Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Kailash Mansarovar Yatra by Road
Kailash Mansarovar Yatra by Road
What to take
It is highly recommended to carry warm woolen clothes and winter wears such as raincoat, Gore-Tex material, thermal under wears, down jacket, warm shirts, sweaters & trousers, gloves, comfortable shoes, leather boots, monkey cap, sun hat and scarf to be protected form winter ailments.
Health
Mountain trips are one of the toughest road journeys on this earth. Tourists must be physically fit without a doubt. Asthma and heart patients face problem in getting accustomed to high altitudes. We advise you to have a proper check-up with your doctor to known whether you are capable coping up with the adversities of high altitude region during the course of your trip.
Altitude Sickness
While travelling in high altitude, it is obvious to experience adverse symptoms of altitude sickness such as severe headache, nausea, sleeplessness, loss of appetite, breathlessness and exhaustion until your body gets acclimatized to the region. Acclimatization can take couple of days depending upon individual to individual. To avoid these uncertainties, we would like to give you following advice such as drink lots of water, smoking & drinking is a highly prohibited during the tour, carry Diamox tablets with suggestions from physician over dosage. A special Gamow bag is also provided to avoid sickness in high altitudes.
Currency
The unit of Chinese currency is Yuan. USD 1 = 6.50 Yuan. 1 Yuan = INR 7.50 approx; Money can exchange at Bank of China at Zhangmu or from the locals at Zhangmu or Kodari. Exchange all your remaining Yuan at the end of the trip at Zhangmu itself before re-entering Nepal.