YANTRA TOURS & TRAVELS

14 DAYS EVEREST & GOKYO TREK

10 DAYS MUKTINATH THE TEMPLE OF LIBRATION

DETAIL ITINERARY DAY 01: (1350 meter): Kathmandu: Arrive in the Himalayan capital city of Kathmandu. Meeting at the airport and transfer to the hotel. A formality of completing a Visa form for Tibet. If time permits, we can visit Svayambhunath. Overnight at the hotel. DAY 02: (1350 meter): Kathmandu: Breakfast in hotel and guided tour to Kathmandu Durbar Square visiting “Kumari Ghar” residence of living goddess Kumari, the erotic temple of Vishnu at the entrance of Royal Palace. You will continue your tour to another city, Patan City situated south of Kathmandu. Patan is also famous for fine arts. The city has its Place complex built between the 14 and 17th century. The city offers a few oldest Newari’s Buddhist monasteries very well preserved. Overnight in the hotel. DAY 03: (1350 -3800 meter): Kathmandu-Lhasa: Departure from Kathmandu for Lhasa, on arrival at Lhasa International airport our Tibet representative will escort you to your hotel. The rest of the time is free for acclimatization at high altitudes as Lhasa is situated almost 3800 above sea level. Overnight in a hotel. DAY 04: (3800 meters): Lhasa city Sightseeing: Lhasa is an ancient city it has been the center of religion, culture, and power there are several ancient monuments are open for visitors such as Potala Palace the residence of Dalai Lama, Jokhang Temple, Bokhara kora where local Buddhist making their everyday rituals. Overnight in Hotel. DAY 05: (2300 meter): Lhasa- Shigatse 3950: Shigatse is another important city in Tibet also the second largest city founded around 1447 AD by the first Dalai Lama, Shigatse is located 280 kilometers southwest of Lhasa was originally the seat for the Panchen Lama in the Tashilhunpo Monastery. For today the Tashilhunpo Monastery is the main attraction of the city of Shigatse. Overnight in Hotel. DAY 06: (4400 meters): Shigatse-Saga: Saga is a Small town located 450 Km. west to Shigatse is about an 8-hour journey through the extremely beautiful landscape with an astounding view of the Himalayas and cold lakes. At the end of the day, you will cross the sacred river of Brahmaputra and enter the city SAGA. Overnight at the hotel. DAY 07: (4500 meter): Saga- Manasarovara: The road goes through the dramatic valleys, rivers, pastures of yaks and sheep. The landscape is highlighted by snow-capped peaks right next to distant dunes, these sudden dunes out of nowhere leave a lasting impression. Many Tibetan nomads and traders in traditional dress inhabit these areas. By the end of the day will pass through the path of pastures green and beautiful valleys. Finally, the way opened for the first view of the mystical peak of Kailas and the sacred lake Manasarovar (Mapam Yum Tso), which means, "Lake Victorious”. You spend the night here at the lakeside guesthouse. DAY 08: (4500 meter): Manasarovara- Chiu - Tirthapuri – Tsabrang: Early morning we will visit Chi-yu monastery, and cave once used by guru Padmasambhava in 7th AD and drive further to Tirthapuri, legend has it that once in the time of immortal demon king Bhashmasura was burnt to asses by gods and White subsistence around this place believed to be asses of the same demon king. While entering the site you will perform a short Cora around this holy place, which is considered as Kora around Kailash, and finally, you will visit an old monastery and another cave of Guru Padmasambhava. Further up to Tsabrang the road leads through many twists and bents and beautiful landscape. Overnight in a hotel. DAY 09: (4500 meters): Tsabrang and Ruins of GUGE: We will visit Tolling Monastery; one of the largest and most significant monasteries in Tibet lived until 1966. The monastery was destroyed in the civil war and again restored partially in the recent past. This monastery was highly influenced by Indian and Nepalese style, which can be noticed with a simple glance. Stupa and paintings belong to the site are preserved 13-16 centuries. A few kilometers from the modern city, Located Tsaparang the capital of the kingdom of GUGE, “Florence of the east” it still studs vertically up 300 meters above ground, beautifully carved the whole city over and under the mountain. The evidence of conflict-turned war between brothers that caused decline to the once-mighty kingdom can be seen even today. You spend a few hours here until sun upon the sky pack ups, and back to the hotel back in the city. DAY 10: (5000 meters): Bon monastery Kyunglung Kurtyam Bon – Darchen: As we drive back few hours from the hotel, we will reach to Kyunlung Kurti monastery of Bon Po sects in Zhang Zhung the monastery is located under the cliffs with numerous caves. One of these caves occupies by a most famous healer/ doctor of Tibetan medicine. A few kilometers from here lies the ruins of another ancient kingdom carved on red sandstone mountains in garuda valley of Zhang zhung. Some ancient documents give a date about its first inhabitation is 2,800 BC. The most ancient settlement - the cave city of Zhang Zhung - extended some kilometers on the Sutlej northern bank and contained up to 3000 inhabitants. The capital of Zhang Zhung was called Khyunglung Ngulkhar, the 'Silver Palace of Garuda Valley'. You will further drive to Darchen, basecamp town of holy mount Kailash. You will enjoy this town by shopping in local souvenir shops to beautiful handmade Tibetan stuff, they are all beautiful. Staying in the guesthouse. DAY 11: Cora day one: Darchen (Tarbuche)- DIRAPUK: About 30 minutes’ drive to get to the initial place of kora called Tarbuche. It a place where every person seeks for a porter or a horse for three kora days hires, onward now it is about 4-5 hour (18 Km) gentle path leads to Dirapuk (5000m) the north face of Kailas. Before the sun goes down you can visit the monastery or attend an evening ritual. Overnight in a very basic guesthouse. DAY 12: Cora day two: Passing DOLMA-LA PASS (5618m): It’s the hardest of the entire trip today we pass through the high pass of DOLMA-LA and gently ascend to the Gauri Kund and further to Jutul Puk. Overnight in a lodge with very basic facilities. DAY 13: Cora day three: Getting to Darchen- Saga: An easy day of all just about 2-3 hour walk lead us to an end of the Cora where our transport will be waiting for us to take to Darchen. And further drive to Saga which is about a 9-hour drive. Overnight in Hotel. DAY 14: (2300m): Saga- Shigatse: Driving back to Shigatse almost 9 hour-long drive, you will enjoy the magnificent scenery and spectacular waterfalls. Overnight at the hotel. DAY 15: (1400m): Shigatse – Lhasa: Soon as you finish your breakfast you will leave Shigatse towards Lhasa which is about 350Km and it will take approximately 6 hours to get to Lhasa. Overnight in a hotel. DAY 16: (1400m): Lhasa- Kathmandu: Breakfast at hotel and checkout. Drive to Airport for about one and a half hours. At the border you will go through similar customs formalities back in Nepal, You will visit Pashupatinath temple dedicated to Lord Shiva it is also a place where you can observe a traditional cremation of Hindu dead body at Arya Ghat very next to Pashupatinath Temple. Further, if time permits you can visit Baudhanath Stupa built around 5AD considered as Largent Buddhist Stupa in the world. At 19:00 in the evening-Farewell dinner with Nepali cuisine and dancing. Overnight at the hotel. DAY 17: (1400m): Departure from Kathmandu: Breakfast at the hotel. Checkout time for room at noon. Transfer to the airport for departure from Nepal.

PRE-TRIP ESSENTIALS: HEALTH: A visit to Nepal does not require special vaccination or other requirements, however, as the Jomsom Kagbeni trek includes a maximum altitude up to 2800m, your health condition must be sound. We recommend consulting with the attending physician for up-to-date information regarding vaccinations, high altitude medication, and medications for any reasonably foreseeable illnesses whilst traveling in Nepal. And to stock up with necessary drugs before you depart Medical services in Nepal are limited in mountainous areas. If you wear glasses, it is better to have at itself a spare couple. MOUNTAIN SICKNESS: Any person traveling above 2500m can get easy symptoms of a mountain illness. The first signs are headache, increased fatigue, sleeplessness, appetite loss, liquid loss by an organism, and puffiness. At the emergence of such signs, it is necessary to remain at this height before the full acclimatization of an organism. It is necessary to use from 2nd to 4 liters of liquid a day. If symptoms don't pass and the state worsens, it is necessary to go down immediately. Sometimes even 300m can play a crucial role. Planning the travel, leave spare days on acclimatization at height 3700m and 4300m. After 4000m try not to rise more than on 500m in one day. You can inadequately estimate the condition therefore always follow the advice of the accompanying guide or locals. WEATHER: Weather conditions on the mountain are unpredictable. It might be sunny during the day and cold as well as windy at night, especially at the high altitudes. Sudden rainstorms or snow flurries are always possibilities. Better be prepared! PACKING: Choosing the right clothing for your trip is very important. You always want to pack everything, but that could make a hassle. Keep in mind that in almost every mountain region in Nepal the days are warm and nights are cool. Usually, we recommend people to bring a warm jacket either fleece or down, long underwear, and worm shocks. Pair of pants and comfortable boot for the long day while sport shoes/sandals for hiking or during a less active period. The boots are another important factor while on a trek make sure that they are waterproof. The basic principle of packing is comfort not luxury. In Kathmandu and Pokhara you can get any necessary gear at a very comfortable price. But if you just enquire before you start packing things we provide you better advice depending upon present weather condition. Do not pack unnecessary things like hairdryers, lots of and lots of cosmetics and electronics, while a battery power bank (Backup) for your mobile phone, iPod is recommended. THINGS THAT YOU BEAR: During the hike/walk between Jomsom and Marpha you are suggested to have a small backpack for day transitions have to be designed for the most necessary way: the camera, water, additional clothes in case of rain or a cold snap, cream from suntan, toilet paper, and other personal accessories if any. EMERGENCY AND YOUR SUPPORT TEAM: All our guide are trained in first aid and can handle most of the basic illness that occurs at high altitude or in the jungle. Every group equipped with a basic first aid kit, every traveler must have full travel insurance before coming to Nepal. And should make available a copy of the policy at our office in Kathmandu. If an emergency occurs, we will evacuate you from the mountain to one of the internationally recognized hospitals/clinics in Kathmandu and contact your insurance company.

YANTRA TOURS & TRAVELS

14 DAYS EVEREST & GOKYO TREK

10 DAYS MUKTINATH THE TEMPLE OF LIBRATION

DETAIL ITINERARY DAY 01: (1350 meter): Kathmandu: Arrive in the Himalayan capital city of Kathmandu. Meeting at the airport and transfer to the hotel. A formality of completing a Visa form for Tibet. If time permits, we can visit Svayambhunath. Overnight at the hotel. DAY 02: (1350 meter): Kathmandu: Breakfast in hotel and guided tour to Kathmandu Durbar Square visiting “Kumari Ghar” residence of living goddess Kumari, the erotic temple of Vishnu at the entrance of Royal Palace. You will continue your tour to another city, Patan City situated south of Kathmandu. Patan is also famous for fine arts. The city has its Place complex built between the 14 and 17th century. The city offers a few oldest Newari’s Buddhist monasteries very well preserved. Overnight in the hotel. DAY 03: (1350 -3800 meter): Kathmandu-Lhasa: Departure from Kathmandu for Lhasa, on arrival at Lhasa International airport our Tibet representative will escort you to your hotel. The rest of the time is free for acclimatization at high altitudes as Lhasa is situated almost 3800 above sea level. Overnight in a hotel. DAY 04: (3800 meters): Lhasa city Sightseeing: Lhasa is an ancient city it has been the center of religion, culture, and power there are several ancient monuments are open for visitors such as Potala Palace the residence of Dalai Lama, Jokhang Temple, Bokhara kora where local Buddhist making their everyday rituals. Overnight in Hotel. DAY 05: (2300 meter): Lhasa- Shigatse 3950: Shigatse is another important city in Tibet also the second largest city founded around 1447 AD by the first Dalai Lama, Shigatse is located 280 kilometers southwest of Lhasa was originally the seat for the Panchen Lama in the Tashilhunpo Monastery. For today the Tashilhunpo Monastery is the main attraction of the city of Shigatse. Overnight in Hotel. DAY 06: (4400 meters): Shigatse-Saga: Saga is a Small town located 450 Km. west to Shigatse is about an 8-hour journey through the extremely beautiful landscape with an astounding view of the Himalayas and cold lakes. At the end of the day, you will cross the sacred river of Brahmaputra and enter the city SAGA. Overnight at the hotel. DAY 07: (4500 meter): Saga- Manasarovara: The road goes through the dramatic valleys, rivers, pastures of yaks and sheep. The landscape is highlighted by snow-capped peaks right next to distant dunes, these sudden dunes out of nowhere leave a lasting impression. Many Tibetan nomads and traders in traditional dress inhabit these areas. By the end of the day will pass through the path of pastures green and beautiful valleys. Finally, the way opened for the first view of the mystical peak of Kailas and the sacred lake Manasarovar (Mapam Yum Tso), which means, "Lake Victorious”. You spend the night here at the lakeside guesthouse. DAY 08: (4500 meter): Manasarovara- Chiu - Tirthapuri – Tsabrang: Early morning we will visit Chi-yu monastery, and cave once used by guru Padmasambhava in 7th AD and drive further to Tirthapuri, legend has it that once in the time of immortal demon king Bhashmasura was burnt to asses by gods and White subsistence around this place believed to be asses of the same demon king. While entering the site you will perform a short Cora around this holy place, which is considered as Kora around Kailash, and finally, you will visit an old monastery and another cave of Guru Padmasambhava. Further up to Tsabrang the road leads through many twists and bents and beautiful landscape. Overnight in a hotel. DAY 09: (4500 meters): Tsabrang and Ruins of GUGE: We will visit Tolling Monastery; one of the largest and most significant monasteries in Tibet lived until 1966. The monastery was destroyed in the civil war and again restored partially in the recent past. This monastery was highly influenced by Indian and Nepalese style, which can be noticed with a simple glance. Stupa and paintings belong to the site are preserved 13-16 centuries. A few kilometers from the modern city, Located Tsaparang the capital of the kingdom of GUGE, “Florence of the east” it still studs vertically up 300 meters above ground, beautifully carved the whole city over and under the mountain. The evidence of conflict-turned war between brothers that caused decline to the once-mighty kingdom can be seen even today. You spend a few hours here until sun upon the sky pack ups, and back to the hotel back in the city. DAY 10: (5000 meters): Bon monastery Kyunglung Kurtyam Bon – Darchen: As we drive back few hours from the hotel, we will reach to Kyunlung Kurti monastery of Bon Po sects in Zhang Zhung the monastery is located under the cliffs with numerous caves. One of these caves occupies by a most famous healer/ doctor of Tibetan medicine. A few kilometers from here lies the ruins of another ancient kingdom carved on red sandstone mountains in garuda valley of Zhang zhung. Some ancient documents give a date about its first inhabitation is 2,800 BC. The most ancient settlement - the cave city of Zhang Zhung - extended some kilometers on the Sutlej northern bank and contained up to 3000 inhabitants. The capital of Zhang Zhung was called Khyunglung Ngulkhar, the 'Silver Palace of Garuda Valley'. You will further drive to Darchen, basecamp town of holy mount Kailash. You will enjoy this town by shopping in local souvenir shops to beautiful handmade Tibetan stuff, they are all beautiful. Staying in the guesthouse. DAY 11: Cora day one: Darchen (Tarbuche)- DIRAPUK: About 30 minutes’ drive to get to the initial place of kora called Tarbuche. It a place where every person seeks for a porter or a horse for three kora days hires, onward now it is about 4-5 hour (18 Km) gentle path leads to Dirapuk (5000m) the north face of Kailas. Before the sun goes down you can visit the monastery or attend an evening ritual. Overnight in a very basic guesthouse. DAY 12: Cora day two: Passing DOLMA-LA PASS (5618m): It’s the hardest of the entire trip today we pass through the high pass of DOLMA-LA and gently ascend to the Gauri Kund and further to Jutul Puk. Overnight in a lodge with very basic facilities. DAY 13: Cora day three: Getting to Darchen- Saga: An easy day of all just about 2-3 hour walk lead us to an end of the Cora where our transport will be waiting for us to take to Darchen. And further drive to Saga which is about a 9-hour drive. Overnight in Hotel. DAY 14: (2300m): Saga- Shigatse: Driving back to Shigatse almost 9 hour-long drive, you will enjoy the magnificent scenery and spectacular waterfalls. Overnight at the hotel. DAY 15: (1400m): Shigatse – Lhasa: Soon as you finish your breakfast you will leave Shigatse towards Lhasa which is about 350Km and it will take approximately 6 hours to get to Lhasa. Overnight in a hotel. DAY 16: (1400m): Lhasa- Kathmandu: Breakfast at hotel and checkout. Drive to Airport for about one and a half hours. At the border you will go through similar customs formalities back in Nepal, You will visit Pashupatinath temple dedicated to Lord Shiva it is also a place where you can observe a traditional cremation of Hindu dead body at Arya Ghat very next to Pashupatinath Temple. Further, if time permits you can visit Baudhanath Stupa built around 5AD considered as Largent Buddhist Stupa in the world. At 19:00 in the evening-Farewell dinner with Nepali cuisine and dancing. Overnight at the hotel. DAY 17: (1400m): Departure from Kathmandu: Breakfast at the hotel. Checkout time for room at noon. Transfer to the airport for departure from Nepal.

PRE-TRIP ESSENTIALS: HEALTH: A visit to Nepal does not require special vaccination or other requirements, however, as the Jomsom Kagbeni trek includes a maximum altitude up to 2800m, your health condition must be sound. We recommend consulting with the attending physician for up-to-date information regarding vaccinations, high altitude medication, and medications for any reasonably foreseeable illnesses whilst traveling in Nepal. And to stock up with necessary drugs before you depart Medical services in Nepal are limited in mountainous areas. If you wear glasses, it is better to have at itself a spare couple. MOUNTAIN SICKNESS: Any person traveling above 2500m can get easy symptoms of a mountain illness. The first signs are headache, increased fatigue, sleeplessness, appetite loss, liquid loss by an organism, and puffiness. At the emergence of such signs, it is necessary to remain at this height before the full acclimatization of an organism. It is necessary to use from 2nd to 4 liters of liquid a day. If symptoms don't pass and the state worsens, it is necessary to go down immediately. Sometimes even 300m can play a crucial role. Planning the travel, leave spare days on acclimatization at height 3700m and 4300m. After 4000m try not to rise more than on 500m in one day. You can inadequately estimate the condition therefore always follow the advice of the accompanying guide or locals. WEATHER: Weather conditions on the mountain are unpredictable. It might be sunny during the day and cold as well as windy at night, especially at the high altitudes. Sudden rainstorms or snow flurries are always possibilities. Better be prepared! PACKING: Choosing the right clothing for your trip is very important. You always want to pack everything, but that could make a hassle. Keep in mind that in almost every mountain region in Nepal the days are warm and nights are cool. Usually, we recommend people to bring a warm jacket either fleece or down, long underwear, and worm shocks. Pair of pants and comfortable boot for the long day while sport shoes/sandals for hiking or during a less active period. The boots are another important factor while on a trek make sure that they are waterproof. The basic principle of packing is comfort not luxury. In Kathmandu and Pokhara you can get any necessary gear at a very comfortable price. But if you just enquire before you start packing things we provide you better advice depending upon present weather condition. Do not pack unnecessary things like hairdryers, lots of and lots of cosmetics and electronics, while a battery power bank (Backup) for your mobile phone, iPod is recommended. THINGS THAT YOU BEAR: During the hike/walk between Jomsom and Marpha you are suggested to have a small backpack for day transitions have to be designed for the most necessary way: the camera, water, additional clothes in case of rain or a cold snap, cream from suntan, toilet paper, and other personal accessories if any. EMERGENCY AND YOUR SUPPORT TEAM: All our guide are trained in first aid and can handle most of the basic illness that occurs at high altitude or in the jungle. Every group equipped with a basic first aid kit, every traveler must have full travel insurance before coming to Nepal. And should make available a copy of the policy at our office in Kathmandu. If an emergency occurs, we will evacuate you from the mountain to one of the internationally recognized hospitals/clinics in Kathmandu and contact your insurance company.