Early morning you will be flying North West from Pokhara towards the great portal between the snows covered peaks of Annapurna and Dhaulagiri. You will enjoy the well-raised massifs of more than 8000 m, and the deepest gorge on this planet. And you will begin your trek from the main gate to Upper Mustang with a beautiful trail from Jomsom towards Kagbeni.

The path leads up towards the east bank of the Kali Gandaki climbing over many ridges as it heads north and reaches Tangbe village. The town is a labyrinth of narrow alleys amongst white washed houses, fields of buckwheat, wheat, apple orchids and barley. The Nilgiri peak, dominates the southern skyline of Kagbeni, all the way by different shapes. There are several Nepali and Tibetan songs sung portraying the beauty of Chossang.

Today your walk is more into undulating trails with couple of steep climbs and descents. Despite hours of walk the tremendous canyons with its unusual color that opens out is fantastic. In this bizarre, the farming fields with rich red buckwheat and brilliant green and the south view providing you a panorama of Nilgiri, Annapurna, Yakawa kang, and Tilicho peak adds up to its magnificence.

You will keep up the journey, crossing the river to the Kali Gandaki valley and climb steeply up a rocky gully to Chaile. From here, the culture changes from the Manangi culture to the Tibetan culture of Lo. The climb continues along steep, treeless, waterless terrain, along the side of the spectacular steep canyon to a pass and cairn of rock. Then, the trail makes a long gradual descent to some Chortens on a ridge, and with a further descent before coming along a pleasant trail to Samar village. You will climb above Samar to a ridge, then descend into a large gorge, which the trail goes into another valley field, crosses a stream and reach to the destination.

You will have interesting red cliffs, blue sheep sightings on the way. You will cross steel bridge of the Tangmar Chu River and arrive to a Mani walls perhaps the longest and most spectacular Mani walls in Nepal. The huge five-story white Dzong (fortress) and red Gompa are the main attractions to visit and explore collections of statues and Thangkas along with huge paintings of seated Buddha’s. Similarly, Ghar Gompa is also another main attraction for the day. It is the oldest and unique Gompa built during the eighth century. The Gompas and Mani in this area are all seen in red and white colors. According to the legend, a famous Rinpoche (Padma sambhava) once came here and fought a big demon which he tore apart and the remains of the demon spread to every direction. So it’s pretty interesting how there is no any sign of vegetation or animals and the sight is creepy.

Finally you will get to the plateau of Lo Monthang, ‘The Capital city and the Plain of Aspiration’ of Mustang. The fabled walled city of Lo, the kingdom with a single entrance is a welcome sight. The king, “Lo Gyelbu”, named Jigme Palbar Bista, is still resides at his four-storied palace inside the walled city of Lo Manthang.

Lo Manthang is the capital city of Mustang contains around 150 houses and has some of the largest and finest Tibetan Buddhist Gompas in Nepal. The city itself is absolutely impressive place with four major ancient Monasteries which are stunning and an enormous 14th century palace imposing 4-storey building in the center of the city. The main attraction sites in this area are: Nyphu Cave monastery built into the side of a soaring cliff. Jhong sky cave 2500 years old that has more than 44 compartments and gives you the pre- historic settlement of humans. Thinkar summer palace and ancient monasteries inside the walled city itself is exceptional.

Additionally, here you will get physically acclimatized and have numerous place to explore from the previous day around Lo Manthang.

From Lo-Manthang, the path leads straight till Dhi pass 4100 m and descends down to Dhi village. The trek from Lo Manthang to Muktinath is harder. However, it is more rewarding and interesting than the west side of the valley. Dhi village is one of the charming villages of whole Lo-mathang and it seems highly prosperous and is settled in a cozy place. And you will reside to Sara.

The trek then continues crossing the rivers and through a grassless, treeless bare hills. After the pass, the trail again drops directly to Tangye village at an elevation of 3370 m. Tangye is a small village of at least 30 houses but most of the houses are attached to each other. On the rooftops one can see piles of dry woods, which is believed to reflect the prosperity in their society.

The trail passes through a steep ridge of hills offering glimpse of the wind carved hills. Tetang village is formed between two hills. They should have found it a safe place to avoid the strong wind that hits the entire Kali Gandaki valley.

And you will slide back and exit from the restricted area of Mustang and stay overnight in Kagbeni.

Again you will make a one day trip to Jomsom and overnight stay there.

Early morning you will fly back to Jomsom and again to Pokhara.  And rest here in Pokhara exploring the city since you have a whole day left.

You will be taken the tourist bus from Pokhara. And you will be in Kathmandu for your respective departure according to your scheduled plan.