Day 01: Arrival in Kathmandu and transfer to hotel.
Day 02: Free day. Make Special trekking permit.
Day 03: Drive or fly to Pokhara.
Day 04: Pokhara to Jomsom by flight & drive to Kagbeni (2800 m.)
Day 05: Kagbeni to Chele (3060 m.)
Day 06: Chele to Synbochen (3500 m.)
Day 07: Shyangmochen to Charang (3620 m.)
Day 08: Charang to Lo-Manthang (3890 m.)
Day 09, 10 & 11: Lo-Manthang, Tiji festival.
Day 12: Lo- Manthang to Ghami (3490 m.) via Lo-Gekar
Day 13: Ghami to Chhusang village (2920 m.)
Day 14: Chhusang to Jomsom. (2710 m.)
Day 15: Jomsom to Pokhara.
Day 16: Departure transfer to international airport.
Day 01: Arrival in Kathmandu and transfer to hotel.
Make permits and free day in Kathmandu.
Day 02: Free day. Make Special trekking permit.
Day 03: Drive or fly to Pokhara .
Kathmandu to Pokhara drive is around 7-8 hours and flight time is around 25 minutes.
Day 04: Pokhara to Jomsom by flight & drive to Kagbeni (2800 m.)
Pokhara to Jomsom is around 15 to 20 minutes flight. From Jomsom you can drive around one hour by jeep to Kagbeni or walk around three to four hours.
Day 05: Kagbeni to Chele (3060 m.)
Past Kagbeni you are in the Upper Mustang region where you will need a special permit to enter. The trail follows the east bank of Kaligandaki that climbs over numerous ridges as it heads north and reaches Tangbe village. The trek now leaves the Kaligandaki valley and climbs steeply up to Chele at 3030 m.
Day 06: Chele to Synbochen (3500 m.)
The trail continually climbs up through the steep tree less terrain, along the side of a spectacular steep canyon to a pass at 3540m. This is followed by a long gradual decent to some stupas on ridge before descending on a pleasant trail to Samar. And descend town. Another attraction is the four-story building of recent past king’s palace as well into large & deep gorge, cross a stream and climb up to ridge at 3800m. And then again climb down to Shyangmochen village.
Day 07: Shyangmochen to Charang (3620 m.)
This day you will cross two passes to get to Charang village. The huge five story white Dzong and red Gompa makes an interesting visit in which to observe collections of statues and Thankas as well as numerous paintings of seated Buddha’s.
Day 08: Charang to Lo-Manthang (3890 m.)
The trail will take you to the walled city of LO. After a short descent cross a stream you will reach the plateau of Lo- Manthang.
Day 09, 10 & 11: Lo-Manthang, Tiji festival.
Lo – Manthang is a politically interesting culturally rich town. There are few major attraction and several other places to visit here. The Tall Champa Lakhang, the red Thugchen Gompa, Chyodi Gompa and the entrance hall are the main attraction of this palace, Kimling and Phuwa as well as the Gompa of Nangyals “the monastery of victory” which is new and most attractive Gompa in Lo. The eastern valley contains Chosar, the site of a high school, Garphu & Nyphu Gompa.
Day 12: Lo- Manthang to Ghami (3490 m.) via Lo-Gekar
The trail makes a long rocky descent to Lo- Gekar Gompa , which is older than the Samye Gompa in Tibet and is one of the oldest Gompa of Nepal. We cross a ridge after a little climbing and drop down steeply to Dhakmar village the trail descends alongside the stone walls and fields extensive villages before climbing to a ridge. It is short descent to Ghami.
Day 13: Ghami to Chhusang village (2920 m.)
Now we must retrace our route back over the Nyi La to Chhuksang.
Day 14: Chhusang to Jomsom. (2710 m.)
It’s a long final day passing back through Kagbeni to Jomsom where we end our trek. It’s now time for us to take a nice hot shower. In the evening, we celebrate with the Sherpas and porters, whom we have come to know so well over the last 2 weeks.
Day 15: Jomsom to Pokhara.
After breakfast fly back to Pokhara and same day fly back to Kathmandu and transfer to Hotel.
Day 16: Departure transfer to international airport.
There is nothing to do but trade emails with travel companions and organize the photos. If you have more time you can do some shopping or walking around in the streets of your hotel. A representative from Snow Leopard Trek will take you to the airport approximately 3 hours before the scheduled flight. We hope you enjoyed the tour with us, and we are sure you ‘ll be back making another trip somewhere in the Himalaya again.
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