Mustang Trekking is generally understood as the Upper Mustang Trek. Upper Mustang Trek has unique varieties of Landscape and geography. Mustang (from Tibetan Mun Tan (Wylie smon-thang) which means fertile plain) is the former Kingdom of Lo and now part of Nepal, in the north-central part of that country, bordering Tibet on the Central Asian plateau between the Nepalese provinces of Dolpo and Manang. The Kingdom of Lo, the traditional Mustang region, and "Upper Mustang" are the same, comprising the northern two-thirds of the present-day Nepalese Mustang District, and are well marked by official "Mustang" border signs just north of Kagbeni where a police post checks permits for non-Nepalese seeking to enter the region, and at Gyu La (pass) east of Kagbeni.
Most Popular auspicious festival celebrated in Upper Mustang is called the Tiji Festival every year in May. The Tiji Festival is celebrated to score the victory of Good over evil. The Tiji Festival performance is held at Chhode Monastery in Lo-manthang. Lo-Manthang is the headquarters of Upper Mustang.
Upper Mustang trekking is located north of the Annapurna Region and at an average altitude of 4,000m is geologically and culturally part of the Tibetan plateau. The valleys are arid with colourful rock formations containing many cave dwellings high up in the cliffs. The first trekking parties were allowed into Upper Mustang in 1992, and there are still very few people (about 700 trekkers each year,) visiting Upper Mustang as a result, it is one of the few places left where one can see undisturbed Tibetan culture. The Land Upper Mustang, also known as the Kingdom of Horse, as well as the Monasteries.
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