Poon Hill Trek: 7 Days, Nepal

What we work through with you

1. Your dates and priorities

   Tell us when you want to visit Ghorepani, Nepal, who is travelling and what you would change in the outline below.

2. The route and pace

   We discuss the 7D / 6N starting itinerary, your preferred stays and how much you want to fit in. Any changes depend on availability and are agreed in your written plan.

3. Your written quote

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The route we start from

These are the stages published for this trip. A stage can cover part of a day or several days; it is not a separate travel day.

1. Stage 01

   Pokhara

   Arrive in Pokhara, which sits at 822 metres beside Phewa lake with the Annapurna range standing directly behind the town. The afternoon is lakeside, a gear check and the briefing. This trek needs boots and layers rather than technical kit, which is most of its appeal.

2. Stage 02

   Trek In

   Drive to the trailhead at Nayapul and start walking. The first day is gentle, along a river valley through terraced fields and small settlements, climbing to Tikhedhunga at around 1,500 metres. Three to four hours, which is a deliberate easing-in rather than a wasted day.

3. Stage 03

   Ghorepani

   The hard day, and it is genuinely hard: a stone staircase of well over three thousand steps up to Ulleri, then a gentler climb through rhododendron forest to Ghorepani at 2,860 metres. In spring the forest is scarlet with flowers. Six hours, and you will feel every one of them.

4. Stage 04

   Poon Hill

   Up in the dark for the forty-minute climb to Poon Hill at 3,210 metres, arriving for sunrise on Annapurna South, Machapuchare and Dhaulagiri, which is a 360-degree panorama of 7,000 and 8,000-metre peaks. Back for breakfast, then on through forest to Tadapani.

5. Stage 05

   Descend

   Down to Ghandruk, a large Gurung village of slate roofs and stone paths with the mountains still filling the skyline behind it. It is a gentler day, mostly descending, and the village is the most attractive place you will stay on the walk.

6. Stage 06

   Pokhara

   Out to the road and back to Pokhara and the lake. A hot shower, clothes that are not the ones you have been wearing all week, and a lakeside dinner with the range you have just walked into visible from the table on a clear evening.

7. Stage 07

   The Return

   Fly home, usually via Kathmandu. Six nights, a high point of 3,210 metres, and the best ratio of Himalayan sunrise to physical suffering available anywhere.

What this trip lists

Use these inclusions and exclusions when reviewing your quote. The displayed price starts from ₹59,999 per person; your written quote confirms the total for your dates and arrangements.

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