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Mustang region - a desert
plateau at 12,400 Ft. Dry, desolate and windy, it is a paradise like no other
on earth. The strong winds blowing between the Annapurna and Dhaulagiri
mountains have created a dry desert landscape - dusty and bare in
its
beauty Mustang was off limits to foreigners until 1964 when French
anthropologist and author, Michel Peissel, was granted a one-time
permit into the region. In 1992, it
was partially opened to foreigners. Today, only a limited number
of tourists are granted ten-day permits to visit this region. Being
a Kingdom within a Kingdom, Mustang is currently ruled by Raja Jigme
Palbar Bista, the 25th descendent of the founder of the kingdom
of Lo The largest settlement in this area is Lomanthang,
a small fort city with twenty feet high surrounding walls, sentinel
turrets at each corner and prayer flags blowing in the wind. This
city is as good as having been frozen in a time capsule dating to
pre Buddhist Bon Po culture, more exotic and protected
than even Tibet The whitewashed walls around Lomanthang is shaped
like a misshapen L with a short vertical arm oriented north-south
and a very fat, almost square horizontal arm. The closely packed
houses, the palace and temples
are in the bottom portion, the vertical part of the Lhouses the
monastic community and two gompas and this portion of the city wall
is painted red. The school,
health post, police post and several important chortens are located
outside the walls to the North of the gate and East of the monastic
part of the city.The city contains 150 houses plus numerous residences
for Lamas. The only agricultural land inside the walls is a field
owned by the monastery situated near the center of the city. The
walls of Lomanthang was once more imposing than it is now. In the
mid 1980s, the
Raja sold much of the land surrounding the city and as a result,
numerous stables, houses and stone-walled fields now adjoin the
wall.and Special Trekking permit US $ 700.00 per person for 10 days
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Day 1 : Arrival in Kathmandu (1000m/3280ft)
Transfert to Hotel
Day 2 : Half day Sightseen with guide. city tours tour includes
Katmandu Durbar Square, Syambunath Stupa, Pashupati Nath Temple
- Hindu Temple & Buddha is biggest Buddha Stupa in ancent Katmandu
Day 03 : Kathmandu drive to Pokhara
Day 04 : Fly from pokhara to Jomsom and trek to Kagbeni
Day 05 : Kagbeni trek to chele
Day 06 : Chele trek to Giling
Day 07 : Giling trek to Ghemi
Day 08 : Ghemi trke to Tsarang
Day 09 : Tsarand trek to Lo manthang
Day 10 : Lo manthang Rest day
Day 11 : Lo Manthang trek to Tsarang
Day 12 : Tsarang trke to Giling
Day 13 : Giling trek to Tangbe
Day 14 : Tangbe trek to Jomsom
Day 15 : Jomsom fly to Pokhara
Day 16 : Pokhara to by bus Kathmandu
Day 17 : Kathmandu free day
Day 18 : Departures |
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