- Duration
- 18 days
- Grade
- Moderate to difficult
- Accommodation
- Tea-house lodges and camping
- Itinerary
- 11 days
- Section
- Dolpo and Dhaulagiri
About the trail
Dolpo Heritage Circuit (Lower Dolpa-Upper Dolpa Circuit)
- Key sites covered: Dunai, Sahartara, Lasicap, Dho Tarap, Numa La Pass, Bagala Pass (5,169m), Phoksundo Lake, Chhepka, Dunai, Jufal
Note: Nepalgunj can also be reached by road, via Dunai, Triveni, Radi and Chhinchu.
Highlights
- Crosses cis-Himalayan and trans-Himalayan country over Jalja La (3,386 m) and Jang La (4,519 m) in Dhorpatan Hunting Reserve, and Numa La (5,309 m) and Baga La (5,169 m) in Shey Phoksundo National Park
- The country's largest national park, and the best snow leopard habitat in Nepal
- Some of the oldest Buddhist and Bon monasteries, in settlements with well-preserved traditions
- Phoksundo Lake, an alpine freshwater lake among the deepest in Nepal, sacred to Bonpo and Buddhist followers
Itinerary
Day by day
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Day 01
Fly to Nepalgunj
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Day 02
Fly to Jufal and drive to Dunai (2,140m)
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Day 03
Trek to Lasicap (2,775m)
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Day 04
Trek to Ghyamghar (3,755m)
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Day 05
Trek to Dho Tarap (3,944m)
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Day 06
Trek to Numala Base Camp (4,440m)
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Day 07
Trek to Danigar (4,512m)
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Day 08
Trek to Phoksundo/Rigmo (3,641m)
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Day 09
Trek to Chhepka (2,720m)
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Day 10
Trek to Dunai (2,140m)
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Day 11
Drive to Jufal and fly to Nepalgunj