A Short and  Sweet Retreat -  Just next to the crowded Kathmandu city life.

  

Fresh Trekking Route in Annapurna Area of Nepal

Khopra – Khayer Lake -Tatopani-  Trek Itinerary:

        As everyone knows Nepal is a paradise for adventure & nature lovers.  We have several world class trekking trails.  Such as, Annapurna Base Camp, Annapurna Round,  Everest  Base Camp – Kala Patthar, Gokyo Valley, Langtang valley, Langtang – Goshainkund  trek, etc. But unfortunately, above mentioned trekking routes turning much polluted due to high number trekkers.  So, there are some fresh trekking routes are designed which are easily accessible and equally pleasant and beautiful to the older routes. Among one of the new trekking route is – “Khopra – Khayer Lake” though i had been Khayer Lake 19 Years ago.

One can make as short as 6 - 7 days to as long as 13 days trek in this area which are as below;

Itinerary  with  6 – 7 Days trek – ending at Tatopani:

Day	From	To	Walking hrs
1	Short  drive from Pokhara to Phedi -& trek to	Landruk	6 Hours
2	Landruk	Tadapani	6 hours
3	Tadapani	Dobato	5-6 hrs
4	Dobato	Khopra (3600 M)	6-7 hrs
5	Khopra rest	Excurtion to Khayer Lake (4600 m)	6 hours
6	Khopra to way to Tatopani-	Tatopani	7 hours
7	Drive-Tatopani  to Beni- to -PKR–ending the trek

12 Days Khopra – Khayer Lake-Swata- trek Itinerary:

Day	From	To	Walking hrs
1	PKR-Kande-	Landruk		5 Hours
2	Landruk	Tadapani		6 hours
3	Tadapani	Dobato		5-6 hrs
4	Dobhan	Khopra		6-7 hrs
5	Khopra rest	Excurtion to Khayer Lake		6 hours
6	Khopra to way to swanta	Swanto (Pun –Magar Village)		5-6 hours
7	Swanta to	Phulbari		6 Hrs
8	Phulbari	Mohare Danda (most view Point-3300 m)		2 hrs
9	Mohara Danda	Nagi (Mahabir Pun village)		5 hrs
10	Nagi	Lespar village (a big Pun-Magar colony- - available only basic  surviving tea house to stay nights)		5-6 hrs
11	Lespar  Village	Purna Gaon (village-- available only basic  surviving tea house to stay nights)		5-6 Hrs
12	Purna Village	Naya pool		3 hrs

"Patan Durbar Square" - A Most visit Place in Kathmandu valley:

Patan Durbar Square is situated at the centre of Lalitpur city. It is one of the three Durbar Squares in the Kathmandu Valley, all of which are UNESCO World Heritage Sites. One of its attraction is The Ancient Royal Palace where Malla Kings of Lalitpur resided.

For detail information, visit http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patan_Durbar_Square  .

10 Nights / 11 Days Nepal Trip with 4 Days Ghorepani Trek

The Ghorepani - Poon Hill (Pun Hill) Trekking route which is located in   Annapurna   Himalaya region, is truly short foray in Annapurna of Nepal.The trek offers the spectacular mountain scenery along with charming inhabitants of this location, particularly, Gurungs & Magars. The dense rhododendron forests with full of birds and deep sub-tropical valleys are set below the Annapurnas range with the picturesque peak of Machhapuchhare (Fishtail Peak) dominating the skyline.

One of the important highlight of this trek is, to make a climb on Poon Hill, where form, possibly the most impressive sight of Himalaya range on Earth might be viewed. When sun rises, it touches the snow-capped summits of the giants Dhaulagiri (8,167m) and Annapurna (8,091m) along with a range of other peaks; gradually appear, like magic that your eye could not believe. 

    Every part of this tour are equally interesting.   Pokhara, a naturally beautiful city, 200 KM. west from Kathmandu, is also falls en route to the Ghorepan - Poon Hill trek this package. This package tour offers more clear vision of real Nepali life to the travelers. Some more important features of this package tour are - Kathmandu Durbar Squire, Patan Durbar Squire, Bhaktapur Durbar Squire which are medieval Palaces sites.  This package tour will cover Boudhanath Stupa, Shyambhunath Stupa ( Buddist world Heritage sites), Pashupatinath Temple ( Hindu world Heritage site) as well as Tibetan Refugee Camp.

Photo of  Phewa lake, Fishtail and Annapurna range on background  (Photo from Peace Stupa)

Photo from Poon Hill

Peace Stupa at Pokhara

 













 Your Itinerary is:

Day  01	Upon arrival, meeting and assistance at the airport, transfer & check-in at hotel. Overnight at hotel. (you may have a side trip if time permit)
Day  02	After breakfast, drive to Phokara (Phedi) for 7 – 8 hours and hike up 2 hours to Dhampus and overnight at Dhampus.
Day  03	After breakfast, you will continue hike up Deaurali and descend down to Tolka. Your destination destination for today is a famous Gurung village, called Landruk  at the altitude of 900 m.
Day  04	After breakfast, the trail descends down for almost half an hour through the rice field and cross the Madi river. From here, the trail ascends all the way up to Tandapani (2000 m.) through the famous Gurung village Ghandruk. Lunch will be on the way.
Day  05	Today you will trek through the thick deciduous and slightly coniferous forest up and down for 5 hours and the destination will be the gorgeous Ghorepani at the altitude of 2000 m.
Day  06	This morning you need to weak up early morning ( 4.30 AM) and hike up almost one hour ( to the Poon hill, 2400 m. the view point), to enjoy the sun rise on the magnificent  Himalaya ( the Annapurna and Dhaulagiri range). After you quench your thirst of the natural, you gently walk down to the Ghorepani, be fresh, pack up your baggage, take breakfast and descend all the way down for 4 - 5  hours to the altitude of 700m,  Tirkhedhunga and spend night.
Day  07	You are permitted to sleep longer this morning to cover the yesterdays mornings sleep. Weak up, follow the daily routine and trek leisurely alone the Madi river to Birethanti for 3 hours and break for lunch. After lunch have gentle walk to the Nayapul for half an hour where you will be picked up by bus and drive to Pokhara, 45 km. Check in the hotel in Pokharal, free afternoon.
Day  08	In the morning, take breakfast and proceed driving to Kathmandu. Free afternoon in Kathmandu.
Day  09	After breakfast, proceed for a guided world Heritage sites tour of Kathmandu Durwar squire, Patan Durwar Squire and Tiebtian Camp and Shyambhunath Stupa. Over night at hotel.
Day  10	After breakfast, continue the Sightseeing some other world heritage sites. Such as Bhaktapur Durbar Squire, Pashupatinath temple and  Boudhanath stupa.
Day  11	Today is the day to fly back to home. So, Proceed to the airport according to your flight time.

2 Nights / 3 Days- Short Refreshing Trek in Kathmandu - Nepal

This is a short and sweet refreshing trek in Kathamndu valley. One can enjoy the nature and experience the authentic rural Nepales life style within short time duration. You will walk through the terraced farming field and see the different crops depending on the season such as rice, white, millet, mustard, potato, and different vegetations.  Fresh air on your nosle, cool bridge on your skin, silver  white Mountain chain in the horizon, and green hills feels pleasant.

Some glance of the trek:

Unseasonal rain ruined our trekking of Everest region

October is not the month for rain in Nepal. So many trekkers comes to Nepal to the roof of  the  world. But it has been raining continuously for last 2 days and not flying. In this way, trekkers are spoiling their schedule in Nepal.

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