Annapurna Circuit Trek

Trip Itinerary

Day 1: Arrival at Kathmandu (1350m).

Namaste and Welcome to Kathmandu. The representative of Mega Mount Trek greets you at the international airport. Then you will be transferred to the hotel. After check-in at the hotel, refresh and rest yourselves. We will briefly explain our tour program in the evening. O/N at Hotel.

Day 2: Drive to Syange/ Jagat 1330m,5hrs.

Drive from Kathmandu to Besi Sahar or Bhulbule By bus through Prithvi Highway, about 6 hours drive. After taking a local jeep to Syange (1080m) driving with the view of Marsyangdi River, greeneries, local villages, and attractive mountain scenery. A steep and slippery trail runs up and down through paddy fields, passing through tiny Tibetan villages, the trail ascends through the forest to Jagat (1330m). If our drive is not on time, we can stay in Syange as well. O/N at Lodge.

Day 3: Trek to Dharapani1960m,5hrs.

Begin our trails go continue meander way across the right side Marsyangdi river view and after crossing again suspension bridge in the Marsyangdi River Path it goes uphill and gradually steep flat and reaches to Tal. This place is one of the popular places for valley views and waterfalls. Now enter the district is Manang, the trail continues through barley, rice, potato fields, and pine forests though the village of Khotro (1860m). Go down to a forest to a long suspension bridge and very enjoyable courtyards of Alpine. Passing through Karte and Nache village, the new trail continues a stone Kani making a formal entrance to Dharapani. Dharapani is one joint way for Manaslu round and this is big villages in the Manang District. O/N at Lodge.

Day 4: Trek to Chame2630m, 5hrs.

As we cut through a narrow field from the village, the Dudh Khola, which originates from the south face of Manaslu, enters the opposite bank and we will walk with a lot of scene of remarkable views. Then reach to chame. Chame is district headquarters in manang. O/N at Lodge.

Day 5: Trek to Pisang 3300 m,4/5hrs.

We will walk with Mani walls to a field of buckwheat in tiny village Telekhu (2840m). There’s a long, peasant and mostly level walk-in forest with some theatrical scenery as you walk through a deep gorge. The pine-scented trail rounds a bend to reveal the first views of dramatic Paungda hill rock face, a marvelous arc lump of rock. Over a ridge marked by prayer flags and stone cairn, continue the steep rise to the upper Marsyangdi. The trail follows through the river valley with good views along the way of Pisang peak and Annapurna II at Pisang. Pisang marks the beginning of the region’s upper portion of the Manang district. O/N at Lodge.

Day 6: Trek to Manang 3540m, 5hrs.

A relax trek amidst breathtaking scenery. No steep climbs as trail winds through quaint villages, letting you get a flavor of the culture of Nyeshang (Upper Mustang). O/N at Lodge.

Day 7: Acclimatization day at Manang village.

Day of the rest and acclimatization. Acclimatizing at Manag is most important because in the next few days you head for high altitude area, you gain height rather rapidly. It helps you with AMS. After exploring the Manang village you can short hike to Bodzo Gompa to the east or to the Gangapurna Lake, and the Chongkor viewpoint over. O/N at Lodge.

Day 8: Trek to Yak Kharka/Lader 4050m, 4hrs.

The trails pass through the Mani .chortens and prayer wheel through the cluster old village of Manang. We will pass small streams and fields of potatoes, barley, and buckwheat. The trail climb to the Tengi at 3675 m. the trail climbs out of the Marshandi valley north and passing the small brook near to the small village Gunsang at 3979m. The trail continues to pass the small juniper tree, barberry, and meadows and reach to Yak Kharka. O/N at Lodge.

Day 9: Trek to Thorng Pedi 4425m, 4hrs.

From here Yak the trail continues to go up the east bank of to the Jorsang Khola and go down to the small wooden bridge then cross the Khola. You may plug a little bit tough this climb because you’re walking in dry and arid high Himalaya but slowly walk and you can take your time. The trail follows narrow and unbalanced screed slops with rocky-strewn to the Throng Pedi. O/N at Lodge.

Day 10: Cross to Thorung la pass 5416 m than trek down to Muktinath 3800m. 9hrs

Our trek start early in the morning around 4 am and the trail from here starts steeply up through the rocky ridge. The tail uses hundreds of years ago to bring yak and sheep herds. After one hour climb, you reach in High camp at 4820m. After the high camp, the trail becomes ice and slippery. You may follow the guide and porter. The trail continues to climb traversing in and out of many full of ice Here you will feel a little bit headache and cold because the wind is very strong on a clear day. The trail climbs up and up to the top Thorung -La 5416m. The Thorung top you can imaging easily because at the top you can see traditional Chorten, prayer flags and stone Cairn from faraway. The tail down with white snow soon you will find another Kaligandaki valley. You may sense release to have a hot cup of tea in a small tea house. The trail continues down through the yak pasture land to the Muktinath at 3800m. O/N at Lodge.

Day 11: Trek from Muktinath to Jomsom2760m, 5hrs.

In the morning we are going to visit Muktinath temple. This is a holy temple for Hindus and Buddhists. You may see many Indian and Nepali pilgrims are taking a cold shower around the temple. The next place you visit is Jharkot inspiring old bankrupt village. The massive Mount Dhaulagiri dominates to the Kaligadaki Valley. It is worth to visit nearly five hundred years old Gompa. The trail continues down to another beautiful village Kagbeni2860m. Here you will find Tibetan style houses and many Kani and prayers wheels and red color Gompa. The trail passes the bank of the Kaligandaki River all the way to Jomsom 2760m. O/N at Lodge.

Day 12: Drive to Tatopani 1190m by local bus/private jeep or Local Bus.

Today morning you will take three hours to drive to Tatopani on a local bus. The road is narrow on the mountain terrain. Have lunch at Tatopani. You walk around Tatopani village. Here you also get a bath in the natural hot springs. O/N at Lodge.

Day 13: Trek to Ghorepani 2880m, 9hrs.

The trails still following the Kaligandaki River after cross the long suspension bridge over the Kaligandaki. You will be in the connection of the trail. The down trail goes to Beni and upper trail leads to Ghorepani. You go to Ghorepani climbing the hill called Durbin Danda at 1580m. The trail passes through the nice field and beautiful village of Ghara at 1780m. The trails continuous climb uphill and reach Sikha Village (1950m). This village is inhabitants of Magar cultural groups. After the trail climbs up and up through the two small village Phalate2390m and Chitre(2420m). Form here the trail turns out to be much steep climb muddy and slippery through the rhododendron forest to the Ghorepani (2810m). From Ghorepani, you enjoy the great panorama view of the Annapurna range and Dhaulagiri range. O/N at Lodge.

Day 14: Trek to Hille1500m, 5hrs.

Early in the morning one hour climb to the Poon Hill (3210m) for sunrise view. From Poon Hill, you can see a panoramic view of the mountains as well. You can see Mt Dhaulagiri(8167m), Nilgiri range(6940m), Himachuli(6441m) Annapurna I(8091m), Machpurchhre Himal(6696m) and Lamjung Himal. After the spectacular mountain views down to the Ghorepani and have breakfast. The trail goes down to small Magar inhabitant and wonderful rhododendron forest. The trail continues down through the sparkling clear streams and lush muddy trail. From Ulleri(2080m) the trail became a steep descent through the stone staircase to the Burundi Khola. From here several times up and down to the Hille(1500m). Hille is a beautiful small Magar village surrounding by the cultivated field. O/N at Lodge.

Day 15: Trek to Nayapul(1010m) than Drive to Pokhara.

The trail follows the bank of the Burundi Khola. The trail all the way down to the Birethanti(1000m). Here the trail junctions the left trail follow the Modhi Khola it leads to Ghandrung village. After half an hour’s walk from Birethanti, you arrive at Nayapul. Here you’re trekking ending points. From Nayapul you take a 1-hour drive to Pokhara. O/N at Lodge.

Day 16: Fly/Drive back to Kathmandu.

After breakfast at the hotel, we drive to Kathmandu for about 6 hours with a wonderful memory of the Ghorepani Poonhill treks. This is a scenic drive with Himalayan views, Rivers, and Jungles. After the arrival in Kathmandu, you will be transferred to the hotel. Walk around the local market in the evening. O/N at Hotel.

Day 17: Final Departure.

It’s your final day of the trip to Nepal. On your airport time, Mega Mount Trek will bid farewell and wish for a safe journey. Or if you have extra activities in Nepal then we do the further trip.

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