The flight into the Himalayas offers breathtaking views of the major peaks Mt. Dorje Lakpa (6,966 m), Mt. Ganesh (7,422 m), Mt. Purbi Chhyachu (6,637 m), Mt. Langtang (7,227 m), etc. (weather permitting), taking you directly into the Himalayan capital of Kathmandu. After immigration formality on arrival, as you exit the airport terminal you will be greeted and welcome by a Sampurna Adventure personal & transferred to your hotel, Spend the rest of the day at leisure for personal activities following your program briefing or you may familiarize with the narrow lively, and endless streets around Thamel town (Touristic center), where you will find all kinds of good restaurants, ATMs and exchange money, full of typical Nepali handicrafts, fine jewelry, clothing, and trekking gear stores.
Visit Swoyambhunath Stupa with its 2,500-year history. Visit Kathmandu Durbar Square, a living museum with Hanuman Dhoka, the ancient royal residence, Kasthamandap, Mahadev & Parvati Temple, Kumari palace sacred for Buddhists and Hindus, and old bazaars. Later, visit Patan Durbar Square, the old Newar City with the Golden Gate, the Taleju Temple, Golden Temple, and surrounding beautiful monuments, Meanwhile, you are on the city tour, if there are any permits or official documents pending will get them today.
In the afternoon, you will meet your trip leader and other team members at the pre-trip discussion, where you can ask any questions regarding your trip, along with last minute recheck of all the necessary equipment and other pertinent details for our next adventure. If you need any additional equipment, you could purchase it around Thamel town where you will find all kinds of good trekking gear stores, and restaurants etc.
Kathmandu to Nepalgunj, an hour flight takes you to Nepal – India border town in western business center of Nepal, which is the gateway to Simikot of Humla. It is an interesting Terai town mixed with hills and plains as well as local Hindu & Muslim cultures walk into nearby villages and Muslim bazaar.
After checking into our hotel, we could visit the Bageshwari Temple, (Goddess Kali). Nepalgunj is known for its local bazaars, where all people from Tibet and India comes here for trade.
Today morning we take another flight to the sloping countryside of Jumla. Jumla is nestled in the foothills of the Sisne Himalaya, famous for the highest place on earth to grow paddy. Jumla is the entrance for every enthusiast trekker who want to explore the untouched Karnali region of Nepal. rest of the day we will be exploring this town.
From Jumla we begin our trail to Rara Lake. Today, leaving Jumla Valley we set off toward Chere Chaur. We will ascent gradually because this is the first day of our trek. Chere Chaur is a wonderful farming village on the way to Rara Lake. After passing through Khalanga Bazaar and a few smaller settlements.
Today, we follow the western trail and make a slow ascend through beautiful rhododendron and pine forests to Jaljala Pass (3,580m). From the top of the pass we have an excellent view of Kanjirowa Himal and continue trek through a pristine trail entering into the main Rara circuit trail reaching Chalachaur.
Continue our trek towards Sinja valley, a charming pristine village with some ancient demolished monuments and sculptured stones mostly covered with weeds and moss. Sinja valley was believed to be the capital city of the Khasa Kingdom from the 12th to the 14th century. En route, accompanied by Jaljala River, we will reach the beautiful Sinja Valley for overnight stay.
We will advance our trail leaving Sinja and follow the Hima River to reach a small village of Ganja. We continue following another stream of Ghatte Khola towards North-East to Ghorosingha valley. We will be arriving early afternoon and after lunch, we could explore around or just take a good rest.
Today, we trek towards our final destination to the stunning Rara Lake, also known as the ‘Queen of Lakes’. Our trail starts today through the steep ascent with Chuchhemara Danda 4,260 m, from here, we will have an amazing panoramic view of surrounding landscapes with mesmerizing Himalaya views. Gradually, we descend down glancing at mesmerizing Rara Lake through the forest of birch and bamboo trees. Just crossing Khatyar River and walking along upstream, we reach at the crystal clear Rara Lake.
Rara Lake (2,990m) is the deepest and the largest freshwater Lake in Nepal. We take an extra day to explore this ideal and spotless lake and its surroundings. After breakfast, we can hike around or move up to a wooden tower for the panoramic view of rich green picturesque lake with snowcapped mountains in distance.
Now onward our trail will be a moderate walk on the way leading to a ridge top at a small village known as Jhyari. Then the trail goes downwards following Dhauligar Khola all the way to Pina, a small farming village with police post and few houses serving as local tea houses.
In the morning we will climb up to the Ghurchi Lagna 3,480m, it is the highest point of our trail where we can witness chortens adorned with prayer flags. Admiring the amazing nature and passing few villages rich in Gurung culture village of Bumra, also known as Nauri Ghat.
Today is our last trekking day; from Bumra we start our morning trail to cross two suspension bridges above Hima River and a few hours downhill trail to reach at a hot spring. we could take a dip at the hot spring to get revitalize our body, later we cross Danphe Lagna pass at 3691 m, once we reach at Chere Chaur, we retrace back the track that we took to Rara Lake and finally we will reach at Jumla.
Early morning, we take a flight from Jumla to Nepalgunj and soon after we take another flight to Kathmandu. Upon arrival at Kathmandu domestic airport, we will be transferred to our hotel, and take rest or some shopping.
In the evening, a Nepali farewell dinner, we rejoice and express our gratitude to our Sherpa team who accompanied us to make our great trip in the Himalaya successful!!
Note: Weather in the great Himalayan region of this area could be challenging sometimes. Domestic and mountain flights in Nepal are highly affected by weather condition. We kindly request you to cooperate and have some extra days for an eventuality may occur sometime.
Breakfast, In the morning free for personal activities, we can explore the narrow lively and endless streets of Thamel town where we will find all kinds of good restaurants, full of typical Nepali handicraft, fine jewelry, clothing and trekking gear store, later at the arranged time, transfer to the airport for final departure.
We wish you a safe flight and hope to serve you back in near future. End of Service
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