Overview
The marvelous experience of Upper Mustang is situated at northwest Himalayan range. The place is situated in the middle of Tibetan level and Dhaulagiri-Annapurna Himalayan range. Upper Mustang is a huge high valley, parched and dry. A standout amongst the most intriguing components of Mustang is many cliff residences, some of which look totally difficult to reach. The upper Mustang with Mountain Goat Trek starts after the windswept lower Mustang at Jomsom, the capital of the Mustang region however the genuine Tibetan style locale lies north of Kagbeni and is generally known as Upper Mustang. Travel heads towards north meeting the Upper Mustang trail at Kagbeni. Exploration of Upper Mustang offers you to see old gompas, social villas, diverse landscapes and astonishing Himalayan range.
Itinerary
Outlined Itinerary
Day 01: Arrive Kathmandu
Day 02: Sightseeing in Kathmandu Valley
Day 03: Fly/ drive to Pokhara and half day sightseeing in Pokhara
Day 04: Fly to Jomsom & Trek to Kagbeni
Day 05: Trek to Chele
Day 06: Trek to Geling
Day 07: Trek to Charang
Day 08: Trek to Lo-Manthang
Day 09: A rest day at Lo– Manthang
Day 10: Exploration Lo Manthang
Day 11: Trek to Ghami
Day 12: Trek to Samar
Day 13: Trek to Kagbeni
Day 14: Trek to Jomsom
Day 15: Fly to Pokhara and fly/drive to Kathmandu
Day 16: Depart Kathmandu
Detailed Itinerary
Day 1: Arrive Kathmandu
Upon your arrival in Kathmandu, one of our delegates will pick you up and escort you to your designated hotel. In the hotel, you will be briefed about the further plans of the trek.
Day 2: Sightseeing in Kathmandu
After breakfast, we will be visiting UNESCO recorded world heritage sites such as Kathmandu Durbar Square, Boudhanath, Swayambhunath (monkey temple), and Pashupatinath in Kathmandu Valley the entire day. Stay overnight in Hotel.
Day 03: Fly/drive to Pokhara and half day touring in Pokhara
After breakfast, you will be headed to Pokhara city, 200 km west from Kathmandu. You may take a flight to Pokhara as well. We will go through excellent timberlands, profound chasms and Nepali towns on our way to the goal. Pokhara is an exhaustively well known traveler goal for its natural incredibleness. After lunch, you will be guided for half day city touring. Firstly, you will visit Fewa Lake where you can see the impression of Mt. Machhapuchhre if the atmosphere is clear. The lake also houses Barahi Temple arranged in the midst of the lake. Other charming objectives would be Devi’s Waterfall, Tibetan Refugee Settlement, Gupteshwor Cave, International Mountain Museum and Bindabasini Temple.
Day 04: Fly to Jomsom and Trek to Kagbeni
From Pokhara, you take an early morning flight to Jomsom. You will appreciate magnificent perspectives of Annapurna and Dhaulagiri mountains. In the wake of reaching Jomsom and resting for some time, you will move towards Kagbeni (2800m). Kagbeni is a standard town with medieval looks and intriguing lanes.
Day 05: Trek to Chele
From Kagbeni, you will take after the path inciting to the riverbank of upstream Kali gandaki. In the midst of the walk you will get excellent points of view of mountains, forests and scenes. Proceeding with the excursion for some extra time, you will reach Tangbe. From that point, you will push ahead to Chele town.
Day 06: Trek to Geling
This day you will walk around soak trails on very dry leave. In travel you will witness a couple of gulches, interesting chortens passes and the Samar town. Finally you will reach Geling which is the last goal for the day.
Day 07: Trek to Charang
Today’s trek will be moderately less easy. The trail tenderly goes up by intersection the fascinating passes, steel connect at Tangmar River, dim and red precipices and Mani dividers. Presently, you should walk downhill to come to the Charang town by intersection the go at 3600m. Charang houses five colossal stories of Dzong and Red Gompa and gathering of Statues and Thankas too.
Day 08: Trek to Lo-Manthang
You will spend part of the morning exploring the interesting village of Charang and its large monastery, before setting out for Lo Manthang. You climb gently above the valley to a large isolated chorten that marks the boundary between Charang and Lo. The trail then broadens and eventually you get our first view of the walled city of Lo Manthang. The city has only one entrance so you circumambulate the wall to the gate on the north east corner.
Day 09: A rest day at Lo – Manthang
Today you will spend your entire day taking a whole rest for acclimatizing to height, considering and making courses of action for up and coming outings and getting habituated to your trekking objectives. You can likewise move around Lo-Manthang.
Day 10: Exploration Lo Manthang
Today, you will explore the village. The city contains about 150 houses, as well as residences for its many lamas. There are four major temples within the city and one of these, Champa Lhakang, contains a huge clay statue of Buddha as well as elaborates mandalas painted on the walls. The king’s palace is an imposing building in the center of the city and is occupied by the current King and Queen. Although his duties are largely ceremonial, the King is respected by the people and consulted about many issues by villagers throughout the kingdom.
Day 11: Trek to Ghami
You continue your journey on the highland route, crossing alpine meadows before dropping down a steep eroded alley to Dhakmar for lunch. After lunch, you walk through the pretty valley, climb to a ridge and descend from there back to Ghami.
Day 12: Trek to Samar
Leaving Ghami, you will take after a slender winding way crossing a little stramuntil you achieve Geling. In transit, you can appreciate great perspective of Nilgiri Mountain, betrayed scenes, Tibetan style towns and their way of life, terraced cultivating and characteristic vegetation.
Day 13: Trek to Kagbeni
From Samar to Kagbeni, you will walk around seven hours cross Kaligandaki River to reach Chhuksang. Continuing with the trek, you will stroll along the bank of the Kaligandaki River with in the midst of ordinary vegetation and apple manors. Afterward, you will reach Kagbeni.
Day 14: Trek to Jomsom
Today you will trek up to Jomsom (2713m), which takes around three hours. The trail first goes through the bank of the Kaligandaki River and afterward through Eklebhatti. The trail is blustery in the early afternoons. From there, you will head towards Jomsom.
Day 15: Fly to Pokhara and fly/drive to Kathmandu
After breakfast you can check in the air terminal to fly back to Pokhara. After arriving in Pokhara air terminal, you will either take another flight to Kathmandu or will be made a beeline for Kathmandu by methods for traveler vehicle. You can appreciate the accessible time at Kathmandu shopping and unwinding.
Day 16: Depart Kathmandu
After checking out of the hotel, our representative will take you to the international airport for your flight home. If you want to continue your stay in Nepal for short tours i.e. National parks, rafting, mountain biking, hiking, etc., please do let us know. We will be proudly serving your needs.
Price Policy
COST INCLUDES
- Airport pick up and drop off by private tourist vehicle
- All your standard meals during the trek (Breakfast, lunch and dinner)
- Highest available standard lodges and guesthouses accommodation during the trek
- English-speaking tour guide and trekking guide
- The required number of local staff and porters to carry your luggage during the trek (We assign one porter for every two guests.)
- Food, accommodation, salary, insurance, equipment and medicine for all staff
- Entry fees for all monuments, parks, temples and monasteries mentioned in the itinerary
- All surface transfer required in sightseeing tour
- National Park permits and TIMS permit for trekking
- Farewell dinner in typical Nepali Restaurant with cultural dance show on the second last day
- All our government taxes, vat, tourist service charges
COST EXCLUDES
- Travel insurance which covers emergency Rescue and Evacuation
- International airfare and airport departure tax
- Nepal entry visa;
- Alcoholic, hot and cold drinks
- Personal trekking Equipment (You can hire sleeping bag and down jacket from us at USD 25 per item for the duration of the trek.)
- Tips for trekking staff and driver (Tipping is expected.)
- Any others expenses which are not mentioned on ‘Price Includes’ section