Lower Dolpo Trek offers you an impressive experience of trekking in the naturally rich Himalayas. Enjoy pristine natural beauty, shining mountain ranges, purest Shey-Phoksundo Lake, arid landscapes, high passes, ancient sacred monasteries, traditional villages, Yak caravans, ancient culture, rural Himalayan lifestyle and camping. Lower Dolpo Trek offers you most of Dolpo’s extraordinary natural beauty captured in the Oscar-nominated movie ‘Caravan’.
Your trek to Upper Dolpo starts after flying from Kathmandu to Nepalgunj to Juphal in Dolpa district. Then, you walk to various traditional villages, trek to Shey-Phoksundo Lake, step along the Tarap valley, stroll along the Bheri River and pass Jeng La Pass. You visit Yangze Gompa, observe Buddhist culture and enjoy rural hospitality.
Visit Dolpo region – out of the world. Opened up for tourism in 1989, the Dolpo region trek offers you unforgettable adventures in your life – Mt. Dhaulagiri, Mt. Sisne, Mt. Kanjirowa, Lake Phoksundo, Tibetan plateau, yak caravans and over 130 Gompas. You pass through Himalayan passes, reach Dho-Tarap – one of the highest settlements on earth, meet Himalayan people (Tibetan origin), observe their Buddhist culture, visit Gompas and feel the warmth of organic hospitality.
You also trek in the Shey-Phoksundo National Park – the country’s largest conservation area, accompanied by natural flora and fauna, see several species of birds and animals, may encounter Himalayan sheep, musk deer, jackals and snow leopards.
Observe agriculture, animal husbandry and trading at the high altitude. In Dolpo, crops (mainly barley) can be grown once a year. In some lower villages, we see people growing buckwheat, oilseed, potato and radish. You will explore the harsh life of the Dolpali people.
What a life-changing experience!
Let’s Go Hiking promises high-quality services at an affordable price. We welcome you heartily, offer genuine hospitality, accommodation, take care of health and safety, provide necessary trekking facilities and support you fully to accomplish your Lower Dolpo Trek. Remember, you are with a genuine trekking company, professional and experienced guides and strong high-altitude dwelling porters.