Upper Dolpo Trek

Today a representative from our company will be waiting at the International Airport to welcome you when you flight in arrives. He will then accompany you to your three star hotel lodging in the heart of the city, in a private vehicle. In case, you have any free time left in the day, you can use it as it might please you like checking out the vicinity of your hotel. That night, you stay at the hotel.

Today, you are taken on a sightseeing tour of Kathmandu, in which you are taken to four place of historical value, and of UNESCO World Heritage Site. They are Kathmandu Durbar Square, Pashupatinath Temple, Swayambhunath Temple, and Boudhanath stupa. All of them have religious, cultural and historical significance to the Nepalese people and beyond.
In the evening at the hotel which you are stay, there will be a meeting with the staff of the company to discuss about your hiking question and getting prepared for it.

Today, we fly to the town of Nepalgunj in a one hour flight. There you are booked into a lodge and then can use the rest of the day to check out this town in the western part of the Terai Region of Nepal.

Today, we take the first flight to Juphalin the Dolpo region in a forty five minutes, in which we get a nice look of the region that we will be hiking in soon from above. From Juphal, we begin hiking to Dunai (2850m) in what should take us about three hours to reach. We set up camp here for the night.

Today, we hike to Ankhe (2,896m) which should take us about 6 hours to reach. We turn west passing a hospital after crossing a suspension bridge over the river. The path continues up an ascend without trees to the top to enter Thulo Bheri Valley ahead of Phoksundo River Valley. In the walk, you begin viewing Kagmara Mount ahead in the valley. Passing walnut tree on the way, it is then the villages of Dhera and Rahagaun. Going further still, it is through dense woods and eventually Ankhe. We set up camp here for the night.

Today, we hike to Sulighat in a six hour hike. It is a bit monotonous day where the trail goes up and down the banks of the river. Eventually, our route leaves this way and passes through a dense forest and grass slopes above the river. Then we hike downhill to a cliff through a verdure wood. Then over a shaky stones foot path down to the banks of the river. We then continue walking till we reach Sulighat where we set up camp for the night.

Today, we head to one of the major attraction of the trek, Phoksundo Lake at an altitude of 3,511m. We trek towards it between the rivers of Phoksundo and Pungmo in the valley. Crossing a bridge we get to the west side of the River Pungmo. Then we get to Palam Village after crossing a cedar wood. Then we hike along the ridge with lake in the distance and a beautiful waterfall, supposedly the highest in the country. Then we begin to descend through a birch wood to the upper section of the River Phoksundo with Ringmo village in the background with their Mud-plastered Chortens and Mani walls. Then we finally reach the shores of the Lake. We set up tent for the night.

We now need to acclimatize before we go any further higher. We spend the day hike around and enjoying the scenic beauty of the surrounding areas. We can take a short hike to the Buddhist Monastery in the area. We stay at camp here for the night.

Today, we head for what is known as Phoksundo Khola in a five hour hike. We take the trail at the top of the western end and move circumnavigating the lake. It is an unsteady trail with planks pegged into the surface of the hill. At the edge of it the trails goes thought a green meadow that opens into the Phoksundo Khola. Walking through the valley crossing the river in avoidance of the marshes eventually coming to our destination, we set up tent for the night.

For a little over an hour the trail is somewhat straight over the glacial valley going north. At the junction of Phoksunda River and another stream, we head over an old wooden bridge going now north east. We take a long climb over meadow up a steep ravine coming to another valley, we come in sight of the Kangla Pass. It is here we set up camp for the night.

Today we ascend a steep trail littered with slat stones to get to the pass. The top of the pass gives lovely views of rivers gushing down. We now descend down to the floor of the valley. Walking along river banks from side to side. Here we can see the caves of mud along the sides of the hills. The fields of the valley is clustered with sheep in the hundreds along with mountain goats known as Chyangra. After crossing a wooden bridge, we enter Shey Gompa. We set tent for our stay here ton

Today, again we get to acclimatize. We can spend the time looking at the historical wonders of the Gompa and take short walks in the vicinity. We spend the night in camp at Shey Gompa.

Today we head to Namduna Goan (4,800m) through the pass known as Saldang La at a height of 5,200m. Passing through a nice trail of Juniper trees we move down to a gray stony canyon. Then becomes zigzag over exposed rock and eroded soils bringing us to the Pass. Then we begin descending north through yaks and grazing sheep and nomadic tents. At our destination we take a visit to the Namgung Monastery a beautiful monastery of red stone against the northern wall gorge. We set up tent here for the night.

Today we head to Saldang up a slope in the beginning over a dusty barren mountain. Climbing for three to four hours, we now see the village of Saldang, the biggest in the inner parts of Dolpa. We stay overnight here.

Today we head to Yanze Gompa (4,960m) after walking for 5 hour. On the Nagon Khola, we hike along its banks in a terrain which is wild and barren. We then go over constant up and down descends. We pass through villages of Marang and Ki. Then we cross the river Panzang from one side to the other to finally reach Yanze Gompa, where we set up tent for the night.

To save time we head back to Saldang not taking the other route. We cross a river here and pass terraced field, chortens, stupas and mani stone walls and at the Village of Namdo the Chiba Monastery. Continuing on for another two hours we reach Sibu where we pitch tent for the night.

Hiking along the Nam Khong Khola passing some caravans and yak making for the Tibetan border, we reach the junctions of two stream. From the paths ascends to the grazing grounds at Jengla Pass. We set camp here for the night.

It takes us about two hours to reach the pass. On getting there, we get a spectacular view Dhaulagiri north face. We go down now on a rough path to Tarap Valley. We reach the monastery at Tokyu where we set camp for the night.

We hike a plain valley unlike the others on both sides of the river. After hiking for some time we reach Dho Tarap. We pitch tent here for the night.

We simply rest at Dho Tarap. We simply roam around the village of irregular walls and visit the local monastery. This is a village of both the Magars and the people of Tibetan descent. We stay the night here at camp

We head down the valley to a narrow gorge. We then trek though Juniper trees and wild flowers with the tree line above. We find blue sheep and by mid-day we the junction of Tarap Chu and the Lang Khola moving further on we make camp at a place known as Kamakharka.

Ascending down the gorge of River Tarap, passing local people with their herd for pasture. The valley is full of deep gorges which we hop for side to side. Sometimes we are walking on walls acting like bridges. At time we are forced to paddle in the icy water of the river as the path seemed washed away. Finally we reach the camp spot beside Tarap Khola where we set up camp at place called Khani Goan.

Today, we head to Tarakot (2,537m) in a five hour hike. We first get to the village of Lalberi and then pass some verdure green forests before getting into another and following the river again. When we reach Taragoan, we pay a visit to the Gompa of Sandal. We camp by the side of Tarap Chu River for the night.

We leave the path behind the River Bheri and cross a bridge to Lawan Village. The the path goes along the river again till Byas Gadi. Then the path becomes easy. We finally cross the river once again at Lochakhola Goan and ascend to Dunai. We pitch tent here for the night

Today we head back to Jhupal. Hiking along the River Bheri, we pass Dhupichaur and Rupgad and some temples. We go onto Kalagaonda and Motipur villages and reach the airport at Jhupal. We stay at a lodge here.

We take the first flight to Nepalgunj and catch the next to Kathmandu. In Kathmandu, we check into our three star lodging.

Having had an eventful time, it’s time to rest and do some shopping to take back home. In the evening you will have dinner with staff of the company at an authentic Nepali restaurant as a farewell dinner. You stay the night at the hotel.

Unless you have some other plans, a representative from the company will bid you farewell at the airport three hours of your flight out for check in formalities.
At Breakfree Adventures, we hope that we were able to provide you with a fabulous adventure on this trek where we take your security and comfort into consideration.