15-Day Manaslu Circuit Trek from Kathmandu via Larkya-La Pass

Upon your arrival in Kathmandu, our local team warmly welcomes you at the airport. You will then be escorted to the hotel, where you can enjoy some well-deserved relaxation. The itinerary includes a briefing about the trek's progress and presentation, followed by leisure time. If you arrive in the morning, you'll have the entire day at your disposal. This can be used for rest or for those interested, to explore the surroundings freely. It's an ideal chance to deeply experience Nepalese culture and indulge in the local culinary delights.

Transfer to hotel

Final altitude: approximately 1350 m

Meals: Dinner

Accommodation: night in the hotel

Have breakfast and then you have the whole day to explore the best Kathmandu Sightseeing spots with your guide. You can visit and explore one of the most famous Shiva temples, Pashupatinath, recognized as the monkey temple; Swyambhunath, the largest Stupa in the world, also called Boudhanath Stupa. The next day, you will begin your trek on the Manaslu Circuit, so you have to check your equipment to make sure that you are ready for your adventure and climb. Have dinner and stay overnight in the same hotel in Kathmandu

Day tour

Final altitude: approximately 1350 m

Meals: Breakfast

Accommodation: night in the hotel

We leave by bus in the direction of  Dhanding. The road offers great views of the Trisuli River Valley, but shortly after the road turns away from it, we turn north through beautiful tropical scenery. At Arughat Bazaar we change vehicles. We go up the course of the Burhi Gandaki, through fields and rice paddies, to Macchakola, passing through the villages of Arkhet, Almara, Lapubesi, and Machhakhola.

Drive in a private vehicle/7hrs

Final Altitude:  930m

Meals: breakfast – lunch – dinner

Accommodation: night in a lodge

We continue our progress along the river to Kanigaon and Khola Bensi, with at times beautiful views of the peaks of Ganesh Himal and the Machha Khola valley. We reach Tatopani fairly quickly, on the same bank of the river, where there is a hot spring, then we cross the Budi Gandaki by a suspension bridge to reach Dobhan (1,300 m). The Budi Gandaki valley then narrows before arriving at Jagat.

Walk 6hrs

Final altitude: 1300m

Meals: breakfast – lunch – dinner

Accommodation: night in a lodge

Ascent right bank crossing the villages of Saleri and Sirdibas to the bridge under Philim. The path turns into a balcony path with a beautiful view of the village of Pansing. For an hour the trail is carved into the cliff above an impressive gorge. At Pewa (1750 m), the valley opens up to offer a beautiful panorama of the Ganesh Himal massif. Crossing the deep gorges of the Budi Gandaki on an iron bridge. The path evolves between wooded areas and rocky areas, the vegetation changes gradually. Arrival at the village of Pewa where the Tibetan influence is already felt, as much by the architecture as by the faces of the villagers, or the prayer wheels.

7hrs of walking

Final altitude: approximately 1800m

Meals: breakfast – lunch – dinner

Accommodation: night in the lodge

The “Tibetan” villages follow one another with their “manis” (engraved stone walls) and prayer wheels, signs of cultural change. The path is sometimes tricky (rockslides). Crossing of humid forest, where we can see some monkeys (without any aggressiveness). Steep climb before reaching the village of Namrung. A beautiful typical village, with its stove built in the middle of the main street and its women working on their looms.

6hrs of walking

Final altitude: approximately 2,540m

Meals: breakfast – lunch – dinner

Accommodation: night in the lodge

The path is sometimes tricky to descend to Gapshe small villages. Crossing of humid forest, where we can see some monkeys (without any aggressiveness). Steep climb before reaching the village of Namrung. A beautiful typical village, with its stove built in the middle of the main street and its women working on their looms. After the superbly cultivated plateau that crosses the hamlets of Baksan, Lihi, and Wangsang, we walk against the backdrop of the Manaslu, immaculate, contrasting with the color of the fields. The trail soon arrives at Shyo, offering us beautiful views of the Ganeshs and then the Himal Chuli. We pass a beautiful series of chortens and mani walls. Arrived at Lho, we visited the village, the school, and its small monastery, then we settled down at the lodge for the night.

7hrs of walking

Final altitude: approximately 3200m

Meals: breakfast – lunch – dinner

Accommodation: night in the lodge

We also have a beautiful view of the Manaslu  Himal. We visit Lho Monastery before continuing to Shyala. From Shyala we head towards Sama  This stage is a little-used variant of the Manaslu tour and allows us to perfect our acclimatization. We are in a wild environment between rock and grassy plateaus. The panorama is exceptional and we admire the Manaslu which is getting closer to us every day. We are not far from the glaciers and the chortens and mani walls remind us of a human presence from a not-so-distant time. We retrace our steps to take the "classic" path and go to the village of Sama.

4hrs of walking

Final altitude: approximately 3500m

Meals: breakfast – lunch – dinner

Accommodation: night in the lodge

Acclimatization day. We visit the superb Tibetan village of Samagaon, the monastery, and the cells of the nuns, we make a short detour to Lake Birendra Kund (3,570 m) located at the foot of Manaslu. For the fittest and best acclimatization, it is possible to climb to the base camp of Manaslu at 4,850 meters (+1,350 m, -1,350 m, and about 10 hours of walking), for this, you will have to leave very early in the morning and plan a picnic.

We continue our progress towards the long Mani wall of Kermo Manan and the village of Samdo (3,800 m) located very close to the Tibetan border, not far from the confluence of the Sama Chu with the Budhi Gandaki, and which is home to a community of Tibetan refugees. A caravan trail joins Tibet by the Lajyung Pass (5,096 m).

4 hours of walking

Final altitude: approximately 3,980m

Meals: breakfast – lunch – dinner

Accommodation: night in the Tea house

Altitude acclimatization day. It is possible to discover the surroundings of Samdo before continuing our progress toward Dharamsala. A stone hut only. The highest camp of the trip, the night will be cold.

4hours of walking

Final altitude: approximately 4470m

Meals: breakfast – lunch – dinner

Accommodation: night in the Tea house

Departure early in the morning, going up the course of the Larke Khola. The progression is easy at first, then becomes much steeper at the end of the ascent of the Larkya pass, the altitude of which varies quite significantly depending on the sources, from 4,910 m to 5,220 m. In any case, we have a great view of Tibet border peaks such as Cheo (6,812m), Nemjung (7,140m) and Himlung (7,126m), as well as Kang Guru (7,010m), Gyaji Kang (7,036 m) and even Annapurna II (7,937 m). On the other side of the pass, we often descend on snow, then scree, to reach the glacial valley of Bimtang, from where we can see the west face of Manaslu.

9 hours of walking

Final altitude: approximately 3,700m

Meals: breakfast – lunch – dinner

Accommodation: night in the Tea house

we descend the valley of the Dudh Khola River to the wooded with rhododendrons and conifers forest to arrive at the surki Khola. We still cross Mountain Pasture Hamlet 7hours of walking

7 hours of walking

Final altitude: approximately 2500m

Meals: breakfast – lunch – dinner

Accommodation: night in the Tea house

After a private jeep drive to Besisahar, we will change vehicles to continue our journey to Kathmandu.

7-8 hours of walking

Meals: breakfast – lunch 

Accommodation: night in the Tea house

free time depending on the departure time of your flight and our representative will drop you at the airport, ending your journey in Nepal. We hope to be of service to you again. Thank you and safe travels.