Annapurna Ghandruk trek, also famously know as the Ghandruk Trek, is relatively easy walk trek, This trip is designed to provide you exotic feeling of being close in nature, villages or best described as rural Nepal and at the most it offers you awe inspiring majesty and beauty of spectacular mountain views. This trekking is favorable those tourists who has very short time to explore Nepal. Ghandruk is a popular place for treks in the Annapurna range of Nepal, with easy trails and outstanding Mountain View.
This trek provides a good introduction into trekking at the same time as also providing same wonderful close up view of Annapurna south, machhapuchre (Fishtail) and beautiful village of Pothana, Tolkha, and Ghandruk, home to the Annapurna conservation area project. Here you have a chance to visit the project to discovery at first hand the conservation work being carried out. A refreshing three days allowing an insight into mountain life.
Itinerary
Arrive at Tribhuwan international airport, Kathmandu, you are welcomed by the hospitable meeting and then you will be transferred to your hotel. Our guide will explain briefly the program upon arrival at hotel.
After breakfast, break the day with an extensive pilgrimage tour, the first visit is made at Pasupai Temple - the most scared of the Hindu temples in Nepal dedicating to Lord Shiva. The next visit, we lead you to Patan - the second largest town in the Kathmandu Valley, which means "City of Beauty” featuring with its long Buddhist history overnight at hotel B/B.
Early morning at around 7am, we drive for pokhara on tourist bus or private care. Along the way we will see more of country side of Nepal that offer greeneries, rivers, different village, farming landscape and splendid mountain view, afternoon we reach pokhara the city of lakes and magnificent different mountain view after check in hotel , we can walk around the most accessible and beautiful, Fewa lake enjoy boating too. Explore, relax and dine by peaceful Lake Fewa. You can even do some shopping during evening hours. Overnight in Pokhara with B/B.
After breakfast we drive from pokhara to Nayapul 1:30hrs, our trek starte from Nayapul vai Birethati, we turn right after crossing the river (Modi) and aim to reach Ghandruk about 4-5 hours steep hill trial. Where there are good views of Machhapuchre (Fishtail) and Annapurna South for our rights stop in this pretty Gurung village. Overnight at guesthouse including with B/L/D.
From ghandruk we decent down to Komorngkhola and the trail pass thorough the paddy fields than again start climb up start climb up to Jhinu Danda village, where you can observe the spectacular view of sunrise and sunset as well as panoramic view of high snow capped mountains like virgin peak fish tail and Annapurna range and overnight at hotel including B/L/D.
We decent down to Modi Khola and start climb up to Landruk village, the trail pass thorough the paddy fields than again start climb up to Pothana via Deurali overnight at guesthouse including B/L/D
Pothana is situated on the ridge of hill so the spectacular view of Annapurna ranges, Fishtail and green valley can be viewed from Pothana. Most part of the trail to Pokhara from Pothana is one the ridge of hill and we walk into the forest from where the shining views of Himalayas can be observed. We decent down to Phedi through the village of Dhaupus than take our taxi to Pokhara.
After breakfast, start the trip of day with driving back to Kathmandu (5 hours) or taking a morning flight. Stay overnight at hotel B/B
