Days 01 :
Katmandu. Airport - hotel transfer. |
Days 02 :
Katmandu. Day at leisure. |
Days 03 :
Katmandu - Nepalganj by plane. |
Days 04 :
Nepalganj - Juphal (2250 m) by plane. During the
flight, we can enjoy a superb panorama on the
Annapurnas, the Dhaulagiris and the Manaslu. We
start our trek with a 3-hour walk towards Dunai
(2150 m). |
Days 05 :
Dunai - Tharakot (2700 m) in 5 h. The trail goes
along the Thulo Bheri river towards Tharakot. This
village was an ancient fortress and a caravan stop. |
Days 06 :
Tharakot - Lahini ( 3200 m) in 5 h. Steady ascent by
steep trails through fir and juniper forests. |
Days 07 :
Lahini - Naure Odar (3100 m) in 6 h. The narrow
trail goes through the Tarap Khola gorges. |
Days 08 :
Naure Odar - Dho (4000 m) in 6 h. We come out onto
the Tibetan plateau. A tough walk through a
vegetation thinning out, towards Dho, the main
village of the valley |
Days 09 :
Acclimatization day at Dho. We will visit the three
main villages of the Tarap valley and the Ri Bhumpa
Gompa and Bon-Po Gompa monasteries. |
Days 10 :
Dho - Camp at 4100 m (before the pass) in 5 h. In
this region, men trim their hair with red threads
and wear them in a chignon as the Khampas from
Tibet. Women wear heavy silver headgears. |
Days 11 :
Camp at 4100 m - Nun La Pass (5360 m) - Camp at 4200
m in 6 h. From the Nun La, literraly " salt pass ",
views of the Annapurnas, the Dhaulagiri and the
Nilgiri are superb. We then descend the other side
of the mountain and establish the campsite at 4200
m. |
Days 12 :
Bivouac - Bagla La Pass (5090 m) - Roman (3800 m) in
5 h.. The emerald waters of the Phoksondo lake and
the picturesque village of Ringmo form one of the
most beautiful himalayan landscape. |
Days 13 :
Roman - Ringmo (3510 m) in 2 h . Gentle walk around
the lake and visit of the Tesu monastery. The
monastery leads the whole life of Ringmo, inhabited
by " Bothias ", an ethnic originally from Tibet. |
Days 14 :
Ringmo - Pungmo (3500 m) in 5 h. The trails follows
the Phoksondo banks and later the Pungmo Khola
river. |
Days 15 :
Pungmo - Lasa (4100 m) in 5 h. The path pleasantly
goes through blue fir tree forests and later through
birches and junipers. |
Days 16 :
Lasa - Kagmara La (5115 m) - Kagmara Phedi (4000 m)
in 6 h. |
