Annapurna Base Camp Trek- Via Poon Hill

Day 01: Arrival at Kathmandu 1340m

At Tribhuvan International Airport our company representative received and drop to the hotel by luxurious private vehicle. And you will get some refreshments at the hotel. If you want to walk around walk touristic place Thamel, you can. It is the busy touristic hub Kathmandu Nepal.

If you arrive early in the daytime, we will meet our office and talk about the whole trip with us. Also, we will introduce the tour guide and trekking guide. Our trekking and tour export will introduce all about the trip to Nepal. Otherwise, if you arrive in the evening we will discuss tomorrow.

Overnight at Hotel.

Day 02: Sightseeing Kathmandu valley

Trip Duration:  5-6 hour tour

Accommodation: Hotel

Meal: Breakfast

After having breakfast our tour guide will take to you world heritage sites in Kathmandu Nepal. There are many World Heritage Sites listed on UNESCO in Kathmandu. You will experience different ancient heritage sites of Hindu and Buddhist religions. From these, you will get knowledge about culture, tradition, and lifestyle.

Today you will visit Pashupatinath, is the Hindu temple, you can see crimination, it is Siva temple, and the creator of the earth as well as you can explore ancient architecture. Buddha Nath and Sayambhunath (Monkey Temple) are the Buddhist temples, where you can experience Buddhist culture, religious activities, and the amazing craft of these ancient temples. The next one is Kathmandu Durbar square, it is the ancient royal place and surrounding beautiful temples. Here, you can also experience ancient history as well as the cultural aspect of the Nepali people. So, Kathmandu is the city of Temple. For more information, you can visit Kathmandu’s amazing heritage tour.

Overnight at Hotel.

Day 03: Fly to Pokhara, (25minute flight) drive to Nayapool 1070m (1/2 hour drive) and trek to Hille (1500m)

Highest Altitude: 1500m Hille

Trip Duration: 25-minute flight, 1 and half hour drive and 4=hours walk

Accommodation: Tea houses

Meal: Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner

Early in the morning, our guide will take to the domestic airport to fly Pokhara. After a few minutes of flight, you will arrive at Pokhara and meet with your porter and drive to Nayapool. You will drop a private vehicle to Nayappol.

Then start your real trekking journey to Hille. After a few minutes’ walk, you will arrive at Birathanthi, where the place is checked your permits to enter into the Annapurna conservation trek. Here, you will take lunch at continued your trekking journey. Birathinthi is lying at the bank of Modi Khola River.

Mostly you will be flowing the dirt road trekking trail till Hille village. You will enjoy the beautiful walk through pleasant environments, small villages, rivers, waterfalls, paddy fields, and amazing natural beauty. Hill is a beautiful village where you enjoy naturally decorated nature views. It looks like a piece of heaven. The tea houses serve a warm hospitality service.

Overnight at a tea house.

Day04: Trek to Gorepani (2860m) from Hille

Highest Altitude: 2860m Ghorepani

Trip Duration:  5-6 hour walk

Accommodation: Tea houses

Meal: Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner

After having a nice breakfast heading towards Ghorepani village.

After having a nice breakfast heading towards Ghorepani village.

The trek begins with a gentle walk towards Thikadhunga, crossing the suspension bridge and climbing the staircase steep more than 3000 until you arrive at Ulleri (1900m). Ulleri is the big villages of the Magar inhabitants. From Ulleri you can get the amazing views of Annapurna South (7219m) and Himchili (6645m) mountains.

Then you walking through the beautiful village till Banthanti and mostly across the rhododendron forest until you arrive at Ghorepani. On the way to Ghorepani, you will walk through the Nangathati village.

Walking a few hours you will arrive at Ghorepani. Ghorepani is the large village on top hill, where is a large number of Poon Magar people settlements. From the village, you will get mesmerizing views of the Annapurna and Dhaulagiri mountain range.

Day05: Early morning Hike to Poon hill and Trek to Tadapani (2640m)

Highest Altitude: 2640m Tadapani

Trip Duration:  5-6 hour walk

Accommodation: Tea houses

Meal: Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner

You will be hiking Poon Hill early in the morning for the sunrise views over the Himalayan range. Poon hill is the popular viewpoint in the Annapurna region trek. It is located at an altitude of 3210m from the sea level. You will enjoy the magnificent views of the Himalayan range.

The clear sunrise views over the Himalayan region is astonishing. You will get the complete panoramic views of Annapurna and Dhaulagiri mountain range from the Poon Hill. You get the sight of Annapurna I, II, III, IV, Dhaulagiri I, II, III, IV, V, Annapurna south, Himchuli, Machhapuchre, Nilgiri, Dhampus peak and many more.

You will be spending about an hour at Poon hill back to the Ghorepani. After having breakfast heading towards Tadapani. Today is also an exciting hike Annapurna base camp trekking trail.

From Ghorepani, you will be walking through the ridge the hill up to the Deurali hill. Then you will be crossing green lush Rhododendron forest, you reach Deurali.

Then you will be descending to Banthanti and after a walk, half an hour arrive at Tadapani.

Overnight at Tea houses.

Day 06: Trek to Chomrong (2170m) from Tadapani

Highest Altitude: 2170m Chomrong

Trip Duration:  5-6 hour walk

Accommodation: Tea houses

Meal: Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner

The journey begins with descending through the Rhododendron forest. You have to descending about an hour.  The trekking trail leads you through the beautiful trace fields. After walk an hour downhill you will meet Kimrong Khola. Then you will cross the suspension bridge.

After crossing Kimrong Khola downhill walk is done. And you will trek through the descend hill and straight until you arrive at Chomrong village. You will cross the beautiful village of Chule village. Beautiful trekking trail leads you to arrive at our today’s destination Chhomrong.

Chhomrong is the gateway of the Annapurna base camp trekking trail. This is a densely populated Gurung village. The people are very helpful, calm, and friendly.

From Chhomrong village you can get the sight of Annapurna South, Himchuli, and Machhapuchree (Fishtail).

Overnight at tea houses.

Day 07: Trek to Dovan (2600m) via Sinwa and Bamboo (2340m)

Highest Altitude: 2000m Dovan

Trip Duration:  5-6 hour walk

Accommodation: Tea houses

Meal: Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner

After having breakfast you will start a trip. The trekking trail leads you descending the hill to Chhomrong Khola. You will be crossing the suspension bridge. Then you will walk uphill until you reach Sinawa. The trekking trail leads you through the green lush Rhododendron and Oak forest.

After crossing the lush green forest, slippery trail, steep downhill staircase arrive at Bamboo village. It is closer to the Modi Khola river bank.

Then you will be ascending through the bamboo forest along the river bank reach at our today destination Dovan.

Overnight at a tea house.

Day 08: Trek to Daurali (3230m) from Dovan via Himalaya

Highest Altitude: 3230m Daurali

Trip Duration:  5-hour walk

Accommodation: Tea houses

Meal: Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner

Once again you will start a journey through the dense green forest. Along the trekking trail, you might be seen alpine region wildlife, Himalayan Goat, Monkey, Deer, etc. you enjoy the pleasant sound of the birds from the forest. Walking through the rocky trail surrounding the huge hills offers natural beauty.

From Hinku Cave to Durali is quite a difficult part of the trek. So, you have to careful while walking through.

Overnight at Deurali.

Day 09: Trek to Annapurna Base Camp (4130m, ABC) via Machhapuchree Base Camp (3700m, MBC)

Highest Altitude: 4130m ABC

Trip Duration:  5-hour walk

Accommodation: Tea houses

Meal: Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner

Todays the final part of our trek, a challenging and high altitude trek, which offers the amazing landscape across the Machhapuchre base camp. Walking is quite difficult because of the altitude walking through the rocky trekking trail. You have to walk slowly and your own pace, it will easy to walk.

You will walk heading towards Annapurna base camp, the ultimate destination. With full of excitement, you will arrive on ABC at 4130m above sea level. The base camp is located surrounding mountains. So it is called Annapurna Sanctuary.

Annapurna base camp offers the majestic views of the Himalayan range, so clear and closer. The Himalayan range includes Annapurna I (8,091m), Annapurna South (7,219m), Gangapurna (7,454m), Annapurna Fang (7,646m), Hiunchuli (6,441m), Annapurna III (7,555m), Machhapuchhre (6,997m), and so on. Here you enjoy the sunrise and sunset views over the snowcapped mountains.

Overnight at Annapurna base camp.

Day 10: Trek back to Bamboo (2340m)

Highest Altitude: 2340m Bamboo

Trip Duration:  6-hour walk

Accommodation: Tea houses

Meal: Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner

Today you will same way back from your targeted destination. The trekking trail descending through the rocky Himalayan terrain and reached at ever-growing bamboo, Rhododendron, and oak forest. You will arrive at Bamboo flowing the earlier forest trail. But you have to careful while walking through the rugged descending hill.

Overnight at Tea houses.

Day 11: Trek to Jhinu Danda (1750m, Natural hot spring)

Highest Altitude: 1750m, Jhinu Danda

Trip Duration:  5-hour walk

Accommodation: Tea houses

Meal: Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner

From Bamboo, we fallow the same way back to Chhomrong.  You will enjoy the walk through the pleasant scenic surrounding.

The trekking trail goes uphill until Khudi Ghar. From here you will be descending until you reach Chhomrong Khola.

Then you walk uphill until you reach Chhomrong Village. You will be flowing the stone staircase. After reach at Chhomrong, you will be descending till you reach Jhnu Danda.

Jhinu Danda is the popular place for the Natural hot spring in Annapurna base camp trek.  You leave your bag pack at tea houses and went to the place to take a bath on the hot spring.

Enjoy the bath at a natural hot spring. Relax your body after having a hot shower.

Overnight at Tea house.

Day 12: Trek to Pothana (1890m) via Landruk (1565m)

Highest Altitude: 1890m Pothana

Trip Duration:  5-6 hour walk

Accommodation: Tea houses

Meal: Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner

You will have to walk further 5-6 hours to reach at Pothana from Jhinu Danda. The trekking leads you through the crossing suspension bridge of Modi Khola from Near New Bridge. You will be passing many more small villages arrive at Landruk. From Landruk you can see the popular Ghandruk village in Annapurna region trek.

You enjoy the walk through the paddy fields with remarkable views of the Himalayan range on your backdrop. Also, you will experience the typical Nepali village’s culture, tradition, and lifestyle. From Pothana you will get the astonishing views of the Annapurna and Dhaulagiri mountains range.

Overnight at Tea house.

Day 13: Trek to Phedi (1,440m) and Drive to Pokhara

Highest Altitude: 1440m, Phedi

Trip Duration:  5-hour walk

Accommodation: Tea houses

Meal: Breakfast, and, Lunch

Today is your final day’s trek. After 5 hour walk, you will arrive at Phedi and drive back to Pokhara. On this day, you will have a pleasant walk through the beautiful villages that offer scenic natural beauty with breathtaking views of the Himalayan range.

You will walk through popular Dhampus village offers mesmerizing views of sublime Annapurna, Fishtail, as well as Manaslu mountains. It is the settlements of Brahmans, Gurungs, Chhetris, etc. here, you can also experience the diverse culture and tradition.

If you want Mardi Himal trek, we can start from these places. The trek can experience the diverse flora and fauna along the trek. So, this is also one of the short and perfect trekking destinations in the Annapurna region trek.

After a few hours walk, you will arrive at Phedi and drive back to Pokhara.

You can walk around the Pokhara Lakeside and explore the beauty of Phew Lake and enjoy after the long holiday with the Himalayan region. Here, you can enjoy the night with music with a local restaurant, café as well as a pub.

Overnight at Hotel.

Day 14: Drive back to Kathmandu

Trip Duration:  6-7 hour drive

Accommodation: Hotel

Meal: Breakfast

After having breakfast, you will drive back to Kathmandu. Our guide takes to your tourist bus park, providing comfortable seats. From Pokhara, you will be flowing the popular Prithvi Highway heading towards Kathmandu. The roadways flowing the Marsangdi River and Trishuli River bank which offers the pleasant beauty of nature. You will enjoy the diverse surrounding landscape heading roadways until you arrive at Kathmandu valley.

If you want a fast and comfortable journey, you can take a mountain flight from Pokhara. It will take only 25 minutes.

Overnight at Hotel.

Day 15: Departure

Our company representative drops you at the airport before 3 hours at your flight schedule. We hope you had an amazing time with us.

How long is Annapurna base camp trek?

Annapurna base camp trek duration will depend upon where you start and where do you end of the trek. The trek covers the length is around 160km Annapurna base camp trek via Poon hill. The trek can be complete 12-15 days. You have to walk around 5-6 hours a day. There are many trekking routes to reach the Annapurna base camp. It will be customized for the trekking itinerates as per your time frame and choice.

When is the best time to trek Annapurna base camp?

The best time to trek Annapurna base camp is September to November and March to May. These months are the ideal month to trek in Nepal. It falls autumn and spring season during these month trekking in Nepal. The weather is stable and the temperature will be moderate to trek in ABC. The skies are clear and the environment is clean.

Spring season you enjoy the walk through the beautiful blooming Rhododendron forest. These days the weather is warmer in lower region trek and pleasant to walk in higher elevation. So you enjoy the exciting trip with thrilling views of snowcapped mountains along the trekking trail.

How difficult Annapurna base camp trek?

Trek to Annapurna base camp trek falls under the moderate level of trekking trail in Nepal. It is neither difficult nor easy to trek. It doesn’t need any technical climbing skills. If you are experiencing trekkers can easily do this trip.

However, if you are physically fit and strong with mental determination, you can easily achieve this goal. You can easily adjust to new environments.

The highest point of the trek Annapurna base camp is 4130m altitude. And you have to walk in higher altitude and you might be a problem of altitude sickness. So you have to flow the precaution on how to overcome with Altitude sickness symptoms. As you walk in a higher elevation lake of oxygen in an air, which might be the altitude sickness. Do a trek with proper acclimatization, it will not difficult for the trek.

Is there any chances of altitude sickness?

Yes, there is a risk of altitude sickness over 3000m altitude trek. You are physically fit and strong with experience of the Himalayan region you might get altitude sickness. Sometimes trekkers cannot adjust with new environment trek, it will happen. So better to knowledge about the altitude sickness symptoms and prevention will help you to overcome this such problem along the high altitude trek. You have to walk your own pace with proper rest in altitude trek. If you are suffering from altitude sickness, you must come down lower altitude as soon as possible. Otherwise, it will affect your whole trip.

Where can I start Annapurna base camp trek?

Normally, the Annapurna base camp trek starts from Nayapool and ends with Nayapool. But the trek offers various trekking packages. It will depend upon your time and interest where you want to start and end with ABC trek. The landscape, mountains, green hills, waterfalls, rivers, and different climate zone will mesmerize you. So, the ABC trekking trail is one of the best trekking trails in Nepal.

If you have a long time you can do the Annapurna circuit trek after the Annapurna base camp trek. The trek will begin from Beshisher and end with Nayapool or Pedi. But our 15 days Annapurna base camp trek-via Poon hill begins from Nayapool and ends with Phedi. After a few hour’s drive from Pokhara, you can start the Annapurna base camp trek.

How is the accommodation facilities during Annapurna base camp trek?

Annapurna base camp trekking routes provide tea houses accommodation service. They have limited facilities. The tea houses provide twin sharing accommodation with comfortable bed service. They provide are focusing on a local product for the food.

Trekking in lower elevation, you have plenty of tea houses provide service. You have a lot of choices. Also, tea houses provide luxurious accommodation attached to bathroom service. However, while heading towards higher elevation tea houses provide limited service. They don’t have an attached bath but you have to uses common bathroom service. If you are trekking peak season you don’t find good accommodation. So you have to pre-book otherwise you have to sleep in the dining room. You might be suffering from cold.

Do I need permits?

Yes, you need two types of’ permits for the ABC trek. Annapurna Conservation Area Permit (ACAP) and Trekkers’ Information Management System Card (TIMS). You can get these permits from the Tourism board Kathmandu and Pokhara.

Annapurna Conservation Area Permit (ACAP): 30USD per person

Trekkers’ Information Management System Card (TIMS): 10USD per person

Should I hire a guide and porter service?

If you trek with a guide and porter your journey will be more easy and comfortable. The guide will navigate a good path as well as provide all information and best suggestion in difficult situations. They were experienced and knowledgeable about the Himalayan region trek in Nepal. And porter will carry your heavy luggage and more time to explore nature without any burden. Guide and porter are the highly recommend altitude trek in the Himalayan region.

What types of communication facilities during trek?

Nowadays, you will get more developing communication facilities during ABC trek. Most of the tea houses provide WI-FI service along the trekking trail. But you have to pay an extra charge. Sometime altitude areas could not work WI-FI service because of the technical problem. So, you can bring local network coverage of NTC or Ncell. You can take data service and use for the internet and phone call from these local Nepal telecoms.

Most of the trekking trail you will find solar and hydroelectricity system. So you can easily charge your camera and phone.

Is travel insurance is needed during Annapurna base camp trek?

Travel insurance is highly recommended for the altitude trek such as ABC trek. You might be suffering from the natural digester, unwanted situation during the trek. Also, you are suffering from altitude sickness. In those cases, you have to emergency evacuation, so travel insurance more important. You have to do it in your home town.

Is there ATM service available in Annapurna base camp trek?

You will get more ATM services in city areas Kathmandu and Pokhara. But you will not find ATM service along the remote region trekking trail. So, you must bring sufficient local cash for the remote region trek. If you have the foreign currency you can exchange Kathmandu and Pokhara.

Is there age limits on this trek?

No, there are no age limits for the Annapurna base camp trek.  If you are physically and mentally prepared for the trek, it would be more advantageous during the trek.