Jomsom Muktinath Trek

Arrive at Kathmandu after a scenic flight over the mountains. Meet the representative of Himalayan trekkers and transfer to Hotel.

You can spend this day exploring some of the World Heritage sites in Kathmandu valley for some time and prepare for the trek in the afternoon.

After breakfast, you will take a scenic bus drive of 7 hours to reach Pokhara. Walk around the lakeside and explore Pokhara city on your own. Sitting at the hotel balcony you can have an excellent view of the mountains as they are only 28 km away from Pokhara city, which lies at an altitude of 900m.

After breakfast, you will drive for 45 minutes to reach Nayapul and start the trek. You will continue walking uphill along the left bank of the Bhurungdi Khola. You will follow the terraced farms up to Hille and Tikhedhunga then cross a stream beyond the village and then drop down to the suspension bridge over the Bhurungdi Khola. Then, you will climb about 3500 steps to reach the village of Ulleri for the overnight stay.

You will start walking in the morning after breakfast along the path that leads to the Rhododendrons forest and you can see the Annapurna South, hidden by a ridge smiling at you. You will walk past the villages of Banthanti and Nangathanti through the forest to reach Ghorepani. Ghorepani is a settlement of Poon Magars and has the biggest collection of rhododendron.

You will hike to Poonhill [3210m], early morning for 45 minutes for sunrise view over the Manaslu range, and after breakfast, you will leave Ghorepani through the rhododendron forest amidst the magnificent natural vistas. You will walk through the stone-paved trails for an hour to reach Sikha, a Magar village on a ridge. You will continue descending till Ghar Khola and climb for some time afterward to cross the Kali Gandaki River on a large suspension bridge. After crossing the bridge, you will walk for half an hour to reach Tatopani for an overnight stay.

You will follow the climb up the Kali Gandaki Gorge, between Annapurna and Dhaulagiri Mountains and walk towards the village of Dana, famous for orange groves. If you will be arriving in the month of October, you can see the locals selling orange in the bamboo baskets. You can taste some of them and you will find them very tasty. Walking further ahead, you will cross the hamlet of Rupse, a thundering waterfall cascades down beside the trail, after which the trail enters the narrowest segment of the gorge. After walking for a couple of hours, you will find yourself in the Thakali village of Ghasa where you can see the flat-roofed Tibetan style houses.

You will start walking towards Larjung today. You will come across the forests of fir, cypress, and juniper along the riverbank of Kali Gandaki after ascending for some time. You will walk for 4 hours to reach Larjung which is a small town where the major attractions are the houses built in traditional Tibetan style, narrow alleys, and tunnels.

You will walk past the villages of Kobang and Tukuche through the under-construction motorway. You will again witness the narrow stone-paved alleys and enclosed houses which are built to protect the settlement from the strong wind in the Kali Gandaki area. You will walk past stonewalled orchards until you come across the stone gate which is the entrance to the village of Marpha, famous for monasteries, lifestyle, apples, and brandy made of apples!!!! After lunch and a brief exploration, you will head towards Jomsom. You will reach Jomsom, the headquarter of Mustang district in 2 hours from Marpha.

You will start walking towards the Muktinath temple today and walk past Ekle Bhatti along the bank of the Kali Gandaki river, which is famous for the fossils which the locals especially Hindus worships as Saligram. You will continue walking up the hill, leaving the small village of Kagbeni, the gateway to Upper Mustang on the left side. After walking 2 hours from Ekle Bhatti, you will reach the Jharkot village where there are monasteries made in the 15th centuries. These monasteries are made in Tibetan style and families around the area send their second son/daughter to grow up as Monks/nuns. You will further walk uphill until you reach Muktinath. This temple is a very important pilgrimage for both Hindus and Buddhist as Hindus worship the god as Lord Vishnu and Buddhist worship Muktinath as one of the Avalokteshowrs.

After the short descent in the morning, you will find yourself in Jharkot and Khingar, where beautiful monasteries will give you the opportunity to witness the interrelation and similarity of Tibet to this area. The view of Dhaulagiri and Nilgiri is splendid throughout the trail. You will walk past Kagbeni to reach Jomsom along the bank of Kali Gandaki River. You can spend some time exploring the headquarter of the Mustang district, Jomsom.

Today you will have a scenic flight to Pokhara in the early morning after breakfast. Then, from Pokhara, you have an option to chose by what kind of transportation you desire to return back to Kathmandu. In the evening, enjoying farewell dinner with cultural show.

You can depart from Kathmandu to your home country with a bag of memories or extend another trip within or outside Nepal.