Dolpo
Nepal's most remote trekking region — high, dry, Tibetan-plateau terrain around Shey Phoksundo Lake, made famous by Peter Matthiessen's The Snow Leopard.
At a Glance
Highlights
- Shey Phoksundo Lake
- Restricted-area permit, minimal infrastructure
- Bon and Tibetan Buddhist culture
- One of the last true wilderness treks in Nepal
Itineraries
Dolpo Trips
Every itinerary below runs specifically in Dolpo — not the wider catalog.
Flagship Itinerary
Upper Dolpo Trek
A 25-day restricted-area trek into Upper Dolpo, opened to tourism only in 1989 and still one of Nepal's least-visited corners, tucked between the Dhaulagiri range and the Tibetan plateau. The route runs through Shey Phoksundo National Park past the turquoise, 3,600m-deep Shey Phoksundo Lake, over the Kang La/Nangdala pass (5,350m) to the 11th-century Shey Gompa beneath Crystal Mountain, and on through the Tibetan-influenced villages of Saldang and Dho Tarap.
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