Mustang & Dolpo · Above 3,000 m, with time to adjust
High altitude in Mustang & Dolpo
Everest, Annapurna Base Camp, Upper Mustang, Gokyo, Manaslu and Kanchenjunga. Routes built on the 'climb high, sleep low' rule, with rest days at Namche, Manang and Dingboche-type stops, because acclimatisation decides how the trip feels.
Trips
Mustang & Dolpomax 4,010 mLo Manthang and Ghar Gompa loop
An 11-night loop that walks into Lo Manthang the old way, by the red cliffs of Dhakmar and the monastery of Ghar …
Mustang & Dolpomax 5,190 mLower Dolpo circuit to Phoksundo Lake
A 13-night circuit of Lower Dolpo from the airstrip at Juphal: up the Tarap gorge to the Bon and Buddhist villages of …
Mustang & Dolpomax 3,950 mMustang photography journey by jeep
Ten nights by private jeep, planned around light rather than distance: golden hour in Kagbeni, dawn at Muktinath, three nights in Lo …
Mustang & Dolpomax 5,360 mUpper Dolpo traverse via Shey Gompa
A 24-night camping traverse of Upper Dolpo for experienced trekkers: Phoksundo Lake, the Kang La to Shey Gompa and the Crystal Mountain, …
Mustang & Dolpomax 3,950 mUpper Mustang by jeep to Lo Manthang
Nine nights by private jeep into the old Kingdom of Lo for travellers who want Lo Manthang without two weeks of walking. …
Mustang & Dolpomax 4,010 mUpper Mustang trek to Lo Manthang
A 14-night teahouse trek from Kagbeni to Lo Manthang, the walled capital of the old Kingdom of Lo, returning by the red …
Places
Mustang & Dolpo3,900 mChhoser
Sky caves and cliff monasteries north of the walled city
Mustang & Dolpo4,040 mDho Tarap
A high farming valley at the heart of Lower Dolpo
Mustang & Dolpo3,840 mLo Manthang
The walled capital of the kingdom of Lo
Mustang & Dolpo3,710 mMuktinath
One shrine, two faiths, 108 spouts of glacier water
Mustang & Dolpo3,612 mShey Phoksundo
A turquoise lake behind a landslide dam in Nepal's largest park
Experiences
HeritageClimb through the Jhong cave complex
Step inside one of Mustang's sky caves at Chhoser's Jhong cave, a multi-level complex of rooms cut into the cliff …
SpiritualThe cliff gompas of Garphu and Nyiphu
Visit two small monasteries built against the cliffs of the Chhoser valley, Garphu and Nyiphu, partly using the caves as …
AdventureRide a Mustang horse to Chhoser
Leave Lo Manthang at dawn on a sturdy Mustang horse and ride across the open plain and into the Chhoser …
NatureWalk the cave cliffs of the Chhoser valley
A gentle walk along the floor of the Chhoser valley beneath cliffs pitted with rows of man-made caves, with a …
SpiritualBon and Buddhist gompas of the Tarap valley
Spend a morning visiting the gompas of Dho Tarap, some Bon and some Tibetan Buddhist, with a guide who finds …
TrekkingUp the Tarap Khola gorge to Dho
The approach to Dho Tarap from Juphal: five to six days up the Thuli Bheri and then the deep, narrow …
AdventureOver the Numa La and Baga La to Phoksundo
The great crossing of Lower Dolpo: from Dho Tarap over the Numa La and the Baga La, both above 5,000 …
HeritageA day with the farming nomads of Tarap
Spend a day with families in Dho Tarap, in the fields at harvest or with herders on the high pastures, …