ON FOOT · ANNAPURNA TREKS
The circuit, the sanctuary and the short Poon Hill loop are three different holidays. The 5 below say how many days each takes, how high it goes and how much of the load a porter carries.
You’ll trek from the lower Marsyangdi Valley to Manang, Tilicho Lake, Thorong La, Muktinath, Tatopani, and Poon Hill on a guided 16-day route. Discovery World Trekking supplies tea-house lodging, meals, permits, porters, and road transfers. Guides such as Hari Gurung, Suresh, Dev, and Kersing have led recent departures.
Travel by tourist bus from Kathmandu to Pokhara, then trek through rhododendron, bamboo, and oak forests to Annapurna Base Camp. An English-speaking guide handles permits, lodges, meals, and transport. The $699 trip includes tea house stays, five breakfasts, lunches, and dinners, permits, gear, airport transfers, and a group of up to 12.
Trek from Kathmandu through Pokhara, Ghorepani, Poon Hill, and Chhomrong to Annapurna Base Camp at 4,230 meters. Your private group has an experienced guide, porters, permits, meals, teahouse lodging, airport transfers, and trekking gear. The route ends with a soak at Jhinu Danda Hot Spring.
Guide Raju Bhandari helps you plan a private trek from Pokhara for up to 15 people. Choose a short hike or a longer route in the Annapurna or Upper Mustang area. He arranges the details, while you pay separately for your meals, lodging, and transport. Australian Camp and Dhampus are popular day-hike choices.
“Raju was an excellent guide and I had a fantastic day with him hiking to Australian Camp and Dhampus. He had excellent communication via text leading up to our hike. I wasn’t sure which trail I wanted to take so he sent me a bunch of suggesRead more”
Join a private group trek from Pokhara to Annapurna Base Camp, with a government-registered guide, porter, tea-house lodging, meals, permits, transport, and basic safety support included. You’ll cross stone steps, forest trails, alpine terrain, and villages before reaching the 360-degree mountain views at ABC. The pace can be adjusted for your party.
Other ways to spend the day on foot
Rock, ice, forest or crater rim.
