A Lifetime Experience at Kailash Mansarovar in Shravan Month...
I had this lovely opportunity to visit Kailash Mansarovar in July, holy Shravan month. Big thanks to Max holidays, and Nimisha for organizing this tour. It is not a luxury trip, but a journey of surrender, faith, love and trust in the entire process, challenges and tests you go through. With all the uncertainities around permit, visa approvals, weather conditions, flight reschedules, low oxygen levels, very modest living conditions, there was so much of if's and but's in mind, but trust Mahadev, and everything would be taken care of. I had my lifetime experience when I completed this Pradakshina, to be honest, all worth it. Porters, Cooks, Guides at Nepal, Tibet side were kind and supportive throughout journey. I consider them equally responsible for successful journey.
My only suggestions for Max Holidays, that can help enhance their services further (not sure how much of it would be feasible due to high uncertainities around multiple aspects in this journey and tough situations around visa, permits, weather conditions, etc.)
1) Reducing size of batches (we were 72 people in our group)
2) Creating separate batches/ groups for big family travellers vs solo travellers for effective and smooth operation and management in Nepal, Tibet (China) side.
3) Having one Max representative throughout the journey along to manage travellers queues for internal flights, handling tickets/passports, room allocations, concerns/queries all along to ensure fair practice for all travellers, accountability and responsibility of the entire journey.
4) Not charging extra for full moon trips when there is high uncertainity of travellers not reaching by that time
August 12, 2025