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The Annapurna Base Camp Trek is a walking journey into the Annapurna Sanctuary. It is a natural amphitheater of the world’s highest Himalayan peaks.
With this private trek, you get the chance to visit beautiful high mountains in a quite short time frame. You don’t climb very high. Yet, you will be surrounded by the high peaks of Annapurna and spectacular glaciers.
This is a 14-day Nepal trip, including the 10-day trek to Annapurna Base Camp (ABC). It is one of the classic treks in the famous Annapurna region.
ABC is located in a high glacial valley, lying 40 km directly north of Pokhara. This oval-shaped valley is surrounded by high mountains, known as the Annapurna Sanctuary.
There is only 1 way to approach the valley, on foot via a narrow gorge between the mountains of Hiunchuli and Machhapuchhre. This makes it a true wilderness destination.
Base Camp itself is a picturesque valley, where you can enjoy stunning views of the surrounding Himalayan peaks. Because of the high mountains on all sides, ABC receives only 7 hours of sunlight a day, mid-summer.
This is a place of natural beauty and tranquility, where you can experience the raw power of the mountains and connect with the natural world in a profound way.
This route to ABC offers a unique combination of heights and depths. This enables you to see an extraordinary variety of ecosystems in a relative short period of time.
The south-facing slopes are covered in lush tropical jungles, including rhododendron trees and huge bamboo plants. The north-facing slopes are in the rain shadow, and have a both drier and colder climate. This is quite similar to that of the Tibetan plateau.
One the way from ABC, you can stop at Jhinu Danda. This place is worth the visit, since you can take a dip in a natural hot spring.
PS To make it a bit more spectacular, the hot spring is right next to a wild river with frrreezing cold water. You’ll see. 🙂
The ABC trek offers stunning views of world’s tallest Himalayas. Many of the peaks are over 7,000 m / 23,000 ft. These peaks are most noteworthy:
Yes! Actually, we encourage you to do so. Because that makes this trek unique and truly YOURS! Obviously, you don’t need to figure it all out by yourself. We are here for you. Do you want to speed up and make it more challenging? Or, take it easy and slow? Just contact us, and let us know what you’d like to do.
We are looking forward to hearing from you.
– Govinda & Lilly
Welcome to Nepal! Your international flight lands at Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu.
We’ll pick you up and take you to your hotel.
At the hotel, you’ll meet your guide and have your pre-trip meeting. Got questions? Feel free to ask! You can also check your gear and trekking equipment together.
airport transfer – hotel
Early morning, you catch a tourist bus to Pokhara. The ride will take about 6 hours.
Option: To save time, you can opt for a 30-minute flight to Pokhara instead. This would give you the opportunity to explore the peaceful city by the lake. Contact us for more details.
breakfast – bus – buspark transfer – hotel
From Pokhara, a driver takes you with a private vehicle to the starting point of the trek at Nayapul. This drive takes about an hour and a half.
After a short 15-minute walk along the banks of the Modi Khola river, we will reach Birethanti (1,010 m / 3,313 ft). This is a quite large village with many shops and teahouses. From here, we follow the northern bank of the Bhurungdi Khola.
The trail climbs steadily up the side of the valley to Hille (1,490 m / 4,888 ft) and after a short climb we will reach Tikhedhunga (1,565 m / 5,134 ft). Now there’s only ahead of us, a steep staircase made of stone. By climbing the steep steps we reach the Magar village of Ulleri (2,070 m / 6,791 ft).
breakfast – private vehicle – lunch & dinner – mountain lodge
From Ulleri, the trail ascends more gently through fine forests of oak and rhododendrons towards Banthanti (2,250 m / 7,380 ft). From there we trek towards Nangethanti (2,460 m / 8,070 ft). About one hour later, we arrive at Ghorepani (2,840 m / 9,317 ft) where we spend the night.
breakfast, lunch & dinner – mountain lodge
Early morning, if possible an hour before sunrise, we start a 1 hour hike up to Poon Hill (3,210 m / 10,530 ft). This is a great place for a brilliant mountain range spectacle. This vantage point provides an stunning panorama view of the sunrise over the high Himalayas. We will spend about an hour here, before we return to Ghorepani for our breakfast.
After breakfast, we pack our bags again and set off for a climb along ridges, and through pine and rhododendron forests to Deurali (2,960 m / 9,710 ft). After that, we descend to Banthanti and then Tadapani (2,710 m / 8,890 ft).
breakfast, lunch & dinner – mountain lodge
The day starts with a steep downhill walk through rhododendron forests and descend through the forests. As we approach Gurjung, which is the village of the Gurung people, the trail eases. Then there’s only an easy walk left to Chhomrong (2,140 m / 7,021 ft).
breakfast, lunch & dinner – mountain lodge
Leaving Chhomrong, the trail descends on a stone staircase and crosses the Chhomrong Khola river on a swaying suspension bridge. On the other side of the river a climb leads us through small settlements and the upper Modi Valley. From here, we can see beneath us the village of Doban with our lodge for tonight.
breakfast, lunch & dinner – mountain lodge
From Doban, the trail crosses a stream and avalanche chute, then climbs across a landslide. In the forest is a small temple where local people leave offerings of flowers, cloths or leaves. We climb past a cascade over a rock platform and pass a trailside temple decorated with Shiva tridents and flowers.
Then, there’s only one more hour of trekking left for today. We follow a rocky trail, up a steep ravine to Hinku Cave and across the remnants of a glacier till we reach Deorali (3,140 m / 10,301 ft).
breakfast, lunch & dinner – mountain lodge
Today the trail climbs to Machhapuchhre Base Camp. This actually isn’t really a base camp, since climbing the mountain is not allowed. This area is totally surrounded by mountains and known as the Annapurna Sanctuary.
From Machhapuchhre Base Camp it is 2 more hours of trekking to reach Annapurna Base Camp (4,130 m / 13,550 ft). We hope to have clear weather, because this place has very much rewarding unobstructed views of the surrounding mountains. It is spectacular!
breakfast, lunch & dinner – mountain lodge
Today we follow the same trail down and descend 1,700 meters to the bank of Modi Khola to Bamboo (2,345 m / 7,693 ft). Here are a few lodges where we will stay tonight.
breakfast, lunch & dinner – mountain lodge
Today we follow the same trail back till Chhomrong. Once we have passed Khuldighar, the trail continues through rhododendron and bamboo fields. From Chhomrong the trail descends very steeply to Jhinu hot spring where you can take a bath in a delightful natural hot spring, located in a narrow jungle valley right next to a raging river.
breakfast, lunch & dinner – mountain lodge
From Jhinu hot spring we walk along the right side of Modi Khola river to Birethanti. This part of the trek can be considered as one of the easiest and most relaxing walks of the entire route. We reach Nayapul from where a 1,5 hour drive will take us back to Pokhara.
breakfast & lunch – private vehicle – hotel
Today, it’s time to hop on the bus back to Kathmandu.
Option: To save time, you can opt for a scenic 30-minute mountain flight to Kathmandu, instead of taking the bus. This would give you the opportunity to explore the city today. Contact us for more details.
breakfast – buspark transfer – bus – hotel
If it’s the final day of your holiday in Nepal. Your international flight departs from Tribhuvan International Airport Kathmandu.
Goodbye friends! We hope that you will cherish these memories we’ve made together forever.
breakfast – airport transfer
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