Ghorepani Poon Hill Trek – 9 Days

Upon arrival at Kathmandu International Airport, you will be warmly greeted by a representative from Lhasso Adventure, who will assist you with the transfer to your hotel in the vibrant district of Thamel. After checking into your comfortable hotel rooms and freshening up, take some time to relax and unwind. In the evening, we will have our group meeting for team introductions and trip orientation. Our guide will provide a detailed briefing on the journey ahead, followed by a Q&A session. Later, we’ll head out for a welcome dinner at a local restaurant to experience authentic Nepali cuisine.

Morning depart from Kathmandu for an interesting drive to scenic Pokhara, leading you on Nepal’s most busy highway with views of high mountains and green landscapes as drive heads encounter towns and farm villages and then reaching Pokhara after 7-8 hours of exciting overland driving at Pokhara hotels located near Phewa Lake.

Pokhara, a beautiful, renowned touristic city blessed with natural beauty, is placed on the laps of the massive Annapurna Himalaya with the magnificent machhapuchchhre Himal ‘Fish Tail’, a virgin and unclimbed peaks of the Himalaya.

Besides mountains and rolling green hills, the calm lakes of Phewa and Begnas are where most of the good hotels and international-standard restaurants are located.

Note: Alternatively, you can take a flight from Kathmandu to Pokhara, which takes around 30–35 minutes.

Enjoy a nice and pleasant stop in Pokhara with excellent views of the Annapurna Himalaya and the magnificent Machhapuchchhre Himal. After breakfast, an exciting drive leads you for a few hours beyond the Pokhara valley to reach our starting point of trekking.

The drive leads past the Pokhara valley outskirts with the marvelous scenery of Annapurna peaks and farmlands, and then to the much warmer areas of Nayapul town by the roadside of the Pokhara and Beni highways.

From here, a walk follows, leaving Modi River to a nice and lovely village at Bhirethati and beyond to reach Tirkhedhunga village overnight stop.

From Tirkhedhunga, it is steep uphill on stone-paved steps to reach Ulleri village, and then on a gradual, winding trail to reach Ghorepani, where the walk leads into a lovely alpine woodland of rhododendron and pine trees.

After a great pleasant walk within a cool shade of woodland, you reach Ghorepani village, where your next early morning hike takes you to Poon Hill, the home of the Poon people of the Magar  tribe, an ethnic hill tribe of Nepal famous as Gorkha soldiers in the UK, India and other foreign countries. This village with many good lodges offers marvelous views of the Dhaulagiri-Tukuche-Nilgiri  and Annapurna Himalayan mountains.

Early morning before breakfast, hike up for an hour on scenic Poon Hill at 3,210 m, our highest spot of this wonderful trekking.

From Poon Hill, catch striking sunrise views of the panorama of mountains, which includes the Dhaulagiri-Tukuche-Nilgiri’s-Annapurna Fang (VaraShikar) Annapurna range of peaks with the majestic Machhapuchare Himal ‘Fish Tail’, the unclimbed and virgin peaks of Himalaya.

The view includes Mt. Manaslu, with Lamjung extending towards Ganesh Himal due to the east horizon. After a marvelous photo session, head back to Ghorepani for breakfast and carry on trekking uphill into the beautiful woods of rhododendron trees with views of mountains.

Finally, the walk leads to a descent and then up to Tadapani within forested areas with grand views of the Annapurna Himalaya.

from Tadapani, a pleasant scenic walk on a gradual path within dense, cool forest, and then descend towards farm areas and well-tended terrace fields above Ghandruk village with fabulous views of the Annapurna Himalaya range.

After a refreshing stop with views downhill to the large village at Ghandruk for lunch and an overnight stop, Ghandruk is an interesting large Gurung village with many good lodges facing views of peaks and beautiful landscapes. Here is the time to explore around this impressive village of Gurung, the hill tribes of Annapurna Himalaya, where men are famous as Gurkha soldiers in foreign infantry with British and Indian armies.

The Gurung people are farmers and cattle herders, an age-old profession interwoven with Buddhism religion, and they also practice their ancestral rites of the Bon sect (pre-Buddhism), worshiping nature and mountains as holy spirits.

Our last day from Ghandruk leads you back to scenic Pokhara, as a morning walk leads to a long descent past Kimche farm village to reach the base of a hill around warmer low farm areas.

A pleasant walk downhill, from here following the raging Modi River past nice Bhirethati village, to reach the roadhead at Nayapul for an exciting few-hour drive to Pokhara by its serene Phewa lake.

Morning transfer either by car or coach as well as taking a tourist bus (depending on the group size), where an interesting overland journey brings you back to Kathmandu with scenic views of mountains, green scenery of hills, and farm fields within nice villages and towns as the drive  leads into the hustle and bustle of the of the city life of Kathmandu.

On reaching Kathmandu, transfer to your respective hotels with time for individual activities and shopping for souvenirs.
Note: Alternatively, you can take a flight from Kathmandu to Pokhara, which takes around 30–35 minutes.