21/06/2021
Lower Dolpo Trekking has only been permitted since mid-1989. Lying to the west of the Kali Gandaki Valley, Dolpo is located inside the Shey-Phoksundo National Park in mid-western Nepal, behind the Dhaulagiri massif and towards the Tibetan plateau. The region offers opportunities to visit ancient villages, high passes, beautiful lakes, isolated Buddhist monasteries. In addition, you get to experience the vast array of wildlife inhabiting the region, including Blue sheep, Mountain Goat, Jackal, Wolf and the legendary Snow Leopard.
The Lower Dolpo area is isolated due to the difficult topography, Therefore, it is one of the remotest and least exposed areas of Nepal. Hence, the Lower Dolpo trek offers opportunity to meet the people and their lifestyle almost untouched and unexplored.
Visit the Shey-Phoksundo National Park and the “Tarp Valley”, which are the most interesting and lively places in western Nepal. You’ll surely feel overwhelmed by this place and its people, completely uninfluenced by modernization. The landscape, flora and fauna, picturesque mountain views, rivers and springs, flat roofed houses, chortens, monasteries and beautiful lakes are unique to this area.
This remains a truly isolated corner of Nepal and time has stood still here for centuries. Tribes from Tibet continue to live, cultivate and trade here the way they have done for hundreds of years. Most treks into Dolpo take from 14 to 30 days. The best time to trek here is towards the end of the monsoon season Sept to November. Shorter Dolpo treks are possible by flying into the air strip at Jumla.
Outline Itinerary:
01: Arrival in Kathmandu (1350m)
02: Kathmandu Sightseeing
03: Fly from Kathmandu to Nepalgunj
04: Fly from Nepalgunj to Jhupal (Dolpo 2320m) and trek to Dunai (2850m): 2-3 hrs walk
05: Dunai to Tarakot (2543m): 5-6 hrs
06: Tarakot to Khani Gaon (2543m): 3-4 hrs
07: Khani Gaon to Tarap Khola (3450m): 4-5 hrs
08: Tarap Khola to Yak Kharka (3800m): 4-5 hrs
09: Yak Kharka to Dho Tarap (4090m): 5-6 hrs
10: Rest and acclimatization day
11: Dho Tarap to Tokyu Gaun (4200m): 5-6 hrs
12: Tokyu Gaun to Numala base (4665m): 4-5 hrs
13: Cross Numa La (5309m), camp at Pelung Tang (4465m): 6-7 hrs
14: Cross Baga La (5070m), camp at Dajok Tang (4080m): 5-6 hrs
15: Dajok Tang to Ringmo (3600m): 3-4 hrs
16: Rest day at Ringmo, hike to the Phoksundo Lake
17: Ringmo to Shyangta (2520m): 5-6 hrs
18: Shyanta to Jhupal: 5-6 hrs
19: Flight to Kathmandu via Nepalgunj
20: Bhaktapur Sightseeing and the rest of the day free
21: Final departure