UPPER MUSTANG TREK

 

Trip Length - 17 Days
Trip Start: Kathmandu
Trip Ends: Kathmandu
Trip Style: Camping/Tea House Trekking
Max. Altitude: 4,135 m /13562.8 ft
Activity Per Day: Approximately 4-5 hrs walking per day
Trip Category: Remote Area Trek

Trekking into Upper Mustang is a rare and privileged opportunity, you can experience the true life of the real mountain people of Nepal. In many ways, trekking into the Upper Mustang Area is similar to trekking in to Tibet, which geographically it is a part of.

Upper Mustang trek lying in the rain shadow of the Himalayas is perhaps the last enclave of pristine Tibetan Upper Mustang trekkingculture. Forbidden & isolated from the rest of the World it was able to evolve its own distinctive culture and traditional which is so rich & unique. Lo-Mustang, the capital is walled city ruled by religious king. Untouched by modern civilization, life in Mustang goes on as it has for centuries in unhurried pace. As everywhere in the Himalayas, this area provides spectacular mountain scenery highlighted by Dhaulagiri at 8167 meters (26,795ft) and Annapurna I at 8091 meters (26,545ft). You will be surrounded by more than 35 mountains over 6000 meters (19,680ft) high. The elevation of the the trails rise from 2815 meters (9,233ft) to 4135 meters (13562 ft) above sea level.

ITINERARY:

Day 01 - Arrival at the international airport in Kathmandu (1,345m). Overnight at a hotel.
Day 02 - Oerientation meeting and sightseeing in and around Kathmandu. Overnight at a hotel.
Day 03 - Drive or fly to Pokhara from Kathmandu. Overnight at a hotel.
Day 04 - Flight to Jomsom from Pokhara. Trek to Kagbeni. Overnight at tented camps or tea house.
Day 05 - Trek to Chaile. Overnight at tented camps or tea house.
Day 06 - Trek to Geling. Overnight at tented camps or tea house.
Day 07 - Trek to Charang (3,620m). Overnight at tented camps or tea house.
Day 08 - Trek to Lo Manthang . Overnight at tented camps or tea house.
Day 09 - Visit Namgyal Gompa and Tingkhar. Overnight at tented camps or tea house.
Day 10 - Trek to Dhi (3,410m). Overnight at tented camps or tea house.
Day 11 - Trek to Tange (3,370m). Overnight at tented camps or tea house.
Day 12 - Trek to Tetang / Chusang (3,022m). Overnight at tented camps or tea house.
Day 13 - Trek to Jomsom. Overnight at tented camps or tea house.
Day 14 - A 30-minute flight back to Pokhara. Overnight at a hotel.
Day 15 - Leisure day and sightseeing in and around Pokhara. Overnight at a hotel.
Day 16 - Drive or fly from Pokhara to Kathmandu. Overnight at a hotel.
Day 17 - Transfer to the international airport in Kathmandu for your final departure.

 

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