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Region: Tibet
Trek Grade:
3 (Strenuous)
Trip Duration:
23/27 days
Hotel KTM/nepalgunj: 5 Nights
Season:
MAy-oct
View along the Friendship Highway |
This tour takes in two of the highlights of western
Tibet the sacred mountain of Mount Kailash and the
runins of the ancient kingdom of Guge. There are
three itneraries for this tour depending how you would
like to enter/exit Tibet, fly-in drive-out (23 days),
drive-in fly-out (23 days), trek-in fly-out (27 days)
ABOUT GUGE: In the 10th to 16th centuries a
castle in western Tibet was the center of the Guge
Kingdom. It
was destroyed by foreign invaders in the middle of 17th
century. The castle is made up of some 300 rooms, 300 caves,
three rows of 10 meter high dagobas, and fortresses,
defense works and tunnels built from the foot of the
mountain to the top occupying an area about 180000
square meters. The most magnificent are the Ted Temple,
white Temple, Samsara Temple, Palace Hall and Gardians
Hall. The Murals, sculptures and stone carvings in their
unique styles, having embodied profound religious spirit
or recorded vividly the history and culture, are of
great artistic value. |
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