Upper Mustang Jeep Ride is another thrilling tour the Nepal Adventure Team offers. This fantastic ride offers a geographical location experience of Nepal, starting with a height of 1400m and going up to 3700m. On the route, there are cliffside roads, and this makes the drive adventurous, and one gets to have a feel of nature. Upper Mustang is one of the distinct possible cultural sites heavily influenced by the Tibetan culture and was, until 1992, a restricted area for outsiders. This area has the opportunity to discover and enjoy the intact nature and local traditions of Upper Mustang.
Located at the northern boundary of the Annapurna rangeof the Himal, specifically in the Himalayan range of Nepal, Upper Mustang has its unique charm with the Dhaulagiri, Annapurna, and Nilgiri as the backdrop. While going through the Kaligandaki, travelers enjoy seeing the green forests and the river's swift currents preceding the barren land accompanied by high mountains. Located in the northern part of Nepal, the upper Mustang Mustang culture is quite linked with Tibet, as seen in their most popular village called Lo-Manthang, which translates to 'Kingdom' in Tibetan. It mainly consists of many Buddhist monasteries and nunneries, built on the precipices and decorated by flying colorful flags. Other earlier discovered caves have also translated the stories of demons and lamas through the bare hills' pink, grey, and brown tones. The jeep ride gets to an elevation of approximately 14,300 feet, which results in cold and windy weather as if enhancing the topography of the place.
Nepal Adventure Team (NAT) has a professionally planned itinerary for the Jeep Ride in Upper Mustang, beginning in Kathmandu. This makes the visitors prepare to feast on the capital city before adventuring into the rest of the nation. The journey does not end here; the next destination is Pokhara, and after that, there is an off-road ride towards Marfa and Jomsom. The last phase contains freshly pitched, bumpy roads up to Ghami and Lo-Manthang (Upper Mustang acclivity). Thus, we have come up with the perfect plan to provide the visitors with the best and most diverse impressions of this region.
Why the Upper Mustang Jeep Tour
The Upper Mustang Jeep Ride defines the term offbeat and will leave everyone who tries this out-of-the-ordinary excited and thrilling. This journey begins and ends in Pokhara and tours you through the middle of Upper Mustang, one of Nepal's most isolated districts completely closed off from the rest of the world until 1992. When you're hiking through this kind of territory, you will be amazed at the contrasting features of this area, which range from the green jungles to the deserts. The road rising from 1,400 meters to 3,700 meters gives the passengers splendid views of the Annapurna, Dhaulagiri, and Nilgiri mountains. This is more altitude territory travel with steep cliffs, roads, and amazing views, making it best for those in for an adventure.
The area's history is also very important, and the Upper Mustang Jeep Ride gives full insight. One can immediately feel the Tibetan input, specifically in the area called Lo-Manthang, which translates to the "Kingdom" in the Tibetan language. This region has many monasteries and nunneries dating back to the time of Buddhism, and a lot of these are built to the side of cliffs, and prayer flags are all over. The trip along the Kali Gandaki River is more than just staying in the landscapes; you get a picture of the culture of the people who have not been influenced by modernity for centuries. Exploring Lower Mustang makes it possible to have a true, virgin scenic tour and to learn about the traditional way of life in Upper Mustang.
Highlights
- Travel to the Lo-Manthan, the so-called Forbidden Kingdom.
- Learn orient from the bar view of the peaks: Dhaulagiri, one of the world's seventh tallest mountains, and Ganagapurna, Tukuche, Manaslu, and Thorang peaks.
- Discover the Kali Gandaki Gorge, the world's deepest gorge.
- Visit the holy Buddhist and Hindu place of Muktinath Temple.
- Experience ancient kingdoms' palaces, monasteries, and cliffs and caves over the high canyons.
- Go for a view of Ghar Gumba, popularly known as one of the oldest monasteries.
- Look at the beautiful pink, brown, and grey hills and glaciers that can be seen from the place.
- Swim through spires and cliffs; swim through dense green hills and woods.
- The journey has Kagein, the holy Kali Gandaki river's sacred valley across Kagbeni.
- Let the diversified culture, history, and life of the Gurung, the Tibetan, the Thakali, the Manager, and many more come alive.
- The Lo-Manthang community has a rich history unfolded and involved in knowing those histories.
- In addition, go for off-road and bumpy road trips as well.
- Travel on roads passing through the cliffs of hills.