Karnali Province
Rara, Shey Phoksundo and Dolpo — Nepal's remote trans-Himalayan lake country.
Legend
- Treks
- Hikes
- Passes
- Mountains
- Lakes
- Waterfalls
Quick Stats
- Spots
- 21
- Landforms
- 6
- Terrain
- Trans-Himalaya
Trails & landmarks
Rara Lake
Nepal's largest and deepest lake — blue water in a bowl of blue pines, reached by Jumla or flight.
Rara National Park
Nepal's smallest national park — blue pine, red panda and a ring-trail around the lake.
Shey Phoksundo Lake
A radioactive-blue lake in Dolpo — Nepal's deepest, with a 167 m waterfall plunging below the outlet.
Shey Phoksundo National Park
Nepal's biggest park — snow leopard, blue sheep and the trans-Himalayan crossing to Shey gompa.
Phoksumdo Waterfall
The lake's outflow plunging 167 m — the highest waterfall in Nepal, right before Ringmo.
Upper Dolpo
The land of Bon and Matthiessen's snow leopard — three 5000 m passes, Shey gompa and trans-Himalayan silence.
Lower Dolpo
A 2-week loop via Phoksundo and Numa/Baga La — the accessible taste of hidden Dolpo.
Limi Valley
The secret Humla valley — Tibetan villages Til, Halji and Jang hidden behind a 5000 m pass.
Halji Monastery (Rinchenling)
An 11th-century Drikung Kagyu gompa in Limi — one of the oldest monasteries in the Himalaya.
Crystal Mountain
The sacred kora peak above Shey gompa — a circumambulation at 5000 m around fossil-studded walls.
Kagmara La
A wild crossover from Jumla to Dolpo — technical moraine and the classic Rara-to-Phoksundo link.
Numa La
The highest pass on the Lower Dolpo loop — a long climb from Dho Tarap with views to Dhaulagiri.
Baga La
Companion pass to Numa La — the second 5000 m crossing on the Lower Dolpo circuit.
Jumla
Karnali's old capital — terraced apple orchards, red rice and the trailhead for classic Rara trek.
Kanjiroba Himal
A massif of 6000ers between Dolpo and Jumla — wild, remote, rarely attempted by foreign expeditions.
Panchkoshi Dham
Dailekh's circuit of five Shiva shrines — the Nabhisthan gas flame has burned from a sandstone vent for centuries.
Jajarkot Khalanga Durbar
Jajarkot's Shah-era durbar on a pine bluff — whitewashed walls above the Bheri River with sweeping Sisne views.
Raskot
Kalikot's ancient Khas capital — a ridge-top fort spur above the Karnali with terrace vistas of Sisne and Patrasi Himal.
Chaurjahari
Rukum West's Bheri-side bazaar — airstrip bluff with cinnamon terraces and the Sisne Himal dead north.
Srinagar Dada (Salyan)
Salyan's hill-crown above Khalanga — broad-leaved forest and a stone platform looking into the Sisne-Putha wall.
Kakrebihar
Surkhet's 12th-century Malla Buddhist ruin — a forested hillock of carved sandstone above the Bulbule lakeside.