Upper Mustang Lo Manthang Trek

Trip Facts

  • Duration 17 Days
  • Trip Difficulty moderate_strenuous
  • Max. Altitude 3840m
  • Start and End Kathmandu - Kathmandu
  • Best Time Mar-May & Sep-Nov
  • Accommodation Hotel / Tea House

Trip Highlights

  • Forbidden kingdom of Nepal
  • Ancient caves
  • Transhimalayan region
  • Tibetan like culture and tradition
  • Biggest monastery in the Asia

Overview

Upper Horse Lo Manthang Trip is quite possibly of the most beautiful and effortlessly attractive country in Nepal Himalaya with its dissolved high precipices and ravines of shifted colors red-brown with pale blue dim that make the scenes dynamic and fascinating.

Upper Horse found North Far Western Himalaya of Nepal which lies on old Salt shipping lane of Nepal and Tibet, where some exchange actually exists through high Karo-la pass past Lo-Manthang the previous walled realm of Upper Bronco.

Upper Horse, an expansion of Southern West of Tibet viewed as world’s most elevated and biggest table-land and a level of dry and bone-dry scenes however gorgeous with fabulous landscape of slopes and valley with customary towns including grain fields and old cloisters of extraordinary interest to visit.

Upper Horse Lo Manthang Traveling starts from grand Pokhara city and its green verdant valley favored with normal excellence of Annapurna Himalaya and peaceful lakes, where a short flight takes you to land at Jomsom the settle town of Bronco region and home of Thakali individuals.

From Jomsom walk leads on wide Kali-Gandaki Waterway valley to go into Upper Bronco by means of Kagbeni town and past intriguing towns of Chusang-Ghami-Tsarang and crossing grand high passes to venture into a walled previous realm at Lo-Manthang.

Inside the walled towns with noteworthy visit around its Tibetan style houses and towns with comparable Buddhist culture and customary life visiting its previous royal residence of Horse Raja (lord) and religious communities and afterward going to Jomsom for picturesque short trip to delightful Pokhara.

After a fascinating excursion that could only be described as epic experience where our experience finishes at Pokhara with drive back to Kathmandu with hypnotizing and pleasant time in Upper Horse Journeying with Glory Himalayan extraordinary help.

What's included

  • Experience English speaking Guide and porter
  • 2 Trekkers =1 porter carry 20 kg
  • International pickup and drop off
  • Trekking permits / Special permits (Upper mustang special permits and Annapurna Conversation permits)
  • 3 Hotel Kathmandu 3N/ Pokhara 2 N
  • Food and Accommodations during the trek
  • Guide and porter insurance, meals and accomodation during trek
  • Fly from Kathmandu to Pokhara  /  Jomsom same ways back fly to Kathmandu
  • Medical kits
  • Sleeping bag , duffel  bag, down jacket and trekking poles [To be returned after trek]

What's not included

  • International fly ticket
  • Nepal visa fee
  • Personal medical / travel insurance
  • Guide , porter Driver trips
  • Personal Equipment
  • Personal bill
  • Kathmandu and Pokhara lunch /dinner
  • Any personal issue

Detailed Itinerary

  • DAY 01: Arrival in Kathmandu and transfer to the hotel

    On landing in Kathmandu Tribhuvan Global air terminal, got by our aide and staff for move to your lodging in heart of Kathmandu city around Thamel, an extraordinary fascinating regions. In the wake of looking into your lodgings then meet our aide/pioneer and different individuals from the gathering for preparation in regards to journeying and related data expected in Nepal with Glory Himalayan.

  • DAY 02: Free day in Kathmandu with half day sightseeing tour and trek preparation.

    Permitting you daily in Kathmandu with visit through Kathmandu city where our city guide will show you the marvels of previous history of Nepal visiting world legacy locales of extraordinary significance and interest, evening at recreation groundwork for Upper Bronco Journeying.

  • DAY 03: Drive to Pokhara 850m (220 km) - 06 hrs journey (30 mins by air).

    Morning an astonishing overland excursion to Nepal Mid West at Pokhara on nation's most occupied and fascinating roadway with drive of six hours, on arriving at Pokhara move to your inn by Phewa Lake side, with time for short strolls around the lakeside brimming with great eateries, shops and stores with amazing lodgings.

  • DAY 04: Fly to Jomsom 2,715m 22 mins trek to Kagbeni 2,807m - 04 hrs.

    Early morning move to Pokhara air terminal for picturesque short trip to Jomsom of under 30 minutes with great scene of Dhaulagiri-Tukuche-Nilgiris with Annapurna and Machhapuchare Himal. After an interesting perspectives air borne coming to at Jomsom, the settle town of Horse region situated around Kaligandaki Waterway valley. Here with time to get sort out with reward beginning our most memorable day stroll to Kagbeni towards North West for first short-term at Kagbeni. A fascinating town where you can notice nearby culture like Tibetan customs lifestyle, Kagbeni the doorway to Upper Bronco, where all unfamiliar guests requires exceptional licenses to enter in the prohibited realm of Upper Colt.

  • DAY 05: Trek to Chussang (Tsusang) 2,300 m - 06 hrs.

    Morning walk leads into high Upper Bronco with slow tough and into uncovered valley encased inside bright disintegrated ravines and high precipice edge spotted with little caverns, as our course leads on steady way with sublime perspectives on Nilgiris-Dhaulagiri and Horse Himal, with short not many in the middle between and afterward coming to at first town of inward Upper Colt at Chussang frequently spelled as Tsusang too. A homestead region inside scarcely any timberlines of Willow-Juniper and Poplars that encompasses the town, the main species that makes due in this cruel dry environment, here with time to appreciate and visit of neighborhood town.

  • DAY 06: Trek to Samar 3,300 m - 06 hrs.

    From this town walk lead to cross a stream past broken and disintegrated ravines which seems to be a ruin palace walls inside high encompassing bluffs, as walk lead past Chussang with perspectives on vivid and splendid red dissolved precipices above openings of difficult to reach caves. After a consistent stroll of one hour arriving at Chele/Tshele town for short concise stops and noticing town old conventional life. From Chele town walk gets more extreme for an hour with a move to an edge of over 3,130 m high with stupendous perspectives on Gyagar across gigantic gulch. Journey go on with a sluggish hop on this desolate territory till little picturesque pass is reached at 3,540 m. From here a slow plunge prompts Samar for short-term stop in a decent nearby cabin or guesthouse.

  • DAY 07: Trek to Ghiling 3,600 m - 06 hrs.

    Walk today begins with short move above Samar town to arrive at an edge top, and afterward downhill heading towards an enormous chasm past a request chhorten of red, dark, yellow and white tone. Experience keeps on arriving at one more grand valley with scanty vegetation of juniper trees, subsequent to crossing a stream, walk drives uphill to an edge at over 3,800 m high, and afterward move over to another pass, from here our course plummet to Shyangmochen. This is a little settlement with few little cafés at over 3,710 m high, after a quite lovely break go on with delicate move over a pass at 3,770 m to enter an immense valley on downhill way towards our short-term stop at Geling with huge fields of grain encompass this beautiful town.

  • DAY 08: Trek to Tsarang (Charang) 3,520 m - 05 hrs.

    After a brilliant and lovely short-term in Geling, morning starts with a progressive sluggish move past harvests fields inside the focal point of the valley, walk leads underneath Tama Gung settlements and go on with long move across the top of a valley above Nyi La pass 3,950m. The top prizes you with staggering scene of Bronco landscape with white snow covered pinnacles and this is the most noteworthy mark of the experience and the southern limit of Lo. From here a continuous downhill brings to an intersection; the correct way drives direct to Tsarang while the passed on prompts Ghami town one of the fundamental major of Lo district. Our course leads beneath inside blue, dim and red precipices across a valley to get a steel span over Tangmarchu Waterway, way moves past to a long and sublime stretch of Mani (petition) wall, likely the longest series of petitioning heaven wall in entire Himalaya district. From here with last and last move of the day over 3,600 m high pass, from here a delicate plunge prompts Tsarang or Charang for short-term end, an intriguing town with labyrinth of fields, willow trees and a tremendous five story high of white hued Dzong and a Cloister known as Gompa arranged on the edge of the Kali Gandaki gorge, around Tsarang with its own local area power framework.

  • DAY 09: Trek to Lo Manthang 3,800 m /12,402 ft -05 hrs

    Today toward our last and most anticipated principal feature objective to Lo Manthang, morning begins with a short downhill to cross Charangchu Stream, and afterward with steep move to an edge passing Tholung valley. Here our path redirects towards north with steady move to arrive at an enormous chhorten, which denotes the limit among Tsarang and Lo, the trip follows a stream and afterward arriving at an extraordinary wide desolate valley. As the walk at last arrive at on top 3,850 m high pass offers fantastic perspective on walled town of Lo Mananthang, taking a short slide towards a stream that frames the walled town, structure here a short trip drives you toward the southern mass of Lo Manthang town. The unrivaled access to the town from North East corner, so one needs to stroll around the wall to arrive at the fundamental entry door in some cases. On entering previous illegal realm of Lo Manthang, move into a nearby cabin and guesthouses with time to peruse around its rear entryway and thin roads with shops and stores.

  • DAY 10: At Lo Manthang rest day with local excursion.

    Rest day at Lo-Manthang, when a capital of Lo (Colt region), one of the biggest town with in excess of 150 houses incorporates number of occupant for cleric, priests and lamas, houses are firmly loaded with castle and cloisters situated in the base segment around vertical piece of L molded houses. School, wellbeing post, police post and a few significant chhorten are situated external the walls toward the north of the door and east of devout region of this huge town. Notwithstanding the evident filth of Lo Manthang, the town is wealthy and keeps up major areas of strength for with of local area. Here individuals call themselves as Lobas, individuals from Lo. Intertwined areas of strength for with Buddhism practice of culture and economy, before solid exchange with Tibet where all salt and fleece exchange inside Kali Gandaki went through Lo-Manthang and this carried a significant measure of economy to this extraordinary town. The Horse raja's castle stands an overwhelming 4 story working in the focal point of the city. It is the home of the previous Raja (ruler), Jigme Parbal Bista, and the Rani (sovereign), who is from the respectable group of Lhasa and Shigatse in Tibet. We have held a day for you to unwind with visit through renowned religious communities Namgyal Gompa, Champa Lakhang (God House), Red Thubchen Gompa, Chyodi Gompa and the incomparable Entry Corridor with extraordinary consent to visit castle inside.

  • DAY 11: Trek to Ghami 3,440 m - 06 hrs.

    With energizing and agreeable time in Lo-Manthang, leave from this magical and legendry realm beginning with drop and not many short trip the entire way to Ghami. As the morning walk leads outside the walled Lo-Manthang town, our course prompts a consistent move to a pass offering keep going look at Lo-Manthang, stroll from here on is pretty much on continuous with downhill inclines more than halfway to Ghami town for short-term stop, Ghami one more significant town of Upper Colt district.

  • DAY 12: Trek to Samar 3,150 m - 05 hrs.

    Journey today follows on same course towards Nyi La, move to the edge and afterward forming upwards and afterward arriving at the street coming from Tsarang. From the highest point of the edge a lofty drop to Geling Valley. The path keeps bypassing Geling to a solitary teahouse and afterward a delicate downhill to a little settlement of Tama Gung. A lofty curves trail prompts a stream; the path moves to a huge painted chhorten and afterward on direct course to our short-term stop at Samar.

  • DAY 13: Trek to Kagbeni -05 hrs and transfer to lodge.

    Our course from Samar leads on downhill path on a similar heading for not many hour past Chele town to reach at Bronco Khola, from here walk leads on continuous in the middle of between extraordinary gulches and disintegrated high precipices to arrive at back at Kagbeni for last for the time being inside Upper Colt.

  • DAY 14: Trek to Jomsom 2,715 m - 04 hours.

    After Muktinath, rest of the strolls is moderate strolls with a major drop of 1,200m downhill to Kaligandaki waterway valley, and to Jomsom settle town of Colt locale with a little airstrip above Kaligandaki Stream. Jomsom situated on Kaligandaki Stream valley home of Thakali individuals of Buddhist religion been on exchange line with Tibet since hundred years back, as this course lies on old Trans-Himalayan Salt Shipping lane of Nepal/Tibet. Here partake in the early evening with short strolls around Jomsom town, popular for apples and its items.

  • DAY 15: Fly from Jomsom to Pokhara 860 m and transfer to hotel by the Phewa Lake.

    Morning move to Jomsom air terminal for clearing short trip of 22 mins to picturesque Pokhara, on flights wonderful perspectives on Dhaulagiri and Annapurna Himalaya, on coming to at Pokhara move to your lodging by the Phewa Lake side with excellent perspectives on Annapurna tops.

  • DAY 16: Fly or drive to Kathmandu and transfer to the hotels.

    From Pokhara with astonishing time on Upper Colt Traveling with perspectives on Annapurna and Dhaulagiri Himalaya, morning an interesting drive of six hours driving past lovely landscape with ranch towns and towns lastly coming to at Kathmandu, with evening free at recreation for individual exercises. (Via air choices of 30 minutes beautiful departure from Pokhara to Kathmandu)

  • DAY 17: Final departure.

    Last day in Nepal and with Trail Himalaya, with your time for global trip back to your separate nations, our staff and guide moves you to air terminal after an extraordinary encounter on Upper Bronco Journeying.

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