Our INCOMPLETE Journey to MUNDHUM Trail, Ep II , Rakha, Sibdu, Ghyangkharka & Bahanepokhari

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This is our second series on our attempt to trek the beautiful Mundhum Trail which gets foiled by excess air pollution due to the raging wildfires all across Nepal. If you haven’t watched episode one yet, we highly recommend you watch it first.

After leaving Jalapa for Rakha, we stop at Teknath Dai’s house and meet with Gyan dai and our team from Rakha, Ramesh Dai, Narayan Dai, Megh Bahadur Dai and Tek Bahadur Dai. We reached Sibdu from Rakha that night and started our trek the other day. Heavy rain, hailstorm and snowfall greets us on the way to Ghyangkharka, along with hopes that the skies might clear up the next day. But, to our dismay, the skies are still hazy the next day. Given the uncertainty of the weather and polluted skies, we have to make a decision, we cancel the rest of the trip. This has never happened in any of our journeys before.
Our discouraged spirits get a lift when we spend a few moments in Bahanepokhari. We return with a strong resolve, we’ll be back on this trail again, when things get better, because this is a beautiful trail that everyone needs to see before it gets destroyed by the shortsighted development plans in the region.


We are very thankful to the Detroit to Nepal Foundation (D2N) for their support.

0:00 Jalapa to Rakha to Sibdu
12:35 Sibdu to Ghyangkharka
21:35 Back to Sibdu from Ghyangkharka
29:12 Bahanepokhari
34:39 End of the Trip
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Our Trip Itinerary
Day 1 Kathmandu - Hurlung (Electricity & Telephone Network Available)
Day 2 Hurlung - Rupakot
Day 3 Rupakot - Jalapa (Electricity & Telephone Network Available)
Day 4 Jalapa Exploration Day (Electricity & Telephone Network Available)
Day 5 Jalapa to Rakha to Sibdu (Electricity & Telephone Network Available)
Day 6 Sibdu to Ghyangkharka (Camping)
Day 7 Back to Sibdu
Day 8 Sibdu - Bahanepokhari - Rakha - Back to Jalapa

Since our trip was incomplete, the cost breakdown can be a little tentative. For us, the cost came around 15k per person, the whole Mundhum Trail trek can be done between 40-55k depending upon the individual.
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Narration : Ankur Prasad Chhippi Mourya
Camera : Kanchan Rai, Aashish Shrestha, Enish Rai, Rishav Adhikari
Editor: Aashish Shrestha
Script/Editing/Direction: Kanchan Rai
Additional Footages by : Heema
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