16-Day Annapurna Circuit Trek from Kathmandu via Thorong-la and Poon Hill

• Arrive at Kathmandu International Airport, meet your tour guide, and transfer to the hotel.
• After checking in, join a group briefing about the trek and other helpful information.

Drive on a rough jeep road, heading higher past farm villages and terraced fields to reach Jagat village for an overnight stop.

• From Jagat, walk on a winding path to Chamje and pass through Tal village to reach Dharapani village. Dharapani is a lovely village with Buddhist culture, situated at the junction of the Annapurna Circuit and the Manaslu trekking trail.

Stay overnight.

• In the morning, start walking through rhododendron and pine forest past Bagarchap and Danque village to reach Timang village.
• From here, trek to the large town of Chame for an overnight stop.

• Today, walk through a beautiful alpine forest, following the Masrsyangdi River upstream to Bhratang village and on to Dhukure Pokhari.
• After a lunch stop, hike to Pisang village for an overnight stop.

• Wake up in the morning, have breakfast, and proceed to Manang village.
• Midway, visit the old Braga Monastery, enriched with Buddhist relics, ancient wall paintings, frescos, and a superb panorama of the Annapurna Himalaya.
• Reach Manang village for an overnight stay.

• Have some rest and explore Manang village locally.

• After resting at Manang, walk to Yak Kharka, an attractive high-altitude trail with mountain views and small stream crossings before reaching Yak Kharka.

• Start the day by crossing a bridge and then climbing along the Jarjung River, leading to Thorung Phedi for a short rest, followed by the final hour uphill to Thorang High Camp for an overnight stop.

Start early in the morning to reach the highest point of this great adventure. Climb up to Thorang-la at above 5,416 m, marked with Buddhist prayer flags, offering superb vista landscapes and snowcapped peaks. From here, make a long descent to Muktinath at 3,800 m. Muktinath is a holy place for both Hindus and Buddhists. The word Muktinath means 'the place for Nirvana or Liberation.'

• After Muktinath, the rest of the journey is easier, with an exciting scenic drive all the way downhill and a significant drop of 1,200 m to the Kaligandaki River valley.
• Head between Dhaulagiri and Annapurna, forming the world's deepest gorge of the Kali-Gandaki River. After Ghasa village, continue to Mustang to reach Tatopani (Hot Spring) village, a lovely village with large hot spring pools right by the bank of the River Kaligandaki.

• After a beautiful time at Tatopani, trek on a winding trail for an hour, then ascend through a dense forest to reach Chitre.
• From here, climb to Ghorepani village with views of Mt. Dhaulagiri, Annapurna South, and Vara-Shikar, known as Annapurna Fang. Ghorepani is famous and popular for hiking to Poon Hill, a viewpoint offering super wide-angle views of the world's three highest peaks and a range of other mountains with striking sunrise and sunset.

• Start the day with an hour's hike to Poon Hill above 3,210 m for a stunning sunrise over the mountain range from Mt. Dhaulagiri and Mt. Manaslu to Annapurna, including the majestic Mt. Machhapuchare, "The Fish Tail".
• From here, walk through the lovely rhododendron forest, then descend from Ulleri village to Tirkhedhunga for the last overnight stop in the hills of Annapurna Himalaya.

• Today, descend past farm villages to reach the base of the hill around warmer low farm areas.
• Enjoy a pleasant long downhill walk to arrive at Nayapul for a few hours' excursion.
• Drive to Pokhara, passing by serene Phewa Lake.

• Head back to Kathmandu. On the route, observe farm villages and towns.
• Enjoy the rest of the day.

• Depart from the hotel for your international flight back to your home destination.