Kailash - Mansarovar Motorcycle Safari

Route: Lhasa - Shigatse - Lhatze - Kaika - Saga - Paryang - Darchen - Mansarovar Lake - Paryang - Saga - Kyirong - Mainpu - Nyalam - Zanghmu - Kodari - Kathmandu ; Grade: Technical - Invited are only Very Experienced and Physically Fit Riders Who Dare to Take it as Life time Achievement! ; Best Season: May - June / September - October ; Dates: Tailor Made for minimum 6 riders ; Cost: Write to us!

This Motorcycle Safari will keep us on toe with initial metalled rides & then unpaved road conditions in the high altitude wind swept meadows of Tibet with some green pastures breaking the monotony of the arid landscape. The Massif Kailash appears on the Horizon with the cold breeze of the Mansarovar Lake relaxing the soul with refreshing energies to visit the land of divine.

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Mount Kailash, 6,740 m. is situated to the north of the Himalayan barrier, wholly within Tibet. It is the spiritual centre for four great religions: Tibetan Buddhism, Hinduism, the Jain religion and the pre-Buddhist animistic religion - Bonpo. To Tibetans it is known as Khang Rimpoche (Precious Jewel of Snow) and they see it as the navel of the world. It is said that a stream from the mountain pours into a nearby lake and from here rivers flow in the four cardinal directions. Four major rivers do indeed originate near Kailash, the Indus, the Yarlung Tsangpo (Bramhaputra), the Karnali and the Sutlej. The Mansarovar lake known as Mapham Yumco 'the Unconquerable lake', is a sacred lake for Hindus and Buddhists, 4572 meters above sea level and is the highest freshwater lake in the world. It is believed a ritual bath in the lake delivers a pilgrim to paradise and a drink of its holy water relinquishes the sins of a hundred lifetimes.

Itinerary for the Mansarovar Motorcycle Safari

Day 01: Arrive Ex International Flight At Gongkar Airport & Transfer to Lhasa. Day at leisure to acclimatise to the rarefied atmosphere. O/NT Lhasa.

Day 02: Ride around Lhasa Town - Visit the Potala Palace and other places of interest. O/NT Lhasa.

Day 03: Lhasa - Shigatse - metalled road conditions - 250 Kms Appx Six to seven hrs drive. The day shall be easy going as we ride on the highway via Chusual - Ton - Youngdrung ling. The road is fairly well maintained to get acclimatised to riding at high altitude easily. Visit the famous monastery in the evening for sight seeing. O/Nt at Hotel.

Day 04: Ride to Lhatze and Kaika Appx 260 kms - The ride today is across Tra La - 4050 M & followed by the Yulung La 4950 M over fairly unpaved roads in the plateau area. O/Nt Camping.

Day 05: Kaika - Saga 260 Kms - The challenge has started building up now as we are seasoned on the bikes and roads. We are mainly on the highway axis, inhabited areas fall enroute & the ride does cater some fine scenic moments. Ideally the road conditions are unpaved in this sector thus there is be no high expectations but we hope the team members welcome the challenge of this ride. O/Nt Camp near the village.

Day 06: Saga - Paryang - 252 km - Some times we are riding on the lake-bed and the dual purpose tyres play a vital role. Another morning drive through the windswept territory passing many villages and camps of Yak herders with the distance view of snow capped mountains. After 7-8 hours of ride over these flat bed plateau sector brings us to Paryang for the overnight stay. O/Nt Camping.

Day 07: Paryang - Darchen - 260 km - From Paryang our ride is to Darchen. The drive passes through open territory with a view of distant mountains. The drive takes us to a high pass of over 5000 M. before we arrive at Darchen (4,480 m). Darchen is located beneath the majestic holy Mount Kailash, a small village with couple of guesthouses. During the auspicious pilgrimage time, this place will be flooded with Pilgrims with hundreds of tents all around. O/Nt Darchen in guest house / camping.

Day 08: Darchen - Mansarovar Lake - 35 Kms - After Darchen, our next spiritual destination takes us to Lake Manasarovar for the holy bath. The ride from Darchen takes a little over 2 hours on the dirt road. Camp for overnight stay after visit to the shore of the lake very close to the monastery and its village.

Day 09: Mansarovar - Paryang - 260 Kms - Ride Back to Paryang on the same axis. O/NT Camping.

Day 10: Paryang - Saga - Fall back on the same axis as we ascended uphill to the destination of Mansarovar lake.

Day 11: Saga - Kyirong - Mainpu - Nyalam - 300 Kms - The ride is almost in the flat bed initially and there are many reminders of the Mansarovar as we cross across Paiku Tso & other small lake beds in the initial 90 Kms ride. Ride down hill from the Lablung La Pass at 5050 M to reach tonight's destination at Nyalam. O/Nt Guest house.

Day 12: Nyalam - Zanghmu - Kodari - 200 Kms - 40 Kms down hill from the Nyalam to Zanghmu brings us close to the border with Nepal. As we descend the greenery starts returning making us feel we are back to civilisation! Lengthy Custom Clearance & Emigration followed by Immigration clearance in Nepal and we are back on the serpentine roads for our destination, a beautiful place called Nagarkote.

Day 13 - Nagarkote - Kathmandu - Ride to Kathmandu to arrive in leisure by late evening after sight seeing of the places like Bhaktapur & DhiliKhet & other places falling en route in the Kathmandu Valley. O/Nt Hotel.

Day 14: Kathmandu - Home - You do have the option of returning home at the end of day 13 but we will advise to keep the extra day in hand for sightseeing of Kathmandu and also this is the day we can fall back on if for any reason we are delayed due to adverse weather conditions during the journey.