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Nepal's 2026 budget puts Rs 3.15 billion into blacktopping a key stretch of the Upper Mustang road toward the Tibet border — quietly changing one of…
By Laxman Rawal · Jul 8, 2026
Key facts Nepal's 2026 budget allocates Rs 3.15 billion to upgrade and blacktop the 50 km Chhusang—Ghami section of the Upper Mustang road. The environmental assessment for extending the road on toward the Korala (Tibet) border is already complete. It is part…
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The Upper Mustang road runs up the Kali Gandaki — by vertical relief the deepest gorge on Earth — from Jomsom toward the Tibetan plateau. It is being upgraded from a rough jeep track into a graded, blacktopped highway in stages. The current Rs 3.15 billion…
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Two things. First, access is getting easier : a jeep can now carry you deep into Mustang in a day, which opens the region to travellers who could never spare two weeks on foot. Second, and more bittersweet, the pure walk-in is disappearing — where the road…
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Our honest advice If a true footpath through Upper Mustang is on your list, walk it soon , and walk it with a guide who knows the off-road high trails rather than the valley road. The scenery — the walled city of Lo Manthang, the cave gompas, the…
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