Annapurna Base Camp Trek 6 days

Receive by your guide at your hotel in Pokhara and drive to Siwai by Jeep for 3 hours and trek 10 km for 5 hours to Chhomrong.

Our trail today, climb to reach the crest of the ridge and then around to built on the steep hillside and has a few shops and several tea-houses, wooden lodges and the whole village has stunning, prominent views towards Macchappuchare (Fish-Tail Peak). We leave Chhomrong along the Modi Khola leaving behind inhabited foothills into the high step and wooded slopes of Himalayas. We cross the suspension bridge then trek up to Sinuwa Danda. The ascent from Sinuwa becomes somewhat flatter. The trail passes through thick and dark rhododendron forest up to Khuldighar. Then, we descend a long and steep stone steps into deep bamboo and rhododendron forests through which we reach Bamboo.

After breakfast, gentle climb of 1 ½ hrs walking, finally we reach our destination at Dovan, later crossing several avalanche chutes before reaching the small village of Himalaya Hotel for Lunch. As the altitude increases, forest gives way to alpine scrub and grasses. The valley walls steepen with the river raging far below. Explore the cave at Hinku before crossing a ravine and major avalanche track prior to reaching Deurali.

After breakfast, out trek continue through the breathtaking views into the sacred Annapurna Sanctuary gradually appear as the trail heads over a ridge and climbs to the Machhapuchhare Base Camp (3,700m/12,136ft). Another two hours slow walk up grassy slopes leads to the Annapurna Base Camp hotels on the Annapurna South glacial moraine: some 3,900m/12,800ft beneath the peaks crowning the surrounding ice walls.

A pre-dawn wake up call promises unforgettable views and photo opportunities from the rim of the glacier. A circle of peaks from Hiunchuli, past Annapurna South to the vast ice wall topped by Annapurna I (8,097m/26,566ft) and Khangsar Kang tower above you, round to Gangapurna, Annapurna III and Machhapuchhare. Below, in its U-shaped valley the glacier grinds relentlessly. After breakfast, retrace your steps down to Sinuwa for a hot shower and more comfortable night.

After breakfast, drop to the Chhomrong Khola and climb the stone staircases to Chhomrong. Then descend steeply to Jhinu Danda for Lunch. Cross the Modi Khola on a suspension bridge and trek through shady forest to Siwai(1,150m) and by a jeep to Pokhara. An hour’s off road drive leads to Nayapul and the paved road to Pokhara.