Kailash Mansarovar Yatra Tour Review
5 star · Dec 8, 2015 · I was in the last batch of the 2015 tour organised by Kailash Journeys (P) Ltd. Our departure date was September 14th. The big problem many of us faced was the uncertainty of the Tibet permit. Time was flying, the date for departure was nearing and there was no news of the permit. I waited with bated breath to book the tickets from Chennai to Kathmandu via Delhi. At last the news of the permit was conveyed to us on September 12th, 2 days before my departure. Now, the certainty of my long awaited journey was before me. The mad frenzy of going to the bank a few times to pay the cash in installments, getting my travel insurance in that short time, making sure I had taken layers of woolen clothes, ticking off the list of medicines and other arrangements for the house, the flight tickets everything had to be taken care off. The head was reeling with do’s and don’ts. As I was travelling alone I was assured that I will have no problem and that I will be taken care off. My husband volunteered to stay back home to take care of the two super senior citizens staying with us. Once I landed in Kathmandu, I was rest assured. I got to meet all my fellow travellers . All of us had the ardent desire to complete this Holiest of Holy yatra successfully. Kailash Journeys did a great job of making us very comfortable. The sherpas were excellent. I would like to mention sherpa Neema and his team, they made sure we did not lift our heavy baggage and other essentials. they took charge of all our needs. Hot tea was served in our rooms and the food was freshly prepared and tasty and served with love and affection. We were a group of 11 people , hence another group was merged with ours. Now we were 24 . From this group only 4 of us were very keen to trek to Dirapuk and have darshan of the North facing Mount Kailash. The day we were about to start the trek from Yamdwar sherpa Neema got a message saying that a group of 10 people from the previous batch have been stranded in Dirapuk due to snow fall. We, the 4 super energetic and eager pilgrims were disappointed and very sad that we are being discouraged to go to Dirapuk. With a very heavy heart we drove back with the group to our camp at Mansarovar and proceeded to reach Kathmandu two days ahead of schedule. I have a suggestion here. Instead of charging Rs.30,000 for the pony ride for all the three days of parikrama of Mount Kailash, they can have an option of the pony ride till Dirapuk and back and charge accordingly. This will be a great success because many people will opt to go and have darshan of the North facing Mount and return instead of doing the complete parikrama. Please give a thought to this idea and do keep me informed about the changes you make. God willing, I would love to have a darshan of the North facing Kailash and get an opportunity to do ” Charan Sparsh” We reached Kathmandu 2 days earlier. I would like to mention here that the staff of Kailash Journeys helped us to advance our air tickets and made sure we reached our destination safely. On the whole this whole yatra was a dream come true. The first glimpse of the Mighty Mount Kailash and the parikrama around the Mansarovar lake and the beautiful view of the Mount from our camp at Mansarovar are all so fresh and vivid in my memory that I will cherish this entire yatra life long. A very BIG Thank You to Kailash Journeys for making this trip so beautiful and so very memorable.
