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Day 01: arrive
in Kathmandu
(A)
Day 02: Kathmandu Sightseeing
(A, B)
Day 03: Kathmandu - Pokhara by bus
(A, B, L, D)
Day 04: Pokhara - Dhampus
(A, B, L, D)
Day 05: Dhampus - Forest Camp
(A, B, L, D)
Day 06: Forest Camp - Humal
(A, B, L, D)
Day 07: Humal - Guhe
(A, B, L, D)
Day 08: Machhapuchhare Base Camp Day Hike
(A, B, L, D)
Day 09: Guhe - Sedding
(A, B, L, D)
Day 10: Rest & Explore around there
(A, B, L, D)
Day 11: Sedding - Thulo Chaur
(A, B, L, D)
Day 12: Thulo Chaur - Ghachok
(A, B, L, D)
Day 13: Ghachok - Pokhara by bus
(A, B, L, D)
Day 14: Pokhara - Kathmandu by bus
(A, B, L)
Day 16: Departure from Nepal
(B)
(Abbreviation: A - Accommodation, B - Breakfast, L - Lunch, D - Dinner)
Day 01 Arrive at Kathmandu,
Height: 1300m
Meet with our representative at the airport. Drive to hotel.
Day 02 Kathmandu
Duration: 4 hrs
Height: 1300m
Half day sightseeing around Kathmandu Valley. O/N Hotel.
Day 03 Kathamandu - Pokhara
Duration: 6 hrs
Height: 960m
Drive or fly to Pokhara and over night at Hotel.
Day 04 Pokhra-Dhampus
Duration: 30minute drive and 2hrs trek.
Height: 1600m
After break fast drive to Phedi via Tibetan camp and steep climb up to
Dhampus village one of the big Gurung village. Spectacular panoramic views
of Annapurnas.
Day 05 Dhampus - Forest camp
Duration: 6 hrs
Height: 2480m
Today we will start our secret trail leaving tourists, other trekker and
even villagers behind. Trek enter an enchanted forest of birch, giant
rhododendron, mountain oak, maple, hemlock and daphnia, camping in a small
clearing far from the beaten trail.
Day 06 Forest camp-Humal
Duration: 5hrs
Height: 3150m
As we climb, the flora has turned to classic cloud forest with mosses and
lichen, tree ferns and orchids hosted by the hardier trees. There are
natural windows in the woods that look out on to thrilling panoramas
towards Hiunchuli and the knife-sharp traverse towards Annapurna South.
Far below, to left, can see the Modi Khola valley leading up into the
Annapurna sanctuary. Though still surrounded by forest, have spectacular
northerly views of the ever-closer Fishtail.
Day 07 Humal - Guhe
Duration: 4hrs
Height: 4100m
Just a short steep climb and out of forest. A ridge, now grassy and
sometimes under snow, takes us up to high camp which we shall reach at
lunch time and where a second consecutive afternoon is spent awestruck
with the views and acclimatizing. Annapurna South seems near enough to
touch.
Day 08 Ghue - Machapuchhare Base Camp–day hike
Duration: All day
Height: 4100m
Hike up 5000m Breakfast will be earlier than usual. Then with packed
lunch, set off to reach objective. Conditions being favourable, trip can
reach up to 5000m and only the crest of Mardi Himal itself separates from
the south face of Machhapuchare. The great ice fields and blue glaciers of
the Sanctuary Wall lie below. Annapurna I, highest of all is beyond, and
around, in an arc from horizon to horizon, from Dhaulagiri to the Mustang,
are a dozen or more glistening snow- bound giants. Standing on a spot that
has been constant aim for days now. A place, a time, a view that is almost
impossible to equal –and earned it. Whatever achievement, by 1:00pm and
back trip to camp.
Day 09 Ghue-Sedding
Duration: 7hrs
Height: 1500m After a relaxed breakfast, tired bodies
make an unhurried descent through the shade of the forest, and out onto
terraced fields, down 1600m in all. This is a different route down-down to
the upper Mardi Khola, the torrent that has been the ice and snow of the
Mardi Himal. Although remote and still away from the much-used ‘Tea –
house’ trekking routes, our expedition now takes on the moods of the warm
valley and the friendly villages. Here, we make our way along the banks of
the Mardi Khola from the hill – side village or siding, down through the
lovely fields, past the simple farms and over the interesting bridges.
There is no doubting this is indeed the idyllic Nepali countryside.
Day 10 Sedding-
Duration:
Height: 1500m
Mardi Pul – 1,160m
So the Earth does have flat places! The path from siding now follows the
contour of the river valley gradually down between the pastures and
through the Tamang and Gurung villages. Our tents, familiar to us in
rugged mountain landscape, look a little incongruous this evening planted
here among the paddy.
Day 11 Sendding - Thulo chaur
Duration:
Height: 1600m
Day 12 Thulo chaur - Ghachock
Duration:
Height: 1150m
Day 13 Ghachock - Pokhara
Duration: 3 hrs walk and 1hrs drive.
Height: 960m
There are just a few hours of walking – the trail skirts an outcrop –
there’s the road, there’s our transport, and soon we’re back in Pokhara
for our last lunch. This last afternoon is spent showering and relaxing.
Some have enough energy for rowing on the lake, others only for lounging
in pie shops.
Day 14 Pokhara - Kathamandu
Duration: 6 hrs
Height: 1300m
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