The Dolpo region is best known of the many isolated high Himalayan valleys across northern Nepal, Dolpo preserves one of the last remnants of traditional Tibetan culture. Legend says its a one of the hidden valleys created by Guru Rinpoche as a refuge for devout Buddhists in troubled times. Surrounded by high mountains including the Dhaulagiri massif to the south-east and cut off by high passes closed by snow half the year, Dolpos easiest access is from Tibet, where its people emigrated from perhaps 1000 years ago.
Upper Dolpo shelters about 5000 people, whose lives revolve around Buddhism, barley, and yaks; their villages (over 4270 meters) are among the highest settlements on earth. A large portion of Dolpo has been set aside as Shey - Phoksumdo National Park, at 3555 square km Nepals largest. Meant to preserve a complete example of the trans-Himalayan ecosystem, the park shelters blue sheep, Himalayan black bear, leopards, wolves, and the exclusive snow leopard.
We start our trek from Juphal, after two short flights to Nepalgunj on first day and to Juphal on second day.Trekking through nice village like Do tarap and Shey Gompa crossing through high and remote alpine area and passes take us to beautiful Shey Phoksundo Lake (3600m). From here we will trek back to Juphal where we catch flight to Kathmandu. As this is also Nepals demanding trek and goes through high pass and remote area of the country where we should make lot of ascend and descend we therefore recommend to attempt only for experience trekkers. Clients carry only daypack and walk on their own pace. Average hiking per day on this trek is 7-8 hrs.
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Day 01 Arrival and transfer to hotel/welcome dinner. (D)
Day 02 Day at Leisure /Hotel. (B)
Day 03 Fly to Nepalgunj /hotel (B, L, D)
Day 04 Fly to Juphal (2440m) (B, L, D)
Day 05 Trek to Shartara (2520m) (B, L, D)
Day 06 Trek to Khanigaon (2650) (B, L, D)
Day 07 Trek to Lahini (3160m) (B, L, D)
Day 08 Trek to Dho Tarap (4040m) (B, L, D)
Day 09 Rest and explore Dho Tarap village (B, L, D)
Day 10 Trek to Do Tarap (4040m) via 4800m pass (B, L, D)
Day 11 Trek to Tokkyu Village (4060m) (B, L, D)
Day 12 Trek to Chutung Dang (3967m) via Jeng La ( 5110m) (B, L, D)
Day 13 Trek to Chibu Kharka (3915m) (B, L, D)
Day 14 Trek to Saldang (4100m) (B, L, D)
Day 15 Trek to Yang Tsser village (4300m) (B, L, D)
Day 16 Trek to Karang (4100m) (B, L, D)
Day 17 Trek to Samling Gompa (3800m) (B, L, D)
Day 18 Trek to Shey Gompa (4500m) via Shey La (5010m)
Day 19 Leisure day (B, L, D)
Day 20 Trek to Yak Kharka (4500m) (B, L, D)
Day 21 Trek to Ringmu/Phoksundo Lake (3730m) (B, L, D)
Day 22 Phoksundo Lake to Sepka (B, L, D)
Day 23 Trek to Rahagaon (B, L, D)
Day 24 Trek to Dunai (2050m) (B, L, D)
Day 25 Dunai to Juphal (2345m) (B, L, D)
Day 26 Fly to KTM via Nepalgunj /Hotel (B)
Day 27 Day at leisure /farewell dinner /Hotel. (B, D)
Day 28 Drive to airport for return flight. (B)
Note: The itinerary can be customized according to your duration of holiday. Similarly hotel can be upgraded or downgraded depend on your budget.
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