Annapurna Base Camp Trek Via Ghorepani - 14 Days

Annapurna Base Camp Trek is one of the very popular trekking trails in Annapurna region which is also known as Annapurna Sanctuary Trek.  It offers the finest view of Annapurna I (8091m.), Mt. Fang (7647m.), Gangapurna (7454m), Annapurna South (7273m.), Mt. Fishtail (6997m.), and Glacier Dome. The region is perfect for both the adventure seekers and nature explorers. Starting from Nayapul the trail takes you through fascinating traditional villages of Nepal’s ethnic communities Gurung, Magar, and Thakali who will greet you very warmly. The Annapurna Base Camp trek is even more interesting in spring as the whole forest along the trail turns red, pink and white with rhododendron flowers.Continuing through the dense rhododendron forest with towering snowy peaks in the background, you witness breathtaking views of an early morning sunrise where a red halo seeps through glistening gaps over the snow-capped peaks of the Annapurna & Dhaulagiri Mountains.  Annapurna basecamp trekking is also suitable for the trekkers who are looking for something a little more challenging and energetic. It does not require you to have any previous trekking or mountaineering experience.

Detailed Itinerary:

Day 01: Arrival in Kathmandu

As you arrive in Tribhuvan International Airport, our representatives from Mountain Sun Valley Treks will receive you and transfer to the hotel which you have booked in Kathmandu.

Day 02: Kathmandu to Pokhara drive by Bus- 6 hrs.(flight is also possible)

After breakfast, we leave Kathmandu and drive to Pokhara through Prithivi Highway. On the way, we enjoy the overwhelming view of rocky hills while going along the river. The road is smooth but traffic jam may disturb. We stop in Kurintar for a cup of tea from where we view the Cable-car’s sliding up and down to Manakamana. If time remains, you will visit important places of Pokhara city. Fewa Lake, Mahendra Cave, Davis Falls, Gorge of Seti River under Mahendrapul and many other places are there to visit in Pokhara. Night stay in a hotel in Pokhara city.

Day 03: Drive to Nayapul and trek to Tikhe Dhunga(1495m.)

Today, after having breakfast in Pokhara we drive for an hour to Naya Pul. Our trekking starts from the same spot. We walk for 3-4 hours to reach Tikhe Dhunga. The trail is not difficult though we have to climb. You can visit other trekkers ascending to the altitude. The journey is entertaining enough. A lot of picturesque views inspire you to click your camera during your trek. We stay in Tikhe Dhunga in a guest house.

Day 04: Tikhedunga to Ghorepani Trek (2860m.)- 6 hrs.

The Annapurna South (7273m) and the Hiunchuli gradually unfold on this pleasant walk uphill through fields and pastures and later through rhododendrons and oak woods. Ghorepani was originally a horse watering post, which has evolved into an important crossroads for tourists and the numerous mule caravans on the Jomoson-Pokhara trip. Overnight at teahouse/lodge /camp.

Day 05: Ghorepani to Tadapani Trek (2520m.) 6-7 hrs.

We leave early morning for Poon Hill, to catch the early morning sunlight on the panorama of peaks: Dhaulaghiri, Annapurnas, Machhapuchare… This is an option but really worth the while. We then retrace our steps to Ghorepani and continue towards Tadapani through rhododendron woods. Overnight at teahouse lodge/camp.

Day 06: Tadapani to Chhomrong Trek (2020m.)

The trail follows descending down through the stone stairs, and penetrates rhododendron forest. Further, the trail leads you to river side, and then ascends uphill through forest and reach Kimrong. Again a steep climb awaits you for a couple of hours before reaching Chhomrong. You shall be seized by the sheer beauty of Annapurna once you reach there. Stay overnight at Chhomrong.

Day 07: Chhomrong to Doban (2850m.)- 5 hrs.

The trail descends to the Chhomrong river and ascends to the Sinawa at 2340. Cultivation gives way to a beautiful tropical forest, with some huge bamboo trees and passing through the Bamboo (2335m), including views of the twin “fishtail” peaks of Machapuchare then to Doban. Overnight at teahouse lodge/camp.

Day 08: Doban to MBC Trek (3700m.)

As the trail ascends every step it takes you to the Himalayan Hotel at (2920m), slowly the landscapes being changes and continue to MBC. Overnight at teahouse lodge/camp.

Day 09: MBC to Annapurna Base Camp trek (4130m.)

The ridgeline of peaks is almost uninterrupted – from the snowy slopes up to Hiunchuli behind, then Annapurna I (8091m), the massive south face of Annapurna itself, Fluted and Tent peaks in the foreground, to Annapurna III (7555m) and finally the gorgeous north face pyramid of Machapuchare (6997m), guarding the narrow entrance. Overnight at teahouse lodge or camp.

Day 10: Annapurna Base Camp to Bamboo Trek (2300m.) 6hrs.

This day trek is retrieve back from Annapurna Base camp to Bamboo. Annapurna South and high Himalayan peaks tries to pull back to base camp where you feel heavenly intoxicated with the beauty of nature. Pleasant walking through forests and passing some villages provide chances to explore the area. We stay overnight in a guest house in Bamboo.

Day 11: Bamboo to Jhinu Danda Trek (1780m.) 5 hrs.

On this day, we trek Jhinu Danda. The trekking is descending from Jhinu Danda with the pleasant walk enjoying the scenic beauty. We reach at Jhinu Dada and explore the surrounding area. The panoramic views are impressive from the hill especially sunset views are lovely. We stay overnight in a guest house in Jhinu Danda.

Day 12: Jhinu Danda to Nayapul Trek and drive back to Pokhara

This is the final day of our trekking. We trek to Nayapul from Jhinu Danda and end our trek there. We drive back to Pokhara and explore the beauty of it. You can climb to Sarangkot hill which is famous for adventurous paragliding sport. Explore Pokhara City and overnight stay in a hotel.

Day13: Drive back to Kathmandu(Flight is also Possible)

After breakfast, we drive back to Kathmandu. Our representative shall drop you at your hotel. After you freshen-up and rest for a while, you can do some strolling around the city. You can also do some shopping for your return. We shall be sharing our experiences over dinner in a popular restaurant in the evening. Stay overnight in Kathmandu.

Day 14: Departure Day

After you are ready with your luggage, our representative shall take you to the airport and bade farewell. Have a happy journey. Do remember us if you have any other plan of trekking in Nepal.

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Annapurna seven Passes Trek-23 Days

The Annapurna region in central Nepal is considered to be among the top 10 trekking destination in the world. Every year more than 30 thousand trekkers begin the journey from the lower hills to altitude about 5000m to high mountain meadows and passes into the Trans Himalayas region of Manang and Mustang. Accessible for all levels and rich in a variety of landscapes unique in the world, it offers an infinity of routes.

The Annapurna 7 passes trek is a fairly challenging trail that takes trekker through some of the most remote and breathtaking landscape, it is a journey that allows you to truly be yourself in nature as this is a fairly new circuit. Longer and more uneven, the 7-pass trek requires endurance and resilience. As the name suggests, seven times you rock on passes perched between 4834 meters above sea level for the lowest (Meta) and 5416 meters for the ThorongLa. While the passes of Phu (5043m) and Naar (5390m) give you the right to access the hidden valley of the same name, and that the passage of Kangla (5300) takes you back on the classic path to finish the circuit.Sometimes, the days can be long, like the chain of passes of Kuchumro (4900m), Yarcha (4834m) and Meta in just two days or the crossing between Meta and Phu. Three weeks of difficult walking but not particularly technical. Some steps do not offer any accommodation in hard, it will have to iron for hot showers. The tents
and the equipment needed for the bivouac are essential.

Detailed Itinerary:

Day 01:Arrival in Kathmandu
Depending on your arrival time, our representative from Mountain Sun Valley Treks will be at the airport to receive you and transfer to your respective hotel.

Day 02:Drive to Tal – 12 Hrs Drive
Today, we drive to Besisahar. We stop over for a lunch at Besisahar where we change our vehicle and use the Jeep from here until Tal as the roads are off route. We stop over shortly at the checkpoint in Khudigoan. Crossing several iron bridges and a tunnel made by Chinese government building a 50MW hydropower. We arrive at Chyamje where will stop for a quick tea and enjoy the waterfall and continue driving through the bumpy road to Tal which is a beautiful village situated at the bank of Marshyangdi River. The Gurung village with around 300 people has comfortable lodges where we spend the overnight here.

Day 03:Trek to Tilje (2300m) – 6/7 Hrs Trek
After breakfast, we start our walk through the village and continue by the side of the Marshyangdi River flowing through the valley. 2 hrs of walking brings us to Khotro (2200m) from where we start uphill towards Nache (2200m) for around 2.5 hrs We have our lunch in Nache and continue our trek.  We continue our trek along the pine forest where we can visit a small Monastery and continue walking to meet a motor road and cross a small suspension bridge to arrive at Tilje. Tilje is another small village that is used for the Manaslu trek route. Overnight in Lodge

Day 04:Trek to Tachai (2340m) – 5 Hrs Trek
We start our walk today through the village.A shot detour brings us to a stalagmite cave.After the short detour we continue walking through the pine forest and corn fields to arrive at a suspension bridge. We continue walking through the forest for another 1 hr to arrive at Tachai. The village has around 28 home stays where we will stay for the overnight.

Day 05:Trek to Shongle (3360m) – 8 Hrs Trek
We start our walk today with a beautiful view of surrounding villages of Ghelinchok and as we head up we look back to see the beautiful Tachai where we spent an overnight. Our walk today will be strenuous as we ascend uphill from the village itself for about two and half hours. We arrive at the saddle of Chonga Dada (3282m).  After resting for some time, we descend through the pine forest to meet the Chonga River. As we gain altitude, we continue our walk through the pine and rhododendron forest to arrive at an open space for Shongle Kharka where we spend our first overnight in tent.

Day 06: Trek to Kuchumro Phedi (4217m) – 4/5 Hrs Trek
Today we have 45 minutes of walk and we will meet a small shepherd hut. We continue our climb towards Kuchumro Phedi at an altitude of 4525m where we spend our camp for the big climb next day.

Day 07:Trek to Namakyu (4445m) Vai Kuchumro Pass and Yarcha Pass – 10 Hrs Trek
We gear up a long walk today with mostly going uphill until we cross the Yarcha Pass. We start our day with view of Manasalu towards the east and Lamjung and Annapurna towards the west. We are rewarded with amazing views of Manasalu and Lamjung range as we make a pass of Kuchumro. Once we pass the Kuchumro pass (54900m), we walk down about 30 minutes to start uphill to cross the Yarcha pass (4860m). As we cross Yarcha pass, we are rewarded by the views of Kangaru Himal (6941m) and Annapurna II. We continue walking downhill to arrive at Namakyu (4595m) where we spend our overnight after a long walk. We will camp by the river side directly facing the Lamjung Himal and view of Kangaru Himal. Overnight in Camp

Day 08:Trek to Meta (4204m) via Meta Pass (4635m) – 8 Hrs Trek
We have a  early morning views of Lamjung Himal, Annapurna II and Gangapurna towards the south west and Kangaru Himal facing top towards the north. we walk for about 10 minutes uphill and then descend for another 15 minutes to cross a small glacial river. We cross the river for gradual uphill facing Annapurna II the whole time and keeping Kangaru Himal at the back.  we are greeted by the views of Pisang peak standing majestically above the Pisang monastery from where we take gradual walk all the time facing Pisang peak directly in front of us. We arrive at the Meta pass (4800m).  After lunch at Meta pass, we start to descend towards Meta. It’s a long downhill from Meta pass to Meta with almost 4 hrs. We arrive a river with a small bridge from where we start to ascend for another 1 hr to reach Meta – a small village with few houses. Overnight in Camp

Day 09:Trek to Phu (4204m) – 9 Hrs Trek
We get the early morning sunrise view of Lamjung Himal on the south and Pisang peak towards the west. After breakfast we start with a gradual easy walk with view of Pisang monastery on the other side of the hill. We come across a Khampa settlement at Jhunum after 1.5 hrs.We continue our walk from here to cross a glacial river and continue walking to arrive at another Khampa settlement at Chyakhu.We walk further with gradual uphill and then descend to arrive at a small bailey bridge to cross the river from where we start ascending for about 20 minutes to arrive at Kyang. Another Khampa settlement at the valley between huge rugged stone mountains. We will have
our lunch here and after lunch we continue our trek to arrive at an interesting trail facing the river and made from cliff carved trail. We continue on this trail with Phu River on the left side for another 3 hrs to meet a wooden bridge. Cross the bridge and continue walking. During the monsoon, if the river is high we continue walking on the same side instead of crossing the bridge.As we approach the final descend for the Phu, we arrive at big canyon from where a straight uphill of 15 minutes brings us to the gate of Phu village and another 30 minutes’ walk brings us to a suspension bridge and we are official in Phu village. Overnight in Camp

Day 10:Trek to Loang (4680m) via Phu Pass (5200m) – 7/8 Hrs Trek
An early morning walk to the Tashi Lakhang Monastery. It takes about 30 minutes to reach the monastery and then return back for breakfast. We are served with the views of Himlung Himal and Kangaru Himal. We start our trek through the village of Phu and start climbing walking through the scree field to gain about 1000m above the Phu village. Continue walking will bring us to the viewpoint from where the Himlung, Bhrikuti and Kangaru Himal are visible quite prominently. The Phu pass is another 1 hour of moderate walk. We cross the Phu pass and start our descend to arrive at the base of the hill to cross a small wooden bridge and start descending for another 1 hour to arrive our camp for today at Loang. Pack lunch is recommended today due to shortage of water along the way. Overnight in Camp

Day 11:Trek to Chekchu (4410m) via Nar Pass (5400m) – 6/7 Hrs Trek
Wake up in the morning to the views of Himlung and Kangaru Himal. We start our trek ascending towards the Nar pass. The view of Himlung and Kangaru Himal stays with us along our way till Nar pass (5400m) which takes about 3 hours of walk. As we approach the pass, the scree fields makes it rather challenging to reach the pass. However, when we reach the top, we are greeted with 360 degree views of the mountains including Bhrikuti, Himlung, Kangaru towards the east and Chulu and Annapurna range towards the south west. After taking enough photographs and enjoying the views, we descend from here to lose about 1400m through the scree field to arrive at Checkchu where we camp for the night. Overnight in Camp

Day 12:Trek to Nar Village (4110m) – 5 Hrs Trek
After breakfast, we start to descend for about 1 hour until we reach a suspension bridge from where we start to ascend towards the Nar village for another 2 hrs to reach the top. From here we continue for another 20 minutes to arrive a small valley with surround big hills with cave formed on the top of it. A steep uphill here for another 3 hrs will bring us to the beautiful Nar village where we spend our overnight. Overnight in Camp

Day 13:Trek to Kangla Phedi (4530m) – 3 Hrs Trek
An easy day today, we can visit the Nar Village and the surrounding after breakfast. We will leave Nar village after lunch, taking easy walk from Nar through the Pisang valley with Pisang peak on the left side and other snowcapped mountains on the right. We arrive at the Kang La Phedi (4530m) after 3 hrs of walk and camp here for our final pass the next day. Overnight in Camp

Day 14:Trek to Ngawal (3360m) via Kangla Pass (5350m)
We start to ascend early morning today towards the Kang La pass in order to reach early for a great views of the Pisang peak and Chulu Far East peak before heading down to Ngawal. We start our walk crossing a small glacial stream. We ascend gradually to the top ridge of Kang La for 3 hrs. The top of Kang La offers amazing views of Annapurna, Chulu range, Lamjung Himal. We descend from the Kang La pass through the scree field with wide valley and amazing view of the landscape. The descend takes about 3 hrs to reach Ngawal where we spend a night in Ngawal Mountain Home for the night where we will have comfortable beds, hot shower and great food.
Overnight in Ngawal Mountain Home

Day 15:Rest Day in Ngawal (3360m)
Our rest day at Ngawal can be spent walking around the village of Ngawal and meeting local people and interacting with them. Overnight in Ngawal Mountain Home

Day 16:Trek to Manang (3519m) – 4 Hrs Trek
Continuing on the south side of the river, the trail includes a long climb over a ridge which passes through Upper Pisang via Ngawal as it guarantees outstanding views of Mt. Annapurna, Pisang Peak. On the way, we pass through pine forests, villages such as Braga and farming terraces. As we walk near Manang, the climate becomes more cold and dry.Overnight in Lodge

Day 17:Trek to Letdar (4250m) – 5/6 Hrs Trek
We continue our trail that ascents towards the Thorong La pass as we climb steadily through Tenki and leaving Marshyangdi Valley. As we continue along the Jarsang Khola Valley. we arrive at Letdar that lies at the elevation of 4250m. Overnight in Lodge

Day 18:Trek to Phedi or High Camp (4600m)
The first small settlement we reach after a steady walk upwards is Letdar. It is an uphill walk towards Thorong Phedi. We now ascend further and pass through towering cliffs before reaching Thorong Phedi. On the way, we go through the outstanding views of Mt. Ghundang, Mt. Syagang. Overnight in Lodge

Day 19:Trek to Muktinath via Thorong Pass – 8/9 Hrs Trek
The trail becomes steep as soon as we leave Thorong Phedi. Following rocky ridges, as it ascends to the Thorong La pass, the Great Barrier Ridge appears. The site one can see upon reaching the pass is of traditional Chorten, prayer flags, and cairn, and the panorama of Himalayan giants along with the first view of the immense Kali Gandaki valley to the west. Overnight in Lodge

Day 20:Trek to Jomsom (2710m) – 5 Hrs Trek
Today’s trek begins with the downhill walk to Kali Gandaki Gorge . Passing down to Jomsom, we cross Jharkot and Kagbeni. Further descending down we reach Marpha, Its narrow alleys and passageways provide welcome shelter from the strong winds of the Kali Gandaki Gorge. We continue our trek towards Jomsom. Overnight in Lodge

Day 21:Fly to Kathmandu via Pokhara
Today, we have a  flight from Jomsom to Pokhara and catch a connecting flight back to Kathmandu.  Overnight in Hotel

Day 22:Free Day in Kathmandu
A free day in Kathmandu can be used for shopping in Kathmandu or just relax in the hotel. Overnight in Hotel

Day 23:International Departure
Depending upon your flight time, you will be transferred from Hotel to airport.

Note: The package can be redesigned or redeveloped as per your preference. For more information please e-mail us at mountainsunvalley@gmail.com

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