Rara Lake Trekking

Itinerary:

Day 01: Pick up from Kathmandu airport 1400 m and check in Hotel. Over night at hotel.    

Day 02: Half day Bhaudhanath and Pashupatinath sightseeing. Trekking preparation and pre departure meeting in the afternoon. Over night at hotel.
 

Day 03: Kathmandu to Nepalgunj by flight. A city in south –western Nepal and the staging point of our trek to Jumla and Dolpo regions.

Day 04: Nepalgunj to Jumla 2434m by morning flight. A large Bazzar situated above the Tila River.

Day 05: Jumla to Uthugaon 2531m  by trek. From Jumla the trail to lakeRara follows the north bank of the Tila river , then turns up the ChaubiseRiver . The jumla valley soon disappears behind the ridge as the trail follows the river keeping fairly level passing through fields and pine forests.

Day 06: Trek to Sinja Khola 2700m. We ascend a trail up the Ghursendi Khola valley. We are soon climbing a steep trail on to a narrow canyon with vertical cliffs on both sides until we reach Padmora 2900m we continue up until we cross a pass at 3400m and down to sinja Khola. We have excellents views of Patrsi Himal 6860m anc Jagdula Himal 5785m to the east.

Day 07: Trek to Chautha Khola. We take a casual walk along the river in the morning and ascend very steeply for one and a half hours to the village of burma 2850m. We then descend along the Chautha Khola and camp alongside the stream.

Day 08: Trek to Lake Rara. This is the highlight of the trek. The Chautha Khola valley continues through beautiful forests to a high meadow and then on to Ghurchi Lagna Pass 2450. We see magnificent views of the Mugu Karnali River and Tibetan snow peaks . We continue up the ridge to about 4000m  and then descend to Lake Rara though dense pine and spruce forests . We camp on the shores of the lake.

Day 09: Trek to Gossain 3100m. We start early as the trek today is long. From the west end of Lake Rara we follow a trail parallel to Khatar Khola to the village of Murma. Crossing the river we take a steep climb to a ridge at the south of the lake at 3300m . In time we descend to Ghotta Khola and reach Gossain.

Day 10: Trek to Sinja. We have an easy day today. Descending the Ghatta Khola the trail turns west along the Sinja River then follows the fertile valley through a very densely populated area . the area is populated by Brahmins and Chettris.

Day 11: Trek to Jumla. We negotiate a pass at 3500m and then take a long descent through birch tree forests to Jumla. This day can be divided into two for the more relaxed trekkers.

Day 12: Morning flight from Jumla to Nepalgunj and afternoon flight from Nepaljung to Kathmandu.

Day 13: Sightseeing at Bhaktapur and Soyambunath.

Day 14: Morning Kathmandu Durbar Square sightseeing and afternoon drive to airport for departure.

§  Airport / hotel / airport pick up & drop by private transport.

§  Standard accommodation in Kathmandu hotel. (in twin sharing basis).

§  City tours by professional culture guide in Kathmandu by private transport.

§  Full board meal during camping, prepared by our cook with tea & coffee / hot water.

§  Twin sharing tented accommodation and equipment during the camping trek. (We will provide  two men tents to sleep, kitchen tents, toilet tent, kitchen wear, toilet tent).

§  A local government licensed English speaking guide, cook, required number of porters, their food, accommodation, salary, insurance, equipment, medicine.

§  All trekking permits, National park & fees.

§  Ground transfer to and from Kathmandu.

§  Comprehensive first aid medical kit.

§  All government taxes.

Trip cost not includes:

§  International airfare.

§  Nepal entry visa fee.

§  Meals in Kathmandu.

§  Your travel insurance 

§  Items of a personal nature such as alcoholic drink, cold drink, laundry.

§  Personal trekking equipment.

§  Tips for trekking staffs and driver. 

§  Sightseeing / monuments entrance fees in Kathmandu.

§  Any others expenses which are not mentioned in this trip cost.