Introduction

Travel Duration: 22 days
Trip Grade: Challenging

Dolpo was another area that was restricted to foreigners until a few years back. Partly made famous by Peter Matthiesen’s The Snow Leopard, Dolpo remains one of the most remote places in Nepal and is famous for its high mountain lake, Phoksumdo, and the Buddhist monasteries. There are many possible ways of doing the Dolpo trek varying from the ‘short’ two weeks to more than a month. Going for the shorter ones involves flying to nearby airfields while the others start from the road-heads of Baglung (near Pokhara), Sallyan and Surkhet (both in the western part of Nepal). This is one of the tougher treks of Nepal.

Detail Itinerary

22 Day – Upper Dolpo “Crystal Mountain”
Fly Kathmandu / Jumla
Jumla / Gothichaur / Naphukana / Mauria La / Chaurikot / Toijem / Kagmara Phedi / Kagmara La / Daju / Phoksumdo Lake / Phoksumdo Beach / Mandhala Ice Camp / Kang La / Shey Gompa / Saldang La / Namgung / Yanjir Gompa / Musigaon / Lang La / Shimen Gaon / Tinje / Kehang / Chharka La / Chharka / Yak Kharka / Sandag La / Sandag Phedi / Sandag / Dakar Dzong / Jomsom
Fly Jomsom / Pokhara or Kathmandu