Mustang Trek 18 Days

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 1980

	Detail itinerary Program Day 01 Arrival in Kathmandu (1300m) Transfert to Hotel Day 02 free day in Kathmandu 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 Free day in Kathmandu Day 18 Transfer to the airport