Holoi Mustang luna

ʻO kēia lā kahi lā pale, hiki iā ʻoe ke hauʻoli ma ka ʻike ʻana i nā hiʻohiʻona kahiko loa a me nā ʻāina ʻo Kathmandu, e like me Pashupatinath, Swayambhunath, Boudhanath, a me ka Durbar Square o Kathmandu.

A laila e hōʻoia kā mākou alakaʻi inā loaʻa iā ʻoe nā mea pono āpau i hiki iā ʻoe ke kūʻai a hoʻolimalima paha e like me ka mea e pono ai. E loaʻa pū i kā mākou hui ka ʻae huakaʻi ʻo Upper Mustang kūikawā i kēia lā.

Kiʻekiʻe Loa: 1,400m/4,593 kapuaʻi (Kathmandu)

Hiki iā ʻoe ke lawe i ka lele mauna he hapalua hola ma luna o ka Fishtail a me Annapurna e hōʻea i Pokhara no ka uku uku.

A i ʻole, hiki iā ʻoe ke lawe i kahi huakaʻi kupanaha ma nā mauna ma ke alanui Prithvi a hiki i Trishuli, a me Bandipur a hiki i Pokhara. Ma hope o ka noho ʻana, hiki iā ʻoe ke huakaʻi a puni ka loko a hauʻoli i ka waʻa ahiahi ma kēlā ʻaoʻao o Lake Phewa idyllic.

Hana: 30 minuke lele / 6-7 hola kaʻa

Kiʻekiʻe Loa: 822m/2,697 kapuaʻi (Pokhara)

ʻAi: ʻaina kakahiaka

Kahi noho: Hōkele

I ke kakahiaka nui, e holo mākou i Jomsom, e nānā ana i ka nani o Dhaulagiri, Fishtail, a me Annapurna. E nana aku paha kakou i ka hohonu o ka awawa o Kali Gandaki.

ʻO Jomsom kahi wahi kauhale liʻiliʻi o ka huakaʻi huakaʻi ʻo Annapurna Circuit me kahi mokulele liʻiliʻi. E ʻoluʻolu e hoʻomaopopo i ka holo ʻana o Jomsom e hilinaʻi nui ʻia i ka lewa, e mau ana ka mālamalama i ka hapa nui o nā lā.

I ka wā pōʻino, hiki iā mākou ke holo ma kahi o 5 a 6 mau hola i Jomsom mai Pokhara. Aia ma Jomsom, hiki iā ʻoe ke hele kaʻahele a puni ke Kula ʻo Royal Nepalese Army of High Altitude Mountain Warfare, e kōkua iā ʻoe e hoʻomaʻamaʻa i ka ea maloʻo 2700 m o Jomsom.

Hana: 20 minuke lele / 5-6 hola ka holo kaʻa

Kiʻekiʻe Loa: 2,720m/8,924 kapuaʻi (Jomsom)

ʻAi: ʻaina kakahiaka, ʻaina awakea a me ka ʻaina ahiahi

Kahi Noho: Hale Hoʻokipa

Hoʻomaka maoli ka huakaʻi ʻo Upper Mustang i kēia manawa i ko mākou hele ʻana ma waena o ka medieval a me kahi pohihihi o Kagbeni ma ka ʻaoʻao o Pang Khola ma o Ekle Bhatti.

ʻO kēia kūlanakauhale kahiko ma waena o Muktinath a me Kali Gandaki e wehe i ka ʻīpuka i Upper Mustang, kahi e mālama ʻia ai ka ʻae. Ke hoʻomaka nei ka ʻike ʻia ʻana o nā pā Mani Buddhist maʻamau a me ka stupa i ko mākou huakaʻi ʻana ma Tangbe (3020 m).

ʻO ke ala ʻākau e holo ana ma ka ʻaoʻao o ka muliwai Dobhan, a hiki koke mākou i Chhusang (2980 m). Ma hope o ia mea, e kau ana kekahi alahaka hoʻomaha nui ma luna o ka muliwai Mustang a me ke awāwa hohonu e lawe iā mākou ma kēlā ʻaoʻao i Chele.

Hana: 5-6 hola hele wāwae

Kiʻekiʻe Loa: 3,050m/10,007 kapuaʻi (Chele)

ʻAi: ʻaina kakahiaka, ʻaina awakea a me ka ʻaina ahiahi

Kahi Noho: Hale Hoʻokipa

ʻO ka pali ʻulaʻula mai Chele e alakaʻi i ko mākou mau ala i Lhatse (3100 m), e hāʻawi ana i ka ʻike kahaha o ka ʻaoʻao ʻākau o Annapurna a me Nilgiri.

E hoʻomākaukau e hoʻokuʻi i kou mau wāwae no nā ala ʻoi loa o Taklam La (3624 m) a me Dajori La (3650 m). E lawe i kahi manawa hoʻomaha e nānā i ka Tilicho, Yakawakang, a me Damodar Hill.

Ke alakaʻi nei mākou iā mākou iho i ka ʻākau a hele i lalo i Samar (3660 m) a me ka Behna Khola. ʻO ke ala mai ʻaneʻi e alakaʻi hou aku iā mākou ma luna o 3850 m kiʻekiʻe ʻo Syangboche La Pass ma mua o ka iho ʻana iā mākou i Ghiling.

Hana: 5-6 hola

Kiʻekiʻe Loa: 3,570m/11,713 kapuaʻi (Ghiling)

ʻAi: ʻaina kakahiaka, ʻaina awakea a me ka ʻaina ahiahi

Kahi Noho: Hale Hoʻokipa

ʻO ka hiku o ka lā o kā mākou huakaʻi ʻo Upper Mustang e luhi loa ʻoiai he ʻekolu mau ala hou e lanakila ai i kēia lā. E hoʻomau ka neʻe ʻana o ke ala huakaʻi mai Ghiling ma o Jhaite Village (3811 m) a me kāna mau lāʻau poplar a hiki i ka 4010 m Nya La Pass.

A laila, kū ʻo Ghami La Pass (3765 m) ma ke ala, a laila e ʻike mākou iā mākou iho ma Ghamo Village. ʻO ka pā Buddhist Mani lōʻihi loa ma aneʻi e alakaʻi i ko mākou mau wāwae ma ka hikina a hiki i Dhakmar, ke kauhale ʻulaʻula.

I kēia manawa, ʻo ke ala ʻoi loa i uka e alakaʻi iā mākou ma luna o ka 4170 m Mui La Pass. ʻO ke ala ma lalo o ka pā o ke ala e hele ai mākou i Ghar Gompa. ʻO ia ka monastery i hoʻohanohano ʻia e pili ana iā Padmasambhava kahi e ʻike ai mākou i kāna mau palapala.

E neʻe mau ana ke ala i Lo Ghekar (3835 m) mai kahi e ʻike ai ko mākou mau maka i ka Tsarang Khola a laila ke kauhale ma lalo o ke kahawai ʻulaʻula o Charang Chu.

E hoʻokaʻawale mākou i kekahi mau manawa e ʻike i ka waiwai kupanaha o ka monastery kauhale, ʻoiai i ke ahiahi, e hoʻonui ʻia ko mākou manawa me Bhrikuti, Tilicho, Annapurna I, a me Nilgiri gula nānā.

Hana: 5-6 hola hele wāwae

Kiʻekiʻe Loa: 3,620m/11,877 kapuaʻi (Tsarang)

ʻAi: ʻaina kakahiaka, ʻaina awakea a me ka ʻaina ahiahi

Kahi Noho: Hale Hoʻokipa

E hōʻea mākou i kahi o ka huakaʻi ʻo Upper Mustang i kēia lā, ʻo ia ka mea i hoʻāla i ko mākou makemake e komo i ka huakaʻi, ʻo ka Lo Manthang.

ʻO ka ʻāina ʻulaʻula e like me Mars ma hope o Tsarang e lawe iā mākou i luna no ʻekolu hola a ʻike mākou iā mākou iho e kū ana ma luna o ka Marang La Pass (4230 m). ʻO ka iho ʻana mai ke ala e wikiwiki a pololei, e alakaʻi iā mākou i ka lepo o ke kūlanakauhale paʻa ʻo Lo Manthang i loaʻa kahi hale aliʻi kupanaha kahiko, monastery, a me kahi ʻano o nā mea pohihihi.

Hana: 5-6 hola hele wāwae

Kiʻekiʻe Loa: 3,860m/12,664 kapuaʻi (Lo Manthang)

ʻAi: ʻaina kakahiaka, ʻaina awakea a me ka ʻaina ahiahi

Kahi Noho: Hale Hoʻokipa

ʻOiai ʻaʻole lawa ka pō hoʻokahi no mākou e ʻike ai i ka Lo Manthang hoʻokalakupua, e noho mākou ma ʻaneʻi no ʻelua pō. I ka lā mua, e mālama ʻia nā kipa monastery i hoʻopaʻa ʻia i ka manawa a me ka ʻimi ʻana o ka Hale Aliʻi.

ʻO ka luakini o Lhakhan Champa, Thugchen gompa, a me ka monastery Chyodi nā mea nui e hōʻike ana i nā waiwai o ka ʻāpana Sakya-pa. I loko, hiki iā mākou ke ʻike i nā kiʻi keleawe a me ke keleawe he nui a me nā palapala hemolele.

A laila aia ka Hale Aliʻi, kahi e noho mau ai nā ʻohana Mustang King mua.

I ke kakahiaka aʻe e ʻike mākou iā mākou e hele ana i ka hikina akau o Lo Manthang i ke awāwa ʻo Chhoser. Maʻaneʻi, eʻimi hohonu mākou i ka Jhong Cave, kahi ana nui kahi i noho ai nā kānaka maoli o Mustang. Hoʻolaha ʻia ka paʻakikī ma luna o ʻelima papahele a hiki ke loaʻa ma ke alapiʻi.

Ua hōʻike ʻia kekahi mau keʻena o kēia ana he 3000 mau makahiki. Ke kali nei ʻo Lo Manthang iā ʻoe e hāʻawi iā mākou i ka ʻaina ahiahi a me ka hiamoe mahana.

ʻAi: ʻaina kakahiaka, ʻaina awakea a me ka ʻaina ahiahi

Kahi Noho: Hale Hoʻokipa

Ma hope o kahi ʻike hoʻokiʻekiʻe ma Lo Manthang, ʻo ia ka manawa e haʻalele ai i kona palena nani a hele hou i ke komohana i Dhakmar. ʻO ka huakaʻi ma ka Marang La Pass, Tsarang, a me Mui La Pass e hoʻokipa hou iā mākou me ko lākou kiʻekiʻe kiʻekiʻe ma mua o ko mākou hiki ʻana i Dhakmar.

Hana: 5-6 hola

Kiʻekiʻe Loa: 3,786m/12,421 kapuaʻi (Dhakmar)

ʻAi: ʻaina kakahiaka, ʻaina awakea a me ka ʻaina ahiahi

Kahi Noho: Hale Hoʻokipa

Ma mua o ko mākou hōʻea ʻana i ka hōʻoluʻolu haʻahaʻa o Syangbochen, ʻo Ghami Village me kāna Ghami La Pass a me Nya La Pass e hoʻonui hou i kā mākou ala.

Hana: 5-6 hola hele wāwae

Kiʻekiʻe Loa: 3,818m/12,526 kapuaʻi ()

ʻAi: ʻaina kakahiaka, ʻaina awakea a me ka ʻaina ahiahi

Kahi Noho: Hale Hoʻokipa

Aia ka Syangbochen Village ma lalo pono o ka malu o ka Syangbochen La Pass, a mākou e piʻi ai i kēia lā ma mua o ko mākou hele ʻana ma luna o nā alahaka i kau ʻia a hiki i Samar.

ʻO Darjori La lāua ʻo Takam La e hoʻowalewale hou iā mākou, a laila hiki mākou i Chhusang trekking ma ke kahua kaulana o Chele.

Hana: 5-6 hola

Kiʻekiʻe Loa: 2,980m/9,777ft. (Chhusang)

ʻAi: ʻaina kakahiaka, ʻaina awakea a me ka ʻaina ahiahi

Kahi Noho: Hale Hoʻokipa

E hoʻi ana mākou i ke awāwa ʻo Kali Gandaki i ko mākou holomua ʻana mai Chhusang ma o Ekle Bhatti a me Pang Khola a i Kagbeni. Hoʻokipa ʻo Jomsom e ʻike hou aku, kahi e hoʻomaha ai ka nani o ka wai wela a me kahi moena palupalu i ko mākou mau kino luhi. ʻO kēia kahi e lawe ai mākou i kahi hopena nani i kā mākou huakaʻi ʻo Upper Mustang.

Hana: 4-5 hola hele wāwae

ʻAi: ʻaina kakahiaka, ʻaina awakea a me ka ʻaina ahiahi

Kahi Noho: Hale Hoʻokipa

ʻO ka lele Himalayan kakahiaka pōkole e hoʻihoʻi iā mākou i ka ʻoluʻolu o Pokhara. Hoʻopuni ʻia e nā puʻu ʻōmaʻomaʻo a me ka Himalaya hau, hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻolilo i ka lā me kahi huakaʻi huakaʻi ʻo Pokhara Valley me nā hikes pōkole i Peace Stupa, kahi holo moku ma luna o Phewa, Gupteswor Cave, a me kāna wailele ʻo Davis, etc.

Hana: 20 minuke lele

Kiʻekiʻe Loa: 822m/2,697 kapuaʻi (Pokhara)

Kahi noho: Hōkele

Eia hou, e hāʻawi ʻia iā ʻoe ke koho e komo i kahi kaʻa mauna nani ma o ka hiʻohiʻona kupaianaha a lele paha ma luna o ka Himalaya honi lani a hiki i Kathmandu.

Kiʻekiʻe Loa: 1,400m/4,593 kapuaʻi (Kathmandu)

ʻO ka mākaʻikaʻi o Morning Star Treks me kāna kaʻa hoʻokuʻu i kou hōkele e hoʻihoʻi iā ʻoe i ka puka haʻalele o TIA ma hope o kahi huakaʻi huakaʻi o ka huakaʻi Upper Mustang, ʻaʻole ʻoe e poina.