Upper Dolpo Trek

Upon your arrival, a team member representing Unleash Nepal Treks & Adventure will pick you up from the airport and take you to the hotel. In the evening, you will attend a welcome dinner, where you will be served authentic Nepalese cuisine that will introduce you to Nepal’s food culture, at the hotel hosted by Unleash Nepal Treks & Adventure. You will stay the night in Kathmandu.
Included meal: Dinner

We will have a guided tour of several of the most historical and spiritual attractions of Kathmandu, which are are listed as UNESCO World Heritage Sites. We will be visiting Durbar Square, sacred Hindu temple Pashupatinath, the famous Swayambhunath (also known as ‘Monkey Temple’) and Boudhanath, which is one of the largest stupas in the world. Afternoon, We will get our equipment checked at night by our leader, get and be introduced to our fellow trekkers and discuss our trip. We stay the night in Kathmandu.
Included meal: Breakfast

After our short trip in Kathmandu, we take 60 minutes long flight from Kathmandu to Nepalgunj, situated in Western Nepal. Nepalgunj, a town close to the Nepal-India fringe, is additionally the entryway to Simikot, Humla. The town itself is a fascinating Terai town that features different cultures of Nepal. In Nepalgunj, we visit the neighborhood showcase, smaller than normal zoo and close by towns. We stay the night in Nepalgunj.
Included meal: Breakfast

We fly to Jhupal after breakfast. The town is wonderfully situated over the Himalayan lower regions, with views of Annapurna and Dhaulagiri tops to its north. Here, we meet our trekking staff and start the experience. We stroll through terraced fields to the Bheri River and its tight canyon. We keep strolling to Dunai, which is the managerial headquarter of the Dolpo locale. We explore the small community around the evening and camp there for the night.
Included meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

We leave Dunai and cross a suspension bridge and go toward the west after a path past a hospital. The path climbs up the side of the treeless, Thulo Bheri valley before entering Phoksundo stream valley. During the walk we find a workable pace of Kagmara Peak up the valley. We go through pecan forests, Dhera and Rahagaun towns, stroll down thick wildernesses lastly reach Ankhe, where we stay the night.
Included meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

Our path rises and plummets along a lush riverbank and gets on a lofty path. The high points and low points can be somewhat dull, however there are a few streams en route that offer an opportunity to chill. The path in the long run leaves the timberlands and goes through a green slant high over the waterway. We trek downhill on a path encompassed by lavish forests before arriving at a cliff followed by a confounding drop on an unbalanced stone staircase to the river bank. We keep trekking until we reach Sulighat where we stay through the night.
Included meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

We proceed with our journey aloing the valley floor to the conversion of the Phoksundo and Pungmo streams. Subsequent to crossing a bridge, we stroll on the western bank of the Pungmo Khola. The path goes through a cedar forest before coming to Palam town. From here we trek up to an edge and appreciate far off views of Phoksundo Lake and a fabulous waterfall, one of the most elevated in Nepal. Next, our path slides through birch woods to the upper spans of the Phoksundo Khola, and afterward to the beautiful Ringmo town with its mud-put chortens and mani dividers. From here it is a short stroll to the shores of the Phoksundo Lake. We stay the night at Phoksundo Lake.
Included meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

Today will be a much deserved rest day for acclimatization at Phoksundo Lake. During the day we can set out on a short climb to the town of Ringmo and its Tibetan Buddhist Religious community. During our short strolls, we likewise get an opportunity to get to know the neighborhood culture. The Dolpo individuals wear hand crafted apparel that is in some cases colored a maroon shading and they favor Tibetan-style somba or dhocha (boots with upturned toes) for foot wear. Both men and women frequently wear religious amulets and strings of coral, amber and turquoise. We stay the night at Phoksundo Lake.
Included meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

Our path moves around the top western finish of the Phoksundo Lake as it shapes on a rough edge along the lake’s western bank. This shaky path suspended on a passage of wood bolstered on pegs crashed into precipice in the stones, flags the remoteness of the region we are going to enter. At the westernmost edge of the lake, the way leads through a rich knoll that opens up into the flood plain of the Phoksundo Khola. At that point we stroll through the valley, crossing the river and avoiding the infrequent boggy swamp underneath and afterward going ahead the bank of the stream to our overnight camp.
Included meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

For an hour or so we stroll on a path that leads us along the level way through a frigid valley which heads due north. At the intersection of the Phoksundo Khola and another mountain stream, there is an old wooden scaffold. From here, we stroll towards the north-east. A long ascension carries us to a sheep glade where our path veers up a lofty gorge. A hard climb to the top carries us to one more valley where we can see the Kang-La pass. We set up our camp close to the go in a spot that Dwindle Matthiessen initiated ‘Snowfields Camp’. During our trek today we additionally find amazing views of Chhamlang top 6 (6739m) and top 7 (6105m).
Included meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

In the morning, we rise on a precarious path covered with record towards the pass. The move to the highest point of the pass is very strenuous. From the highest point of Kang-la pass we get amazing views of the huge valley analyzed by a spouting stream. We slide to the valley floor on a precarious path. Next, we stroll on a wandering path along the banks of a waterway, intersection and re-crossing it a few times. There are mud caverns covering the slopes sitting above the waterway. We additionally go through glades where we see brushing yaks, several sheep and local mountain goat (Chyangra). In the wake of crossing a curiously log bridge, we arrive at Shey Gompa compound where we will go through the night.
Included meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

Built in 1655, Shey Gompa is noted for its giant copper with plated gold statue of a situated Shakyamuni Buddha. Toward the east of the gompa is Crystal Mountain which is perhaps the most bizarre mountain, as its twisted bluffs are bound with quartz and inserted with a rich assortment of marine fossils. Today is another well-deserved rest day for acclimatization. We go through the day climbing around Shey town which is popular for its old pre-Buddhist culture, the Bon Po. In Dolpo, the old Tibetan lifestyle joins animism with the instructing of Buddha. We stay the night in Shey Gompa.
Included meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

We start the day by following a charming path in the midst of juniper trees which plunges into a dark, stony gully. At that point the way starts to crisscross over exposed rocks and coarse disintegrated soil until it in the end carries us to the highest point of Saldang-la pass. The ensuing drop towards the north is long and tiring yet grazing yaks and sheep, and roaming tents produced using yak hair is an ameliorating sight. In Namduna Gaun we visit Namgung cloister. The red stone monstery is worked against the setting of a bluff on the north mass of a crevasse. We stay the night in Namuda Gaun.
Included meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

We leave the town and move up a slant and start a long stroll along dusty desolate mountains. Following 3-4 hours of hard ascension, we start to see Saldang Town underneath us on a level high over the Namga Khola stream. It has a pleasant appearance. Saldang is the biggest town of the inward Dolpo region. The town extends for almost two kilometers on an open incline and comprises of five towns having around eighty well-assembled houses with about 600 individuals. It is a prosperous town agronomically as well as for its vital area on a trade route to Tibet. We stay the night in Saldang.
Included meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

From Saldang, we walk further north along the Nagon Khola (stream) on a wild and desolate landscape. We start our stroll on a genuinely continuous way with few good and bad times. In transit, we go through Marang and Ki towns. Next, we cross a tributary of Panzang Waterway and stroll towards the east and cross the stream again before coming to Yangze gompa which houses an old Bon-Po Religious community. We stay the night in Yangze Gompa.
Included meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

From Yangze, there are two paths that connect with Sibu. To spare time we will follow the way back towards Saldang town, which will be a lot simpler and shorter than the other routes. From Saldang we stroll along a waterway and go through terraced fields, stupas, chortens, stacks of mani stones and a Chaiba monastery, then go through the Namdo town, which is additionally prosperous, with around sixty houses having about 400 inhabitants. It extends for in excess of 5 km on the high inclines to one side of Nam Khong Khola. The Namdo religious community is situated close to the river bed. Our excursion proceeds with further down the waterway for an additional two hours to camp close to a little settlement of Sibu.
Included meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

We stroll along the Nam Khong Khola for some time and pass via bands with yaks that are moving towards the Tibetan fringe. In the wake of turning east and strolling for some time, we land at an intersection of two little streams. Next, the precarious path rises to a brushing region underneath the Jeng La pass (4,900m/16,072ft). Our camp will be set up right now. We stay the night in Jeng la Phedi.
Included meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

We get up early in the morning and start today’s trek. It will take us two extended periods of time to arrive at the highest point of the Jeng La pass from where we get striking views of the north substance of the Dhaualgiri massif. From here we descend on an unpleasant path to the Tarap Valley, an intriguing valley with immense fields in high mountains that broadens twenty kilometers along Tarap Chu River. We stay the night near a monastery at Tokyu.
Included meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

We trek downhill on a plain valley with patches of rich grass on the two sides of the stream which is totally unique in relation to different pieces of inward Dolpo. There is likewise a bog which is a typical component in the Desert Mountains of Tibet and the Ladakh Himalaya. Both the Bon Po and Buddhist orders are drilled in the valley. After a short trek, we reach Dho Tarap. We stay the night in Dho Tarap.
Included meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

We spend today resting and walking around the town of Dho Tarap which is encompassed by a sporadic stone divider. Our strolls will assist us with getting to know the neighborhood culture of the territory. At Dho, around 40 houses are isolated into three bunches and inherent an erratic route possessed by barely any Tibetans and generally Magars who are a slope clan of Nepal. While here, we can visit a Buddhist Gompa which is nearest to our campground or we could set out upon a 40-minute walk and visit a Bon Po Gompa. We stay the night in Dho Tarap.
Included meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

From Tarap we drop towards a wide valley which in the long run limits into a crevasse. We stroll along juniper and wild flower brambles simply over the tree line. On our trek we see crowds of blue sheep and by the evening, we arrive at the juncture of the Tarap Chu and the Lang Khola, a stream that gets together with Tarap River from further east. We will make our camp on a decent glade otherwise called Kamakharka and go through the night.
Included meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

We keep strolling down the chasm of the Tarap River, on occasion nearby it. During our walk we pass by the nearby individuals who will be taking their groups to bring down fields for the winter. This will be one of the most energizing days of this excursion as the valley turns out to be so tight in a profound canyon that in certain spots we can bounce starting with one side then onto the next. Some of the time there is no hint of a way and we may need to stroll across stone sections fitted on signs in the middle of the dividers which go about as a scaffold. The crevasse additionally gives startling experience and excites. At certain spots, the scaffolds are either harmed or washed away and we might be compelled to cross the frigid downpour by walking. At last, we arrive at our outdoors spot close to the Tarap Khola at Khanigaon where we go through the night.
Included meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

From the camp we follow a path that takes us to the town of Lalberi. Our path at that point goes through a lavish forest, plummets into another crevasse and keeps on following the stream once more. In the wake of coming to Tarakot, we can visit Sandul Gompa which lies around 8 km east of the town at a crossroads of Barbung Khola and Tarap Chu. The cloister remains on a slope toward the south of Bheri River. Today we camp by the Tarap Chu River around 150 meters beneath Tarakot, close to the police post. We stay the night in Tarakot.
Included meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

We start our trek on a path behind the Bheri River before crossing a bridge close to the Lawan town. Our path will proceed close by the large Bheri River climbing until Byas Gadi. From here the path moves towards the west on a generally simple path. We cross the river again close to Lochakhola Gaon and rise to Dunai for an overnight stay. The present trek will for the most part be on a magnificent crevasse with pine trees. We stay the night in Dunai.
Included meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

From Dunai, we trek along the Bheri River getting a charge out of the lovely scene. In transit, we go through Dhupichaur and Rupgad towns just as a sanctuary. We keep trekking by means of Kalagaonda town and Motipur town before arriving at the little airstrip. We stay the night in Jhuphal.
Included meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

We take the most punctual departure from Jhupal to Nepalgunj. After coming to Nepalgunj, we profit to Kathmandu for the following accessible flight. Upon our arrival in Kathmandu, we will be escorted back to our hotel. We can enjoy the day freely, go shopping, or explore any landmarks we might have missed during our first day in Kathmandu. To celebrate our wonderful journey, we will have a farewell dinner in the evening. We stay overnight in Kathmandu.
Included meals: Breakfast & Dinner

Our journey and time together in Nepal comes to an end today! A representative from Unleash Nepal Treks & Adventure will drop us off at the airport approximately 3 hours before our flight. On your way back home, you can plan your next adventure in this beautiful country of Nepal with Unleash Nepal Treks & Adventure.
Included meal: Breakfast