Upper Mustang Trek, Reto Niederhausen
The Upper Mustang trek is a fabulous journey into another world.

Leaving the lush green valleys on the southern side of the Himalaya behind you, you cross into a stunning, arid Tran-Himalayan landscape.

It's the only trek in Nepal where a town is your destination. Lo Manthang, a walled city of around 1000 inhabitants, is a place to soak up the past.

People call Upper Mustang the forbidden Kingdom, or the Lost Kingdom. A kingdom it is - forgotten or lost it is not. Among the unfathomable landscapes nestle a highly connected network of proud villages that are linked with Pokhara, Kathmandu and Tibet.

Read more here: thegreathimalayatrail.org/trek/upper-mustang-trek/

Thanks to Reto Niederhausen for the pictures taken in October 2009.
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