Back in October of 2018, I was on a week long trek to Shey Phoksundo Lake of Dolpa District in Mid-West Nepal. Accompanied by my two other friends, the trek started from Juphal Dolpa. Hopped on a micro bus from Kathmandu a day earlier to Nepalgunj and started hustling for plane ticket from early morning at Nepalgunj airport for Juphal. Luckily got the boarding pass for all three of us but had to board on two separate twin otters. After a flight of 40 mins I first landed at Juphal on a Nepal Airlines aircraft and my friends, Manobal and Bikram on Tara Air.
After having a light meal at Juphal, the trek finally started and we ascended down to Bheri valley till Suligad. From, Suligad we took left crossed the Bheri river and followed Phoksundo river, we officially entered the Phoksundo National Park. For the next two days we followed the Phoksundo river making our way through few settlements, scattered forest and a huge plot of marijuana plantation. Before making the final climb for lake Shey, we crossed six villages and more then a dozen of wooden bridges.
Here, I present some of the photos I managed to capture in and around the lake Phoksundo!
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| A walk around the north west of the Lake. |
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| Autumn colors of Phoksundo. |
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| That's a Buddhist monastery on the other side of lake. |
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| Waterfall viewpoint before the final ascent to lake. |
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| Very first view of the lake after the notorious waterfall climb. |
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| Turquoise shade of Phoksundo on bright day light. |
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Arid landscape surrounded by some high mountains.
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