Itinerary

 Day 01:  Arrival in Kathmandu, Hotel transfer

Day02:  Sightseeing in Kathmandu, visit Swyambhunath and Darbar square of ancient kingdom.


Day03: Kathmandu to Pokhara (853m/5hrs): We drive to Pokhara which is 200 km west from Kathmandu and it takes 5 hrs journeys along the prithivi, highway, we drive through the small towns, rice field along the two major rivers Trishuli and Marshyandi. Once we reach transfer in Hotel we then explore this beautiful lake city in the evening.

Day04: Pokhara to Jomsom, trek to Kagebeni(2,858m/3hrs):  On this day we take early morning breakfast to catch the morning flight to Jomsom, a scenic  flight of around 20 minute which pass through the two highest Mounain Dhaulagiri( 8,168m) and Annapurna( 8,091m)  brings us to  Jomsom, a district headquarter for Mustang. In ancient time jomsom was a major transit point for the Trans Himalayan salt traders. We meet our trekking staff and prepare for the final depart onward Kagebeni, a gradual path along the Kaligandaki riverbed brings us to Kagebei in 3hrs. This ancient village of 14th century is a borderline for Upper Mustang we are obliged to overnight here for immigration check in. A windswept village of Kagebeni has old monastery to visit.

Day05: Kagebeni to chele (3,050m/5hrs): Journey start only after the special permit check up by police post nearby, then we follow river bank of Kaligandaki upstream having magnificent view of the Nilgiri north and central on the sandy and windy trials to CHHUSANG, Chusang has very fertile crops fields. Some about 2 hours walk from this village we cross the river head up to the huge red chunk of conglomerate that  was fallen from the cliff above, forming a tunnel through which the river follows. CHELE is not more than an hour walk from here.

Day06: Chele to Syanbochen(3’475m/6hrs):  Today we  climbs Taklam La pass( 3,6923m) through  an arid plateaus  which gives us  good view over Tilicho  Peak,YAKAWA KANG, NLGIRI and Damodar Kunda , from this point we descend  to the village of SAMAR, after lunch     in SAMAR we then walk for 3 hrs to reach SYANBOCHEN, evening we explore the village.

Day07: Syanbochen to Ghaymi ( 3,520m/5.30hrs):  In the begins of the day we trek uphill to the YAMDA LA ( 3’850m)  passing  chortens ( Buddhist shrines) ,stupa  and few tea houses , After having Lunch we  ascend the highest point of the trek  at NVI pass( 4,010m) but  we descend immediately  to GHAYMI  where we stop  overnight.

Day08:  Ghymi to Tsarang (3,500m/ 4.30hrs):  We cross Ghymi Khola (river) in the begging of the day, the trail then goes smoothly ups over small passes, on this walk we pass by the very long mani wall (secret stone wall of the Buddhism), from the end of the wall the trails heads eastward which takes about 2 hrs to reach tsarang, this is an easy walking day of the trek.

Day09:  Tsarang to Lo-Manthang (3,700m/5hrs): Today we reach to our final destination the LO- Manthang, Lo- Manthang is an ancient walled city with cultural interest. During the walks we can see a magnificient view  of NILGIRI, TILICHO, ANNAPURNA1 and BHRIKUTI peak, the trails first descend  to TSARANG CHU canyon and then climbs  steeply  after crossing the river, further the trail ascends gently to the 3850m over windy   pass of LO, from this point we can see the Lo-Manthang valley( 3700m) bordering Tibet. We explore this walled city of Lo-Manthang in the evening.

Day10:  Explore Lo manthang: Today we visit Namyal Gompa and Tingkhar, Namyal gompa is situates on the hilltop, which serve as an important monastery for local and also as local court, all social and cultural problems are collected here to solve since centuries , after visiting  this monastery the tour continue to  Tingkhar which is  a village of  40 household, the last village of northwest of L0-manthang, another visit after the end of the day is  to TALL CHAMPA” god house” the red THUGCHEN  Gompa and the building of the RAJA’s palaces.

Day11: Lo Manthang to Ghar-Gompa( 3785m/5hrs): We now returning back to Jomsom following the alternative routes passing through the arid plateau and   crops field  in between, the walks  maynot be pleasant on the back as we suffer the wind on face, as Kaligandaki valley is a wind valley there is always wind  after 9.30 till 6pm in the evening.

Day12: Ghar Gompa to Ghiling( 3806m/5hrs): We walk on the stone bath ,we may encounter  donkey or yak caravan which carrying daily supplies to the altitude villages of  upper Mustang, at the same time we  passes through  wheat field and irrigated  lands on this walk.

Day13: Ghiling to Chele (3050/5hrs):  Here we join the same trek as we walked up on the way to Lo- Manthang,  the trek is relatively easy as we going down , on this walk we see the high summit of  Nilgiri, Tilicho and others Himalayan peaks .

Day14: Chele to   Kagebeni( 2800m/5hrs): We  follow the trails downstream the Kaligandaki river we sometime go over small passes but not too difficult, we   gradually get down through this old salt trade route , the stupa ,monasteries and    chortens( Buddhist shrine)  are the main attraction of the day

Day15: Kagebeni to Jomsom(2700m/3hrs): we start our trek early this day, we pass by Aklebhatti which gives some close view of Nilgiri and beautiful village  view of Kagebeni, the trails continue down on the stony path facing Tukuche( 6960m) Dhaulagiri (8168m)and Nilgiri ( 6940m), we arrive Jomsom for Lunch, we  then explore this district headquarter  during the day end.

Day16: Jomsom –Pokhara- Kathmandu: We first take   an early morning flights to Pokhara, the flight runs only in the morning from Jomsom due to its unique geographical position, we take   breakfast in Pokhar then take 5 hrs bus drives to Kathmandu the same day.

Day17:  Visit Kathmandu, the Swyambhunath and buddhanath Stupa

Day18: Departure.

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