Mustang & Pokhara Tour

About this journey

This is the trip most visitors to Pokhara end up wanting once they realise the mountains have another side. It pairs two or three days on Phewa Lake with the drive or flight north through the Kali Gandaki gorge into Mustang — Jomsom, Marpha's orchards, Kagbeni's medieval lanes and the temple at Muktinath. Mustang sits in the Annapurna rain shadow, so this runs through the monsoon when most of Nepal is under cloud.

Highlights

• Sarangkot sunrise over the Annapurnas
• The Kali Gandaki gorge, the deepest in the world
• Marpha, its apple orchards and distillery
• Kagbeni and the gateway to Upper Mustang
• Muktinath's 108 water spouts and eternal flame

Permits

• ACAP entry permit (Annapurna Conservation Area)

We process these for you. Bring your passport and passport photographs.

Getting there

• Fly Pokhara–Jomsom, or drive via Beni, Tatopani and Marpha
• Jomsom flights leave early — the valley wind gets up by mid-morning
• Jeep onward from Jomsom to Ranipauwa for Muktinath