Limi Valley to Kailash Trek

Today we fly to Nepalgunj. Overnight in a hotel.

From Nepalgunj, we fly to the airport at extreme west in Nepal- Simikot. Simikot is the district headquarters of Humla. Overnight in a lodge at Simikot.

Today the Limi Valley Trek begins along the least frequented trekking trails of Nepal. Overnight in a camp at Kermi.

The Limi Valley Trek today gains quite an elevation, we ascend up to Shinjungma and set our camps at the elevation of 3620m.

The first half of the Limi Calley Trek winds through the trail of mid-hills. As today, we trek up to Dharamsala and set our camps.

Today we have a rest day at Dharamsala before heading off to the elevated passes like Nyala Pass 4940m.

Today is the day of the Limi Valley Trek, where we attain the highest elevation of the trek. We cross Nyala Pass and enter Limi Valley. The first village we encounter at Limi Valley is Talung 4379m. Overnight in a camp.

The trek along the elevated trail continues. At the end of the day we arrive at our campsite in Gummauac. Overnight in the camp.

Today is one of the most important days of Limi Valley Trek. As we begin the trek we hike up to the acme of Lalung La Pass from where we see the excellent panorama of Mt. Kailash Mansarovar Lake and other Tibetan mountains. As we slide down we get into the village named Phyalang, which is in the very close proximity to Tibet.

The Limi Trek continues and at the end of day's trek we arrive to Tholing. Overnight in the camps.

Today, we arrive to one of the major villages of Limi Valley, Halji. On our arrival at Halji we explore around theis traditional village. Overnight in a camp.

Today we begin the Limi Valley Trek after the breakfast. and at the end of the day, we arrive to the River side camp that lies just below the famous village of Limi- Til. Overnight in a camp.

Today after the breakfast, we hike up to Til and set out to explore the village. While exploring the village we visit the monastery which dates back to 8th century. Overnight in a camp at Til.

The trek today brings us to Manepeme- the village named after the part of spritual Buddhist prayer. Overnight in the camps.

We continue the drive to Mansarovar Lake reaching Horchu, a small village near Mansarovar Lake. Now we start the rotation of Mansarovar Lake and complete it in about 2-3 hours time. However, Mansarovar Lake is so big that it takes 3 to 5 days to make one rotation on foot. The circumference of the Lake is 102 Kilometers. There are 8 Monasteries all through the circumference of the Lake. Finally we reach Chiu Gompa, near Mansarovar Lake.

In the morning, we will choose a special point to take a deep dip in Mansarovar Lake taking bath in cold water. According to Hindu religion, is seen offering water, flowers, money to the God and after the prayers to Lord Shiva & Parbati. The pilgrims are seen meditating in Lord Shiva and reciting the names of their ancestral gods, performing the homas (offering grains mixed with purified butter to the fire) in the name of gods, in order to relieve themselves from any kind of sins which they might have committed knowingly or unknowingly. After completing the homas, they are exchanging happiness by hugging, much to the amusement of the onlookers. Everybody is doing Aarati (oil-fed lamps) and praying by joining hands. The entire day is devoted to spiritual activities. We take lunch at around 2:00 in the afternoon and drive to Darchen to spend the night at a guest house. Astapad excursion also can be made by the interested pilgrims at this place.

(Yamadwar -gate for the god of death) & 5 minutes further drive & it comes Sershong, from here starts walking to Dirapuk (4890 meters - 15 kilometers ) – Monastery. Here some yatris can take pony & local porter for 3 days. (If you take pony & porter) You should tell in Mansarovar Lake and Tibetan guide will be managing all before starting the Kora. If you take pony for round Kailash, much and much easier for doing Yatra Tour, this is the first day of Kailash Parikrama. We should start our journey after breakfast as early as possible. This day, we have to walk continuously for about 5 to 6 hours. Yak will carry all our goods and equipment, From Dirapuk, You can see Mt. Kailash north face is much closed, looks Shiva god staying there. There we stay at Dirapuk mud house.

Today is very crucial and we have to pass Dolma-La or Dormal Pass, which is 5636 meters above the sea level. The weather in unpredictable in Doma-la Pass and at any time snowstorm can begin. So we need to try to start our journey as early as possible. On the route we can have the Darshan Ganesh Kund before passing it and after Gauri Kund as well as but it is a little bit difficult to go down split walking path and reach Gauri Kund Lake. From Dirapuk, slop climbs up & up until we reach Dormala pass, after the pass we need to go steep down till Shapje Datok & after flat path till Zuthulpuk monastery. Night stay will be at a mud house.