After breakfast, drive for 30 minutes to Jana Dingkha Monastery, where you can explore the monastery and its beautiful garden. Meet the trek crew and begin your trek with an easy 3-hour walk. Follow a yak herder’s trail through larch and conifer forests, with rhododendrons adding color. The steady ascent leads to your first campsite at Tso Kam, a dry lake. According to local legend, the lake’s Protector Spirit has relocated. The campsite, set in a flower-filled meadow surrounded by trees, is a prime spot to spot the colorful Himalayan Monal pheasant.

After a tented night, rise early to see the sunrise and set off after breakfast. Ascend through forests of larch, pine, and silver birch, reaching a ridge with prayer flags and stunning views of Mount Jhomolhari, Tshering Gang, and Jowo Drake at Choza La (3,907 meters). Continue up to Tsabjo La pass (4,107 meters) for lunch, with views of Jhomolhari and often blue sheep grazing nearby. Descend for 2 hours through forest and small rivers to our campsite at Wangjithang (3,632 meters), where yaks graze in the pastures.

Today is a challenging but rewarding day as we cross three Himalayan passes. We begin with a 1.5 to 2-hour ascent through pine and rhododendron forests, reaching Wangchela Pass at 4,192 meters with views of Mount Jhomolhari. After descending 100 meters, we climb to Tsho Jung La at 4,287 meters, with distant views of the India-Tibet border. Another climb takes us to Tsho La Pass at 4,443 meters, our final pass. We then continue for another half-hour to our campsite near the Holy Lake of Nub Tshona Patra, where we may join pilgrims paying homage to the local deity.

Spend the day around Nub Tshona Patra, enjoying its stunning vistas. You can take an easy hike from Lura to the campsite, or explore the surrounding ridges for spectacular views of Haa Valley.

Today, we cross two valleys to reach our campsite by Relgo Lake. We start with an ascent to Dong Kacheydo Pass at 4,156 meters, offering spectacular views of Mount Kanchenjunga. Descend into the valley, pass the second pass from yesterday, and encounter more pilgrims. After a high-altitude lunch with views of grazing yaks, we descend further and hike through pine and fir forests to the shore of Relgo Lake, with our campsite just 15 minutes away.

We start by hiking alongside the lake, then ascend to a saddle marked by a large rock covered in prayer flags. Continuing up the valley, we reach Ringona Tsho La Pass at 4,274 meters, offering views of Nakula Peak and three cairns with prayer flags. After an hour’s climb to Yockta La Pass at 4,426 meters, we enjoy views of Mount Jhomolhari and Mount Jowo Drake. Following the pass, we traverse a tricky trail before picking up a better path that leads to tonight’s campsite at Tsho Tsho Kha at 4,157 meters. The campsite is beautifully situated with spectacular views.

On our final day of trekking, we follow the trail from yesterday towards a stone cairn with flags. From there, we head for a saddle to the left, enjoying views of Mount Jomolhari and the valley from Day 3. The trail descends through trees and a rocky zigzag path to a saddle with prayer flags, below 4,000 meters. We follow this route to a lunch spot at our second campsite. After lunch, we take a less defined trail through the forest, marked by a carved arrow, and descend to Chana Phu, a meadow campsite at 3,000 meters. From there, we walk an hour to the road, visit Damthang village to say farewells, and drive to our hotel in Haa.