Damodar Kunda Trek

Oriental Journeys representative will pick up you from the airport and transfer you to the hotel. In the evening, we will take you to the greatest Hindu Temple of Nepal – Pashupatinath.

We will drive early in the morning from Kathmandu to Pokhara. We will travel via tourist bus and the bus leaves at 7 am in the morning. The bus journey offers green hills, rivers, and farms on the way. After 6 hours drive, we reach Pokhara, a city of lake. Pokhara city offers us a magnificent view of various mountains including Dhaulagiri, Manaslu, Machhapuchhre, and other mountain ranges. In the evening, we will do the shopping and roaming around the city of the lake. Overnight stay at a hotel on a BB basis.

We will take a flight from Pokhara to Jomsom. Jomsom lies in the district headquarter of Mustang. Then we start our trekking from Kagbeni, the starting point of Upper Mustang. The trek offers us spectacular views of Nilgiri, Dhaulagiri, Tukuche peak, and Dhampus. Kagbeni is one of the attractions of the trek and we will get a chance to explore typical Tibetan villages. Overnight stay at Kagbeni.

We will continue our trekking towards the east bank of the Kaligandaki river over many ridges. Then the trailheads to the north and reach Tangbe village. During the trek, we will encounter the fields of buckwheat, barley, wheat, and apple orchards. After crossing the Chhusang village and cross the river, we will leave Kaligandaki valley and climb steeply towards Chele at 3030m altitude. Overnight stay at Chele.

The trek starts along step, treeless, waterless terrain along the side of spectacular steep. Then the trail makes a long gradual descent on a ridge then it further descends down to the pleasant trail to Samar. Annapurna is visible to the south. The route climbs up and down over a series of high passes before the final descent to Geijing. Overnight stay at Gehling.

We will climb gently to the interesting pass of our trekking that is NYILA then it descends down below the blue, gray, and red cliffs. We will reach Mani (prayer wall) after crossing a steel bridge of Tangmar Chu (river). The huge five-story white Dzong and red Gompa is the major highlight of this trekking. Overnight stay at Tsarang.

We will cross the Charang Chu after we descend down about 100 meters from Charang and climbs steeply up a rocky trail. Overnight stay at Lo Manthang.

Hiking to Lo Manthang gives you a chance to explore Tall Champa Lakhang (God House), the red Thugchen Gumpa, Chyodi Gompa, and Raja’s palace. Besides this, in Lo Manthang, there is two interesting valleys for visiting: the western valley Tingkhar and Gompa of Namgyal (the monastery of Victory).

Today, we start the descending trek towards Dhie Village. After this, the trek crosses the river on a metallic bridge and enjoying the bank of the river. The trek climbs up for an hour and needs to walk some gentle steep before coming to Yara. Overnight stay at Yara.

We will climb up to reach Luri Cave monastery today. Then we will follow the barren valley after crossing the 5100m. We will take a packed lunch since the trail has no appropriate cooking possibilities.

We will start our trekking after having breakfast in the up and down trail. We will reach Damodar Kunda after crossing 5600 m altitude. Due to the lack of appropriate cooking possibilities, we need to make a packed lunch.

Today is the most joyous day of trekking because we will get a chance to explore Damodar Kunda with its magnificent scenery. Overnight stay at camp on a full board basis.

We will return back to the same route bypassing over 5600 m high pass. We have to cross up and down trails during the trek. We will follow the descending trail until reaching Yara Village. We prepare our lunch on the trail and overnight stay at camp on a full board basis.

We follow the same route back to Yara. We will follow downhill trekking until reaching Yara Village. We prepare lunch on the way and overnight stay on a full board basis.

Today, we have to cross a little bit difficult and longer trekking trail. Therefore, we start our trek early in the morning. We follow the steep down trail to Dechhyang Khola. After reaching there, we again ascend and descends on the trail until reaching Tangya village.

Similar to the previous day, we have to cross long trekking trails and it continues steeply down to Dechhyang Khola. After crossing the suspension bridge and river, we will reach Paha (shelter house) where we make our lunch. Then the trail steeply descends down to Tetang village.

We follow the trekking trails through rural villages after crossing Mani walls. Then we climb up to a wide valley. After this, we climb up to the wide valley and keep ascending up to Muktinath. Then we drop down to the small stream and cross a suspension bridge. Then we enter the village of Chhyongar and we follow the same trail until reaching Muktinath.

After having breakfast in the morning, we will drop down at Jharkot village. In Jharkot, we will get a chance to visit the ancient Sakyamuni Buddhist monastery. After this, we follow a dusty road trail until reaching Eklebatti, where we can have our lunch. Then we continue the trek along the Kaligandaki River to reach Jomsom.

We will reach Pokhara after an early morning flight from Jomsom with thrilling mountain views by the air including Dhaulagiri, Nilgiri, Annapurna South, Annapurna I, and machhepuchhre during the flight. We will visit the international mountain museum, David falls, and boating in a few lakes.

We have an option for flying back to Kathmandu or drive to Kathmandu. If you are planning to fly, you can take the left side of the plane for the best views of the Himalayas. But if you are taking the bus, we will arrange a ticket in a tourist bus at riverside seats. You will enjoy river rafting scenery in the Trisuli river along with the vegetation field. After you reach Kathmandu, you will have free time to explore Thamel and shopping.

The day has been separated for sightseeing in Kathmandu. We will take you to the historical and spiritual place in Kathmandu with an experienced guide. We will take you to Durbar square, the sacred Hindu temple of Pashupatinath, the famous monkey temple (Swayambhunath), and the Buddhists shrine (Boudhanath). The rest of the time, you could travel to Thamel and shopping the needed equipment.

Today is the last day of your trip to Nepal. If you have evening flight, you will get time for some sightseeing and shopping. Then we will transfer you at the hotel.