Base City: 

Difficulty: 

Starting Point: 

Darchen

Ending Point: 

Darchen

Average Duration: 

2 to 3 days

Route Finding: 

Easy (heavily used pilgrim route) but unless things change back to how they used to be you'll have a guide anyway

Equipment Required: 

food is very limited in western Tibet in general, you can get hot water at the monastery rest houses to make your own instant noodles, bring food with you if possible, a sleeping bag is useful but not necessary

Permits: 

Tour Required

Blog Entries & Image Galleries: 

MI Blog: Kailash Kora

Trek Overview

From a trekking stand point this trek is easy to do independently, the route is obvious and there are monastery rest houses to stay at along the way so that a tent is unnecessary.  However now that Tibet has become almost impossible to travel to independently much less trek.  So this trek information will really only be for those contemplating taking a tour to Mt. Kailash, unless regulations change drastically, which in the current climate of Chinese bureaucracy is very unlikely.  If you do manage to get there the scenery of western Tibet is stunning and the trek around Mt. Kailash is fascinating from a cultural, religious and scenic perspectives.

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