TACHE - Wilderness Begins

Tache is a pretty large Gurung village of about 60 odd households. As with most villages in Nepal, in addition to the dominant group, there are a few families of the Dalit group that do the work that is 'beneath' the dominant group. The area around Tache is called Gyasumdo. An essential characteristic of the region is that this area receives comparatively more rainfall than other areas of Manang. The reason is pretty simple: at Tache the Marshyangdi river makes a sharp turn to the west. Hence the monsoon winds that come from the south makes its way to this area, but as we go towards Manang, most of the region falls in rainshadow area. Because of the plentiful rainfall, the soil here is more fertile and hence many kinds of crops grow here. Corn, Wheat, Buckwheat, Barley, beans, you name it; it grows here at one time or another. For accommodation, Tache has a community homestay of around 20 homes each sleeping around four guests.