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Mount Kailash Trek: The 3-Day Kora Around Tibet's Sacred Mountain
September 30, 2026
Mount Kailash is not the kind of mountain people come to climb. The usual goal is to walk around it. The 52-kilometre kora takes most people three days, although the pace depends a lot on altitude, weather and how much time you have. The route starts and finishes near Darchen and crosses the high Drolma La pass before dropping into the valley on the other side. It is a tough walk, but the landscape changes constantly. You start with wide …