Annapurna Base Camp Trek via Poonhill

Detail Itinerary

Day 1Greet and Meet at the airport and transfer to Hotel.We meet you at the Tribhuwan International Airport, Kathmandu, with your name on paper. And transfer to Hotel, 20min Drive.

Day 2Morning Breakfast and drive to Pokhara. Overnight at Pokhara.Morning Breakfast and drive to Pokhara by private car, 5 hrs. Explore Pokhara lake side and phewa lake in the late afternoon. Overnight at Pokhara.

Day 3Breakfast at Hotel. Trek to Birethanti, 2hrs trek. Overnight at Tea house. Breakfast, Private car drive to Nayapool via Pokhara, 6-7 hours drive. Trek to Birethanti. 2 hrs trek.Overnight at local tea house. Breakfast, lunch, dinner and tea house accommodation are included.

Day 4Trek Birethanti- Ghorepani (2,850m/9,350ft): 6-7 hrs, ~13km. Overnight at Ghorepani. Breakfast and trek through rhododendron and oak forests to Ghorepani. The scenery will give you the energy to continue up the steps as you immerse yourself in the walk. After a few hours and with several breaks we reach Ghorepani. Upper Ghorepani (Deurali) where we stay in this trip, offers fantastic views of Dhaulagiri and the Annapurna Himalayas. Breakfast, lunch, dinner, tea house accommodation are included. 

Day 5Poon hill (3,210m/10,528ft) Excursion. Trek Ghorepani – Chuile : 7-8hrs.Early Morning Poon Hill Excursion. It is an hour hike in the early morning to see sunrise and the giant Dhaulagiri and Annapurna Himalayas from the Poon Hill Peak. Breakfast back at Lodge and Trek to Chiule, 6-7 hrs trek.
Make a pre-dawn start for the 45 minute walk up Poon hill (3,210m/10,530ft); through rhododendron forest. From the grassy top of the hill there is an unobstructed panoramic view of the high Himalayas stretching from far western Dolpo, and Dhaulagiri (8,172m/26,812ft), the Annapurna Range in the north, including Machhapuchhare (Fish Tail) and on to Manaslu (8,163m/26,783ft) in the northeast. To the south, the mist slowly rises from the flatlands towards India. After countless photographs, walk back to Ghorepani for breakfast.

The eastward trail to Tadapani crosses numerous ridges through thick pine and rhododendron forest with occasional flat sections and wonderful views of the snow peaks to the north from high ground. Breakfast, lunch, dinner, tea house accommodation are included. 

Day 6Trek Chuile - Sinuwa: 6-7 hrs. Overnight at Sunuwa. The trekking trail goes through forests, streams and suspension bridge on the dreams. The Modi Khola valley leads the trail towards Sinuwa. As we trek, Views of the upper valley plus Annapurna South and Himal Chuli gradually come into view. Breakfast, lunch, dinner, tea house accommodation are included

Day 7Trek Sinuwa – Deurali: 6-7 hrs. Overnight at Deurali. Breakfast at tea house, and trek through Sinuwa village and upper Modi kohl valley to Derail. It is about 7hrs trek with magnificent views of the landscape, and Himalayas. Overnight at Deurali. Breakfast, lunch, dinner, tea house accommodation are included. 

Day 8Trek Deurali – Annapurna Base Camp (4,130m/13,546ft): 6-7 hrs. Overnight at ABC. Breakfast at Lodge and trek to ABC. 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 Deorali (3,230m/10,598ft). 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. Breakfast, lunch, dinner, tea house accommodation are included. 

Day 9Sunrise at ABC. Trek Annapurna Base Camp – Bamboo(2 360m/7 740 ft): 6-7 hrs.Wake Up early morning and and climb onto the rim of the glacier for a photographic feast as the sun lights up the ring of peaks, the almost vertical ice walls around the valley, then the glacier in its U-shaped gorge: grinding relentlessly below your feet. Return to the hotel for breakfast and then retrace your steps on the easier down-trail as far as the quaint village of Sinuwa. Breakfast, lunch, dinner, tea house accommodation are included. 

Day 10Trek Bamboo – Jhinuhill. Enjoy the hot spring at Jhinu. Overnight at Jhinu.Today is long trek hour day. Trek from Bamboo to Jhinu Hill. The trail offers the great views of Annapurna South, Hiunchuli and Machhapuchhare are in view along the route. The trail then drops through several villages.  Enjoy the hot spring at jhinu.

Day 11Morning breakfast and trek to Nayapool. Transfer to Pokhara. Overnight at Pokhara. Morning breakfast and trek to Nayapool. Transfer to Pokhara. Van transfer to Pokhara. Overnight at Batika Hotel or similar. 

Day 12Breakfast and Drive to Kathmandu. Overnight at Thamel, Kathmandu. Morning Breakfast and private van transfer to Kathmandu. Overnight at Hotel Arts or similar. Afternoon/evening free and easy shopping time around Thamel. 

Day 13Morning Breakfast at hotel, and we will transfer you to airport 3 hours before your flight time. After the breakfast at hotel in the morning, we organize Monkey temple, Kathmandu Durbar squrae, Ason local market sightseeing. In the evening, we drive you to the airport 3 hours before your flight time.