tibet june 2011
21 day itinerary
tuesday may 31st – monday june 20th
Day 1 (Arrive Kathmandu), Day 2 (Free day Kathmandu), Day 3 (Fly Kathmandu - Nepalganj), Day 4 (Fly Nepalganj – Simikot - start short trek to Dharapuri – 5 kms - 2 hours), Day 5 (Trek to Salli Khola – 12 kms - 5 hours), Day 6 (Trek to Tumkot – 14 kms - 7 hours), Day 7 (Trek to Sip Sip – 13 kms -7 hours), Day 8 (Trek to Hilsa – 10 kms - 6 hours), Day 9 (Enter Tibet and overnight at Taklakot/Purang), Day 10 (Drive Taklakot – Lake Manasarovar), Day 11 (Start kora/camp near Chuku gompa), Day 12 (Trek Chuku gompa – Dirapuk gompa), Day 13 (Free day at north face of Mount Kailash), Day 14 (Trek Dirapuk - Drolma La/camp Topchen valley), Day 15 (Finish kora/drive to Manasarovar), Day 16 (june 15th 2011, Saga Dawa festival), Day 17 (Drive to Tirthapuri), Day 18 (Drive Tirthapuri - Paryang), Day 19 (Drive Paryang – Pekhu Tso), Day 20 (Drive Pekhu Tso - Zhangmu), Day 21 (Enter Nepal and drive to Kathmandu)
Day 20
Drive Pekhu Tso - Zhangmu
We will leave the shores of Pekhu Tso in the early morning and drive up again to over 5000 metres to cross the Great Himalayan Range and descend towards Nepal. The brown and orange of the Tibetan plateau give way to trees and green lushness once more as we wind our way through the tight canyon to the bustling, border town of Zhangmu and our last night in Tibet.
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