Dolpa became part of
Nepal 200 years ago when the Gurkhas gained control
over the region. Ties of blood and religion made the
district a natural refuge for Tibetans who fled the
Communist Chinese ‘liberation’ of Tibet
in 1959. Within Dolpa’s ring of massive mountains
live a people economically and culturally disrupted
by their estrangement from Tibet. It has much in common
with Ladakh, Zanskar, Lahul and Spiti in India, and
with Mustang its eastern Nepali neighbor. 1,000 year
old Buddhist monasteries dot the Shey and Ban Tshang
Valleys. The principal religion in Dolpa is Tibetan
Buddhism. Dolpa has a subsistence economy, based on
livestock and barley cultivation wrested from the steep
mountain sides at elevations as high as 4,000m. Two
groups of ethnic Tibetans make up Dolpa’s sparse
population. The Rungba, or ‘valley farmers’,
whose yellow village houses belong to the monks while
those painted white belong to the lay population. The
Drok are nomadic yak herders. Interestingly, Drok girls
mix grease and black root extract to use as a sun block
on their faces at high altitudes.
Itinerary in Details
:
Day 01 : Kathmandu
to Nepalgunj
Day 02 : Nepalgunj to Jumla.
Day 03 : Jumla to Danphe Langa.
Day 04 : Danphe Langa to Chautha.
Day 05 : Chautha to Dhotu.
Day 06 : Dhotu to Rara Lake.
Day 07 : Explore Rara Lake.
Day 08 : Rara to Changkheli Phedi.
Day 09 : C. Phedi to Changkheli Phedi.
Day 10 : Changkheli BC to Piplang.
Day 11 : Piplang to Serkeghat.
Day 12 : Serkeghat to Ripghat.
Day 13 : Ripghat to Bokchyagaunda.
Day 14 : Bokchyagaunda to Kharponath.
Day 15 : Kharponath to Bargaun.
Day 16 : Bargaun to Simikot.
Day 17 : Simikot fly back to KTM.
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