Nepalgunj-to-Hilsa road corridor completed, ending Humla's road isolation

In July 2025, Nepal completed the long-delayed Karnali Corridor road (Jamunaha/Nepalgunj to Hilsa via Simikot), with a Bailey bridge over the Chuwa river as the final link — Humla district's first-ever connection to Nepal's national road network, after a project first launched in 1999. This is the same Nepalgunj–Simikot–Hilsa stretch this site's Nepal route covers, which our own account (and most current operators) still describes as two separate flights due to the historical absence of a through road. We haven't yet independently confirmed how reliable this road is for group pilgrim travel, or whether operators have actually started offering it as an alternative to the flights — treat the flight-based itinerary as still the well-established default for now, and check with your operator directly if a road option is offered.