Around Manaslu In 18 Days
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This scenic adventure starts from Gorkha (origin of the Shah Dynasty). Ground transport will be provided to transfer you to Arughat Bazar of Gorkha from your location in Pokhara. After a night's stay, trekking begins early the next morning.
Your trail follows the source of Budhi Gandaki River, through sub-tropical forests and hilly terrains to the alpine Manaslu region near the Nepal-Tibet border. Altitude varies from 700 m at Arughat to 5,212 m at Larkya-La.
Although this altitude shift occurs within safe limits on a day by day basis, you must have a great deal of stamina, physical fitness and be able to adapt to high altitude and treacherous paths. The guides and porters are completely familiar with the places and local people and will serve your needs with utmost sincerity.
Trekking usually starts early each morning, continuing through till dusk and nights are mostly spent in tented camps set up at appropriate locations. You may have seen many reality shows on TV. But when you are in the Himalayan region, you will get a first hand experience of the rural life and learn some key techniques of tackling the extreme conditions.
You will also have a truly local experience in some of the most remote and ancient villages of Nepal, inhabited by Magars and other ethnicities, mostly of Tibetan origin. Learn a few commonly used words in their mother tongue from your guides and communicate with these people. You will be touched by the warmth they treat you with, just like their family guests.
You will be eating local foods, obviously not quite like your regular diet, but certainly rich in calories, which you require more than ever. Just forget what your dietician told you and forget the luxuries back at home. Your perception of survival and contentment will find completely new meanings. But by the end of the journey, you will have collected a lot of memories to cherish for the rest of your life. The pride that you will feel after conquering the treacherous region will be your trophy.
- Duration: 18 day(s)
- Location: Manaslu Region
Day 1: Drive from Pokhara to Arughat Bazzar (700 m). Rest, prepare for trekking next day and spend overnight.
Day 2: Trekking begins and continues as far as Sati Khola (815 m).
Day 3: Trek to Labu Besi (900 m.)
Day 4: Trek to Dovan (1022 m).
Day 5: Trek to Jagat (1250m).
Day 6: Trek to Pangsing (1950 m).
Day 7: Trek to Deng (2600 m)
Day 8: Trek to Ghap (2050 m).
Day 9: Trek to Lho (3148 m).
Day 10: Trek to Samagompa (3517 m).
Day 11: Trek to Samdo (3738 m).
Day 12: Trek to Dharamashala (4480 m)
Day 13: Larkya La pass (5213 m), the highest point en route. Trek down to Tanbuche (3890 m).
Day 14: Trek to Karche (3900 m).
Day 15: Trek to Tal (1725 m)
Day 16: Trek to Baundanda (1310 m).
Day 17: Trek to Beshisahar. (820 m)
Day 18: Drive from Beshishar to Pokhara
Meet Rajendra Prasad Sapkota and Outdoor Himalayan Treks, we are your local connection in Pokhara. Starting as a young porter, Rajendra has all the local knowledge that will make your trip to Pokhara life changing. With us, visitors experience remote villages, meet local people, and gain insight into our culture. We support local villages, and have even built a local orphanage to house and educate displaced, and often outcast, children. We hope to bring you a journey that will be enriching, but will also help those in need in Pokhara.
