Upper Mustang Jeep Tour – 7 Days

Although you will not be walking on this tour, some of the days, our drive passes through the high elevation that can be demanding for acute mountain sickness, so it is beneficial for all travelers to exercise daily from a month before their trip. This helps the body get accustomed to the physical work required during the journey.

Participants with pre-existing medical conditions such as heart, lung, and blood disease should inform us before booking the trek and are advised to seek medical advice or consent from their doctors before the tour .

This group package is designed in such a way that they suit single travelers too. It is a great way to get to know new people with similar interests, and most people find that group dynamics are very friendly and comforting. Single trekkers will share accommodation with other individual trekkers of the same gender on our group journeys.

If you are a single traveler wishing for a private room, we can manage that as well, but you will have to inform us about it while booking the trip. Also, please note that you may have to pay some additional charges for single rooms.

While booking a tour with us, we do require you to have travel insurance that must cover medical and emergency helicopter rescue with evacuation expenses at 4000m. altitude for tour members. You should provide the insurance documents before you depart for the tour.

If you do not or cannot find an appropriate insurance policy, we will assist you with one. It will help you in potential altitude sickness and unforeseen events due to sudden weather changes.

Yes, we do pay for the insurance policy of our team members. Nepal Alternative Treks fund the expenses for insurance of all of its members along with their meals, salary, lodging, transportation, and other necessary equipment.

You will be able to change money in Jomsom but the rate will be low. So, we recommend changing money at Thamel or Pokhara. Credit card and foreign currency are not accepted along the route. You are better to take enough cash from Kathmandu/Pokhara.

Usually, we arrange one Jeep for 6 travelers and one tour guide but we can customize as per your preference to travel if you want to drive more comfortably. The cost will be subject to change if we decrease the number of travelers in a jeep.

An average day of tour involves around 4 to 6 hours of driving, including breaks for meals as needed. The average distance covered depends on the terrain and altitude, but ranges from 60 to 70 kilometers on average.

Along the way, you will have many chances for photography and other personal interests such as bird watching and discovering local areas of interest like natural springs, hot water ponds, and even exploring flora and fauna.

Lodges and teahouses in this route have excellent infrastructure and are likely to have western-style toilets, and sometimes even attached toilets. Finding toilet paper is costly in these areas, so we advise you to carry plenty of your own.

If you need to use the toilet while driving, we will try to find the nearest lodge, if possible; otherwise, you will have to manage it somewhere in the forests. Please respect the environment by placing the used toilet paper in a plastic bag so that you can dispose of it later.

Usually, Nepal Alternative Treks arranges accommodation with proper shower facilities. Please understand that it becomes difficult to arrange running showers and hot water facilities as the altitude increases. So, in remote mountainous regions, showers cost some extra money.

You can easily find different types of alcoholic beverages of international as well as Nepalese brands in this trekking route. In villages, however, you can either find local (home-made) drinks like Chyang, Raksi,  and Tongba or other packaged drinks of Nepalese brands and Chinese brands. However, we do not suggest you consume alcoholic beverages often during tour as it causes difficulties in tour the next day.

Nowadays, all kinds of facilities, including recharging batteries and electronics, are available in Upper  Mustang route and also have electricity and recharging facilities available for a minimal service charge.

Also, note that the Nepalese plugs are of Type D, and the voltage is about 220-240 V. So, make sure that your devices are chargeable. Otherwise, you shall require adapters and voltage stabilizers.

There are mobile networks, internet data, and Wi-Fi available in some parts of this region, and you can connect to your friends and family back home.

For mobile network and internet data, you will require a Nepalese SIM-Card. If you wish to buy a Nepalese SIM-Card, we will assist you in getting it. You can buy a SIM-Card from local distributors easily with some fees. We recommend Namaste SIM to have better network coverage and 4G data uses.