Kalachakra Pilgrimage Mongolia Tour 2026

Join the Pilgrimage

START DATE AUG 14, 2026

END DATE AUG 30, 2026

COST AUD $5500

Join us on this once in a lifetime journey with Khentrul Rinpoche and Vesna Wallace into the heart of Mongolia. During this 16-day pilgrimage participants will study and practice the pinnacle of the Buddha Dharma while on an immersive journey to the countries most sacred sites.

We will start in the beautiful forest outside of Ulaanbaatar, where Khentrul Rinpoche will bestow the Kalachakra empowerment. Then Vesna Wallace, a renowned scholar on the Kalachakra Tantra and Mongolian Shamanic Buddhism, will guide us with teachings and stories about the country’s rich spiritual tradition into the Gobi desert to meet the Shambhala Oracle.

Our journey continues to the oldest Monastery in Mongolia, Erdene Zuu where we will retreat and receive Kalachakra teachings. For students who are qualified, Khentrul Rinpoche will bestow the Higher Empowerment of Kalachakra as well as the transmission of the 3 isolations practice. He will give teachings on the path of the 6 vajra yogas throughout the retreat.

Pictures from the pilgrimage

Who can come?

Pilgrimage, Kalachakra Empowerment, and retreat is open to everyone.
Higher Empowerment and 3 Isolations (Wen-Sum) Transmission is open to previous
Kalachakra Initiations by an application.

Tour educators

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Jocelyn McCall

Tour Leader

Luciano Guevara

Medical Professionals

Required documents for the pilgrimage

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*Dzokden doesn't require you get travel insurance but highly encourages you to get it. Please ensure you have whatever medial insurance you need for travel if personally neccessary.

Partners accompanying the pilgrimage

The tour includes

15 night stay in Mongolia
Daily guided meditations and reflections guided by Spiritual Director, Khentrul Rinpoche and Senior students
Kalachakra Empowerment (Initiation), Vajra Vega Empowerment and Higher Empowerment* depending on approval
Authentic traditional accommodations, all meals included

Tour Details

Tentative Schedule

Day 1 | 4th August – Arrival in Ulaanbaatar

After participants have arrived, they will be transported into the beautiful national park of Terelj.
Once everyone is settled in, we will have dinner together. In the evening teaching, Khentrul Rinpoche
will open the Kalachakra ceremony with offerings to the earth goddesses and give teachings on taking the empowerment.

Day 2, 3, 5 | Merit Generation + Kalachakra Empowerment Evening Ceremony

Breakfast then to the Kalachakra grounds where we will engage in a variety of activities such as Tara making, ritual dances, and offering making. In the evening, Khentrul Rinpoche will have another Kalachakra ceremony and teachings.

Day 6 | 9th August – Vajra Vega Empowerment at Shambhala Land

Food & Accommodations

Food

Mongolian diet is typically meat and dairy based. We have arranged for a vegetarian trip. The food will range from simple to more extravagant depending on where we are staying.

Accommodations

We will be staying in a mix of modern hotels, ger camps, and huts. In Ulaanbaatar, rooms will have western toilets and hot water. Gers have shared bathrooms. Tokei can sometimes be 0 to 200 feet from your tent.

Kalachakra Empowerment

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Higher Empowerment

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Registration This Pilgrimage

Meet Your Teacher

Khentrul Rinpoche

Jonang Kalachakra and Rimé Master

Khentrul Rinpoché Jamphel Lodrö is the founder and spiritual director of Dzokden. Rinpoche is the author of Unveiling Your Sacred Truth, The Great Middle Way: Clarifying the Jonang View of Other-Emptiness, A Happier Life, and The Hidden Treasure of the Profound Path.

Rinpoche spent the first 20 years of his life herding yak and chanting mantras on the plateaus of Tibet. Inspired by the bodhisattvas, he left his family to study in a variety of monasteries under the guidance of over twenty-five masters in all the Tibetan Buddhist traditions. Due to his non-sectarian approach, he earned himself the title of Rimé (unbiased) Master and was identified as the reincarnation of the famous Kalachakra Master Ngawang Chözin Gyatso. While at the core of his teachings is the recognition that there is great value in the diversity of all spiritual traditions found in this world; he focuses on the Jonang-Shambhala tradition.