For people who don’t have a lot of time on their hands or those who are infirm or are traveling with people who are not in the best of health, choosing the helicopter route from Lucknow is the best idea. Not only does this route save you a lot of time, it also is less physically-demanding than other routes where the major part of the journey is to be made by trekking. You will have to trek quite a bit if you want to do the ‘parikrama’ of Mount Kailash, but that is optional. A lot of people don’t do the ‘parikrama’ itself and choose to do the ‘darshan’ of Mount Kailash along with a holy dip in the Lake Mansarovar. Choosing a helicopter route will give you more time to do the ‘parikrama’ or to just enjoy the feeling of being so close to the abode of Lord Shiva.