The most beautiful places of Lower Mustang
The best of Lower Mustang
Lower Mustang – a wide valley of the Kali Gandaki river, squeezed on one side by the eight-thousander Dhaulagiri and on the other by the Annapurna mountains. It is not for nothing that this valley is said to be the deepest in the world. Here you will see interesting Buddhist culture in the form of distinctive villages and local monasteries – gomps. Of course, you can also enjoy beautiful views of the surrounding mountains. Let's see what to visit here.
Thorong la pass
The highest place of Annapurna trek
Thorong la pass (Thorung la) (5 416 m asl) is probably the most famous pass throughout Nepal. It is said to be the highest „tourist“ place throughout the country, which is not correct. But the truth is that you can cross it in sandals if the weather is good, because the path over it is neither steep nor narrow and trade caravans from Tibet used to walk this way. But it certainly cannot be underestimated, because it had several times become a trap for tourists in a snow storm (see the recent disaster of October 14, 2014). continue reading
Kali Gandaki valley
The deepest valley in the world
Kali Gandaki has a reputation of the deepest valley in the world. By the village Larjung (at an altitude of about 2550m asl) is valley nearly a kilometer-wide and doesn´t look like the canyon. But directly above him, however, rises eight-thousand Dhaulagiri which it exceeds about 5.5 km. The river at these locations intersects the main Himalayan ridge. continue reading
Dhaulagiri
White mountain
Dhaulagiri (8,167m) is the seventh highest mountain in the world. It is definitely one of the most breathtaking. Mountain exceeds the Kali Gandaki valley about six kilometers. You can try a nice trek around it. Trek culminates at the French pass and Dhampus pass. You will also be able to see it well on the trek around Annapurnas continue reading
Kagbeni
A town on the Mustang border
A typical Tibetan style town of Kagbeni is located at the boundary between Lower and Upper Mustang. Here you will find a nice gompa and picturesque surrounding countryside spreading on both sides of the Kali Gandaki River continue reading
Famous view of Dhaulagiri
Prospects from Kobang and Larjung
The Kobang and Larjung villages in the Kali Gandagi Valley are not in themselves very interesting. But the reason to stop here is great – the monumental Dhaulagiri rises above them more than 5.5 kilometers continue reading
Tukuche Town
The most beautiful town below Jomsom
Situated just below the peak of the same name, Tukuche is one of the most beautiful towns in the Kali Gandaki River Valley. Interesting is mainly architecture so different from other cities in the valley. continue reading
Nilgri North (7,061m)
Seven thousand miles west of Annapuren
To the west of Annapuren directly above the valley of the famous river Khali Gandaki rises the Nilgri massif, with the highest peak Nilgri North (7,061m above sea level). There are two other important mountains in the massif, namely Nilgri Central (6,940m) and Nilgri South (6,839m). continue reading
Kali Gandaki river
The river bisecting the Himalaya
The river Kali Gandaki belongs among the longest and most interesting Nepalese rivers. Most tourists wander along its trough during the western part of the trek around Annapurnas or in the Kingdom of Mustang. Interesting is the fact that its trough is about 5.5 kilometers below the surrounding eight thousand meters high peaks Dhalagiri and Annapurna 1. Therefore, it is counted among the world's deepest canyons. It flows into the much more famous Ganges. continue reading
Tukuche
Peak in the shadow of Dhaulagiri
The very nice mountain Tukuche (6,920 m above sea level) is unfortunate that it lies right next to the monumental 8,000-meter Dhaulagiri. Despite being relatively low, it is one of the more difficult peaks. The views on it are best enjoyed on the trek around Annapurna. continue reading
Martha
A picturesque Buddhist village
We start a trek along the Annapurna route to the village of Marpha / in the high season it is full of beautiful views of the surrounding glacial giants / famous for the production of apple liqueur. There are indeed apple trees in the area and, moreover, nicely wrapped apples. The best view of Marpha is from Solmi Gomba Monastery. continue reading
Syang
A massive monastery above the Kali Gandaki river valley
From the landscape of fields around the Kali Gandaki river, a huge gompa in Syang suddenly appears somewhat unexpectedly. continue reading
Jharkot
Typical Mustang architecture
Při cestě z Muktinahu do Jomsomu se můžete zastavit ve velmi pěkném buddhistickém městečku Jharkot. Na skalním ostrohu je postavená pěkná gompa a okolní pustá krajina má také své kouzlo continue reading
Gompa at Ranipauwa
The largest monument in Ranipauwa
There is also a beautifully colored gompa in Ranipauwa. continue reading
