Dolpo trek

Dolpo trekking:

Category of Dolpo trek

Upper Dolpo trek-Juphal.....shey phoksundo lake, shey Gomba, Saldang..Dho trap.....Juphal

Lower Dolpo trek-Dunai...Dho trap......Bagla....Phoksundo-Juphal

Rara lake to Dolpo phoksundo trek-Talcha airport...Jumla..phoksundo-juphal

Jumla to shey phoksundo lake lake trek 12 days Lower Dolpo Circuit

Jumla to phoksundo lake via kagmara la-Jumla to Lower Dolpo trek

Dolpo Juphal to Jomsom trek-Possible both lower and Upper Dolpa

Jumla to jomsom trek via saldang and Tinje-Upper Dolpo

Jumla to Jomsom trek-Via Upper or Lower Dolpo

Starting point of Dolpo trek

Juphal-Dunai if fly from Nepalgunj

Jumla-6-7 days trek to Dunai or Juphal or Kagmara pass via Hurikot

Jomsom to Charka Bhot then from Charka Bhot going to Tinje or Dho Trap.

From Musikot or Jajarkot-Bus to Musikot then Jeep to Tribeni after this 2 days walk to Dunai.

Transporation of Dolpo trek;

By Plane and Bus-Kathmandu to Nepalgunj Night Bus then fly to Juphal

Bus to Musikot from Kathmandu then walk to dolpo then fly back to Nepalgunj then again Bus to Kathmandu.

Round trip fly(Kathmandu to Nepalgunj,Nepalgunj to Juphal fly(Round trip)

Dolpo is the western part of nepal karnali zone. it is the area untouched by the modern technology. visitiors can get the ample chance to observe the natural life. some people of dolpa still didnot see the modern technolgy. There are upper dolpa and lower dolpa. It is the region remote and touched up to the tibetan boarder. There are fascinating shey-phoksundo lake. most of the people are tibetans inhabitants. houses are like a bee hive. most of the people are uneducated and poor.

Famous oscar nominated flim are suiting in the dolpa district. to access the dolpa there are flight to nepalgunj then fly to jhuphal. after heading from there, can be reached the Phoksundo lake.The landscape of the dolpa is high steep valleys and dry climate. There are no road excess , only the small plane to the jhuphal.

this area called the shey phoksundo national park, which is eastablished in 1984. there are mixed ethnic group in Dolpa.The world dolpo refers to the special tibetans heritage in the northern part of dolpa. There are many ethnic group shaman, bonpo, hindu. Indigenous people are engage in trade, business, and other activity. In the winter time they are back to the southern part of nepal.

Quick facts of Dolpo

-The sparse agro -pastoral population.

-Dhol-wa is the local dialects

-adherence of bonpo religion

-1999 french nepalese movie oscar -nominated flim himalayas

-Recently documentary flim dolpo tulku.in 2009.

-dolpo is the largest district of nepal and covering the 5.36 percent of the total area of nepal.

-dolpa ranges from 1525 m to 7625 metre.

-starting point of trekking is jhuphal-dunai , tarakot

-Bang la camp is the upper-point of the dolpa trekking.

-dolpa occupies area of 7889km2,

-population of the dolpa is approx 40,000

-hindus are 60%, , bussist are 40%, 5.05% are ancient bonpo.

-first settle in the 10 the century Rokpa farmers and Erokpa nomads from the tibet.

-scatter ,fortress like village

-upper dolpa find a blue sheep and snow leopard.

-phoksumdo gompa

-upper dolpa is ranges from 2500m to 7625

-The medicinal plant, Yarchagumba(coerdiopsis sinensis) a type of wild mushroom is found in abundance in this region.

-opened in 1991 for the trekking.

- major views kanjiroba peaks,phoksumdo lake, dhaulgiri mountain

-Huge birds,himalayan griffons

-peter matthiessen book snow leopards write about the dolpo

-Eric vallils oscar nomited movie caravan or himalayan.

Itineary of the dolpo trekking

Second Itineary of the dolpo trekking

• Itinerary

• Dolpo Trekking permit :
• For the group trekkers dolpo trekking opened, for the individual Trekkers it is only open up to the phosundo Lake. Government policy is less tourist there are so that fee are expensive . In the above itinerary $500 per person.
• Included the prices
• All kinds of the land transfer
• Domestic plane ticket
• Hotel in kathamndu, Nepal jung.
• 3 times meals in Trekking
• Experience Guide and his salary, all type of insurance
• Trekking permit, Timms, National park Fee.
• Tour guide sightseeing in kathamndu valley.
• Cost no include
• International air fare
• personal nature expenses
• bevarage, cola, alchol
• personal equipment
• Deparature tax
• Visa fee in nepal.
• Tips for the Guide(Expected)

Flora and fauna in the Dolpo

flora found within the park is exteremely diverse. The northern regions contain barren areas of the upper Himalayas and the Trans-Himalayan slope lands consisting of some rhododendron, caragana shrubs, and Salix, Juniper, white Himalayan birch, and the occasional silver fir dominate the high

meadows of the Himalayas. Less than five percent of the park is forested, with much of it lying in the southern portion. The Suligad Vally’s flora consists of blue pine, spruce, hemlock, cedar, silver fir, poplar, rhododendron, and bamboo. The park also contains 286 species of ethnobotanical importance.

The park provides important habitat for endangered species including the snow leopard, grey wolf, musk deer, and blue sheep, goral, great Tibetan sheep, Himalayan tahr, leopard, jackal, and Himalayan black bear are also found in the park. The park is home to six reptiles and 29 species of butterfly, including the highest flying butterfly in the world, Paralasa nepalaica. The park provides habitat for over 200 species of birds, among which include yellow-throated marten, Tibetan partridge, wood snip, white-throated tit, wood accentor, and crimson-eared rosefinchl.

Price for this trip

Price is depend upon the hotel type , group size,

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