This circuit offers true taste of Dolpo life. It includes monastic tours in this predominant Buddhist area, with atleast 1 Gompa (monastery) in every settlement. There are over 130 Gompas in this region. Visit Saldang, Dho, Chhark and Bhijer where some of the oldest Monasteries in the Himalayan region can be found, some are over 700 years old. The northern Dolpa is Buddhist domain while the southern area is Hindu influenced. However, we will find both these religion coexisting in many parts. Bala Tripura Sundari in Tripurakot is observed as a temple where both Hindu and Buddhist workshop and project cultural mergence. The circuit starts off at Juphal and goes through Dunai, Dho, Saldang, Phoksundo and Dunai to end in Juphal again. Covering both Upper and Lower Dolpa, this circuit can take upto 20 days or longer. It passes through the high Himalayan valley of Dho Tarap.