Annapurna Base Camp Trek

Day one is your arrival day in Kathmandu. We will come to welcome you at the airport in Kathmandu and transfer you to the hotel. Upon reaching the hotel and checking in to the rooms, we will let you know about our trip briefing meeting.

It is an important meeting so, we will wait until everyone arrives if there are people flying in different flights for the trip on the same date. Anyway, you will get the information about the meeting time.

Accomodation: Hotel

Meals: B L D

It is an acclimatization day as well as an exploration day in Kathmandu. You will also have the time to do last-minute preparation on this day if you need to. After you take your breakfast, we will take you for a beautiful sightseeing tour of the cultural heritage sites in Kathmandu. The sites include ancient Buddhist stupas, Hindu temple, and medieval royal palace square. You will explore about the Kathmandu valley civilization since the ancient time. This day tour will give you a better understanding of life in Kathmandu in the past and at present.

Accomodation: Hotel

Meals: B L D

We take our breakfast early and check out the hotel to travel to Pokhara today. The day is a long driving day. It is a 200 kilometers drive west of Kathmandu to reach Pokhara. However, it takes about seven hours of drive to reach the destination. But will enjoy the beauty of the Nepali rural settings along the highway. Once we reach Pokhara, we will check into a hotel at Lakeside and go for exploring the town later.

Accomodation: Hotel

Meals: B L D

We will drive for one and half hours to Nayapul to start the trek towards the Annapurna Base Camp. The trek goes along Modi Khola valley towards Birethanti and eventually heads to Tikhedhunga as the destination today. The walk today is actually on a dirt road for about 5 hours with the lunch break along the way. Tikhedhunga is a small but beautiful place to stop for an overnight.

Accomodation: Lodge

Meals: B L D

The very first half of the trekking today is a steep uphill walk for about 2 hours on nicely paved stone steps up to the village of Ulleri. The snow-capped Himalayan peak peeking from between green mountains will reward our early morning effort. After a short but deserved break, we will trek further up towards Ghorepani. We will walk through a forested area mostly of the rhododendron trees and head towards the destination of the day. Ghorepani is a stunningly beautiful place to stay overnight. It will welcome us with fresh breeze blowing from the high Himalayas that we can enjoy the view of from here.

Accomodation: Lodge

Meals: B L D

We wake up early in the morning for a wonderful hike to Poonhill to enjoy panoramic view of the Himalaya and a spectacular sunrise over them. It is an incredible experience to enjoy the enthralling view of the mountains and sunrise in the cold morning with warm cup of tea. Later, we hike back down to Ghorepani; take breakfast and get ready to start the trek to Tadapani. The first part of the trek takes us uphill almost to the height of Poon Hill and then descends for the lunch break of the day. The trek to Tadapani is a nice nature walk through the meandering trail up and down the mountain.

Accomodation: Lodge

Meals: B L D

We relish the breakfast with the view of Annapurna South, Fishtail and Hiunchuli peaks. The trek starts after breakfast and goes through steep and downhill trail to the river bank only to start uphill again. Our destination for the walk today is Chhhomrong, a beautiful ethnic settlement of Gurung community. Gurung people are one of the famous Gurkha soldiers. We stay overnight at this beautiful village that provides a wonderful view of the surroundings.

Accomodation: Lodge

Meals: B L D

After breakfast in the morning, we walk downhill to the Chhomrong stream and trek up to Khuldighar (2380m) and head towards Sinuwa. Now, the trail becomes a bit tougher through the rocky slope to reach to a place called Bamboo. The destination for today, Dovan, is another few hours of effort on the trail towards the Annapurna Base Camp. We eventually reach the destination to find ourselves deeper into the mountain and river gorge.

Accomodation: Lodge

Meals: B L D

The trek today takes us deeper into the mountains. We walk slowly to cope up with the increasing elevation. The trek passes through the rhododendron and bamboo forest along with the view of waterfalls. We enjoy this beautiful day of walking through the Annapurna Sanctuary and admire the magnificence of the mountains. Deurali is a small and beautiful overnight settlement with lodges where we spend the night.

Accomodation: Lodge

Meals: B L D

Eventually, the day to reach the ultimate destination of the trip has come. We will start the trek early today towards the destination and highest point of the trek - Annapurna Base camp. On the way, we will walk past Machapuchare Base Camp (MBC) that is located at 3,700m. The trail takes us past unbelievably beautiful surroundings. Once we reach the base camp, we will get to enjoy unhindered view of the towering mountains in the Annapurna. We admire the breathtaking views and stay overnight at the base camp.

Accomodation: Lodge

Meals: B L D

We wake up early in the morning to enjoy sunrise over the snowcapped Himalayan peaks. After the sunrise experience, we will enjoy our breakfast at the base camp with the view of surreal views of the mountains. It’s certainly an experience that will last forever. Later, we will trek back down to Bamboo for overnight stay.

Accomodation: Lodge

Meals: B L D

Another beautiful downhill walking day takes us to Jhinu Danda. Although a trekking to a lower elevation, you will also walk some uphill stretch along the trail. The walk takes us past Chhomrong village and descends all the way to Jhinu. We will go for a healing natural hot spring bath on the bank of the Modi Khola after checking into a teahouse. It is about 15 minutes of walk down to the river bank for the hot spring bath.

Accomodation: Lodge

Meals: B L D

We are on the final day of trekking adventure to the Annapurna Base Camp. An easy walking day takes us back to Nayapul to finish the trek. We will drive back to Pokhara and spend a relaxing evening after a wonderful trekking adventure in the mountains.

Accomodation: Lodge

Meals: B L D

We have a long drive back to Kathmandu today. It is another seven hours of drive back along the highway. We can also choose the option of flying back instead of driving. The flight is of just 25 minutes and we can choose this option with an extra payment for the ticket. Once we reach Kathmandu, we have time at leisure to roam around and relax.

Accomodation: Hotel

Meals: B L D

We have come to the final day of the trip. The adventure to the Annapurna Base Camp Trek has brought you a wonderful experience and beautiful memories to treasure in life. We will drive you to the airport for your departure flight.

Accomodation:

Meals: B L D