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14 days Kailash Saka Dawa Festival Tour in Tibet

14 days
Start and end in Lhasa
2.0
1 traveler review
14 days Kailash Saka Dawa Festival Tour in Tibet - Nepal Hiking Pvt. Ltd.
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Tour Operator:
Nepal Hiking Pvt. Ltd.
Max group size:
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Age range:
18 to 65
Operated in:
English
Tour id:
75715
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Highlights

  • Explore the holy city of Lhasa with a local guide
  • Visit Potala Palace and Jokhang Temple
  • Watch monks debate at Sera Monastery
  • Trek through breathtaking landscapes to Mt. Kailash
  • Experience the Saga Dawa festival with pilgrims

Itinerary

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  1. Introduction
  1. Day 1 Arrival in Lhasa, transfer to the downtown (3650m / 60km). Yak hotel on BB
  2. Day 2 Lhasa sightseeing: Potala, Jokang temple and Bharkor. Yak hotel on BB
  3. Day 3 Lhasa sightseeing: Drepung and Sera monasteries. Tibet Heritage Hotel on BB
  4. Day 4 Drive from Lhasa to Gyantse (3950m / 280km) Yuthok Hotel on BB
  5. Day 5 Drive from Gyantse to Shigatse (3900m / 90km) Mansarovar hotel 3***on B.B
  6. Day 6 Shigatse - Lhatse- Ngamring Tso - Saga (4640m / 440km). Guest house on BB
  7. Day 7 Drive to Mansarovar - Chiu Gompa (4750m / 435km). Guest house on BB
  8. Day 8 Enjoy Kailash festival at Tarpoche - Dharchen. Guest house in Dharchen
  9. Day 9 Tarpoche - Dira Phuk (18Km / 5210m)
  10. Day 10 Trek to Zutrul Phuk (4810m) via crossing Drolma La Pass (5636m / 15km). Lodge on BB
  11. Day 11 Trek to Dharchen and then drive to Mansarovar - Baryang - Saga (4450m/435km). Lodge on BB
  12. Day 12 Saga - Lhatse - Shigatse (3900m / 405km). Mansarovar Hotel on BB
  13. Day 13 Drive from Shigatse to Lhasa (3650m / 430km). Tibet Heritage Hotel on B.B
  14. Day 14 Drive from Lhasa to Gongkar airport (3600m / 60km )
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4.5
(42 reviews)

Number of tours

53

Age Range

6 to 72 years old

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within 1 day

Response rate

100%

NepalHiking.com, established in 2003 by founder Tilak Thapa Magar, is a pioneering entity in Nepal's hiking, trekking, and cultural tours. Emphasizing a locally sourced approach, they employ tour and trekking guides with extensive knowledge of tourism activities. Renowned for crafting tailor-made...

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  • 14 days Kailash Saka Dawa Festival Tour in Tibet reviewer 1
    · May 30th, 2024
    The trip seemed very poorly organised. Hotels were a few times overbooked. We had two reasonably good hotels in 15 days. The rest was crap. Overrunning toilets, no heating or airco, tv’s did not work, Wifi never worked, screaming and yelling from the staff all evening and nights long. Staff can’t speak a word of english. Beds were rock hard. Felt like just dump the tourist somewhere, as cheap as possible. Price/ quality did not match at all. We have seen Tibet mainly by endless busrides up to 12 hours a day. The bathrooms we had to use on the way were undescribably dirty and disgusting. The guide was good in doing the paperwork for the checkup's, and taking us from here to there but seemed not really involved in trying to get us the information we needed or telling us about Tibet, the people, the boeddhisme (where I came for!) We did the Kailash trek. I booked a horse in front because of my lungproblems. It seemed no one knew about this arrangement and because many people came to the Sagadawa Festival, there was probably no horse available. Same thing, I had to pay 450 dollar in front for a horse. And I had to pay approximately 1050 yuan for a someone who would carry my backpack. When we arrived at he Kailash all the horses were overbooked. I encouraged the guide to fight for it and he finally turned up with a very old and skinny horse and a boy from 12 years old to guide the horse. It was the boys first time. When we came to the Drolma pass the horse refused to walk any further. So I climbed the hill on my own and almost died 60 meters from the top. A german tourist/ docter helped me. She measured the oxygen in my blood (60!!) gave me oxygene and helped me te get over the top where i found people of my group who helped me another 6 km downwards over loose laying slippery rocks. No guide of the agency to find anywhere. Other tourists cane to my rescue. The agent I booked this Saga DawaFestival tour was Nepal Hiking LTD in Kathmandu, mr Tilak Thapa Magar. He did not answer the many questions I asked him, so I (so to speak jumped in the deep without knowing anything about what, why and when.) I tried a phonecall with the man but his english was so poorly, that did not work either. The confusion was about the question: would I travel directly to Lhasa or better to Kathmandu because of the reluctancy of the chinees to welcome foreigners to Tibet. Finally, He encouraged me to come to Katmandu first. So I changed my original flight from Adam to Lhasa into Adam to Kathmandu. Turns out I was the only one who made that choice, so I had to pay another €1000,- to get from Katmandu to Lhasa. Because I wanted single rooms, he also charged me €500,- extra. At the end of te tour my flight was cancelled from Lhasa to Kathmandu and instead I had to fly to Chengdu and from Chengdu to Kathmandu. ( in Kathmandu I have a retreat for 5 days now) A woman from the agency (the guide did not want to tell the name of the agency ??!) took care of that. But first, mr Tilak wanted €150 more to do so. That is where we stand now. I have no trust or faith what so ever because nothing in this trio worked out according to plan. All and all: the country Tibet with the mountains and the people and the display of boeddhisme I was able to see. But the trip itself was a accumulation of stress and sorrow. Extra costs: €1000 for the unnecessary flights Kathmandu - Lhasa and back. €150, extra for a flight to chengdu- Kathmandu ( because the flight from Lhasa to Kathmandu from Himalaya Airlines was cancelled) $ 450 dollar for a horse that was to old and skinny to do the job. 1050 yuan to carry my luggage over the mountains which was done by car told the guide smiling. I would like Tourradar to react on this response.
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    Nepal Hiking Pvt. Ltd. commented on this review
    Dear Caren, Thank you for sharing your thoughts on your recent experience with us. We understand your concerns and regret that aspects of the trip did not meet your expectations. However, we would like to clarify that most of the issues raised have... Show more
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    Trip date: April 2024

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14 days Kailash Saka Dawa Festival Tour in Tibet
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