Kailash Mansarovar Yatra FAQs

You can visit the Kailash Mansarovar region only with a group visa, which provides permission to pilgrims to enter the Kailash region of Tibet. Since the entire group enters and exits at the same time from Tibet, you won’t be able to travel to China with this visa.

The group visa will be checked by the Chinese immigration centre at the Nepal-Tibet border, for instance, Hilsa for the helicopter route and Kudari/Keyong for the overland route. Other immigration and customs processes take place at the respective points. 

One cannot undertake the Kailash Mansarovar Yatra without a Chinese visa. A group visa issued by the Chinese Embassy of New Delhi for Indian passport holders, and the Chinese Embassy of Kathmandu for NRIs or non-Indian passport holders, is required for the Kailash Yatra. 

The visa issued for Kailash Mansarovar Yatra is issued for an entire group and is not stamped or pasted on each pilgrim’s passport. In case you have a Chinese visa on your passport, first, it will be cancelled, and then a Group visa for Kailash Yatra will be issued. After completion of the Kailash Mansarovar Yatra, you can reapply for a Chinese visa, because an embassy cannot issue two or more visas at a single time.

The NRIs or non-Indian passport holders have to reach Nepal, 4-5 working days before the Kailash Yatra starting date, where you will be issued a visa on arrival. Submit your passport to your respective sales representative of the Trip To Temples, who will then apply for a Group Visa for the Kailash Yatra. Please note that if you are an NRI, the minimum requirement for travellers in a group is up to 5 individuals as per the Kailash Yatra visa process guidelines.

The Kailash Mansarovar Yatra in Tibet requires a minimum validity of 6 months from the starting date of your travel. 

To apply for the Kailash Mansarovar Yatra via the Government of India- MEA route, one needs to process their application from the official website.

To apply for Kailash Mansarovar Yatra via the private route, contact Trip To Temples - India’s no. 1 Kailash Yatra agency at +918510007751. The process to register with Trip To Temples for Kailash Mansarovar Yatra is:

• Fill up the Kailash Yatra 2026 booking form, and attach the scanned coloured image of your passport.
• Send the soft copy of your booking form & passport to info@triptotemples.com
• Transfer booking amount on the given banking details of Trip To Temples account and share transaction details on info@triptotemples.com
• Send self-attested hard copies to our office address.
• Pay the rest amount of your yatra package, 1 month before the Yatra starting date.

The documents required for Kailash Mansarovar Yatra are: registration form, passport (having a minimum validity of 6 months from Yatra date), physical fitness certificate by an MBBS doctor (at least 1 month before your Yatra date), PAN card, 4 coloured photographs, and visa form. Please note that if you are an Indian passport holder, then you will also be required to bring your Voter ID card to enter Nepal, in addition to the above-mentioned documents.

A Nepal visa is not required for a person travelling from India for the Kailash Mansarovar Yatra, except that a group visa to visit the Tibetan Autonomous Region (TAR) is mandatory. However, NRIs or non- Indian passport holders require a Nepal visa (on arrival) along with a group visa issued by China for Kailash Mansarovar Yatra. The duration of the Tibet Group visa for Kailash Yatra is 20 days; however, one has to exit Tibet within 7 days from the date of entry. The duration of the Group visa cannot be extended; hence all members of the group need to enter and exit Tibet at the same time.

Kailash Yatra Permit and a visa are two different things required to travel to Kailash Mansarovar. Both the permit and the visa are issued on a strict group basis, i.e., the entire group enters and exits Tibet together. A visa is a document required for any international travel.

Although a visa and Permit for Kailash Mansarovar are issued by the Embassy of China, it is different from the mainland China visa. Kailash Yatra permit and visa are special permissions issued by the Chinese Authority that allow you to travel only to the Tibetan Autonomous Region.

A Kailash Yatra permit for the group is applied for 45 days before the Kailash Yatra date. Only after the issuance of the Kailash Mansarovar Yatra permit, private tour operators apply for the Kailash Mansarovar Yatra visa, taking 4-5 working days. A Kailash Yatra permit can only be applied via authorized travel agencies and not individually.

A staple VISA for the entire group is issued by the Chinese embassy, which is neither pasted nor stamped on the passport. The VISA for Kailash Yatra is a sheet of paper on which the name of each group member, along with their nationality, date of birth, and passport number, is mentioned.

For people travelling from India, the VISA is issued by the Embassy of China in Delhi, and for people travelling from countries other than India, the VISA is issued by the Embassy of China in Kathmandu. Those who are NRIs or have non- Indian passports must reach Kathmandu at least 4-5 days before the Kailash Mansarovar Yatra starting date.