Sep 6, 2026 9 min read
Lapche La, Humla: Seeing Kailash and Manasarovar from Nepal
Lapche La is a pass of about 5,018 m on the high ground north of the Limi valley in Humla. From it, and from the ridges around…
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Lapche La is a pass of about 5,018 m on the high ground north of the Limi valley in Humla. From it, and from the ridges around…
Read more →The Humla Karnali rises near the Tibetan border and runs the length of the district, and the road and trail follow it the whole…
Read more →Saipal is 7,031 m, and on a clear morning it is visible from the ridges above Simikot. What the Humla skyline is made of, which…
Read more →Since July 2025 there has been a continuous road from Surkhet to Simikot. It is unpaved, single-lane, cut from cliff for long…
Read more →Above every village in upper Humla there is grazing country used for a few months a year: yak, chauri crossbreeds, stone huts and…
Read more →In July 2025 the Nepal Army completed a 170-foot steel Bailey bridge over the Chuwa Khola at Kharpunath Rural Municipality-5,…
Read more →There is no filling station in Humla and no mechanic between Simikot and Hilsa. Fuel comes out of drums, often cut with kerosene…
Read more →The track from Simikot north through Yari and over Nara La to the border at Hilsa, treated as a driving job rather than a trek:…
Read more →A short flight takes you from about 150 m at Nepalgunj to about 2,910 m at Simikot in under an hour, and the passes north are at…
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