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Day 1: Welcome to Nepal!
Activities: We will meet you at the airport and drive you to your hotel, just relax for
the rest of the day to recover from your long journey.
Highlights: Bustling Thamel, an array of restaurants, bars and shops.
Accommodation: Kathmandu 3 star hotel.
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Day 2: Pre-trek meeting and Kathmandu sightseeing.
Highlights: Pashupatinath, Boudhanath Stupa, Swaymbhunath and Patan Durbar Square, cultural and historical sights of the Kathmandu Valley.
Accommodation: Kathmandu 3 star hotel.
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Day 3: Drive to Dharapani.
Hours driving: 10.
Elevation reached: 1910m.
Accommodation: Basic Teahouse.
Hours of walking: 5
Difficulty: Moderate to difficult.
Elevation reached: 2670m.
Terrain: Steep inclines, rocky trails.
Views on offer: Manaslu, Himal Chuli, Annapurna II and Lamjung Himal.
Highlights: The pretty spectacular views, the sweet smelling apple orchards and getting to taste the apples!
What’s to see?: Pine forests and apple orchards.
Accommodation: Basic Teahouse.
Hours of walking: 5.
Difficulty: Moderate.
Elevation reached: 3200m.
Terrain: Forest paths, gentle inclines, riverbank trails.
Views on offer: Pisang Peak, Lamjung Himal and Annapurna II.
Highlights: Looking back over the wide, river valley, an optional trek to Upper Pisang for some great views.
What’s to see?: A very unique and colorful monastery, traditional mountain houses.
Accommodation: Basic Teahouse.
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Day 6: Manang. (2 available routes today, your guide will give you the choice.)
Hours of walking: 7 hours for upper trail, 5 hours for lower trail.
Difficulty: Moderate (lower trail) difficult (upper trail)
Elevation reached: 3540m.
Terrain: Some steep inclines and rocky tracks on the upper trail, “Nepali flat” and gentle inclines on the lower trail.
Views on offer: The Annapurna range.
Highlights: The upper trail really does give you magnificent views of this beautiful mountain range.
What’s to see?: Traditional villages, the local Gurung people and the interesting village of Manang.
Accommodation: Basic Teahouse.
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Day 7: Day hike to Gangapurna Lake and back to Manang. (Acclimatization day.)
Hours of walking: 3.
Difficulty: Moderate to difficult.
Elevation reached: 4000m
Terrain: Some steep inclines, hilly terrain and quick descents.
Views on offer: Many snow-capped peaks.
Highlights: The beautiful Lake, standing atop of a ridge at 4000m for stupendous views.
What’s to see?: The traditional houses in Manang, local Buddhist monastery.
Accommodation: Basic Teahouse.
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Day 8: Trek to Khangsar Village (3735 mt)
Descending from old Manang and passing by Chorten, reaches a Marshyangdi river. Walking along the northern part of this river bank, the trail stays close to the river bed and soon we approach Khangsar, superb view of the Great Barrier open up. The village is surrounded by fields of wheat.
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Day 9: Trekking to Tilicho Base Camp (4150)
A difficult or adventurous hiking day of Tilich Lake Trekking, which takes around 6-7 hrs. The higher path, through broad, involves a tiring ascent of some 900 m and then a steep, treacherous 800 m descent. You reach a crest (4650 mt) with prayer flags after the wearying clim, then through a series of zigzags down a scree slope bring you to the Tilicho Base Camp Hotel.
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Day 10: Trek to Tilicho Lake (5180) and further to Shree Kharka
The trek start early in the morning to get good views of the Lake. The total trip could take 6-7 hours. After climbing out of the side-valley, the trail works its way up moraine ridges, ascending all the way. Overnight at teahouse.
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Day 11: Trek to Yak Kharka (4020 m)
Not a very hard day, the ascends being not very strenuous. Superb scenery all along. Hiking for around 5 hours. Overnight at teahouse.
Hours of walking: 5.
Difficulty: Difficult/Strenuous.
Elevation reached: 4860m.
Terrain: Pebbled tracks, some steep inclines.
Views on offer: Some pretty spectacular Himalayan peaks.
Highlights: The views of course!
What’s to see?: The village of Thorong Phedi.
Accommodation: Basic Teahouse.
* There is an option to stop at Thorung Phedi if group do not want to walk as far as high Camp.
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Day 13: Muktinath via the Thorong La Pass.
Hours of Walking: 7.5 hours.
Difficulty: Moderate.
Elevation reached: 3800m at Muktinath and 5416m on the Thorong La Pass.
Terrain: Up hill rocky paths, there maybe snow depending on the time of year and a steep descent to Muktinath.
Views on offer: The most alluring, magnificent views from the Pass.
Highlights: Standing in the icy wilderness of the Thorong La Pass. Congratulations on reaching this high alpine wonderland.
What’s to see?: Mountains, as far as the eye can see!
Accommodation: Basic Teahouse.
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Day 14: Jomsom via Kagbeni.
Hours of walking: 7.
Difficulty : Moderate.
Elevation reached: 2720m.
Terrain: Steep descents, well defined trekking paths.
Views on offer: The arid, desert like environment of Kagbeni.
Highlights: The holy place of Kagbeni and the pilgrims visiting the holy waters and temples.
What’s to see: The oldest monastery in Nepal in Kagbeni.
Accommodation: Basic Teahouse.
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Day 15: Fly to Pokhara in the morning.
Early morning fly to Pokhara and leisure day at Pokhara. Overnight in Hotel.
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Day 16: Pokhara free day
Free day on your own to explore Pokhara city. It will also work as buffer day in case we have any delay/cancellation on Jomsom to Pokhara flight.
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Day 17: Morning flight back to Kathmandu.
Highlights: Exploring Pokhara, Himalayan flight to Kathmandu.
Accommodation: Hotel in Kathmandu.
Goodbye and farewell from Nepal!