Yulha Chodpa Festival Trek

Overview

Yullha Chodpa Festival Trek is an ideal trek that is designed in such a way that those who are lover to experience the festival in Himalayas of Dolpo Western Nepal. In this trek you are going to witness a wonderful summer festival in the lap of Himalaya Namdo village of Dolpo. Yullha Chodpa festival trace back to since an unknown period. It is a festival of pleasing and worshiping local deities. Local people believed that, worshiping the local deities will bring peace, harmony, prosperity and healthy living for entire sentient beings. In addition, this festival fall exactly in the middle of summer and beginning of ripening fruits, crops or any sort of plants that which bears the seeds. It is believed that, offering of ceremonies and good wishes will bring good lucks, good crops, eradicate sorrows and sustain healthy cattle and animals.

Himalayan Companion's Yulha Chodpa Festival trek begins, stretching through the Lower Dolpo region is followed by Hinduism hamlets, lush vegetation of Phoksundo National park and stunning Phoksundo Lake, a turquoise blue colored lake certainly changes its color after exposing sunlight over it during the day time, Bonpo follower village and community in the first past of trek.

The second part of trek takes you in Upper Dolpo. Upper Dolpo has been referred to as the last enclave of pure Dolpo Pa culture with the barren landscape, sparsely populated settlement, and land of Bon and Buddhist religion. Upper Dolpo which reserves its charisma for a three week long walking from Phoksundo Lake. Beyond the Phoksundo Lake, following gorges and stony trail encountering complicated Kang La (5363m) pass before reach to sacred and mythical land Shey Gompa. Then after following we head east following Sephu Khola passing many mani walls, several isolated fields and doksas (seasonal settlements for yak herders) we cross Shey La Pass approaches largest village of Upper Dolpo Saldang and then trail leads to the eastern beautiful village Komash to Shimen. From Shimen we follow Panzang valley's villages, Phalwa and Tinje. Then we continue to the east traversing Mo La pass to Chharka Bhot and a high wild trail crossing across Jungbenla 5550m before knee-jerking trails to Kaligandaki Valley and Jomsom.