Upper Dolpo Trekking 23 days

Rendezvous with the most enigmatic and less developed district in Nepal, itself reveals the significance of Upper Dolpo Trekking region. A hidden trekking destination speaks volumes about its outstanding tranquil beauty, relatively unexplored and beholds extreme landscapes of the highest quality. Also known as a land beyond the Himalayas instantly evokes a vision of mysterious monasteries, extinct wildlife species of snow leopard and blue sheep. The Dolpo region is largely an isolated which has been strictly off-limits until recently opened in 1990. Dolpo region is sandwiched between the Tibetan Plateau and the Dhaulagiri Himalayan range is the highest inhabited land of Dolpo. Often addressed as sturdy highlanders of Dolpo are basically traders by nature, follow the barter system of exchange, and trade barely for Tibetan rock salt and graze their yaks on the Tibetan Plateau during summer.

Upper Dolpo Trekking ideally starts with an instant flight to Nepalgunj and then to Juphal village from where the actual trek starts. We steadily walk through the carved terraced fields and to the Bheri River passing through the narrow canyon and reach other interesting villages and encounter ethnic communities’ valleys and serene forest of pines, oaks and rhododendrons, the trek passes through numerous gigantic mountain ranges and over the Numala Pass at an altitude of 5,400m and reach the Phoksundo Lake at Ringmo Village in the Phosksundo National Park. At Ringmo we are greeted with spectacular glimpses, and we spend couple of days in this exciting settlement, filled with stupendous natural splendor in the form of deep blue waters of the Phoksundo lake and the surrounding snow peaks of Kanjirowa Himalayan range, along with the legendary monastery of the pre-Buddhist Bonpo sect. We move ahead and make way towards the brilliant crystal bounty of Crystal Mountain at thrilling Shey Gomba following the ancient Trans- Himalayan trade route and back to Jhupal for a return flight back to the same route and then to Kathmandu.

Upper Dolpo trekking region also holds its account in Peter Matheson’s book – The Snow Leopard and Snellgrove’s – Himalayan Pilgrimage, along with Nepal’s first English subtitled movie of Eric Valley – The Caravan speaks volumes about hidden natural brilliance of the Upper Dolpo Trekking. Mountain Safari (P) Ltd enables this elusive trekking voyage in to the land of lesser known with safety and pride.