from $3,215* per person	19 Days	March-May, September, October
Comfort accommodations		Exertion level: 5
Operator: One World Trekking		12 people max

'Humla. The name resonates like a hymn. Vast and humbling. Humla echoes in whispers'. In their book 'The Hidden Himalaya', Thomas Kelly and Carroll Dunham take us to the strangest place in the world. Beautiful, bitter, joyous, and holy, it is Humla, an ancient territory at the edge of Nepal. Bordering Tibet, hidden in the Himalayas.

All but forgotten by the rest of the world, the isolated territories of Humla offer vistas that are both limitless and intimate. Here is a land of eternally snow-capped mountains and sweeping valleys - a landscape as forbidding as some distant moon. This is a land where the inhabitants work an alpine soil which relinquishes sustenance begrudgingly. Trade with distant neighbors means days of driving stubborn yaks over perilous mountain trails and the long, harsh winters seem to forever banish warmth from the small villages situated in the area's many narrow valleys. However, this ancient lifestyle does yield untold riches. It is said that the splendid isolation and sheer altitude of the Hidden Himalayas brings their inhabitants closer to the gods, the Hindu Chhetri, Thakuri and Buddhist Bhotia people of this land are possessed of spirituality few Westerners will ever realize. In Humla, the gods are everywhere - in the clouds, in the mountains, in the very dung with which the soil is fertilized. Here is where Lobsang Lama lives in a rock-carved mountainside hermitage. The meditative spiritual life of Humla is partnered with many festivals of religious celebrations marked by joyous celebration. The Hidden Himalaya is our newest trekking journey into Nepal's least-visited region and is sure to be an incredibly inspiring epic Himalayan experience.