCHE
(Jewel of the snow), has since the time immemorial been
celebrated in many eastern cosmologies as MT.
MERU,
the axis mundi (the centre of the physical and
metaphysical universe). For the Hindus, it represents
the abode of Lord SHIVA and for the Buddhists, a
terrestrial projection of the cosmic MANDALA of
the FIVE DHYANI BUDDHAS & the Wheel of Life.
Although
the journey entails a long ride by Land cruisers over
Tibet’s great western plateau through the region
inhabited by few wild animals and only the occasional
nomad, this existing tour involving four day trek with
yaks in the remotest parts around MT.
KAILASH will offer the most fascinating experience
on the ROOF OF THE WORLD. This is a new
destination which is attracting more and more visitors
day by day.
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