Dear Baral
This was the first time I booked directly through the WEB , and I thought it's a little risky, especially when I had to send my money to Katmandu and I wend to Delhi .
An interaction programme was organized on June 28, 2005 with twenty Thai Tour Operators who came here for FAM tour to share their experiences during their stay in Nepal .
His Majesty King Gyanendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev inaugurated the Promote Nepal-2005 exhibition amid a special ceremony at the City Centre in Doha, Qatar, on June 14, 2005.
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.
Itinerary
Day 1
Flight Pokhara-Jomsom (or 5 days
trek Pokhara-Kagbeni). Trek Kagbeni.
