During the 1960s, after the Dalai lama had fled to India
and Chiness armies established control over Tibet,
Mustang was a centre for guerrilla operations against
the Chinese. The soldiers were the Khampas, Tibet’s most
fearsome warriors, who were backed by the CIA (some
Khampas were secretly trained in the USA). At the height
of the fighting there were at least 6000khampas in
Mustang and neighboring border areas. The CIA’s support
ended in the early 1970s when the USA, under Kissinger
and Nixon, Initiated new and Better relations with the
Chinese. The government of Nepal was pressed to take
action against the guerrillas and, making use of
internal divisions within the Khampa leadership, a bit
of treachery and the Dalai Lama’s taped advice for his
citizens to lay down their arms, it managed to disband
the resistance without committing to action the 10,000
Nepali troops that had been sent to the area.
Though Mustang was closed, the government allowed a few
researchers into the area. Toni hagen included Mustang in
his survey of the entire kindom of Nepal, and the
Italian scholar Giuseppe Tucci visited in the autumn of
1952. Professor David Snellgrove travelled to the gegion
in 1956 but did not visit Lo Manthang. Longtime Nepal
resident Barbara Adams travelled to Mustang during the
autumn of 1963.The most complete description of the area
is Mustang, the Forbidden Kingdom, written by Michel
Peissel, who spent several months in the area in the
spring of 1964, Dr Harka Bahadur Gurung also visited and
wrote about upper Mustang in October 1973. A number of
groups legally travelled to upper Mustang during the
1980s by obtaining permission to climb Bhrikuti (6364),
south-east of Lo Manthang. Nepal Visitors recently
orgnise this trip other than a few special royal
guests, the first legal trekkers were allowed into
Mustang in March 1992 upon payment of a high fee for a
special trekking permit.
Only camping trek allowed:
Completely closed to foreign trekkers until 1991,
Mustang is an ancient Himalayan Kingdom. Inside the
walled city of Lo Manthang are some of the largest
Tibetan Buddhist gompas in Nepal. A difficult trek
because of high altitude, exposed terrain and continual
Strong winds.
Trip Facts:
Trekking Destination :
Mustang Trek
Minimum altitude : 2810m.
Maximum altitude : 4,100m. (Ghar Gumba)
Grade :
Season : Spring & Autumn
Accommodation : Tented Camp
Duration : 17 Days
Minimum group size: 2 pax
Cost:$1740
Suggested Itinerary
Day 1: Arrival in
Kathmandu airport (1345 meters).
There you will be met by our Airport Representative and
transferred to hotel by private tourist vehicle.
Overnight at hotel.
Day 2: Sightseeing around Kathmandu valley.
Your sightseeing trip will start at 9AM in the morning
after breakfast. Nepal Visitors will provide a private vehicle and
professional tour guide. We visit Pasupatinath temple,
Buddhanath, Monkey temple, Bhaktpur durbar square and
Kathmandu durbar square. The afternoon includes a final
briefing and preparations for the trek. Overnight at
hotel.
Day 3: Drive to Pokhara (900 meters) 7 hours by tourist
bus.
Trekking staff will come to your Hotel early in the
morning at 6:30AM to pick you up and then the bus leaves
around 7:30AM to Pokhara. Overnight at hotel.
Day 4: Morning flight to Jomsom and trek to Kagbeni
(2800 meters).
Early morning we are flying Northwest from Pokhara
toward the great portal between the snow covered peaks
of Annapurna and Daulagiri. You will enjoy the
well-raised massifs of more than 8000 meters, and the
deepest gorge on this planet. On arrival to Jomsom you
will meet the rest of the trekking staff, there will be
a guide with you from Kathmandu, and start the trek to
Kagbeni, the main gate to Upper Mustang. Overnight at
Tented Camp.
Day 5: Trek to Chaile (3050 meters).
The trail leads up towards the east bank of the
Kaligandaki climbing over many ridges as it heads north
and reaches Tangbe village. The town is a labyrinth of
narrow alleys amongst white washed houses, fields of
buckwheat, barley, wheat and apple orchards. The Nilgiri
peak, dominates the southern skyline of Kagbeni, will be
enjoyed all the way by different shapes. Beyond Tangbe
we reach Chhusang village in about 1/2 hrs trek and
crosses the river and continues north climbing up to a
huge red chunk of conglomerate that has fallen from the
cliff above, forming a tunnel which the Kaligandaki
follows. The trek now leaves the Kali Gandaki valley and
climbs steeply up a rocky gully to Chaile. From here the
culture changes from the Manangi culture to the Tibetan
culture of Lo. Overnight at tented camp.
Day 6: Trek to Geling (3500 meters).
The climb continues along steep, treeless, waterless
terrain, along the side of the spectacular steep canyon
to a pass and cairn of rock. Then the trail makes a long
gradual descent to some chortens on a ridge, and then
descends further on a pleasant trail to Samar village.
We climb above Samar to a ridge, then descend into a
large gorge which the trail goes into another valley
field, crosses a stream and climbs up to a ridge at 3800
meters. The route climbs over yet another pass, follows
a ridge and then descends to Shyangmochen. From there we
gently climb to a pass at 3770 meters and descend to
Geling Village. Overnight at tented camp.
Day 7: Trek to Charang (3620 meters).
From Geling village the trail climbs gently up to an
interesting pass Nyi La and descends below the blue,
gray and red cliffs. After crossing a steel bridge of
the Tangmar Chu (river) you will arrive to a Mani Wall
perhaps the longest and most spectacular MANI wall in
Nepal. Climbing over another pass at 3600meters, the
route makes a long gentle descent to Charang village.
The huge five-story white Dzong and red Gompa are the
main attractions to visit to observe collections of
statues and Thankas as well as many large paintings of
seated Buddha's. Overnight at tented camp.
Day 8: Trek to Lo Manthang (3840 meters).
This is an opportunity to visit two other villages on
your trek. The trail climbs steadily until Lo-Gekar. Lo-Gekar
Gompa is older than Samye Gompa in Tibet and one of the
oldest Gompa of Nepal. After visiting Lo-Gekar continue
trek to Lomanthang. The trail until Lo-Manthang is fine
with some minor climbing. Finally from a ridge there is
a view of the walled city of LO. After a short descent,
cross a stream then climb up into the plateau of Lo-Manthang.
Overnight at tented camp.
Day 9: Visit Namgyal Gompa and Tingkhar.
It takes around 2 hours to Namgyal Gompa. Namgyal Gompa
situates on a hilltop, which serves as an important
monastery of the local community and also as a local
court. After visiting Namgyal Gompa continue the tour to
Tingkhar, which is a village of around 40 houses, the
last main village to the northwest of Lomanthang. After
visiting Namgyal Gompa and Tingkhar return to Lomanthang.
Overnight at tented camp.
Day 10: Trek to Dhi (3410 meters).
From Lo-Manthang the trail walks straight till Dhi pass
4100meters and descends down to Dhi village. The trek
from Lo Manthang to Muktinath is harder, but more
rewarding and interesting than the west side of the
valley. Dhi village is one of the best villages of whole
Lo-mathang and it seems more prosperous and it is
settled in a very suitable place. Overnight at tented
camp.
Day 11: Trek to Tange (3370 meters).
From Dhi the trail goes through the river for around 2
hours and crosses a river from Damodar Kunda, one of the
sacred lakes, there is no bridge on the river so we need
to walk across in bare feet to cross this river. After
crossing the river the trail climbs up till high above a
pass of 3850 meters. The trail goes through a grassless,
treeless bare hill. After the pass the trail again drops
directly to Tangbe village at an elevation of 3370m.
Tangbe is a small village of around 30 houses but most
of the houses are attached each other. On the rooftops
one can see piles of dry woods, which also reflect the
prosperity in their society. Overnight at tented camp.
Day 12: Trek to Tetang/Chusang (3022 meters).
The trail walks through a steep ridge of hills providing
some fine views of wind carved hills. Tetang village is
formed between 2 hills; they should have found it a safe
place to avoid the strong wind that hits the entire
Kaligandaki valley. Tetang is the upper village of the
Chuksang, which we visit on the first day entering to
Mustang from Kagbeni. Overnight at tented camp.
Day 13: Trek to Jomsom (2713 meters).
This is the last day of the trek. The trail goes through
the village of Jharkot where one can visit the Jharkot
monastery, Tibetan herbal medical center and the old
fortress of Jharkot, once served as palace. Continuing
the trek towards Jomsom one will enjoy the view of the
Kaligandaki valley and Kagbeni village the entry point
to Mustang. We get a round trip of our trek in Ekle
Bhatti visiting all the surprises of the human effort in
this corner of the World of such an isolation and
solitude. Arrive to Jomsom, celebrate the last day of
the trek will in Jomsom with all the trekking staff.
Overnight at tented camp.
Day 14: Morning flight to Pokhara.
Today 30 minute morning flight takes us to Pokhara from
Jomsom. Once we arrived at Pokhara airport, we then
drive to hotel. In the afternoon we will have
sightseeing tour around Pokhara valley, which covers
Fewa Lake, Devi’s water fall, Museum, Tibetan refugee
settlement and Gupteshower cave. Overnight at hotel.
Day 15: Leisure day and Sight in around Pokhara.
It's also spare day in case of bad weather in Jomsom.
Overnight at hotel.
Day 16: Drive back to Kathmandu (1345 meters).
Overnight back at the hotel in Kathmandu. If you are
interested in continuing on to the Chitwan Jungle
Safari, River Rafting Adventure or any other tours you
can start today.
Day 17: Transfer to international airport for your final
departure.
The trip ends, our Airport Representative will drop you
to the Kathmandu International Airport for your final
flight departure from Nepal.
Supporting field staffs including professional Sherpa
trekking guide, cook, kitchen boy, porters as well as
their necessary insurance, meals and allowances
Restricted area entrance permits fee for Upper Mustang
which cost US$ 500.00 per Person
Annapurna conservation Area Project entrance permit
fee
Accommodation
in Kathmandu and Pokhara B/B Basis.
Cost Exclude
Meals and accommodation
in Kathmandu
Personal equipment sleeping bag, Down jacket,
waterproof jacket, kit bag etc. (you can rent them in Kathmandu at a cost of US$ 1 per item for day)
Kathmandu airport departure tax
Travel / medical insurance and emergency evacuation
cost
Personal expenses such as laundry, telephone calls,
alcoholic beverages, bottled drinks (including cold
drinks and mineral water), tips etc.
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