Trip Highlights
Scenic landscape of the villages of mustang, marpha
Stunning annapurna sanctuary and countless snow-clad peaks.
Kali gandali valley and it’s gorge
One of the most beautiful villages in the word
Trip Introduction
The Jomsom Muktinath and Ghorepani Poon Hill Trekking are one of the world’s greatest trekking route which trails takes you into the heart of the Himalayan mountains and winds between the hundreds of icy peaks of the Annapurna massif. The treks are also a fantastic cultural experience as it visits villages with Nepali and Tibetan influences and even takes you to Muktinath, one of the most spiritually revered places for followers of both the Hindu and Buddhist religions.
You get to trek through green rice terraces, arid high mountain pastures and cross challenging high mountain passes. Trekking in Nepal does not get much better than the Annapurna circuit
Jomsom Muktinath and Ghorepani Poon Hill Trekking is a classic trek that gives you ample opportunity to view mountain ranges of Annapurna and Dhaulagiri. The ever flowing Kali Gandaki river at the one side will always make you feel the way Life flows. The spiritual feeling is always prevalent everywhere. It makes you feel awakened from the inside and will freshen you up in addition to being the hypnotic landscape.
The view of the sun rising from beneath the Himalayan ranges of Annapurna and Dhaulagiri would be the fantastic pictorial mesmerizing the trekkers. Tadapani, Lete, Marpha, Kagbeni and then to holy place Muktinath, this trek is the best combination of greatest Himalayan views and Religious places. This is a holy temple worshipped by both Hindu and Buddhists.
One would not like to return back from the trek watching all those beautiful and mesmerizing places. If you break the record then you would not hesitate to try other Trips
Outline Itinenary
Day 1:
Drive to Pokhara (823m)
Day 2:
Fly to Jomsom trek to Kagbeni (2804 m)
Day 3:
Kagbeni to Muktinath (3,710 m)
Day 4:
Muktinath to Marpha via Lubra (2,680m)
Day 5:
Marpha to Kalopani (2804 m)
Day 6:
Kalopani to Tadapani (1,190m)
Day 7:
Tadapani to Ghorepani (2860 m)
Day 8:
Ghorepani to Tikhedhuga (1480 m)
Day 9:
Tikhedhuga to Nayapul (1070 m) back to Pokhara
Day 10:
Drive to Kathmandu
Itinerary
Day 1: Drive to Pokhara (823m)
You’ll be driven from Kathmandu to popular tourist city, pokhara on the most busy route. The drive carries on with the superb views of snow capped mountains; mt. Annapurna, manaslu, mt. Dhaulagiri with the renowned lovely peak machapuchare, the fish tail shaped mountain that is unclimbed to date and well respected and considered sacred mountain. You will be transferred to a hotel by the serene phewa lake.
Day 2: Fly to Jomsom trek to Kagbeni (2804 m)
After an early breakfast it takes 20 min transportation from Himalayan flight to Jomsom through the world’s deepest gorge: formed by the kali gandaki nadi that rises in tibet and continued to chop its gorge southwards as the dhaulagiri and annapurna himals thrust their approach skyward. Meet your porters and trek north. Jomsom is a massive town headquarters of the lower and upper mustang region that also the foremost village along the kali gandaki valley, linking the ageold trans-himalayan salt trade route from india to tibet. The path meanders up the broad kali gandaki bottom to eklai bhatti, 3 hours of toil with winds that magnify the valley daily between 11:00 and 16:00. Another hour’s walk ends up in kagbeni, the entrance to upper mustang. This buddhist village with bön influences is cost exploring. Its swarming orchards and fields are irrigated with snow-melt water from the thorung khola that flows past muktinath and enters the kali gandaki at kagbeni.
Day 3: Kagbeni to Muktinath (3,710 m)
After breakfast the trail ascends for couple hundred of meters. Step by step walking you’ll be able to get pleasure from the gorgeous deserted landscape – caves, old tibetan style villages, apple garden, yaks herds, and sheep herds and so on. Far ahead us we are able to explore the thorong la valley straight up to muktinath. We will visit jharkot, the traditional tibetan style village, and its fort and religious residence built in the 15th century. Currently you head upwards following steep path for half an hour towards muktinath (3800m). This is often a very important pilgrim’s journey website for each hindus and buddhists. Muktnith is so an area of nirvana and residential to hindu temples in addition as several buddhist monasteries. The temples are dedicated to lord vishnu and have 108 waterspouts around it from that holy water springs out. There’s also the jwala mai temple that has a nonstop flame fed by natural underground gas.
Day 4: Muktinath to Marpha via Lubra (2,680m)
Wake up early to a gorgeous morning, take breakfast and begin the walk of the day to muktinath. Muktinath could be a terribly important sacred pilgrim’s journey site for the hindus and buddhist, the place contains a special non secular charm. An about six hours walk takes you to the current fascinating place feel relaxed with every inhale of the mountain air. Drive to jomsom after breakfast and trek to marpha. Expertise and luxuriate in the mountain driving in nepal for regarding one and half hours and trek mild downhill for regarding 2 hours to marpha, today’s stopover.
Day 5: Marpha to Kalopani (2804 m)
Today, the trail now seems through chokhopani village wherever we run over typical small towns of the ethnic thakali individuals. The trek passes apple orchards along with lovely mountain landscapes. Some real pinnacles we are able to see today are dhaulagiri, annapurna i, fang tukche peak and nilgiris. Our trek winds up at the town of kalopani, the place where we are aiming to spend the nightlong.
Day 6: Kalopani to Tadapani (1,190m)
Our journey today is for the foremost part downhill. As we tend to descend, we face the subtropic woodlands, lavish with vegetation again. After crossing bridge in ghasa, we advance toward the recent springs of tato-pani via rupse falls and dana. Keep in mind that, tato means hot and pani means water in nepali language. At tatopani, we tend to pass the night and additionally appreciate the hot springs.
Day 7: Tadapani to Ghorepani (2860 m)
We clear up the kali gandaki area and so travel up, to the ghar khola valley. Mountain ranges are stunning to look at. In short, today is a little powerful day for climb up to ghorepani, around 50 to 60 degree incline up through with ghara, shikha, and chitre. Allow us to pass and revel in the views of dense rhododendron forest. We’ve to stay at ghorepani and get prepare for trekking to tikhedhuga for tomorrow morning.
Day 8: Ghorepani to Tikhedhuga (1480 m)
The route from ghorepani to tikhedhuga is quite difficult. It takes around 6 to 7 hours to achieve ghorepani from tikhedhunga. The favored steep stone-paved stairs of ulleri is equally difficult and courageous. Ghorepani is at an altitude of 2,860 meters higher than sea level. The distance between ghorepani and tikhedhunga is 12.9 kilometer (8 miles).
Day 9: Tikhedhuga to Nayapul (1070 m) back to Pokhara
Tikhdhunga is forty two kilometers far from pokhara. On this day you’ll somewhat follow the modi river and go along rhododendron forests. Just about 2 hours’ simple trek will take you to nayapul. And at the moment you have got to ride a bus for about 2 hours from nayapul to pokhara, from wherever the ghorepani poon hill trek begins. It’ll be an easy day as a result of the route doesn’t involve several ascents.
Day 10: Drive to Kathmandu
You can choose the means of transportation as per your requirement. If you’re during a hurry, it’s better for you to make a decision on a flight as a result of it takes a full day of driving to reach katmandu. However, if you have got got enough time, it’s going to be a lovely experience riding a bus to katmandu for around eight hours.
Cost Includes and Excludes
Cost Includes
Pick-up or Drop-off service from and to Airport(in our own vehicle)
Drive from Kathmandu to Pokhara (flight is optional )
Pokhara flight to Jomsom
Pokhara to Kathmandu by Bus.
Food all along the trip(Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner and a cup of coffee or tea) and accommodations during the trip in hotels with family environment
One licensed English or Chinese or Korean or Hindi along with Nepali speaking trekking guide
Transportation, food, accommodation and insurance of Guide during the trip
First Aid Medical Kit carried by the guide
All the required permits and paper works
Down jacket, all-season sleeping bag, duffel bag and trekking map (in case if you don’t have your own. Down jacket, sleeping bag and duffel bag must be returned after completion of the trip)
Mobile SIM Card that works all over Nepal and a map of the trekking region
Complimentary welcome or farewell dinner in Kathmandu at a cultural restaurant
Optional Addons
Cost Disincludes
International Airfare
Visa Charges
Hotel Expenses(In Kathmandu)
Your travel and medical insurance
Personal Expenses such as shopping, bar bills, hot shower, telephone, laundry, titbits etc
Food and accommodations in Kathmandu
Services not mentioned or not promised by the agent/agency
Emergency expenses such as expenses on charted helicopter
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