A group of people from Portugal has started a 21-km cycling trip from Jomsom to Muktinath, Mustang. The Annapurna Conservation Area Project (ACAP) said that they had arrived in Mustang by air route on Sunday. ACAP Jomsom Office Chief Ashok Subedi said that around four dozen people from Portugal had arrived in an ancient forbidden kingdom, bordered by the Tibetan Plateau and sheltered by some of the world's tallest peaks, yesterday.

They started their cycling journey from Jomsom using main highways and alternative trekking routes.

Motorable roads have started destroying the old trekking routes in Mustang of late. Now, the rural roads have been expanded in Mustang. As there are no alternative trekking routes, the tourists are found using the main roads to reach Upper Mustang. The ring road in Upper Mustang and lower Mustang has destroyed the trekking routes.