Mustang Trek

Mustang is the name of the entire district along the Kali Gandaki from Tibetan border south to Ghasa. It's headquarter is in Jomsom. Mustang has a long, rich and complex history that makes it one of the most interesting and pictursque places in Nepal. Mustang has been described as a thumb-like part of Nepal extending into Tibet. People of Upper Mustang call themselves Lobas. They build houses and temples with rammed earth or sun-baked bricks of mud on a stone foundation. The people out here herd yaks, raise goats and sheep. The main food for themselves comes from farming but most families tend fields of buckwheat, barley, wheat and mustard. People at Mustang follows Sakya religion.

Trek to Mustang region is a rare privilege. The Upper Mustang region was opened for the trekkers from October 1991. Trek to Upper Mustang is same as a trek to Tibet. You will experience the real life of mountain people. It is also called the district across the Himalayas. It is a land of barley fields and pasture and vast expanses of gray and yellow roling hills eroded by the wind that howl across the area most afternoons.

You can do trekking at Mustang and it will only take 10 days. Your treeking will start from Kagbeni and it also finishes at Kagbeni.

Itinerary:

Day 1 : Kagbeni to Chele
Day 2 : Chele to Geling
Day 3 : Geling to Charang
Day 4 : Charang to Lo Manthang
Day 5 & 6 : In Lo Manthang
Day 7 : Lo Manthang to Drakmar
Day 8 : Dralmar to Shyangmochen
Day 9 : Shyangmochen to Chhuksang
Day 10 : Chhuksang to Kagbeni

The best time to do this trek is from the month of May to October.