Annapurna Panaroma Trekking

After your arrival at the Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu, you will be welcomed by our representatives and then be transferred to the Hotel. There you will be briefly explained about the itinerary package.

It’s a day for you to take a drive from Kathmandu to the beautiful city of Pokhara enjoying a scenic drive from the Capital City along the Prithvi Highway. The present road has been greatly improved in the rercent years. It will take around 6-7 hrs drive to reach Pokhara. Or if you want to avoid long hours’ drive you can fly directly to Pokhara that takes about 35 minutes. Once you reach Pokhara, you will will be transferred to the Hotel in which you will stay tonight. Remaining time will be at our own. You may go to the restaurants round lakeside for your dinner in the evening.

After having breakfast in the morning, you will start a scenic drive to Birethanti (1060m) 44km away passing through the several vilages Hemja, Naudanda, Kande, Lumle and Nayapul all the way to Birethanti, a small and vibrant village where there is ACAP check post. The road upto Nayapul is fine but from there onward, it is dusty and bumpy road as it has been recently built. Your official trekking begins from Tikhedhunga after the ACAP and TIMS permits will be stamped. You will take a short break at Birethanti and then resume your trek and move towards to Tikhedhunga by gradually ascending along the trail for about four hours. Spend rest of the time relaxing at the lodge or explore round the village.

Today ou will cover around 1000 meters of altitude as you head towards Ghorepani from Tikedhunga. Along the way, you will come across several small rivulets and river springs before arriving at a traditional Magar village of Ulleri, situated at around 2080 meters of altitude. An hour’s of hike from Ulleri will then lead you to Nangethanti, where you will take a break for lunch. A few hours of hike from Nangethanti will then finally take you to Ghorepani, your destination for the day. Ghorepani is a wonderful place located at an altitude of around 2860 meters which allows amazing sunrise and sunset views along with the views of the spectacular mountain ranges of the Annapurna region.

It is the most important day of the trekking when you will hike to Poon Hill from Ghorepani. You will wake up early in the morning then start hiking to Poon Hill with the help of flashlight or the moonlight. Poonhill is named after the tribe living in and round Ghorepani which is an amazing spot for viewing the Mountains of the region. Mountains like Ananpurna, Machhapuchhre, Dhaulagiri, among others, can be seen from Poon Hill. Not only the himalayan scenary is possible from here but also this place is the best for sunrise view. After spending some time in Poon Hill, you will then retrace back to lodge where you will have breakfast. Then you will start trekking to Tadapani through the deep forest of Pine, Rhododendron and fir. With some ups and down, you will reach Tadapani from where you see the panoramic view of Machhapuchre (Fishtail).

After you relaxed breakfast, you willl then descend through dense forest of Pine and Rhododendron until you reach Chuile. From here the trails quickly descends through the forests crossing small streams until Kimrung. And go grazuel uphill to Chhomrong and decend to Jhinu Danda. After your lunch you will fully enjoyed at the Natural hot spring spot. Jhinu Danda also allows good views of the mountains like Annapurna South and the Fishtail Mountain.

From Jhinu Danda, the trails descends steeply down to Modi Khola passing through the terraces. Again the trails ascends steep up to Landruk village which is just opposite to Ghandruk. After a short rest at Landruk for the tea/coffee, the easy trails begins which lastly brings you at Tolkha.

It is the last day of your trekking. After your breakfast, you will start trekking ascending thorugh the forest until Deurali is reached. From Deurali it’s a pleasant trail with beautiful views of the mountains and the landscapes which brings you to Dhampus. You will enjoy your lunch with the panoramic views of the Fishtail and Annapurna ranges. After lunch, the trek slowly descends to Phedi from where you will dive back o Pokhara. You will have rest of the time at leisure and relax.

You will be driving back to Kathmandu from Pokhara enjoying the scenic drive along the Prithvi Highway. On the penultimate day of the tour package, you will drive back to the Capital city of Kathmandu along the Prithvi Highway. It will take around 06 hours for you to reach the Capital city.