Tiji Festival Trekking - Great Experience of Mustang Trek
Tiji Festival Trekking - Great Experience of Mustang Trek
The historical remote Mustang trek unseal the once Forbidden Kingdom of Mustang, tucked away from the rest of the world, lies just north of the main Himalayan range of Nepal. Mustang, a land where the soul of the man is still considered to be as real as the feet he walks on: a land said to be "barren as a dead deer" but where beauty and happiness abound is spite of hardship, was a part of the Tibetan Kingdom of Gungthang until 1830s. The wall city of Lo Monthang, unofficial capital of Mustang still remains a kingdom within a kingdom. The early history to Lo Monthang is embellished in myth and legendrather than the recorded fact. Mustang has maintained its status as a separate principality until 1951. The king of Lo Monthang still retains his title and hehas been given the honorary rank of Colonel in the Nepal army.
Trekkingin Mustang was officially opened in 1992. It allows limited numbers of trekkers each year in order to protect and conserve the local Tibetan tradition and the fragile environment. A trek into this fabled forbidden kingdom of vast, arid valleys, eroded canyons, ochre valley, yak caravans, colourful-painted mud brick houses on the back dropped of majestic mountain of Nilgiri, Tukche, Annapurna and Dhaulagiri makes your medieval walled kingdom Mustang trekking a very especial one.
Nepal Visitors regularly organizes trek to the Himalayan Kingdom of Mustang targeting TIJI festival a three days long ritual known as" The chasing of the Demons", one of the most important festival of the region. Over the festive time monks dressed in elaborate costumes and masks perform dances and rituals that are supposed to drive away evil spirits. Dressed in their finery, people from all over Mustang gather in Lo Monthang to celebrate the Tiji Festival Trek for the details information you can log on to http://nepalvisitors.com/trekking/Mustang-Trek/tiji-festival-trek.htm
Tiji Festival Trekking 2011
01 May 2011: Day 01: Arrival Kathmandu and transfer to Hotel
02 May 2011: Day 02: Kathmandu full day sightseeing with german speaking
guide ( Boudhanath ,Pasupatinath and Soyambunath)
* 03 May 2011: Day 03: Drive to Pokhara, trancefer to Hotel.
* 04 May 2011: Day 04: flight to Jomson & Trek to Kagbeni
* Restricted area:
* 05 May 2011: Day 05: Kagbeni Chele Camping
* 06 May 2011: Day 06: Chele Gilling Camping ( Via chungse Gompa )
* 07 May 2011: Day 07: Gilling Dakmar Camping
* 08 May 2011: Day 08: Dakmar Tsarang Camping ( via lho-gekar , Ghar Gompa)
* 09 May 2011: Day 09: Tsarang Lo-Manthang Camping
* 10 May 2011: Day 10: Lo-Manthang Day hiking ( Choksar, Chonup, Namgyal by
hourse (upper restricted area) Camping
* (Start Tiji Festival)
* 11 May 2011: Day 11: Lo-Manthang Tiji Festival
* 12 May 2011: Day 12: Lo- Manthang Tiji Festival Ends
* 13 May 2011: Day 13: Lo-manthang Yara Camping
* 14 May 2011: Day 14: Yara Tange Camping
* 15 May 2011: Day 15: Tange Tetang Camping
* 16 May 2011: Day 16: Tetang Muktinath Camping
* Exit Restricted area:
* 17 May 2011: Day 17: Muktinath Jomsom Stay in Hotel
* 18 May 2011: Day 18: Jomsom Pokhara ( Day Pokhara Sightseing )
* 19 May 2011: Day 19: Drive to Kathmandu tranfer to Hotel
* 20 May 2011: Day 20: Final depart to your own destination.
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