Manang Muktinath Jomsom

Day 01 Kathmandu - Besisahar ( 823 m )
After breakfast, drive from Kathmandu to Besisahar, which takes about 8 hours. Lunch will be served at Dumre. The condition of the road from Dumre to Besisahar is a bit rough. Night camp at Besisahar.

Day 02 Besisahar - Ngatti ( 890 m )
After breakfast, walk along the bank of the Marshyangdi River. You will have to cross the river to reach a small village called Bullbule. Night stop at Ngatti.

Day 03 Ngatti - Jagat (1314 m )
After breakfast, descend for about 2-1/2 hours to reach Sange. At Sange, cross the Marshyangdi River by suspension bridge. Lunch will be served at Sange. After lunch, the trail will gradually ascend to Jagat for night camp.

Day 04 Jagat - Dharapani ( 2713 m )
After breakfast, walk along level ground for about an hour to reach Chame, then walk through the forest and ascend to reach Dharapani ( 2713 m ) for night camp.

Day 05 Dharapani Chame ( 2713 m )
After breakfast, start your trek from Dharapani. The trail goes west, with Mount Manaslu forming a splendid baqckdrop and Annapurna I appearing occasionally to the south. You will continue your trek through a pine and fir forest and the hamlets of Charku, Shangje and Kuparkoda. As you continue on to your campsite, views of the Annapurna improve dramatically.

Day 06 Chame - Pisand ( 3185 m )
After breakfast, the trek goes along a river that has to be crossed several times throughout the day. Arriving at the top of a ridge, you glimpse the first views of Manang valley, a wide u-shaped valley hanging between two lines of snow peaks. Night camp will be at Piasang.

Day 07 Pisang ( 3185 m )
Rest day.

Day 08 Pisang - Manang ( 3351 m )
After breakfast, start your trek from Pisang to Manang. This is an easy trail on flatland, till you reach Manang for night camp.
 

Day 09 Manang – Ledder (3,900 m)  
The trail of the day gradually climbs upwards passing through small hamlets and the villages of Tengi, Kutsuan and Gunsang, up to settlement of ledder.

Day 10 Leddar – Thorong Phedi (4,510 m). 
The day’s trekking climbs up above the vegetation area where you can see a few people of Tibetan origin living in tents.  Night camp will be at the bottom of Thorong pass (5,415 m) at Thorong Phedi.

Day 11 Thorong Phedi – Muktinath (3,802 m). 
This is the hardest day of trek.  Start walking very early in the morning at about 3 A.M.  The trail cli9mbs up to Thorong La (pass), which takes about 4 hours to reach.  There may be some difficulties while crossing the pass due to stone slides.  Grom this pass, you get a magnificent view of the great Himalayan divide.  Packed breakfast and lunch will be taken, as there will be no time to prepare them on the way.  After crossing Thorong Pass, you will descend to Muktinath for the night.

Day 12  Muktinath – Marpha (2,667 m).
After breakfast, start descending to Marpha via Jomsom.  This is a very busy trail, on which you will see some pilgrims coming to pay homage to Lord Muktinath, as well as foreign tourists coming to see the famous temple.  Night camp will be at Marpha.

Day 13 Marpha – Ghasa (2012 m). 
Walk to Lete passing thakali villages on the way.  The Thakalis are the dominant tribe of this area.  They are a very friendly people.  From Lete, walk through an alpine forest to Ghasa.  Here the land -scapes contrasts sharply with the arid desert you walked through earlier.  You will center the deepest gorge in the world, to the east and Dhaulagiri Mountain to the west.

Day 14 Ghasa – Tatopani (1,189 m).
The trail leads downhill from Ghasa to Tatopani.  The view of Annapurna will be magnificent throughout the trek.  Night camp will be at Tatopani.

Day 15 Tatopani – Ghrepani (2,855 m). 
Gradually climb all the day, leaving behind the terraced fields, and enter a thick forest at Ghorepani.  Ghorepani is noted for both it’s sunsets and sunrises, which show the mountains at their best.

Day 16  Ghorepani – Ghandruk (1,920 m). 
If interested in viewing the sunrise from Poon Hill, an early start is required.  From this point, you will have the best views of the sunrise over the Himalaya a series of climbs and descents through dense forest till you reach your night campsite at Ghandruk.

Day 17 Ghandruk – Pokhra (935 m)
After breakfast, you will start your trek descending to Birethanti.  Lunch will be served on the riverside.  After lunch, there will be rest time followed by a 2 hour drive to Pokhra.  Night accommodation in a Hotel.

Day 18  Pokhra – Kathmandu.
After breakfast, transfer to the airport in time for your flight to Kathmandu.