RESTRICTED AREA TREK
- Simikot via Mount Kailash
Trek (Restricted Area)
Mount
Kailash trekking from Simikot
provides an opportunity to learn
about both Nepalese and Tibetan
culture. There is no direct
flight from Kathmandu to Simikot.
You must fly 1 and half-hours
to Nepalgunj on the Southern
border of Nepal, spend a night
and take an early morning flight
to Simikot. If you want to walk
to Simikot, takes about 15 days
from Surkhet. Simikot (elevation
2910 metres) is on the ridge
high above the Humla Karnali
encircled by high snow covered
ridges. Simikot (opened to trekkers
in 1993) is the seat of Nepal’s
most remote district, Humla,
several days’ walk from
the nearest major village. There
is a continuous stream of "Humli"
people from surrounding villages
trading, buying supplies and
dealing with various bureaucracies.
After
5/6 days trekking (Simikot-Tuling-Kermi-Yangar-Torea-Sipsip-Taklakot),
a stone pillar that marks the
Nepal/Tibet border is just across
a rickety wooden bridge, perhaps
one of the most informal border
crossings in the world
Hereafter
you can make your trip to Mt.
Kailash. Buddhists, Hindus,
Jains and Bonpos have considered
mount Kailash sacred for thousands
of years. For Hindus and Buddhists
it is the center of the Universe.
It is atop this mountain that
Lord Siva dwells in meditation.
A pilgrimage to the mountain
and around it is a sacred goal
for the faithful.
Nepal
government is gradually opening
forbidden regions for trekking,
some of which have become very
popular within the very short
span of time. ITINERARIES
