Spiritual Tourism

Mount Kailash needs a Chinese visa, a Tibet Travel Permit, an Alien's Travel Permit and a military permit, plus a Nepal restricted area permit on the Nepal routes. All of them are filed by registered agencies. Status at 31 October 2026, the permits by passport, the documents we need from you and how to check an operator.

Mount Kailash is walked around, not climbed: a 52KM kora of which about 42KM is on foot, over Dolma La at about 5,600M. This guide covers the September 2026 route status after the Gyirong flood, the 1,000 government places against China's 24,000 Nepal quota, who the lottery excludes, the state grants you can still claim, permits, the kora compared, cost and what to pack.