01. Simikot to Sunakhada

We straightly got down from Simikot to Kharpunath. And followed the road in the bank of Karnali river. We met hundreds of mules along the way. We had a lunch break at Yangchu bazar and headed to Sunakhada which was located in the river side.

02. Sunakhada to Piplang

We followed the road until Chhahare and crossed the Karnali river by suspension bridge. Some of the Army men were blasting the cliff to connect road to Simikot. Later we crossed the Karnali river at Sayaltadi and followed the road again. We took a lunch break at Sarkighat which was quite far away than we thought. Then we followed the road again and headed to Piplang for night stay.

03. Piplang to Sat Thaple

After chit chat with tea house owner, we were excited to go to Bhama further up than Sat thaple. After Piplang, we steep climbed up around 600m and passed the beautiful villages Darma & Deuli. Then we had a tea break at Boharagau and headed to Sat thaple for lunch. But surprisingly, we had to climbed up long uphill frequently and reached to Sat thaple at around 3pm only. Bhama was out of our imagination that day.

04. Sat Thaple to Gamgadi

After short downhill, it long climbed up to Changkheli pass. Then we walked very long downhill to Bhama. Although Bhama was quite unique and old village, we left from there due to lack of proper tea house. It was quite long downhills and uphill again. We could get to Gamgadi in the evening only. Gamgadi was quite big town.

05. Gamgadi to Rara lake

We walked around the town in the morning and left from there after lunch. Trail was uphill with nice valley views. We passed few homestays on the way. Then we entered into the national park. Gradually we had beautiful glimpse of Rara lake even from pine forest. Rara was really huge as well as pretty impressive lake. There were only 2 hotels close to Rara lake.

06. Rara lake exploration

We enjoyed our time frequently visiting around the lake.

07. Rara to Bhulbhule
After heavy breakfast, we followed the trail to Talcha airport. After an hour walk which was almost a quarter circle of the lake, we began to climb up to Chuchchemara hill. The more climb up Rara lake was more visible. After tiring climb up, finally we reached to top. We felt chuchchemara was the best viewpoint to observe the Rara lake in overall. Then we gradually got down to Bhulbhule.

08. Bhulbhule to Jumla bazar
We got down to Chautha and headed towards Nyaurighat by road. Then began long climb up to Daphe lagna. Luckily some part had shortcut trail.
Many cattle and sheep were grazing in the Daphe lagna. We also felt quite refreshment over there. After chit chat with shepherds, we got down all the way to Jumla bazar.