13-Day Annapurna Base Camp Trek with Poon Hill and Kathmandu Heritage

• Your official representative will welcome you and transfer you to a 3-star quality hotel.
• After hotel check-in, you will visit the office for an orientation about your tour plan.

Overnight stay in Kathmandu.

• After breakfast, we take a short flight of around 25 minutes to Pokhara. Though Pokhara can also be reached by road, we choose to take the flight.
• After landing in Pokhara, we transfer to a hotel near the lakeside.
• The afternoon is free for roaming around the lake city of Pokhara and shopping.

Overnight in Pokhara.

• After breakfast, travel the twisty route over the middle hills to Nayapul to meet your porters and begin the trek to Tikhedhunga.
• The trek to Tikhedhunga takes almost 4 hours, following the river to Lumle.
• On the way, we will observe the beautiful farming lands and people working there before finally reaching today's destination.

Overnight stay at Tikhedhunga.

• Leaving Tikhedhunga, we begin our trek with a steep climb to Ulleri village. Ulleri is a large Gurung village at an elevation of 2070 m.
• After ascending through beautiful dense rhododendron and magnolia forests, we finally arrive at Ghode Pani.

Overnight stay at the guesthouse.

• Early in the morning, we start on an hour-long hike to Poon Hill to get the best sunrise view across the panorama of the Annapurna and Dhaulagiri massifs.
• Later, we return to Ghode Pani and follow the beautiful dense forests to reach Tadapani, today's destination.

• The trek to Sinuwa continues to Jhinu Danda with a steep incline. A further steep dirt track regains altitude, then levels out as it turns back to the river and reaches Chhomrong, almost 2 hours from here.
• Descend into a small canyon, cross the river, and climb steeply up the short main river canyon to Sinuwa Danda for a further 3-hour trek.

• Trek to Deurali, passing an experimental farm, then restart the climb through dense rhododendron and bamboo forest to the grazing grounds of Tomo.
• After 5 hours of a pleasant walk, we finally reach Deurali.

• Above Deurali, the valley widens and becomes less complicated. After walking up some rocky staircases, we reach the place where some people were killed by an avalanche. We should not spend a long time in this potentially dangerous area. As you continue walking, more beautiful stunning mountains come into close view.
• The trail slightly turns to the left in the valley after Machhapuchhre Base Camp (MBC), and from here it is a pleasure to walk up to Annapurna Base Camp (ABC). You may feel high-altitude sickness after reaching Annapurna Base Camp, so it is recommended not to rush and to walk slowly. From the base camp, you can now see one of the best mountain views.
• There are tremendous views of giant Annapurna I, Annapurna South, Machhapuchhre, and several other impressive peaks.

Overnight at lodge.

• After enjoying the magnificent mountain view and taking a hot cup of tea or coffee, we have breakfast and trek down to Bamboo via Machhapuchhre Base Camp, Deurali, and Himalaya.
• We take a lunch break on the way.

Stay overnight at the lodge.

• From Bamboo, we walk up, and it is pleasant to walk to Sinuwa, head down to Chhomrong Khola, walk up a long stone staircase, and then walk steeply down to Jhinu.
• After reaching Jhinu, we book a room, and after having lunch, we walk down to the hot spring, which takes about 20 minutes.
• We can take a bath in natural hot water and come back to the lodge.

Overnight at lodge.

• After having breakfast, we trek to Nayapul via Birethanti. It takes almost 5 hours to walk to Nayapul, and then we drive to Pokhara by private car.

Overnight in Pokhara.

• If you have chosen to fly, you can visit more sightseeing spots mentioned above.
• After arriving in Kathmandu, visit Durbar Square, Pashupatinath Temple, Swayambhunath Stupa, and Boudhanath Stupa, all World Heritage Sites.
• We have a full-day sightseeing tour around these places that will introduce you to the Kathmandu Valley.

Overnight in Kathmandu.

• Your office representative will accompany you to the airport for departure.