HUMLA: WHERE TIME STANDS STILL
Humla, a region located in the far northwest of Nepal, is popular for its remote and untouched natural and cultural scenery.
Not affected by modern culture because of its remote location, Humla has been able to preserve its traditional living style. The people here are their own bosses and majorly focus on trading, handicrafts, agriculture, and animal husbandry for their livelihood.
Various ethnicities like Thakuri and Tibetans in villages like Limi, Simikot, Yanchu, and Bargaun have been able to maintain their conservative lifestyle for over a century. The lack of modernity here offers visitors a serene and natural environment where they are able to experience what a lifestyle cut off from the world feels like, refreshing their minds and souls.
The strong bonds and cooperation of the people here during any sort of problem or festival will remind visitors of the importance of unity.
Thanks to these aspects, Humla lives up to its alias, “A Place Where Time Stands Still.”
THE ULTIMATE WILDERNESS ADVENTURE
The diversified and rocky landscape of this region is perfect for those seeking to test their limits. Furthermore, the rarely explored trails here provide a more challenging and enchanting experience compared to other trails.
Traversing past mountain passes such as Nyalu La Pass (4995 m) and Nara La (4620 m) provides magnificent and breathtaking views of various mountains like Mount Kailash (6638 m), Saipal (7031 m), Api (7132 m), and Byas (6670 m), re-igniting the flame of the soul through their sheer beauty.
Passing through serene alpine meadows and peaceful lakes offers travelers an opportunity to enjoy calm peace and silence, healing their fatigue. Dipping one’s leg into the crystal-blue rivers of this region makes them feel comfortable and refreshed as if they were in heaven.
Furthermore, the region is famous for being a protected area, allowing many wild animals, like snow leopards, and blue sheep, to live in peace. Flowers like the rhododendron and Yarsha Gumba are seen too.
Humla Simikot Treks packages
At the seventh and largest province of Nepal – Karnali Province of the Far Western Region lies the Humla district with Simikot being its headquarter. Most of the trekking route to Tibet is initiated from Simikot.
Humla is one of the largest districts of Nepal covering an area of 5655 sq. km. Relative to its size, the population is very low. The northern part of Humla is dominated by people practicing Buddhism whereas the southern part has a dominance of Hindus. Various settlements of communities of Tibetian origin can be found here. As this region shares a border with Tibet to the North, many similarities among Humla and Tibet can be found.
The border crossing at Hilsa is the entry point going to Mount Kailash. The normal route to Hilsa from Simikot is 4-5 days of trekking. Humla is one of the least visited remote regions in Nepal. Only accessible by air and not very regular and totally depends on season.
Humla is very much traditional and is well preserved in terms of nature. Since modernization has no or very little impact here, life in the Humla Simikot region is very much isolated from the outer world. Trekking in this region gives you an experience of walking into pristine nature, a topography like Tibet, and some rare species of flora and fauna only found on the Himalayas. Thus, beautiful, bitter, joyous, and holy - is Humla.
Various NGOs and INGO are in work since 1996 to uplift the development of this region.
