Arrival at Kathmandu airport, pick up by our correspondent and transfer to the hotel. (At the foot of the Himalayas, where they assure that their gods live, Nepal stands, a land of spectacular landscapes, temples and cities with a rich cultural heritage. These seem to transfer the traveler to medieval times on their walks through KATHMANDU, BHAKTAPUR and PATAN, the three urban cities that represent the backbone of the country. Stay overnight at hotel.

This day we have to prepare the upper Mustang permit. In the mean time we can get the chance to do sightseeing in the nearby places of Kathmandu. We will visit the different places like:

 “1” (Kathmandu Durbar Square)   Kathmandu Durbar Square is built between twelfth century to the eighteenth century, here we can see a wide variety of temple and palace), Kumari Chowk (Residence of the living goddess,) Kasthamandap (Kasthamandap is an ancient wooden Temple made form a single tree.  Hanumandhoka (Hanumandhoka is ancient royal palace, with the huge sculpture of the god Kal Bhairav, the platform of the coronation, the audition hall, the statue of King Pratap Malla and the Great Bell). “2” Swyambhunath is the Buddhist temple known as the monkey temple, its foundation dates back some 2000 years ago.  “3” (Boudha) Bouddha is the Buddhist sanctuary, here we will find largest stupa in the country, built in the fifth century is an enclosure with several monasteries of Tibetan Buddhism of different schools). “4” (Pasupati) Pashupatinath Temple is one of the most sacred Pilgrimage site of Hindus, and also a cremation site of bodies of Hindus. Stay overnight at hotel.

After breakfast, we’ll drive to Pokhara via Bandipur by private jeep. Bandipur having an altitude of 1005 m is situated 8 km above Dumre Bazaar (highway). This place is inhabited by Newar and Magar ethnic communities surrounded by artistic houses, pagoda-styled temple, The Siddha Gupha and etc. In this place, you can see beautiful mountain views of Ganesh Himal, Manaslu and Annapurna and Marshyandi valley. We’ll have lunch over there and after lunch we’ll drive to Pokhara. Stay overnight at hotel.

Early morning, we’ll drive to Sarangkot to see the sunrise and great panoramic view of Dhaulagiri and Annapurna Range and return back to hotel for breakfast. After having breakfast, we’ll head towards Tatopani passing along the Kaligandaki River. It will take 5-6 hours drive to reach Tatopani. In Tatopani, there is hot spring where you can dive over there and there is a belief that all your skin related disease will be eradicated when you dive in that hot spring. Stay overnight at lodge.

Early morning, after having breakfast, we’ll head towards Kagbeni passing along the world’s deepest gorge lying between Dhaulagiri and Annapurna Mountain range. Today we will drive approx. 6 hours. 

As we drive along, on the way we will stop at a beautiful natural waterfall, Ruptse fall. And then we will again drive towards Ghasa, where we will have to show our permits and entry them. Then after driving for a while we’ll reach beautiful village, Lete. It is surrounded by beautiful views of mountain. On left right, we can see Dhaulagiri and Tukuche peak whereas on right side, we can see Nilgiri and Tilicho peak.

As we drive along, from Lete we will reach one of the most beautiful villages of Mustang, Marpha. Marpha is famous for its beautiful white houses, small alleys, old monasteries and its landscape. We can stop here for a while and then explore around. We can see traditonal style houses, and local Thakali community here. After exploring Marpha, we will drive towards Jomsom, whcih is the capital of Mustang District. 

Jomsom is the center of Mustang and here we can find everything like: Pharmacy, shops, banks, money exchange and so on. We can also see airport in Jomsom, those who fly from Pokhara directly begin the trek / tour from Jomsom and onwards. Jomsom is very famous for its crazy wind and another is Dhumba Lake. After exploring around Jomsom we will then drive to Muktinath whcih takes about 1.5 hours. 

Muktinath is a religious temple which lies in the Mustang district of Nepal. Muktinath is a sacred temple for Hindu as well as Buddhists. Buddhist people name Muktinath as Chumig Gyatsa (meaning: the hundred springs). While for Hindu people Muktinath means lord of Liberation (mokshya). This it is one of the most important religious places for Hindu and it is believed that taking bath in 108 stone sprouts will give individual salvation from the bad deeds they have done during their lifetime. Also, here lies the statue of Lord Buddha, statue of Guru Padmasava and Buddhist thanka. Also inside, we can see the eternal flame which has been burning for mote than 2000 years. On the way back we will visit the Jharkot monastery and return back to Kagbeni.

After crossing this beautiful views and landscape, we’ll reach Kagbeni. Kagbeni is one of the old village settlement and has old monasteries. It is also the starting point of Upper Mustang Trek. 

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After breakfast, we will drive towards Geling.  On the way we will pass through the Tangbe (3040 m) village and then Chusang (3980 m). Then, by passing the Kaligandaki river we will reach at Chele. We will explore the Chele village and monastery and have lunch there. Along the way you can have good view over the Kali Gandaki Gorge.  After lunch, we will drive to reach Geling by crossing the Samar, Behana and Syangbochen village (3800 m). We will also explore the monastery in Syangbochen. From here we will drive towards Geling. In evening, we will visit the Geling Monastery.

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After breakfast, we will drive towards Lo Manthang. In between we will visit the monastery in Ghemi. In between we will visit the monastery in Ghemi and Dhakmar monastey. We can go by jeep to Dhakmar. It is an ancient historic popular monastery among Tibetan Buddhists. The actual name of the monastery is Lo-Ghyakar Gumba (3950 m). According to "Wangju" priest it is about 1300 years old (or built during 8th century). It is the only one Ngingmapa monastery of Upper Mustang whose patron was the former King Jigme Palbar Bista. Then we will drive towards Charang, visit Charang village and monastery there and have lunch. Then we will drive to Lo Manthang. Here we can explore the wonderful treeless barren landscapes and the view of mountains. In evening, we will explore the Buddhist art school, King Palace, and Lo Manthang village.

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This day we will walk / jeep ride towards Chosar which is nearby the Lo Manthang. It takes about 30 minutes to reach Chosar by vehicle. We will visit the famous Chosar Cave, Gharpu and other monasteries there which has very interesting history, and also have a chance to see religious ceremonies around monasteries. If we go by jeep then we can explore around Namgyal and Thingaar monastery. We will return back towards Lo Manthang in the evening.

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This day we will drive for 8 hours through the sideways of the Kaligandaki River to reach Jomsom. Stay overnight at lodge.

Early morning after having breakfast, we’ll drive to Pokhara. It will take 8-9 hrs to reach Pokhara via private vehicle. Stay overnight at hotel.

This day we’ll day full day sightseeing which includes visiting some famous places and landmarks such as World Peace Stupa, Gupteshore cave, David fall, Seti gorge, boating in Fewa lake, Visiting Tal Barahi temple, Pokhara Regional museum, Bindubasini temple and Tibeten refuse camp. Stay overnight at hotel.

This day after having breakfast at the hotel, we will prepare to return back to Kathmandu. It takes about 7-8 hours to reach Kathmandu. We will return back through the same way. 

Stay overnight at hotel.