Trip Itinerary
Day 01: Arrival in Kathmandu (1300m.). Meet and greet by our guide or representative and transfer to your hotel.
Day 02: Sightseeing of Kathmandu. Introductory trip to Kathmandu including sightseeing of one of the old palace complex, popular by the name Patan Durbar square, a Buddhist temple popular by the name monkey temple among the foreigners but is called Swoyambhunath and a Hindu temple Pashupatinath, a popular cremation ground for many hindus of Kathmandu. All these places are listed by UNESCO as world heritages. Afternoon time free for doing trek preparation.
Day 03: Drive from Kathmandu to Beshisahar (830m). After leaving Kathmandu road follows TrisuliRiver downstream then immediately it follows MarshyangdiRiver upstream to reach a hill town Beshisahar. It might take 7-8 hours in the bus as it depends with traffic condition more than the distance.
Day 04: Trek from Beshisahar to Bahundanda (1350m.), 5-6 hours of walking. Take a walk in a rough road to Bhulbhule and continue ascending to Bahundanda, as name suggests a settlement for Brahmin people from Nepal. One can observe nice terraces and if weather permits some snowcapped mountains.
Day 05: Trek from Bahundanda to Chyamje (1310m), 6-7 hours of walking. Trail descends to Syange located on the bank of river. One can see some waterfalls, rice growing terraces and some gurung villages then slowly gains altitude as you go upstream.
Day 06: Trek from Chyamje to Dharapani (1960m.), 5-6 hours of walking. The trail ascends up to a small valley called Tal, literally meaning Lake. From Tal continue walking until you reach Dharapani, a meeting place for the people who completed Manaslu trek.
Day 07: Trek from Dharapani to Chame (2710m), 6-7 hours of walking. Going up following a small trail and some dirt roads take you to the one of the biggest village of Manang. Chame is the districts headquarter also, so most of the administrative offices of the area concentrated in Chame.
Day 08: Trek from Chame to Upper Pisang (3700m.), 5-6 hour of walking. An isolated village of Buddhist people one can reach making some ups and downs. Normally crosses a pine forest popular for chir pines. One can walk around to observe some Buddhist monastery and do some acclimatization.
Day 09: Rest and acclimatization day at Upper Pisang. After a walk for a week and especially reaching higher elevation an acclimatization day is deserved. The magnificent view of the surrounding high peaks are so stunning, one can gaze upon them for a whole day.
Day 10: Trek to Pisang Peak Base camp (4380m.), 3-4 hours of walking. The trail ascends through alpine and tundra vegetation and passes through Kharkas or pastures to reach the base camp.
Day 11: Trek to high camp (5400m.), 4-5 hours of walking. Following the southwest shoulder of the peak is considered a beautiful ascent up to the camp.
Day 12: Climb to summit (6091m.) and trek back to Base camp (4380m.), 7-8 hours of walking. The trip starts early in the morning to reach the top and after observing the view come down to base camp for overnight stay.
Day 13: Trek from Pisang Base camp to Manang valley (3540m.), 6-7 hours of walking.Manang valley is one of the fertile valleys in the area and one of the biggest villages of the Annapurna circuit trek. Manang itself is rich in culture, tradition and landscape. The housing pattern there with clay plaster is very famous behind Annapurna range.
Day 14: Trek from Manang to Yak Kharka (4110m.), 3-4 hours of walking. As altitude going high and prepare for doing a pass, this is one of the easy day and afternoon free to relax.
Day 15: Trek from Yak Kharka to ThorungPhedi (4400m.), 3-4 hours of walking. Phedi refers foot of any of the mountain. Before arriving to ThorungPhedi still has good views of the mountains.
Day 16: Trek to Thorunglapass (5416m) and descend down to Muktinath (3800m.), depend with the season and condition of snow it might take 8-9 hours to do the whole trip. Suppose to start early in the morning to avoid the chilly air at the pass. There are normally people selling tea at the top of the pass.
Day 17: Visit Muktinath and trek to Jomsom (2720m.), 6-7 hours of walking. Muktinath is famous pilgrimage center for both Buddhist and Hindu people and has a temple of Vishnu. Normally hindu people like to visit temple in full moon day in October. After visiting Muktinathdescend down to Jomsom, a district headquarter of Mustang.
Day 18: Fly from Jomsom to Pokhara (830m.), a scenic 20 minutes flight following the Kaligandaki valley. Spectacular view of Dhawalagiri and Annapurna during the flight is seen. The flight from Jomsom to Pokhara are normally in the morning, as you reach Pokhara, explore Pokhara on your own.
Day 19: Drive or Flight back to Kathmandu.
Day 20: Departure from Kathmandu. Final departure from Kathmandu to your home country or another destination.
