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| Mustang Trek |
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| Trekking Route |
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Best season |
| Mustang Trek |
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4070m |
May to October |
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The long forbidden region of upper Mustang and the walled city of Lo Manthang are now open to a limited number of foreign trekkers, just 300 tourists in a year. Mustang is one of the few places in the world that is still untrammeled by tourists; it is most important that the region preserve its natural state. In common usage, the name Mustang refers to the arid Tibet-like region at the northern end of the Kali Gandaki, which is known to its inhabitants as Lo.
The trek to Lo is through an almost treeless barren landscape. Strong winds usually in the afternoon, generally subsiding at night. Being in the rain shadow of the Himalayas, Lo has much less rain than the rest of Nepal, through the skies is cloudy and there is same rain during the monsoon. In the winter there is usually snow, sometimes as much as 30-40 centimeters on the ground. There is more rain in the lower part of upper Mustang and the hills tend to be great red fluted cliffs of tiny round stones cemented together by mud. Villages are several hours apart and appear in the distance almost as mirages; during the summer season, after the crops are planted, they are green oases in the desert like landscape
The trekking season is from late March to early November. This trek does not go to really high elevation, but the cold, dust and very strong winds can make the trek less pleasant than others in Nepal. |
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| Itinerary |
| Day 1 |
| Flight Pokhara-Jomsom (or 5 days trek Pokhara-Kagbeni). Trek Kagbeni. |
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| Day 2 |
| Kagbeni (2800m)-Chele (3030m). |
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| Day 3 |
| Chele-Geling (3440m). |
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| Day 4 |
| Geling-Charang (3490m). |
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| Day 5 |
| Charang-Lo Manthang (3730m). |
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| Day 6 |
| Sightseeing Lo Manthang. |
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| Day 7 |
| Lo Manthang. |
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| Day 8 |
| Lo Manthang via Lo Gekar to Ghami (3460m). |
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| Day 9 |
| Ghami-Samar (3290m). |
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| Day 10 |
| Samar-Tangbe. |
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| Day 11 |
| Tangbe-Kagbeni-Jomsom. |
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| Day 12 |
| Flight to Pokhara. |
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