Ghorepani Poonhill & Mardi Himal Trek

A representative from Pariwar Holidays receives you at the airport. Then, we take a short drive to the hotel with a private transport. You will take rest and get refreshed after that. If you have time, you can go for a short walk around and explore the city.

Today, first, we will visit four UNESCO World Heritage Sites of Kathmandu Valley and then prepare for the trek. We drive to Swyombhunath Stupa, Patan Durbar Square, Pashupatinath Temple and Bouddhanath Stupa with our guide one by one. We observe the things while visiting and also our guide tells you about the sites you visit. Then, we meet for a short talk about the trek and go to prepare for it. You can go to the market located in Thamel and buy the equipment you need. Go to the restaurant and have a lovely dinner in the evening.

You will follow Prithvi Highway until you get to Pokhara for this drive today. After you leave Kathmandu through Thankot, you begin to experience beautiful landscapes and local villages. Pass Malekhu, Mugling, Dumre and Damauli before you arrive in Pokhara. Sometimes, you may get big traffic on the way.

As an option to escape this drive, you can go with short domestic flight

Majority of the trekkers begin their formal walk from Nayapool but as there is road access up to Ulleri, we directly take a jeep drive from Pokhara passing Nayapool, Birethanti and Tikhedhunga. We leave the jeep drive and begin to walk towards Ghorepani. We ascend up to Banthanti and trek through deep rhododendron. We also rejoice of seeing delightful waterfalls. Arrive at Lower Ghorepani and finally, you will ascend up to main Ghorepani village.

Today, you have to get up around 4.30-5 and walk up to the top of Poonhill and we capture the best views of the entire Annapurna range, Dhaulagiri, Manaslu , Machhapuchhre and Ganesh Himal. Then, we take short walk down to Ghorepani and have our breakfast. After we have our breakfast, we trek towards Tadapani. First, we ascend up to the top of the hills which offers us magnificent mountain views and landscapes. We, further, trek via lush forest and walk down to the river. We cross the river and climb up to Tadapani.

Today, first, we descend to Ghandruk, a large Gurung village, have lunch there and walk down to the river. We cross the river and ascend up to the village of Landruk. Landruk also is the village inhabited by Gurung people. You can take a walk around the village and explore the local people’s lifestyle.

Today, we have our breakfast at Landruk and ascend all the way up to Forest Camp. The trail passes through lush rhododendron forest today. The path turns to be steeper while approaching Forest Camp. Arrive at Forest Camp and explore the local area.

Initially, we pass lush forest until we get to Low Camp. Walk past Low Camp and the forest gets thinner and turns into alpine bushes. The landscapes become drier with beautiful pastures. We pass the ridges and walk towards Mardi Himal and Machhapuhhre. From High Camp you can see dramatic mountain views.

Initially, we walk up to the viewpoint and capture astonishing Annapurna-I, Annapurna South, Mardi Himal, Machhapuchhre, Hieuchuli and Tent Peak. Next, we trek to Mardi Himal Base Camp and finally to Badal Danda.

You still can enjoy some dramatic mountain views and the walk through lush forest. Arrive at Sidding village and take a drive towards Pokhara by private jeep. Arrive in Pokhara, check in the hotel, take a rest and relax. Do shopping, take a walk around the city, go to Lakeside and enjoy serene Phewa Lake in the evening.

We take another return drive to Kathmandu from Pokhara along the Same Prithvi Highway. It is 6-7 hours drive by tourist bus. Arrive in Kathmandu, check in the hotel, take rest and you will enjoy a cultural farewell dinner in the evening with us.

Alternatively, you can fly from Pokhara to Kathmandu.

This is the last day of your Nepal stay. So, we, according to your international flight schedule, drop you safely to the Tribhuvan International Airport and you can board on your flight promptly. Have a safe flight ahead.