We will get all permits to trek to Dolpa region and sightseeing some of the heritage sites of Nepal. Afternoon fly to Nepalgunj and overnight 

The flights to Juphal are usually in the morning. The flight can be delayed by bad weather as the primary trekking season for Upper Dolpo is before and during the summer monsoon. The southwestern monsoon may be in the lower parts of Nepal. However, Dolpo is in the Trans Himalaya in the rain shadow.

It is a short flight to Juphal. We will meet our team at Juphal, and they will be busy organizing/loading our kit bags, camping gear, equipment, and food onto pack animals.

We start trekking along the Thulo Bheri River. It turns northward to the Suligad River an hour into the hike. We have to register with the Shey Phoksundo National park, the largest in Nepal, at their entrance. We continue to Kageni for the night. 

Our support crew will set up the campsite, make us hot drinks, and serve it in the dining tent with cookies.

This morning we walk in a northwesterly direction going upstream of the Suligad river, which comes from Phoksundo Lake. The hike is in the beautiful forested area passing through Shyanta and Chepka until our final stop at Rechi. Our support team will prepare and serve us lunch on the way.

As we go to the Turquoise Phoksundo Lake, this is an exciting day. The hike at the beginning is undulating, passing through Samduwa, and a short distance away, we will arrive at Trapiza School. The Swiss and Americans funded this school. We continue with a gentle climb until we reach Palam. After that, the ascent gets steep until you go to a place to rest. Next, you will see the raging Suligad waterfall that drops 167 meters. We will also get the first glimpse of the massive Kanjiroba 6612-meter peak. Kanjirolwa means the big mountain with a ponytail in Tibetan. We will also see part of the Turquoise Phoksundo Lake. We will reach the main village of Ringmo and Phoksundo Lake an hour later.

 We will take an easy walk to the ancient Bon monastery, Thasung Tsoling Gompa. The whole of Ringmo village are parishioners of the ancient Bon religion that predates Tibetan Buddhism 

We start our morning after breakfast by walking on the Lake’s Western trail, which starts going uphill. Every step and corner showcases the absolute beauty of the Lake. We will reach the highest point of the path at above 4000 meters from where the trail started contouring on a downhill trend bringing us to pine and Rhododendron forest until we reach the lakeside to the North of Ringmo village. A couple of Herder’s tents also double as restaurants, shops, and even lodging for travellers during the summer. Our camp is just a short hour away from the north side of the Lake 

We trek upstream of the Phoksundo river towards our first pass in the pine forest towards the lower base camp. We turn to our right to the Tuk Kyasa River. It involved rough trails and crossed the river by stepping and leaping on rocks. The valley widened after 30 minutes, and we reached the intermediate campsite about 2 hours and 30 minutes later. It was just enough for our four sleeping tents, kitchen, dining, and toilet tent. It was a lovely spot with a stream close by for our kitchen staff to cook 

This is a big day that involves crossing the first of the six passes above 5000 meters. Kang La is also known as Nagdalo La at 5350 meters. We ascend for an hour before reaching the high camp. We continue to climb on a steady ascent mixture of some short steep climbs for 90 minutes before the trail becomes steep. We continued this steep and challenging climb for more than two hours before reaching Kang La’s top. It can be windy and cold at the top of the pass. We might see the Manaslu range to the southeast of the key and the stark but beautiful hills that define Dolpo to the north. The first 20 minutes were a narrow, steep drop before the trail started contouring in a downward trend for 90 minutes, where we stopped for a break in a beautiful open space with a stream next to it. We stop before Shey Gompa.