You arrive to Kathmandu today. You will be welcomed at the airport by BEAT representative and then transferred to hotel. Try to manage your arrival time by the afternoon so that we can meet for an important trip briefing session in the evening. We will leave you with information about the trip briefing timing upon your arrival.
Annapurna Base Camp Trek Itinerary
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Day 1 Kathmandu – 1,350m
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Day 2 Kathmandu Tour – 1,350m - B
Before heading to the mountains, you have a full day in Kathmandu to acclimatize for the higher elevation of the mountains. While in Kathmandu, you will be at the elevation of 1,350 meters above sea level. We are taking you for a full day exploration of the Kathmandu valley. Kathmandu valley is a rich place in cultural heritage wonders and we are going to show you around some of them. You will visit four of the heritage sites today - Swoyambhunath, Patan Durbar Square, Pashupatinath and Boudhanath. These sites are of historical, cultural and spiritual importance that will project the general overview of Kathmandu valley.
Enjoy the day with our expert city tour guide who will be accompanying and showing you around the sites. Learn about these places from our local insider guide.
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Day 3 Pokhara – 900m - B
We drive 200 kilometers west of Kathmandu to Pokhara today. The highway drive takes us past different towns and villages that give first hand glimpse of how rural Nepal looks like. It’s about seven hours of drive to Pokhara, the beautiful city of lakes. Once we check into hotel, we will have some time to go around the town and also for a peaceful walk on the lake shore.
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Day 4 Tikhedhunga – 1750m – B.L.D
Our trekking journey starts today after driving to Nayapul for about 1.5 hours. We will enter Annapurna Conservation Area today and head towards Tikhedhunga as our destination for the day. The walk today is easy that goes on a wide four wheel Jeep track. Although it’s a motor-able track, we find fewer vehicles plying on the road so we can do our walk peacefully in most of the section. It will be about 5 hours of walk before we reach Tikhedhunga to stay overnight.
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Day 5 Ghorepani – 2,875m – B.L.D
The second day of our trek enters the proper trekking trail. Our walk for the day will be all uphill on stone paved steps and well-trodden trail. As soon as we start our walk, we face almost vertical steps that take us to Ulleri village in 2 hours. From Ulleri onward, the trail gets gradual yet keeping the incline to gain elevation. We trek past beautiful lush forest to reach Ghorepani. If the weather permits and we reach on time, we can enjoy a beautiful sunset over the magnificent Himalayas.
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Day 6 Tadapani – 2,630m – B.L.D
We will wake up early in the morning to hike to Poon Hill and make it there for sunrise. Poon Hill provides a spectacular view of the mountains in Annapurna and Dhaulagiri range. After witnessing a beautiful sunrise over the mountains, we descend back to Ghorepani and continue our trek to Tadapani after breakfast. About four hours of trek through lush forest will take us to Tadapani to stay overnight.
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Day 7 Chhomrong – 2,170m – B.L.D
We will wake up to a close up view of Annapurna south and Fishtail right in front of us at Tadapani. We will trek to Chhomrong today. The first section being a steep descent to Kimrong Khola and then uphill all the way to our destination, the walk will feel a little tough on us. Chhomrong is a beautiful Gurung village along the route to Annapurna Base Camp. We will have chance to explore the village and life style of Gurung community of mountains.
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Day 8 Bamboo – 2,310m – B.L.D
We are inching towards Annapurna Base Camp slowly and gradually with each overnight destination covered. We will trek to Bamboo today to stay overnight that takes us one step closer to our ultimate destination of this trip. From today onwards, we walk along the Modi Khola valley. Although we gain elevation each day, the trail will make us walk up and down the mountains towards the destination. We follow the peaceful trail along the river valley and reach Bamboo to stay overnight.
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Day 9 Deurali – 3,230m – B.L.D
This wonderful day takes us to Deurali for overnight stay. As we trek higher and closer to the Annapurna Base Camp, we feel more peaceful and wonderful surroundings. Mountains look more gigantic and landscape changes to a different world. Following the peaceful trail, we eventually reach Deurali to settle for the day. Once we check into teahouse, we can take an easy time to absorb the wonders of the surroundings.
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Day 10 Annapurna Base Camp – 4,130m – B.L.D
Today is the day to reach the ultimate destination of this trip. Our trek for the day today takes us to amazing Annapurna Base Camp that stands at 4,130 meters above sea level. While the trail itself is a pleasurable walk, reaching the base camp will bring completely a different feeling of joy. We will find ourselves standing amidst high soaring Himalayan peaks and just looking at the mesmerizing view of the mountains. We spend our time at the base camp enjoying the view and charms of the surroundings.
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Day 11 Dovan – 2,550m – B.L.D
We wake up for a fresh morning at this Himalayan sanctuary to be dazzled by the arresting beauty of mountains. We relish our breakfast with stupendous view just in front of us and later prepare to leave the base camp.
After reaching the final destination of this trip, we start return journey from today onwards. The trek today takes us back to Dovan for overnight stay.
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Day 12 Jhinu Danda – 1,760m – B.L.D
Jhinu Danda is the destination for our walk today. We trek past Chhomrong village and down to Jhinu Danda where we can enjoy a refreshing natural hot spring bath on the bank of Modi Khola. Hot spring bath will soothe the ache of walking multiple days in the rugged mountain trails. We stay overnight at Jhinu Danda.
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Day 13 Pokhara – 900m – B.L
We traverse the last section of trekking part today. We trek to Nayapul following the Modi Khola valley along its bank. Trekking through the trail on the last day of trekking will make us feel a little sad as we are leaving those mighty mountains and peaceful atmosphere behind. But finishing a 10 days walking in the mountains will be a sort of relief to our feet. Once we reach Nayapul, we drive for another 1.5 hours to Pokhara where we spend a relaxing evening around the Lakeside.
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Day 14 Kathmandu – 1,350m – B
We return back to Kathmandu today. We drive back through the same highway that we took earlier to go to Pokhara. We deserve an easy and relaxing time back in Kathmandu.
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Day 15 Trip Concludes – B
We return back to Kathmandu today. We drive back through the same highway that we took earlier to go to Pokhara. We deserve an easy and relaxing time back in Kathmandu.