Annapurna Base Camp Trek

Airport welcome by our Airport representative & transfer to hotel, briefing about Annapurna base camp trekking with official arrangements. O/N stay at Kathmandu.

Take a packing breakfast, check-out from the hotel to depart to Pokhara by tourist coach at 7:00 am from Sorhakhutte, Arrive at Pokhara and check in at the hotel. O/N stay at Hotel.

After breakfast, Drive by car for 1 and half hours to Nayapul. Then you start your trekking. The first part of your trek is easy passing through numerous small villages and settlements. Afterward, you could ascend gently to the final destination of the day. The majority of people here are Gurung and their religion is Buddhist. They are engaged in agricultural activities, and tourism business and some are employed in Gorkha and Indian regiments. O/N stay at lodge/tea house. 

After breakfast. The countryside trail is up and down. Once we cross the stream, we walk continually uphill for about a couple of hours. From Ulleri, the trail becomes gentle and we walk through the rhododendron forest. The trail is gradual uphill till we reach Ghorepani, which is an ethnic Magar village, located below Poon Hill. O/N stay at lodge/tea house.

Early in the morning, we hike to Poon Hill, which is the best viewpoint of the Annapurna and Dhaulagiri region peaks along with the best sunrise view over those peaks. This is why the Ghorepani Poon Hill trek is also known as the Annapurna Sunrise Trek. Having breakfast, we begin to ascend through the rhododendron forest. We reach Yak Kharka and walk via Banthanti, which is our lunch stop. Through the up, and down the trail, we reach Tadapani, at the hilltop in the forest. O/N at lodge/tea house

After breakfast, we take a steep downhill trail prevailed by the rhododendron forest. Reaching the stream, we cross it and walk up gradually. Then we reach the Gurung village, densely inhabited by the ethnic Gurung community. We walk further to Chhomrong. O/N stay at lodge. 

Again, we direct towards the Chhomrong stream and walk to Khuldighar (2380m) and continually to Sinuwa. From here, the trail becomes a bit rough and the rocky slope appears. Crossing this section, we reach Bamboo. If you feel it's enough for today, we stop here or we walk continually to Dovan. O/N stay at lodge.

Again, we head towards the high-altitude area. The trek becomes slower, but the sceneries go on increasing, more specifically the glittering mountains, covered by snow. The trail is dotted by the rhododendron forest and the attraction of the cascading waterfalls. Crossing the Hinku cave, we reach to Deurali, where we stop today. O/N stay at lodge. 

Getting up early in the morning and catching the sunrise view over the snowy peaks surpasses your imagination about how lovely the scenery can be with a single ray of the sun. Fishtail, Himchuli. Annapurna South, Annapurna I, II, IV, and others can be explored that are exclusively stunning. Having breakfast, we trek down to Bamboo. O/N stay at lodge.

We continually walk down to Jhinu with descending and ascending trails. The downhill walk is easy and we enjoy our good descent. Jhinu Danda will be our rest place today with a warm bath in a natural hot spring. For this, we have to walk down 20 minutes more from the village. O/N stay at lodge.

From Jhinu, we begin to trek down. After about a couple of hours, we reach the road. But we avoid the road and take another route down to Nayapul. Checking out from ACAP counter, we drive further to Pokhara. O/N stay at hotel. 

While driving from Pokhara to Kathmandu, you head up to Damauli, Dumre, Muglin, and Kurintar where Nepal's first Cable car is operated to reach Manakamana Temple. Enroute, you could enjoy the mountain views, green sceneries, rice terrace fields, vegetable fields, and people being engaged in their daily life activities.
or You can also fly from Pokhara to Kathmandu which takes 25 minutes.

After breakfast, our tour guide will take you to historical monuments and sightseeing in Kathmandu valley such as Boudhhanath: visit Bodhnath Stupa, one of the biggest Buddhist shrines in the world, where we observe Buddhist monks in prayer in the monasteries surrounding the stupa then visit Pashupatinath: the most famous Hindu temple in the country, located on the banks of the holy Bagmati River. Here you see Hindu holy men (sadhus) meditating, pilgrims bathing and occasionally funeral pyres burning on the ghats. Kathmandu durbar square: you will enjoy different Hindu Temple, Goddes Kumari, and legends of Kathmandu valley, and in the evening farewell dinner in a Nepalese Restaurant. O/N stay at Kathmandu Hotel.

After breakfast, free time for shopping around Thamel market, and then transfer to Kathmandu airport.