3 itineraries
What this means in practice
A HighPass pilgrimage package is planned around temple timings rather than hotel check-in. We schedule darshan in the window when queues are shortest, arrange special-entry passes where the trust permits it, and keep each day short enough that older travellers can complete it comfortably.
Pilgrimage travel has a scheduling problem no generic tour operator solves: the thing you came for is open for a few hours, the queue is unpredictable, and the rest of the day is spent waiting badly.
We plan backwards from the darshan window. That fixes the hotel location — walking distance beats a cheaper property twenty minutes away — and it fixes the drive times either side. Where a trust offers a paid special-entry or senior-citizen queue, we book it and show the cost separately so you can decide.
Muktinath, Pashupatinath, Lumbini, Kailash Mansarovar, Char Dham and the Kashi circuit make up most of our calendar. Satvik meals are the default on every one of these departures, and we can arrange Jain food with notice.
Itineraries
The birthplace, the Ashoka pillar and the two great stupas of the valley
From, per person
$540
$110/day
The 108 spouts at 3,710 metres, reached by air rather than by trail
From, per person
$780$890
$130/day
Besisahar to Jomsom over a 5,416 m pass, with Muktinath on the far side
From, per person
$1,380$1,620
$90/day
Where these go
Terai & Wildlife
The birthplace of the Buddha, marked by a stone and a pillar
from $540
1 trip
Kathmandu Valley
Seven UNESCO monument zones inside a single 1,400 m bowl
from $0
12 trips
Trans-Himalaya
108 spouts at 3,710 m, sacred to Hindus and Buddhists alike
from $780
2 trips
Pokhara & Lakes
A lake at 822 m with the Annapurnas standing 7,000 m above it
from $580
8 trips
Annapurna Region
Rhododendron forest, the 4,130 m sanctuary and a pass at 5,416 m
from $580
5 trips
