Annapurna Base Camp Trek – 13 Days

On this day, you will start preparation for your trip. Team leader and guide will provide further briefing if necessary. After this, you will be taken out for the city tour to visit the places of religious and cultural importance, most of which are included in UNESCO’s World Heritage Site.

The major places to visit on this day are Pashupatinath Temple (the biggest Hindu Shrine in Nepal), Boudhanath Stupa (a famous Buddhist Shrine), Swayambhunath (also known as monkey temple), Bashantapur Durbar Square (Kathmandu Durbar Square), and much more.
Vehicle: Sightsee Kathmandu in a Private Car

In the early morning of the third day, you will catch the tourist bus from Kathmandu to Pokhara. You will travel along the Prithivi Highway alongside the Trishuli River. The bus stops twice; once for breakfast and one more time for lunch.

After traveling for about 6 hours, you will reach the beautiful city of Pokhara from where you can see the amazing views mount Dhaulagiri, Annapurna, Machhapuchchhre (Fishtail), etc. You will stay at a beautiful hotel in Pokhara and after dinner, you can enjoy the evening scene of Fewa Lake with a stroll along the Coast of Fewa Lake.

On the fourth day after having breakfast, you will be driven to Tikhedhunga from Pokhara where our actual trek begins. Our trek leader will guide you to every destination. From here, you will begin your trek to Ghorepani climbing up through the rhododendron forest.

On the way, you can enjoy the fantastic views of two gigantic mountains; Dhaulagiri and Mt. Annapurna.

After a few hours walk from Banthanti, you will reach Ghorepani which is the most popular viewpoint in Nepal.

Vehicle: Pokhara to Tikhedhunga in Private jeep 

This day will be the most pleasant day as we start our hike to Poon Hill early in the morning. After walking for about 30 minutes, you will reach Poon Hill from where you can see the pristine view of the worlds’ highest mountains like Annapurna, Manaslu, Fishtail (Machhapuchchhre) Dhaulagiri and other (more than 10 peaks).

This viewpoint is famous for panoramic views of mountains as well as the Sunrise. After spending some time there, you will walk down to Ghorepani and start the journey towards Tadapni.

On this day, the trails go steeply downwards to reach the amazing Gurung village of Chhomrong. The trails descend to Kimrong stream through the thick and dark forest of Rhododendrons. Then your journey continues towards Chhomrong crossing some lovely Gurung villages. On the way you will be rewarded by the magnificent views of Mt Annapurna south, Himchuli, Mt. Machapuchre, and the virgin peaks all facing to the valley which is really impressive.

Chhomrong is mostly populated by Gurung people, one of the popular indigenous ethnic communities of Nepal. The lodges and restaurants run by Gurung communities provide the best service to their customers. You will have a great chance to experience the perfect hospitality of the Gurung Communities.

The journey of your 8th day descends via a stone staircase and crosses the swaying suspension bridge over Chomrong Khola. Then you will descend to Modi Khola and cross the suspension bridge and trek up to Sinwadanda. Our trails pass through the thick, dark and silent Rhododendron and Oak forest up to Khuldighar.

After descending to long steep and slippery stone staircase, deep bamboo, and rhododendron forest, you will reach Dovan.

On this day, you will climb to Deurali through the thick rhododendron and bamboo forest – reaching the Machhapuchhre Base Camp (MBC), which encourages you to walk through the touchable and lush green natural sceneries. On reaching MBC, you will be rewarded with the alluring views of the Mt Annapurna, Himchuli, Mt Annapurna 1st, Mt Annapurna 3rd, Mt Gangapurna and Mt Fishtail.

You will see vegetation disappearing steps by steps on the way to Annapurna Base Camp. In this route, you can see the melting snow to form a glacier and a stream which flows through Annapurna Sanctuary. The view opens up once you reach the base of Mountain Annapurna.

You will find yourself surrounded by the panoramic and splendid mountains around you. The major views are Mt Annapurna (including 1st, 3rd and south), Mt Fishtail, Mt. Himchuli and Barah Shikhar. Then after you will trek down to Deurali.

From the Annapurna base camp, we retrace our steps back to Bamboo forests. Today’s trek is downhill and descent, so it shouldn’t be very difficult. Besides, we will always have the company of the extraordinary landscape to cheer us up for more excitement and passion.

From here, we have to trek uphill to Kuldighar and followed by a downhill to Chhomrong. We climb the stone steps to Chhomrong and then genteelly descend to Jhinu Dada. After  enjoying  hot spring bath and shower you continue your journey by jeep from Jhinu to Pokhara.

On this day, you will return back to Kathmandu from Pokhara with an amazing drive alongside the Trishuli River via Prithivi highway on a tourist bus. After coming to the hotel in Kathmandu, you can go out shopping or souvenirs if you like. In the evening, you will be invited to the farewell dinner hosted by us.

On this very final day, one of the representatives from Travel gateway will drop you at the airport 3 hours prior to your flight.

Vehicle: Airport Drop Off in a Private Car