Trip Overview

The Guerrilla Trek has now become a new tourist attraction in Nepal trekking. The trekking route provides one with an opportunity to meet the people who have yet to be affected by commercialization. A lot of ethnicities enrich the route including Brahmin, Chhetri, Dalit, Gurung, Magar, Newar and Thakuri. As the name suggests, the Guerrilla Trek trail follows the footsteps of the Maoist guerrillas during the decade-long insurgency. The route begins in Beni (830 m) of Myagdi district, goes around Baglung and passes through the Dhorepatan Hunting Reserve and goes on to Rukum &Rolpa districts. The route was used by the Maoist insurgents during the decade- long People`s war. Scenic beauty of this region is unmatched. One can have a break taking view of the Dhaulagiri range (1-6 Peaks) & wide meadows with pine forest. The elevation ranges from about 800 m at Chaurijahari to the peak of Pyutha / Putha Himal (7,245 m) above the sea level. This trail has now gained popularity following the publishing of The Guerrilla Trek (Aka, the Shangri-La Trek) with Dhorpatan Hunting Reserve. Penned by Alonzo Lyons, the book can be taken as a guide to the trail as it incorporates the detailed information about the route. This trekking tail offers a marvelous trekking journey through the heartland of the post-conflict areas. As an alternative to several other popular trekking tails, this route can be a pleasure to return visitors and those loving Nepal. The book also provides instructions to enter a newly promoted, magnificent area worth visiting for the natural splendor as well as the hospitable people. However, the infrastructural development in the region is inadequate. Rukum and Rolpa were the homeland of many revolutionaries. The districts were also the epicenter of the Maoist insurgency. It is also challenging to make the locals aware of how they could reap benefits from tourism. Trekkers along this route can retrace the footsteps of the Maoist guerrillas and imagine how they had hiked and fought such hilly terrain. More than 16,000 people had lost their lives in the armed insurgency that started in 1996, February and ended in 2006, November after the signing of the" Comprehensive Peace Accord”. This region is blessed with wide ranging natural resources and bio-diversity. captivating waterfall, rivers, caves and/  Ponds like Kamal Daha (Lotus Pond) & sun Daha (Gold Pond) and high Himalya to the North are some of the main attractions. Kham culture is a unique feature of the northern Rolpa & Eastern Rukum. The Khams are a sub-group of Magar community distinguishing customs and a unique languages of the Tibeto-Burman family. Paddy is cultivated up to the mid- hills and barley, maize millet, wheat and potato as well as apples & apricots are farmed in the upper hills of the region. The area also boasts a lot of wonderful high elevation meadows used for monsoon pastureland of cattle and buffalo and foraging for Yarshagumba, also known as the Himalayan Viagra / Nepalese Viagra in the rugged high land. Depending upon the interest and time of trekkers, trekking companies in Nepal develop suitable itineraries. A 13 days trek itinerary is given below: