Mt.Kailash, at 6714 m also known as Tise, Kailasa and Kang Rinpoche (Jewel of the Snows), has since time immemorial been celebrated in many Eastern cosmologies as Mt.Meru, the axis mundi. And as the center of the physical and metaphysical universe, Mt.Meru is sacred to the Buddhist, Jains, the Hindus and the Bonpos. For the Hindus, the mountain represents the seat of Lord Shiva; for the Buddhists, a terrestrial projection of the cosmic mandala of Dhyani-Buddhas and Bodhisattvas.

The Wheel of Life; for the Bonpos, Kailash was the sacred nine storey SwastikaMountain, upon which the Bonpo founder Sherab alighted from heaven. Four of the great rivers of the Indian subcontinent originates from here: the Karnali, which feeds into the Ganges (south); the Indus (north); the Sutlez (west) and the Brahmaputra (Yarlung Tsangpo, east).

Summit Treks and Adventure offers special fixed trips to Mt.Kailash and Lake Manasorovar to facilitate pilgrims and foreign tourists. We are few of one outfits that provide Nepali Sherpa staff support for all of our treks in Tibet so as to ensure similar high quality trek services that exist in Nepal. All our departures are planned to arrive at Kailash on a full-moon day to obtain total and unhindered view of the holy mountain.