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Especial Package Program

 
A&R#5: ESPECIAL MANI-RIMDU PACKAGE TRIP TO EXPLORE SHERPA CUSTOM & NEPAL HIMALAYAS!!! 
  (Kathmandu/Phaplu/Kathmandu - 17 days program)
 
From: A&R#5
This is a special Sherpa Buddhist celebration, observed but once a year, during a full moon of November. It is both religious and social and attracts many local people, both Sherpa and Tibetan. Trulshig Rimpoche, a reincarnated Lama travels to Chiwong monastery, located in the Solu region above a cliff, to preside over 4 days of activities, including blessing, creation of a sand mandala, masked dance dramas, and a fire ceremony. The setting is a pine forest, with superb snow-peak views and the possibility of several fine day hikes. 

DAY 01     Arrival in Kathmandu. Transfer to Yak & Yeti Hotel. 

DAY O2     Half day sightseeing to Pashupatinath & Baudhanath.

DAY 03     Half day sightseeing to visit either Bhaktapur or Swayambunath/Patan. 

DAY 04     Fly to Phaplu for acclimatization and overnight at Hotel Del Sherpa. 

DAY 05     Day hike to Tibetan settlement in Chalsa. Overnight at Hotel Del Sherpa. 

DAY 06     Visit to colorful Soleri Bazaar market where a wide variety of ethnic 
                    groups gather to sell and trade highland and lowland goods. 

DAY 07     Hike to Latangey for the quiet and beauty of our first wilderness camp. 

DAY 08     Short early morning hike to Latangey Ridge for views of Mt. Everest, 
                   Ama Dablum & Khang Theykha. Half day hike to camp at Chiwong 
                   Gompa. 

DAY 09     Day to explore Chiwong Gompa (fabled monastery above the clouds) and 
                   visit with resident monks, experience chanting ceremony inside 
                   monastery. 

DAY 10     Hike through Sherpa village and continue through beautiful blue pine and 
                   rhododendron forests to camp at Ringmo with magnificent views of 
                   24,000 ft. Numbar Himal. 

DAY 11     Visit Thaksindo Monastery on ridge with more views of Himal Hinku 
                   Range. Return to camp at Ringmo. 

DAY 12     Cross Duhd Koshi for steep climb up to Thong Nasa. Camp in high alpine 
                   yak pasture. Many chances to see local 12 color pigeons. 

DAY 13     Walk through pine forests up to Sing Saray La. Continue on ridge to best 
                   views of Numbar, Everest, Karyolong and also back down into the lower 
                   Solu Khumbu Sherpa lands. Camp above Nepal’s largest Mountain 
                   Monastery – Tupten Choling. 

DAY 14     Morning visit to Tupten Choling. Continue down past mani walls and 
                  classic Sherpa settlements to Junbesi’s oldest monastery. Lunch in 
                  Junbesi. Camp at lower Beni Khola. 

DAY 15     Short hike to Phaplu for the hospitality of Hotel Del Sherpas. Afternoon 
                  ceremony with all porters and Sherpa crew. Evening dance and 
                  celebration. 

DAY 16     Morning flight to KTM. Transfer to Yak & Yeti. Half day for shopping 
                   opportunities. 

DAY 17     Transfer to airport for departures from KTM. 



Cost of Trip: USD 3900.00 Per person (for business class tourist)

Cost includes: All transportation, hotel in Kathmandu, Phaplu, domestic airfare, domestic airport tax, all camping & kitchen staff & equipment with their insurance, sight seeigng in Kathmandu.

Cost not inclues: Personal expenses, food in Kathmandu, beverage in Kathmandu & trek, any emergency evacuation cost, personal medical expenses and medicines, donation to monastery, tips for staff .

Note: We are not responsable for flight problem and the cost made due to such problem, must paid by client them self.
 

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