Upper Mustang Trekking

Detail Itinerary

• Day 01:Drive From Kathmandu to Pokhara You will leave early in the morning, after breakfast in Kathmandu. A Guide will pick you from the hotel and transfer you to a tourist bus. The drive will take you through beautiful forests and amazing views. Upon reaching Pokhara, a guide will pick you and escort you to the hotel. In the evening after some rest, you can have a walking experience with the outlook of the scenic and ever buzzing life around Lakeside in Phewa Lake.
  
  Maximum altitude: 1,400 meters (Kathmandu and Pokhara)
  Driving hours: 6 to 7 hours
  Major attraction: Landscape, Deepest gorge (Kaligandaki) and local settlement
  Mountains Viewed: Mount Dhaulagiri (8,167m/26,794ft), Mount Manaslu (8,156m/26,759ft), Mount Machhapuchhre (6,993m/22,943ft), Annapurna peaks and many more
  No. of hotels: 100+
  Stay overnight at hotel in Pokhara
• Day 02:Fly to Jomsom and trek to Kagbeni Early morning after having breakfast, we will take a short beautiful flight from Pokhara to Jomsom. The flight will offer you to observer the deepest river gorge in the world, Kaligandaki. After landing at Jomsom airport, there starts the actual trek. Following the east bank of Kaligandaki River to Ekle Bhatti, we walk for another half an hour to reach Kagbeni. Kagbeni is an oasis-like resolution consisting of flat-roofed houses.
  
  Flight Duration: about 20 minutes
  Walking hours: 3 to 4 hours
  Maximum altitude: 2,810m/9,216ft (Kagbeni)
  Minimum altitude: 2,700m/8,898ft (Jomsom)
  Major attractions: Ekle Bhatti village (situated on the bank of two rivers), Tibetan Buddhist Gompa, ancient salt trade trail, etc
  Mountains Viewed: Mount Dhaulagiri, Annapurna, Nilgiri, and Mount Tilicho
  Number of lodges: 10+
  Stay overnight at the hotel in Kagbeni
• Day 03:Kagbeni to Chele Today, after having the morning breakfast, we take a short walk through a fine flagstone-paved path. Our real trails begin from Kagbeni where special trekking permit is checked by government authority. We then enter the restricted area of Mustang. Continuing our walk towards the east bank of Kali Gandaki, we pass by some impressive villages of Tangbe and Chhusang. Before we reach Chele, we cross the river, passing through the street that falls from a cliff.
  
  Walking hours: 5 to 6 hours
  Maximum altitude: 3,050m/10,004ft (Chele)
  Minimum altitude: 2,810m/9,216ft (Kagbeni)
  Major attractions: landscape with gorges and hills, an ancient village with white-washed houses, barley and buckwheat fields, and apple orchards
  Mountains Viewed: Mount Nilgiri
  Stay overnight at a local guesthouse in Chele
• Day 04:Chele to Syanbochen From Chele, we climb a lofty road and after that proceed up a precarious gully to Eklo Bhatti and rise up to the Taklam La (3,625 m/11,940 ft), a high pass. Rising above the pass, we go down to Samar, we can see the excellent perspective on Mount Nilgiri from Samar. This is a standard spot to stop for pony and donkey trains from where we go on a declining way prompting an enormous canyon past Rangchyung Chorten that is painted red, dark, yellow and white. You'll get an otherworldly perspective on Mount Everest from Syanbochen. It is the home of Nepali-Tibetan Sherpa, known as Solukhumbu. They have a place with the Nyingma-dad Tibetan Buddhist group and practice their very own Buddhist convention and custom which was brought when they relocated from Tibet to Nepal. The district north from Jorsale is just around 113 square kilometers, under Sagarmatha National Park. Colorful rhododendron woodlands in the middle of 3,300 meters to 4,000 meters trail experiences some Juniper then the way drops to Shyanmochen, a modest town with some tea houses at 3,710 meters.
  
  Walking hours: 6 to 7 hours
  Maximum altitude: 3,457m/11,546ft (Syanbochen)
  Minimum altitude: 3,050m/10,004ft (Chele)
  Major attractions: Blue pine, fir, and juniper woods
  Mountains Viewed: Mt. Dhaulagiri, Mt. Everest
  Overnight stay at Lodge in Syanbochen
• Day 05:Syanbochen to Ghaymi The day starts with a rising up to another pass, this one is known as the Yamda La, and through a surprising scene of the desert and a couple of remote settlements and their adjacent yields. Once more, the trail moves up from Syanbochen paving the way to an enormous valley at that point slips to a wide grain field at Gelling. The houses here are painted white and ochre, and made of mud and stones, much the same as in Mustang from Gelling. Further, we go up to the settlement of Tama Gun and advance toward ascension; a pass is known as the Nyi La. Plunging from the pass is very quiet, from that point, we come up to a trail intersection, finally from where we take the left trail that prompts Ghaymi.
  
  Walking hours: 6 to 7 hours
  Maximum altitude: 3,520m/11,546ft (Ghaymi)
  Minimum altitude: 3,457m/11,546ft (Syanbochen)
  Major attractions: ancient houses, Yamda La (3,845m/12,655 ft), Nyi La (4,015 m/13,205ft)
  Overnight stay at lodge in Ghaymi
• Day 06:Ghaymi to Charang Ghaymi to Charang is a pleasant walk. No sooner we cross Ghaymi Khola, commencing where our trail goes through a plateau and crosses long Mani wall. The influence of Tibetan culture is clearly seen in this area. As the wall ends, our trek heads towards the east for Charang village where we will halt for a night. Willow trees, maze fields, and houses built and separated by stone walls are the attractions of this area. A huge white Dzong and red Gompa also attract tourists here.
  
  Walking hours: 5 to 6 hours
  Maximum altitude: 3,620m/11,873ft (Charang)
  Minimum altitude: 3,520m/11,546ft (Ghaymi)
  Major attractions: Ghami Khola, Charang La pass, Charang Chu canyon
  Overnight stay in Charang
• Day 07:Charang to Lo-Mangthang Trek to Lo-Manthang is a magnificent experience. Views of Nilgiri, Tilicho, Annapurna I and Bhrikuti Peak make you spellbound. First of all, our trail descends to Charang Chu Canyon and then goes uphill. Before we arrive at the windy pass of Lo, our trail descends gently. From this area, we can enjoy Lo-Manthang Valley with natural influences.
  
  Walking hours: 3 to 4 hours
  Maximum altitude: 3,730m/12,234ft (Lo-Manthang)
  Minimum altitude: 3,620m/11,873ft (Charang)
  Major attractions: Lo La pass, Damodar Kunda (pond)
  Number of lodges: 15+
  Spend a night at Lo-Manthang
• Day 08:Explore Lo-Mangthang Today will be the day to explore Lo Manthang (One of the best places with loaded with verifiable things on our Upper Mustang trek), a walled city with around 150 houses. This is an old city said to have existed before the 1390s. Lo Manthang was the walled capital of the Kingdom of Lo from its establishment in 1380 by Ame Pal. This town is best known for its tall whitewashed mud-block dividers, gompas and the Royal King's Palace (Maharaja Palace), a nine-cornered, five-story structure that worked at around 1400 (more seasoned than whatever exists now on the planet with such design). There are four noteworthy sanctuaries: Jampa Gompa(Jampa Lhakhang ), the most seasoned magnificence of workmanship, worked in the right on time around the fifteenth century and furthermore known as the "God's home" (Also Thubchen Gompa), a colossal, red mass get together to lobby inside the God's home and Gompa worked in around the late fifteenth century arranged only southwest of Jampa Gompa (Chodey Gompa), presently the primary city Gompa; and the Choprang Gompa, which is prominently known as the "Naya Gompa". Despite the fact that outside guests were just permitted in the kingdom after 1992 after so long of the verifiable travel industry to Upper Mustang stays restricted at this point. So, today in the substance we investigate the Gompas and you can even visit Tingkat (home to around 40 houses). Medium-term is offered at a cabin with breakfast, lunch, and dinner inclusive. Along these lines, Our Exploration Day to Lo Manthang will be effective and it will without a doubt be the best section of our Upper Mustang Trek.
  
  Altitude: 3,730m/12,234ft (Lo-Manthang)
  Major attractions: Royal Palace including the Jampa Gompa, Thubten Gompa, Chodey Gompa, and Choprang Gompa, etc.
  Number of lodges: 1 hotel
  Overnight stay at Lo-Manthang
• Day 09:Lo-Mangthang to Drakmar You will take the upper highland trail to bid farewell to Lo-Manthang. This gives you splendid views of both Lo-Manthang and Charang Valley. You can also see the snow-capped mountains in the background. From here, you will cross one of the last passes, Dhi Pass at 4,100 meters. Onwards, you will trek to Dhamkar.
  
  Walking hours: 6 to 7 hours
  Maximum altitude: 3,810 m/12,500ft (Drakmar)
  Minimum altitude: 3,730m/12,234ft (Lo-Manthang)
  Major attractions: Gyakar village, oldest Tibetan monastery - Ghar Gompa, etc.
  Number of lodges: 10+
  Stay Overnight at Drakmar in the guesthouse
• Day 10:Dhakmar to Ghiling We start our trek early to avoid strong winds and descend for the most part of the trek. Our trail passes through a dry plateau and fields, before reaching Ghiling. The walk can be relatively difficult as we are most likely to experience strong winds on our faces. Ghiling is mostly dry, but we still get good views of the Dhaulagiri and Nilgiri Mountains. We can tour the village in the evening.
  
  Walking hours: 5 to 6 hours
  Maximum altitude: 3,810 m/12,500ft (Drakmar)
  Minimum altitude: 3,806m/12,484ft (Ghiling)
  Major attractions: Ghiling village, landscape, mountains, etc.
  Number of lodges: 5+
  Overnight stay in Ghiling
• Day 11:Ghiling to Chhuksang From Gelling, we join the regular trekking trail to Chhuksang and continue towards Chungsi Cave Monastery - one of Ghiling's highlights from The Upper Mustang region of Nepal. It was built on our way built beside the vertical canyon wall, which is also known as the place where Padmasambhava meditated. After crossing two deep valleys we reach the riverbed of the Kali Gandaki and then follow the trail to Kagbeni, an ancient trade post with a Buddhist monastery.
  
  Walking hours: 5 to 6 hours
  Maximum altitude: 3,806m/12,484ft (Ghiling)
  Minimum altitude: (3050m/10,004ft) (Chhuksang)
  Major attractions: a beautiful village, mountain peaks, mountain ranges, rivers, etc.
  Overnight at lodge in Chhuksang
• Day 12:Chhuksang to Jomsom We have reached the final day of our Upper Mustang trekking trails on hills. This day, we make a journey down the valley to Jharkot and Khingar where there are beautiful monasteries that you can explore as we lose elevation. It then gradually joins the Kali Gandaki River valley base and the trail leads to Jomsom, district headquarters of Mustang. Jomsom market area may seem like a big chance to outlook the serene trails and villages. Rest and refresh at the lodge or explore Jomsom bazaar.
  
  Walking hours: 6 to 7 hours
  Maximum altitude: 3050m/10,004ft (Chhuksang)
  Minimum altitude: 2,700/8,856ft (Jomsom)
  Major attractions: Jomsom Bazaar, Annapurna route, Kagbeni town, etc.
  Number of lodges: 20+
  Overnight stay at Jomsom
• Day 13:Fly back to Pokhara We take an early morning flight to Pokhara. The airplane passes through a gorge between Annapurna and Dhaulagiri mountains making the flight itself an amazing experience. After arriving in Pokhara, we can spend the day with rest in Pokhara or with a city excursion.
  
  Flight Duration: about 20 minutes
  Maximum altitude: 2,700/8,856ft (Jomsom)
  Minimum altitude: 1,400m (Pokhara)
  Major attractions: Various mountain views, Lake City Pokhara, lush landscape, etc
  Number of lodges: 100+
  Overnight in Pokhara
• Day 14:Drive from Pokhara to Kathmandu On this day we get back to Kathmandu by car/van. Upon your arrival at Kathmandu, the NTA team will offer you a farewell dinner with hygienic and delicious Nepalese food and delicacies.
  
  Driving Duration: 6 to 7 hours
  Altitude: 1,400m
  Overnight stay in Kathmandu