- Duration
- 14 days
- Grade
- Easy to moderate
- Accommodation
- Tea house lodges, homestays and camping
- Maximum height
- Lapcha La, 5,018 m
- Itinerary
- 15 days
- Section
- Humla
About the trail
Simkot-Limi Valley Trek
- Key sites covered: Simkot, Kermi, Yalbang, Yari, Nara La, Hilsa, Limi, Lapcha La, Nyalu La and Dhinga Laga
Note: Trekking combined with a jeep drive. The document states 14 days and then lists 15.
Highlights
- Gateway to Mt Kailash — the only place in Nepal from which Mt Kailash and Lake Manasarovar can be seen
- Outstanding Great Himalayan, Trans-Himalayan and Tibetan Plateau landscape, through Simkot, Yalbang, Tumkot, Hilsa, Limi Valley and Lapcha La
- The pristine Karnali, the only wild and free-flowing large river of Nepal
- Rich Tibetan cultural heritage and historical monasteries, including Halzi Gomba
- Outstanding geological formations and biodiversity hotspots, home to snow leopard, wild yak and wild ass
Itinerary
Day by day
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Day 01
Fly to Nepalgunj (150m)
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Day 02
Fly to Simikot (2,950m) and explore around Simkot
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Day 03
Drive to Kermi and Yalbang (3,020m)
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Day 04
Monastery visit and meditation in Yalbang, Muchu and Tumkot
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Day 05
Drive to Tumkot, Yari and Hilsa (3,720m) via Nara La (4,620m)
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Day 06
Drive to Manepeme and Til village (4,000m)
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Day 07
Trek to Halzi Gomba (3,660m)
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Day 08
Explore Halzi Gomba and drive/trek to Jang hot spring (3,930m)
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Day 09
Drive to Lapcha La (Kailash viewpoint) and back to Tugling (4,370m)
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Day 10
Trek to Talung
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Day 11
Trek to Shinjungma (3,620m) via Nyalu La (4,990m)
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Day 12
Trek to Langdok Base
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Day 13
Trek to Dhinga Laga (3,250m)
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Day 14
Trek/drive to Simikot (2,950m)
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Day 15
Fly back to Nepalgunj and Kathmandu