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Mustang (Lho-Manthang):
Ever since this previously forbidden mountain
kingdom was opened for tourists in 1991, the deluge
of tourists flocking there has not stopped. This
despite the US$ 700 special permit required to enter
and spend ten days there. (An additional fee of US$
70 per day is levied for extensions.) Most trekkers
prefer to fly to Jomsom rather than take the
seven-days walk from Pokhara to reach it. Lho is
geographically and culturally a part of Tibet. The
arid, barren land, with pockets of fertile oases, is
unlike any other part of Nepal. The life style of
the Loba, people of Lho is also unique. The trip to
the capital of Lho, Lho Manthang, and back takes
around ten days and can be done by partly retracing
the way in or by taking a circuitous trail through
the outposts of this ancient kingdom. |
